Write On! Write On!

I went to one of my favorite stores this weekend ... DOLLAR TREE.  I am a little bit of a shopaholic fanatic, and when I saw these cooky eyeball glasses I knew they would be a perfect addition to our "Write the Room" center.  I COULDN'T resist!!  Look how hilarious and adorable!!

I mean they don't look like themselves at all!  When I looked up from my teacher table, it looked like there were little zombies walking around the classroom. It definitely gave me a giggle, and they had a blast!

 

I also wanted to offer the page I created for the kiddos to use when writing the room.  I would love to hear any feedback that you have OR how it works in your classroom.  ENJOY!!

 

 

 

 

Click the links below to grab your freebie!

http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/SmartTartsLearning/write-the-room-freebie

 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Write-the-Room-FREEBIE

 

Happy Writing!

I'm Over the Moon for this Batty Number Center!

I had a BATASTIC time drawing this graphic for latest center this past week.  My first grade class was so enthralled to learn about bats, so I figured I should make a center to go along with the theme.  This 23 page center has two parts ... an easier part {numbers 1-10} and a more difficult part {numbers 11-20}.

 In the 1-10 version, kids will read the number word in each bat's body matching corresponding dot & tally mark wings.

In the 11-30 version, kids will read the numeral in each bat's boday match corresponding tens frame/units & addition problem wings.

Once all of the bats have been matched up, the kiddos can sort the bats under the "EVEN" or "ODD" moons and fill in their accountability sheet.

I have also included a bat number line to help kiddos that are still struggling with addition as well as some "Bitty Bat Manipulatives" to help them solve their problems.

My own little gal loved this game too.  Here is a photo collage of her in action!

Hope you enjoy this inexpensive addition to your bat, October or Halloween unit. :)

You can pick it up here:

 

http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/SmartTartsLearning/batty-for-numbers-1-10-color

 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Batty-For-Numbers-1-10-Color

 

 

A Piece of {cup}Cake!

Last week in our first grade classroom we had 2 birthdays only 2 days apart.  Parties = CUPCAKES! When looking at the empty cupcake container, I realized it would probably make the base for a cool game. What game?? ... I had NO IDEA, but I gave myself 2 weeks to figure it out before throwing recycling them. 

See ... It has the potential for SOME kind of game!

Aha, by George, I got the idea yesterday.  An interactive game for spelling words.  

Here is how it goes:

 

I typed, printed and cut circles with the kiddos spelling words and grabbed a bag of puff balls.

Each player will have a puff ball {or button ...or whatever}

They will take turns throwing their puff ball into the tray, landing on a spelling word.

If they can read the word they can keep it and it is the next player's turn.

If that player can read it {you know the drill...}, if not, it stays in the tray.

If the puff ball lands in an empty part, the player loses a turn. Wah! Wah!



Check it out ... When they are done, the container makes for EASY BREEZY storage!

Think of the options that this one little container has ... math, letters, vocabulary, sight words...

the list goes on and on!

 

So start saving those cupcake containers and HAPPY CREATING!!

P.S. The kids were crazy excited over this center. :)