Thanksgiving Numbers to 30 Hands On Centers

It's been a great and busy weekend! In the last 3 days I've had a friend's birthday party, my 10 year reunion, shopping with my first TPT check, a soccer game, and lesson planning! Wow! I think I need an extra day in my weekend! I'm super excited to see I'm only 15 followers away from my 100 Follower Giveaway! I already have 3 blogger friends joining in the fun, so there will be not 1 item to win, but 4!!! If you'd like to join in and be part of the giveaway, please let me know by shooting me an email to teacherlisasclass@gmail.com

I've just finished my newest item for my TPT store. It just so happens to also be the item I'll be putting up for grabs during my giveaway. I had every intention of waiting...but I was so excited about this new hands-on learning center that I couldn't wait to tell you about it!!

•Pilgrim Hats: Counters

•Turkeys with Solid Numbers:

–Write the Room

–Counting Practice using Pilgrim Hat Counters

•Cornucopia with Dashed Numbers: Tracing Practice (laminate and trace with dry erase markers)

•Write the Room Student Response Sheet

•Count and Match Game

Learning Through Halloween!

My kids are going nuts over all the Halloween activities. It's amazing how all I need to do is add a bat or pumpkin to a very mundane activity and suddenly they think it's the best thing ever! I'm taking full advantage of this. I picked up more little bats at Target tonight for our counting activities. One kid who usually hates working had a tantrum this morning because I wouldn't let him count pumpkins during reading time. How funny is it that telling a kid "you can't learn math now" turns into a 20 minute pouting session?! Looks like I need to add more pumpkins to reading time. For today, the bats initial and final sounds activity worked pretty well.The initial and final sounds came from here at First Grade Parade. The bat picture/number cards to 20 were a freebie I posted yesterday. The kid who was working on them begged for them ALL DAY after he found the new cards this morning!

The pocket books are a continuing work in progress, and the kids are still completely loving them. The best part is how eery quiet they are while working. The kids are so excited about each project that they get a little disappointed when I tell them to put it in their pocket and wait until all the pockets are full to take the book home. They just want to rush home and share the projects with their parents. Too cute! It was a rough afternoon for one little guy, so no pics of the project today. In a nutshell, the kinders drew pictures of their Halloween costumes and practiced writing the name of their costume. The 1st/2nd kids read about owls and started a mini owl report. It still needs some work, so that will take attempt #2 tomorrow. I was busy with the rough day kiddo, and couldn't help the boys, so they did the best they could with zero examples or scaffolding. Tomorrow will be a re-do day for them.

A BOO! means a freebie for YOU!!!

I got Boo-ed!! And I'm super excited about it! I saw it going around and I was secretly hoping I'd get a Boo! too thanks to Vanessa at Kindergarten Schmindergarten. I send her a GREAT BIG THANKS!! As part of this Boo I am posting 3 October products I love, including one NEW FREEBIE!! Who doesn't love a freebie?!

So, here are the rules...

1. If you've been boo-ed, copy and paste the above pic and these "rules" into your post.

2. Give a shout out to the blogger who booed you and link back to their site!

3. Share 3-5 October activities, books, products (maybe yours or someone else's) or freebies(s) that you love!

4. Share the Boo love with 5 bloggers-make sure you check this link so that you don't repeat the "Boo"

http://toristeachertips.blogspot.com/2012/10/ive-been-booed-fun-october-linky.html

5. Link up {here} so that others can find you and read about your October ideas! While you are there check out the other great blogs!

Here are my 3 October Products:

FREEBIE Graphing Activity

NEW FREEBIE!! Numbers to 20!

  Here are the 5 WONDERFUL bloggers I'm featuring!

Check out Simone over at Busy as a Honey Bee! I fell in love with this blog instantly, and I'm sure you will too!

I think I love the title the most for this next blog...mainly because I tend to use the phrase to describe my own class too! Her class is full of lots of love and care as you can see by the warm glove box for chilly days (we don't get those here in Cali, so I have no need for a snow day box, but I love it none the less).

 

I wouldn't be a SPED teacher if I didn't show some SPED teacher love! I've check this blog for new ideas OFTEN! 

Now if you need a laugh and some great teaching ideas all at the same time, this is where you go! If there is one blog I read almost daily, it's this one!

Here is another SPED blog that's a goodie. You don't have to be a sped teacher to appreciate great teaching ideas and lessons!