Also, I put December Morning Work back on sale since it is, after all, full of Christmas spirit as well as academic content! Also check out Snowy Subject-Verb Agreement for some wintery grammar practice.
Thanks for being so great during this sale!
Friday, July 17, 2015
Christmas in July {SALE} - Christmas Products
Also, I put December Morning Work back on sale since it is, after all, full of Christmas spirit as well as academic content! Also check out Snowy Subject-Verb Agreement for some wintery grammar practice.
Thanks for being so great during this sale!
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Christmas in July {SALE} Part 2 & Win-it Wednesday!
We are smack dab in the middle of my favorite week in the summer - Christmas in July sales!! Thanks to everybody who has been checking the blog and my TPT store for my morning work sale. Let's keep the party going, shall we?? :) (Stay tuned to the end for a chance to win a product!!)
Wednesday and Thursday are devoted to various reading resources I have used and plan to use in the classroom!
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Wednesday and Thursday are devoted to various reading resources I have used and plan to use in the classroom!
SO fun for a 2nd grade classroom!
This year, I am making the transition from 2nd grade to 4th grade! So far, I have made centers and charts for the first unit in our school's reading program, Treasures 2011 series. They are listed individually and in this money saving bundle in my TPT store!
Head on over to Cecil Classroom Creations for these reading resources and more on sale NOW!
And don't forget to come back on Friday for the last part of Christmas in July.
Now, for the giveaway!! If you missed the morning work sale Monday and Tuesday, you can win the August-December Bundle by entering the contest below! The contest will close by 12 AM Thursday, so go ahead and enter for your chance to win! A winner will be announced on Thursday :)
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Monday, July 13, 2015
Christmas in July {SALE} - Morning Work
It's the first part of my Christmas in July Sale event!
Aren't those precious first moments in the classroom crucial?! And if your classroom is anything like mine, those moments are filled with attendance, parents, notes, checking folders, about a thousand questions or stories from the kiddos, and getting the day started! How is one person supposed to handle of that??
It got overwhelming for me, so I turned to these morning work packs to help me keep my sanity!
I have bundled the 1st semester morning work packs for BIG savings! AND it's on sale during my Christmas in July Sale event! Just click on the image to take you there :)
Aren't those precious first moments in the classroom crucial?! And if your classroom is anything like mine, those moments are filled with attendance, parents, notes, checking folders, about a thousand questions or stories from the kiddos, and getting the day started! How is one person supposed to handle of that??
It got overwhelming for me, so I turned to these morning work packs to help me keep my sanity!
Each sheet has 7 problems that match Common Core standards. August Morning Work focuses more on easy review/1st grade skills to ease those summer brains back into school mode. :) These pages do not have page numbers, so you can put them in any order you choose!
I printed one page for each school day of that month, and I copied them two-sided. Each child had a "Morning Work Folder" to hold the hole-punched pages. After unpacking backpacks, the kids would grab breakfast (our school had a grant) and start the next page in their folder. I would check the page before we started our day. I checked them because 1) it held the students accountable for completing the work and 2) it showed me which students needed more support or what skills we needed to review later in the day.
I have bundled the 1st semester morning work packs for BIG savings! AND it's on sale during my Christmas in July Sale event! Just click on the image to take you there :)
Be sure to come back for the other two parts of the sale. Happy shopping!
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Christmas in July {SALE}!
I'm back!
It's been a crazy few months around here because....
1) My husband matched into a pediatric residency in Little Rock, Arkansas!
2) We moved from Alabama to Arkansas.
3) I had to leave my 2nd grade position :(
4) I got a new job in 4th grade! :)
5) We bought a house!
See? I told you ---> craziness!
Now that we have a functioning house (it's beautiful!), hubs has started his new job (he finally gets paid!), and I have a few weeks until school starts (eek!), I can get back into the blogging world!
Since I won't have 2nd grade sweeties anymore, I changed my blog/TPT name to a more generic elementary name - Cecil Classroom Creations! And to celebrate all of these new and exciting changes, I'm throwing a sale! {{Not just any sale, but a "Christmas in July" sale!}}
It's been a crazy few months around here because....
