My New Adventure - and a Giveaway!

After lots and lots of thought and conversations with my teaching and blogging friends, I've decided to open a Teachers Notebook Shop.

Hopefully, I'll make enough to cover the cost of my new books and the clip art I use in my freebies for you!

Don't worry....I still plan on posting lots and lots of freebies correlated to the Common Core Standards. I'll just have additional materials available for a small cost.

Here is my first item I've uploaded to my store. It's a collection of games and activities for skip counting practice. Everything is new and hasn't been posted on my blog before. I'm even giving away a free copy in my shop. Just click on the pic below to go to the link to enter the giveaway.

If you want to see the items as I post them, click on the Teachers Notebook button at the top right of my blog.

Poetry Oldie But Goodie -- Freebie

My sweet baby girl turned 21 yesterday!

(This is where you all say, "But Mary, you don't look old enough to have a 21 year old!)

Since I'm helping her celebrate and not near a computer, I'm scheduling this to give you another shot at a freebie I posted last spring. It's a circus-themed collection of different poetry activities.

Just click on the pic above to get the file!

If you haven't gone to Teachers Notebook and entered their giveaway, go NOW! You might win a tablet!

Meet Odd Mod and Even Esian

I read Even Steven and Odd Todd to my kids today to review even and odd numbers. 

As I read the story, they recorded any numbers they heard on a graphic organizer labeled Even and Odd. (I forgot to make a pic of the graphic organizer.) You could do one organizer on the board to record the whole group's answers or let each child make their own foldable.

After talking about the book and how we recorded the numbers, I divided the class into four groups. Two groups drew Even Steven or Odd Todd. The other two groups gave their characters new names....Odd Mod and Even Esian. (Obviously the kiddos came up with the new names!)

The kiddos could dress the characters in any way they wanted as long as the odd characters only wore an odd number of each item and the even characters only wore an even number.

After the characters were dressed, each group had to write sentences describing the characters.

Here are the finished products!

Meet Odd Todd and Even Steven...

...and Odd Modd and Even Esian!

Don't forget to join my Reading Roundup Linky Party and share one professional book you want to read, one book you want to read strictly for pleasure, and one you want to use to teach a skill in your classroom. Remember, these are books you have not read yet, but are next on your To Read List. Go {HERE} to join in the fun!

Assessments, Daily Grades, and Practice for Even/Odd and Arrays - Freebie! - PLUS a Great iPad Tip!

I thought I'd share an assessment, daily work, and practice for our work on
even and odd numbers
(OA.2.3 Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication. Determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of members, e.g., by pairing objects or counting them by 2s; write an equation to express an even number as a sum of two equal addends)
and
arrays
(OA.2.4 Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication. Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends).

Just click on each of the above pics to get the two files.

If you use iPads in your classroom, you MUST visit Heidi Songs and read her post on setting up the iPads so that your students can ONLY access the app you want them to work on! Who knew????? I found this great idea while I was trying to catch up on my blog reading, stalking, whatever!

Don't forget to join my Reading Roundup Linky Party and share one professional book you want to read, one book you want to read strictly for pleasure, and one you want to use to teach a skill in your classroom. Remember, these are books you have not read yet, but are next on your To Read List. Go {HERE} to join in the fun!

Skating Around Arrays - Freebie - AND Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of my giveaway! These five lucky readers will receive a copy of Miracle Dogs of Portugal. In addition, the author is donating copies of the book to Hurricane Sandy victims. Ladies, please be looking for an email from me. I need your mailing address so that you can get your prize!

Want practice in matching arrays, addition expressions, AND multiplication expressions?

Here you go!

Just click on the pic above to get the file.

Today is our first day back with kids and

I. Am. Not. Ready!

I want to see my kiddos.

I just don't want to have to get out of my PJs to do it!

Wish me luck....and leave me a comment. Let me know how your first day back went.

Don't forget to join my Reading Roundup Linky Party and share one professional book you want to read, one book you want to read strictly for pleasure, and one you want to use to teach a skill in your classroom. Remember, these are books you have not read yet, but are next on your To Read List. Go {HERE} to join in the fun!

Perfectly Perfect Practice for Even and Odd Numbers - Freebie

Here's another activity for math stations for a little more practice in determining if numbers are even or odd.

My kiddos are pretty good at looking at a number and telling me if it is odd or even, but  writing an explanation is hard for them. I think I'm going to write a number on the board every day right after Calendar Math and get them to draw the number, write an expression, and give an explanation for whether the number is even or odd.

Click on the pic above to download the file.

Please practice leaving me some perfectly precious  comments if you download the file!

Don't forget to join my Reading Roundup Linky Party and share one professional book you want to read, one book you want to read strictly for pleasure, and one you want to use to teach a skill in your classroom. Remember, these are books you have not read yet, but are next on your To Read List. Go {HERE} to join in the fun!

Rounding Up Arrays - Freebie

We are ready to start building a foundation for multiplication, so I made this activity for my math stations.

Students will use either markers or the small images included in the packet to build arrays of numbers. They must also determine if the number is odd or even and write an addition sentence that represents the array. If the number is even, the addends will both be even. I am going to encourage them to also use repeated addition to represent the numbers.

Just click on the pic above to get the activity.

I'd love a round-up of comments, too, so please leave one if you download!

Don't forget to join my Reading Roundup Linky Party and share one professional book you want to read, one book you want to read strictly for pleasure, and one you want to use to teach a skill in your classroom. Remember, these are books you have not read yet, but are next on your To Read List. Go {HERE} to join in the fun!