Falls of Fun!

Hello friends!! Baby Rae and I wanted to stop by with a little throwback post and some exciting news! 

I know that many of you are setting up your Readers and Writer's Workshop and I wanted to share a few pictures of my classroom during this time! You can find the original post HERE! 

We always start out by asking why do readers read? I love the responses they come up with! I think its' so important that kiddos understand why we do things! I mentioned this is the earlier post, but I laminate this chart so I can easily reuse it from year to year. This teacher loves post its! 

We also talk a lot about how to choose a good book! Here's one of our favorite anchor charts! 

And here's our anchor chart wall full of our learning! 

I'd love to hear how you launch Reader's Workshop! 

 I have also teamed up with Educents with some instant downloads for you!

I have 2 great products in the bundle! Now that aren't "fall themed" but they are great units to help get thing started in your classroom during fall! You can check out Launching Writer's Workshop and What is a Scientist by clicking the links! 

But that's not all... the bundle covers to following topics that you will need to teach this year:

·      long and short vowel sounds
·      counting, identifying, representing, and comparing numbers
·      identify and analyze 2d & 3d shapes
·      become scientists  
·      write words and sentences
·      implement writers workshop
·      addition and subtraction story problems to 20
·      story elements
·      retelling and responding to text
·      poetry
·      ten frames
·      least to greatest and greatest to least
·      graphing

For a limited time it is $15.99 from Educents which is about 76% off!  12 instant downloads for your Kindergarten and First Grade learners.  And 850 pages of materials ready for you to use - there is sure to be tons you will love!

Go check it out! :) 

Best and Most {linky}

Don't you remember voting on the "best dressed" and "most likely to succeed" in high school? Well, a group of bloggers and I are going to do the same thing with products we use in your classrooms!

As we close in on the Back to School Sale, it's fun to think about everything you want to buy to make the most out of your year with your babies! So I want to show you what I feel is the "best and most" of what I use in my classroom.

But first, I must share with you my high school drill team picture. I never was voted anything in my high school yearbook, so this will have to do :)

I've always wondered if that uniform still fits. I don't dare find out though :)

Now, onto the best and most of things to use in the classroom.

Let's start with the "Teacher's Pet". My teacher's pet is my "All About Me" book. I LOVE this activity because it's a great way for students to help me get to know them at the beginning of the year. The students also learn about each other as they work through the book. I love listening to the conversations around this activity. It is also not a writing intensive activity, so even your babies who are not the best of writers, aren't afraid to tackle it.

Next up is "Most Likely to Help Your Student Succeed". I love these centers packets because they include simple centers activities that will build up your student's confidence as you are teaching how centers work in your classroom. What I also love about these units is they work for numerous grade levels. The 1st grade set can be used in 1st grade at the beginning of the year or kinder a few months in. Same goes for the 2nd grade set. It can be used in 2nd grade at the beginning of the year or 1st grade a few months in.

The "Best Couple" goes to "What is a Scientist?" and "Launching Reader's Workshop". You may be thinking, how do science and reading go together? Well let me tell you! They are a great couple because both units are a great way to introduce science and reading into your classroom at the beginning of the year!

Well that wraps up the Best and Most of things I use in my classroom. I hope that you are able to get everything you need to make your classroom successful this year during the sale!

My store will be 20% off Sunday and Monday and don't forget to add in the code BTS13 to get an extra 10% off when you check out! This is not something you want to miss!

Head over to Christina's blog to check out the other bloggers who are sharing their "Best and Most".

Five for Friday and Fabulous Feedback

I don't know about you, but things are getting busy around my house! As a teacher, I LOVE my few months of summer, but I also enjoy getting busy about this time of year. My husband always says there's no way I couldn't work, because I enjoy working and being busy! He is so right! By August, I'm ready to start work again!

Unfortunately, my job this year doesn't have me start work until October. I know! How dare I complain about that! But the GOOD news for YOU about me not going back until October is that I have lots of extra time to bust out some amazing units for YOU!

I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday so you can see the amazing things I've been working on this week!

#1 My first unit is my Texas unit, which is such an important unit because social studies can get skipped over so easily in the classroom. This unit includes math, reading, and writing activities that makes it easy to integrate into the classroom. If you're not from Texas, well, you should totally move here because our schools are amazing! HA!

#2 I also whipped up this little gem to introduce science into your classroom! Another subject that gets pushed to the back burner easily! I've taken care of your questions of how to introduce it with 2 weeks worth of lesson plans!

#3 Next up is a great resource for back to school! Classroom jobs in both chevron and polka dots. These are so stinkin' adorable. They would jazz up any classroom instantly!

#4 This little piece of amazingness has been around for awhile, but I gave it a facelift! This is such a fun unit to use at the beginning of the year! It is not writing intensive so all students, no matter their ability level, can have fun with it! There are so many fun pages that there wasn't even enough room to show them all in the preview!

#5 If you are still looking for some amazing centers for back to school, look no more! I have made back to school centers for 1st AND 2nd grade! I just get so tickled when I read the titles because it always makes me want to dance! Ya know, Black Eyed Peas? "Let's Get It Started!" Takes me back to my college days, driving down the road, singing at the top of my lungs!

As school starts up again, I know so many are stockin' up on products and I just have to thank a few amazing people for their sweet, SWEET feedback! I am linking up with Christina for "Fabulous Feedback".

RhoLynda purchased my "Crazy for Conventions" to use with her kiddos. I hope they are as excited about it as RhoLynda! RhoLynda, make sure to email me at flyinghighinfirstgrade@gmail.com I would love to give you a little thank you from my store! 

Miriam purchased my "All About Me Book" to use with her first graders for back to school. I just loved the thought she put into her feedback! Miriam, make sure to email me at flyinghighinfirstgrade@gmail.com I would love to give you a little thank you from my store!

And for all of you that made it to the end, pin to Pinterest which unit from my Five for Friday list at the beginning of the post you'd like to win (hope that makes sense), and comment with the pin on this blog post. One entry per person. Make sure you leave your email and I will pick a winner at the end of the weekend! Probably sometime on Sunday evening :)

Good luck!