1) My husband matched into a pediatric residency in Little Rock, Arkansas!
2) We moved from Alabama to Arkansas.
3) I had to leave my 2nd grade position :(
4) I got a new job in 4th grade! :)
5) We bought a house!
See? I told you ---> craziness!
Now that we have a functioning house (it's beautiful!), hubs has started his new job (he finally gets paid!), and I have a few weeks until school starts (eek!), I can get back into the blogging world!
Since I won't have 2nd grade sweeties anymore, I changed my blog/TPT name to a more generic elementary name - Cecil Classroom Creations! And to celebrate all of these new and exciting changes, I'm throwing a sale! {{Not just any sale, but a "Christmas in July" sale!}}
There will be 3 different sales this week. Come back to the blog for each sale to see what the products for sale are and how I use them in my classroom.
The wonderful people of Blog Hoppin' are throwing a Christmas in July sale, so be sure to go check it out!
Friday, April 10, 2015
March Madness: Sweetie Style
March was an exciting month for us! We had our big field trip, Spring came (and so did spring break!!), and we flew through a lot of material! Here's a recap of our madness:
1) Pronouns
We continued practicing our 5 week study on pronouns. Miss Priscilla Pronoun from Step Into Second Grade came to visit our class and help us remember how to identify pronouns.
I also found these beauties for whole group language lessons. We used them to identify pronouns in sentences. They are magnetic AND dry-erasable, so they are perfect for anything! I got these from a local education store, but you can order them from Learning Resources here.
2) Fractions
I hate that we only have 2 weeks to go over fractions because there is so much you can do when introducing them! We didn't have time to do a lot of the stuff I wanted to do with it, but we squeezed in as much as we could.
We started with Blair Turner's Interactive Notebook with some flapbooks to define fraction vocabulary.
We also used Fraction Friends and Fraction cookies from Amy Lemons' Fraction Fanatic unit. These activities were done in partners to save time and paper! Plus, creativity is more fun with 2 second grade brains :)
Amy's fraction unit also has a fraction hunt which my class LOVED! Cards were posted all over the room. The kids put their recording sheet on a clipboard and had to write the fraction for each card on their recording sheet. They followed directions perfectly and were really motivated to find all the cards and write the fractions correctly. I need to be doing more scavenger hunts like this because it got them up and moving and learning.
3) Chattanooga, TN Field Trip
Our school's 2nd grade does a BIG field trip every year to Chattanooga, TN, which I had the pleasure of coordinating this year. We left the school at 5:45 a.m. on a charter bus with 55 kids and 35 chaperones. We went to the Tennessee Aquarium, ate lunch at the Chattanooga Choo Choo, saw Ruby Falls, and explored Rock City. Then, each kid got their own $5 bill to spend at McDonald's on the way home. We finally got back to the school at 8:30 p.m. WHEW! A full day! We had lots of fun and no major incidents which makes this field trip coordinator happy. :)
4) Food Fight Parent Night
Last year, our faculty tried a new kind of PTA night called "Food Fight". This parent night was divided into 2 parts. Part 1 consisted of a free dinner of pizza, which is the "Food" part. The "Fight" part was Part 2, when the parents and kids go to the classrooms and have a friendly math competition. We had a sheet of problems that would be common in our 2nd grade classrooms and had all math tools needed available. It wasn't who could solve the problems faster, but who could explain their thinking the most explicitly, which is always harder for the parents to do because they aren't exposed to that kind of math instruction every day. The kids loooooove proving their answers to their parents and showing off their knowledge :)
5) The Very Hungry Caterpillar
I whipped up this little mini unit during one of our many weather days while parking myself on the couch :) We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and focused on life cycles while using reading skills and standards. This unit has comprehension questions, vocabulary quiz and cards, sequencing cards and writing pages, ABC order, and more. Not to mention we learned a little about caterpillars and butterflies along the way. It was such a great way to welcome Spring!
1) Pronouns
We continued practicing our 5 week study on pronouns. Miss Priscilla Pronoun from Step Into Second Grade came to visit our class and help us remember how to identify pronouns.
I also found these beauties for whole group language lessons. We used them to identify pronouns in sentences. They are magnetic AND dry-erasable, so they are perfect for anything! I got these from a local education store, but you can order them from Learning Resources here.
