This and That....and a Time Freebie!

What a week it's been so far! I had to miss a few days to help my parents out with some doctors' appointments.....my DSL line has been wonky and I couldn't post.....I feel like I'm behind in so many things...both at home and at school!

There's just not enough time!

And speaking of time......

that's our next skill in math. 

I've made a whole packet on time for my Teachers Pay Teachers Store and Teachers Notebook Shop, but I wanted to offer a freebie, as well.

Our standard requires the students to tell time to the nearest five minutes, as well as relate it to either an a.m. or p.m. hour.

This worksheet is one of my favorite time-related activities.

Students pick a time (to the nearest five minutes) and write a sentence that describes what they would be doing at that time if it was a.m. and if it was p.m. After writing the sentences, they illustrate them.

If you'd like a copy, just click on the pic above. If you'd like the whole packet, click on one of the store links in the right sidebar.

If you have TIME....leave me a comment!

Here's to a happy Friday! We have a big day planned at our school tomorrow. I'm going to bed early to get ready.

Take five! for Nouns - Freebie

Review common and proper nouns with a quick category game. Students draw a card, set a timer, and list as many proper nouns that fit the category as they can in two minutes. They then add common nouns to their lists. 

Click on the pictures above to get the file.

I've added a new product with a farm theme to my Teachers Pay Teachers store and Teachers Notebook shop with ten fun activities to reinforce and practice nouns...

collective nouns, possessive nouns, common nouns, proper nouns.....nouns, nouns, nouns!

Click on the links at the right to check it out!

Dice Data Freebie AND A Celebration!

Our next Math unit is on data, so I've updated a freebie I posted last year on collecting data with dice. The activities include creating bar graphs, picture graphs, and line plots.

Just click on the pic above to get the file.

Today is my birthday! To celebrate, I'm putting everything in my Teachers Pay Teachers store and my Teachers Notebook shop on sale. It's all 15% off! Come visit and see what's new. Just clink on the links in the right sidebar.

Don't Get Struck by Lightning! - Plurals Freebie

It's Hump Day!

Celebrate with this card game for practicing plurals.

Students draw a card and name and spell the plural form of the word. If they are correct, they get to keep the card.

If not, they put the card back in the pile. If they draw a lightning card, they lose all of their cards. The winner has the most cards when the pile runs out.

Click on the pic above to get the file!

Happy Day Off!

Happy Presidents' Day! 

I hope you have the day off.

I can't decide if I'm going to catch up on school work, read, or de-clutter more of this stuff that finds it way into my house!

Hmmm.....

I did decide to make a quick freebie for you.

I'm using it tomorrow with my kiddos for a quick addition practice. They love Bump games, so I made a new one for them. 

It's a fun and sneaky way to get them to practice their addition facts!

Just click on the pic above to get the file.

I've added some new products to my Teachers Pay Teachers store and Teachers Notebook shop this weekend, so go take a look. If you are looking for a product to address a specific skill, just contact me and I'll see what I can do to help out.

Have a great day!

President's Day Books and Freebies!

It's hard to believe Valentine's Day has come and gone. My kiddos were so excited to give me their cards, candy, and presents. I still remember how exciting it was when I was little, and that's been a few years ago! I tried to tell the kiddos about making sacks just like they did, but they just looked at me like there was NO WAY Mrs. Pitner EVUH - EVUH had been a little girl in second grade!

We are off Monday for President's Day, but I'm spending a little bit of the week talking about some of our presidents and reading some great books.
If you will click each of the pictures below, you can find some freebies I've made and am using in my stations.

If you are beginning your planning for March, I have several items in my Teachers Pay Teachers store and Teachers Notebook shop you might like. Click on the links to the right to visit!

Have a wonderful weekend recovering from Valentine's Day!

Fortune Teller Math Fluency Game

Looking for a fun way to practice Math fluency?

My block shared this activity with our parents at our Parent University Night. The parents loved it, the kids loved it, and we loved it!

The kids who came that night begged to teach it the next day to their classmates that couldn't come.

We've been playing it in any spare minutes we can find.

Take the face cards out of a deck of cards.

Three students play together.

One holds the cards and is the "Adder."

She sits in between the other two students, who sit facing each other. 

The "Adder" gives each of the other two students a card, but they cannot look at it. They place it on their forehead so that the other player can see it, but they can't.

The "Adder" calls out the sum of the two cards.

The "Fortune Tellers" (the two other students) try to be the first to guess their number by subtracting the number on the card they can see from the Adder's total.

The kiddos don't even realize they are working on their addition and subtraction fluency while they are playing. All they know is that they are having fun.

(We had to have a talk about not spitting on the cards to make them stick to their foreheads!)

Try playing it one day this week and let me know what you think. I hope you have as much fun playing as we have!

Don't forget, if you need ideas for Valentine celebrations this week, everything Valentine and snow related in my Teachers Pay Teachers store and my Teachers Notebook shop is marked off!