Christmas read aloud books for kindergarten and first grade. These are some of my favorite books to read during the month of December. Christmas Read Aloud Books It's December! Whoo-hoo! Check out this list of 25 Christmas read aloud favorites! #1 Is it Christmas Yet by Jane Chapman Teddy is anxiously awaiting Christmas. He and Big Bear have lots to do! #2 Memoirs of an Elf by Devin Scillian Elf friends work to keep Santa on schedule. Follow the 24 hours leading up to ... continue reading...
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Christmas Calendar Parent Gift
Christmas Calendar Parent Gift Ideas! This makes a great parent gift and they are so fun to make! Students will make a parent calendar. Need a fun and unique gift idea that's quick and easy with no mess? Look no further! This would make the perfect gift for Christmas! Includes calendar pages that are updated each year! Christmas Calendar Parent Gift: What is included? Okay, y'all let's face it, December is a cuh-razy month and the ... continue reading...
Teacher Appreciation Sale & End of the Year Memory Book
By now you have heard about THE sale of the year! If you are impatient (like me) you can get a 20% discount on EVERYTHING in my store starting today (Monday)! TpT's sale officially starts on Tuesday. Now, I like a plan of attack. Here are my plans as the sale approaches: 1. Look at my past purchases. Have I left feedback on these? I love those points! Sometimes the TpT system slows down on big sale days, so I want to get those feedbacks ... continue reading...
Christmas Fun: Sneak Peak!
I just finished my Christmas unit and uploaded it to Teachers Pay Teachers. Here are a few pictures from the unit. An original story that I wrote. The story can be printed out and used for Shared Reading or you can use it on your Smartboard or projector. Santa craft and two writing activities...create a list for Santa or write him a letter. Decorate a Christmas tree and then count, graph and record what is on the tree. Here's the description from Teachers Pay ... continue reading...
Insect Learning Fun, Freebies and a Sale!
We read lots of Eric Carle books and created our own papers to use in his style. No patterns, please! The kids use rectangles and squared to create their own unique insects. I LOVE the results. Much better than if I had given them patterns to trace. Building insects with pattern blocks. The unit includes a sheet for them to tally, graph and add the pattern blocks they used to build their insect. We always start out by charting what we think ... continue reading...
Hang on! Christmas Break is almost here! Ho-Ho Endings Literacy and Math Freebie
This Ho-Ho Endings Literacy and Math Freebie is free in my TPT store. Just click on the picture below. Need some Print and Go activities? This unit is 25% off through tomorrow. Enjoy the Sweet Sums Freebie from this unit by scrolling down. Click HERE to download the Sweet Sums FREEBIE from December in a Snap! If you need some last minute crafts or center activities then you will want to check out my ELF CAPADES unit. It is my favorite Christmas ... continue reading...
Currently and a SALE!
I can't believe that it is already February! The time is flying by! February is a busy month in the Jump house. My daughter, Taylor has a birthday on the 4th and my son, Hunter has a birthday on the 24th so we will be eating lots of yummy (I.DO.NOT.NEED.IT) birthday cake this month! :) Okay, so this is my first time to link up to the currently that Farley from sponsors. It is so much fun to go through and read everyone's responses. I don't know why I've never linked up ... continue reading...
Organization Station Resource Posted… On Sale for Half Price
Due to popular request this resource from my Organization Station workshop is now being offered as a unit on TPT. This resource includes ideas for setting up and organizing your classroom. The unit has information on furniture arrangement, grouping students, organizing materials and printable forms. Printable labels for materials and library books as well as a blank editable version is also available. This unit also includes forms for student information, communication, supply requests and ... continue reading...
How to Start Teaching Writer’s Workshop in Kindergarten & First Grade
Do you struggle with how to get started? Writer's Workshop in kindergarten and first grade classrooms is one of the most powerful components. In Writing Workshop in kindergarten and first grade, students are encoding words that come from their thoughts and feelings, which is a much easier skill than decoding. Successful writers become successful readers! So, how do you get started? The answer is simple. Just jump right in!! I usually start at the beginning of the ... continue reading...
Happy New Year Photo Booth Props FREEBIE!!!
The photo booth props are great to use for a memory book picture each month. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! Our family had a great time together. Every year on Christmas Eve the girls and I (now we have a little man too) have a pajama party. We listen to Christmas music and decorate gingerbread houses and cookies. My little sweeties are so adorable I could just eat them up! Mel and I updated our New Year's Eve Photo Booth Props so that you could use them at your New ... continue reading...
Alphabets and Fonts Clearance
If you love cute fonts then you don't want to miss the clearance sale at Lettering Delights. Many alphabets and fonts are on sale for as low as 50 cents! My favorite alphabet is the one shown in the picture above. It is called Scribble Kids. You can get all my favorites in the bundle called, Top 10 Fonts and Alphabets of 2011. The entire bundle is only $8.00 Please use the pink button to the left of my blog post that Says 9 Free Fonts to purchase them. If you are unsure how to use them ... continue reading...
Inferring with Primary Students: The Case of the Missing Toy Sack
Inferring with Primary Students: Christmas Inference Detectives Activities for Kindergarten and First-Grade Inferring with Primary Students: Kindergarten and First-Grade Inferring is an important comprehension skill for young readers to have and I love giving them lots of practice with this skill. We infer each week with the story we are reading, but I also like to give them opportunities to infer outside of the text. Inferring is just putting clues together and using that voice inside ... continue reading...
Guiding Readers Questions and Answers
Last November Deedee and I had a conversation about her desire to do more with the books she was using for Read Alouds. Her kids loved many of the books she was reading to them, and they wanted to hear them again and again. She felt that she had a great foundation with writer's workshop (more on that later) but she wanted deeper connections and interactions with the texts that she was reading to her class. So we created Guiding Readers. What are Guiding Readers? Guiding Readers started ... continue reading...
Lunar New Year
If teachers ask students to name a favorite holiday, responses often include Christmas, Halloween, and the Fourth of July. Indeed, holiday celebrations are a significant focus in the United States. However, students often do not realize how countries worldwide celebrate holidays. As the Lunar New Year approaches, it is the perfect time to show students how a well-known country rings in their new year. The Lunar New Year Packet will be an excellent way to ensure students have everything they need ... continue reading...
Where’s My Mummy? Fall Book Party
I'm linking up with Ashley from The Teacher's Treasure Chest to share one of my favorite Fall books. Where's My Mummy? by Carolyn Crimi is always a class favorite. Little Mummy doesn't want to go to bed so he begs his Mummy to play one more game of hide and shriek. The events that happen next will have your Littles shrieking with delight. The simplicity of this fun book makes it the perfect book for making predictions and asking and answering questions about key detail in a text. (Common ... continue reading...
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