2) Fractions
I hate that we only have 2 weeks to go over fractions because there is so much you can do when introducing them! We didn't have time to do a lot of the stuff I wanted to do with it, but we squeezed in as much as we could.
We started with Blair Turner's Interactive Notebook with some flapbooks to define fraction vocabulary.
We also used Fraction Friends and Fraction cookies from Amy Lemons' Fraction Fanatic unit. These activities were done in partners to save time and paper! Plus, creativity is more fun with 2 second grade brains :)
Amy's fraction unit also has a fraction hunt which my class LOVED! Cards were posted all over the room. The kids put their recording sheet on a clipboard and had to write the fraction for each card on their recording sheet. They followed directions perfectly and were really motivated to find all the cards and write the fractions correctly. I need to be doing more scavenger hunts like this because it got them up and moving and learning.
3) Chattanooga, TN Field Trip
Our school's 2nd grade does a BIG field trip every year to Chattanooga, TN, which I had the pleasure of coordinating this year. We left the school at 5:45 a.m. on a charter bus with 55 kids and 35 chaperones. We went to the Tennessee Aquarium, ate lunch at the Chattanooga Choo Choo, saw Ruby Falls, and explored Rock City. Then, each kid got their own $5 bill to spend at McDonald's on the way home. We finally got back to the school at 8:30 p.m. WHEW! A full day! We had lots of fun and no major incidents which makes this field trip coordinator happy. :)
4) Food Fight Parent Night
Last year, our faculty tried a new kind of PTA night called "Food Fight". This parent night was divided into 2 parts. Part 1 consisted of a free dinner of pizza, which is the "Food" part. The "Fight" part was Part 2, when the parents and kids go to the classrooms and have a friendly math competition. We had a sheet of problems that would be common in our 2nd grade classrooms and had all math tools needed available. It wasn't who could solve the problems faster, but who could explain their thinking the most explicitly, which is always harder for the parents to do because they aren't exposed to that kind of math instruction every day. The kids loooooove proving their answers to their parents and showing off their knowledge :)
5) The Very Hungry Caterpillar
I whipped up this little mini unit during one of our many weather days while parking myself on the couch :) We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and focused on life cycles while using reading skills and standards. This unit has comprehension questions, vocabulary quiz and cards, sequencing cards and writing pages, ABC order, and more. Not to mention we learned a little about caterpillars and butterflies along the way. It was such a great way to welcome Spring!
Lately, we have been doing a study on fairy tales, which I hope to get up here soon! Our school started testing this week, so we've been on a small lockdown in our classrooms the past couple of days. We will survive!
Monday, February 9, 2015
Soil & Such
I'll admit-I'm not the best at incorporating super interesting and engaging science lessons into our day. I hate to say it, especially since my mom is the best 5th grade science teacher ever! (sorry, mom) For a couple of weeks, we dug deep into soil (see what I did there?) and got a little hands-on!
First, we talked about the life cycle of a plant. We specifically looked at a pumpkin because our weekly story from our reading series was titled "The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin". I wish we could read this story in the Fall, but oh well!
1.We sequenced the life cycle of a pumpkin with this cut and paste:
2. After a week of life cycles, our next story from our reading series was titled "Soil", a nonfiction explanation about what soil is and why it is important.
We studied soil by observing how it felt, smelled, looked, and decided if it would be good for a plant. (sorry, no pictures) Once we decided it was good, we began the planting process!
3. Before we could plant, we observed the different seeds we would be planting with our 5 senses. And we got to use awesome science tools (there you go, mom). The 4 seeds we looked at were bean, sunflower, pumpkin, and pea.
4. After we observed and recorded and got all scientific, we FINALLY got to plant! Each table had a different seed to plant. 4 different types of seeds = 4 different table groups. Perfect!
5. Now, EAT IT!
Just kidding. I made dirt cake as a little treat to wrap up our soil unit. I almost had them convinced I dug it out of the ground. :) YUM!
Our little plants are sitting by the window soaking up what little sun is shining and are well watered. Hopefully, I will have some little sprouts to report soon!
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