You've Got The "Write" Stuff, Baby! {giveaway}

Hi there friends!!  If y'all are anything like us then you are stoked about NKOTB being on tour right now! #ThrowbackGroupie  A few of my favorite blogging friends got together and we are super pumped to be hosting the "You Got the 'Write' Stuf, Baby!" writing resource giveaway in honor of these yummy guys and... 

our sweet little "new kids on the block!"  All of our precious families have recently grown (or are growing...Abby!) and we wanted to give away a few of our favorite writing resources to celebrate!! 

Check out what each of us are giving away below... 

(Click on our pics to visit our blogs and click on our babies to visit our resource in our TPT store)

Click below for 8 chances to win our "You Got the 'Write' Stuff" Bundle!!  The winner will be announced Sunday evening!!  Good luck sweet friends!!

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Five for Friday

It has been awhile since I've linked up for "Five for Friday" and I'm so excited to share what we've been doing this week!

This is my last week of school. The intervention teachers don't go through the end of school. Thank goodness because this baby is getting BIG! Take a look at last week's update picture. Sheesh! Baby Rae is going to be a big baby by the time 40 weeks comes around!

With my math groups we have been working on addition strategies that don't include counting on our fingers for the past 3 weeks and I have to say, we have broken that habit! The following strategies we've used are:

1. bridge to 10

2. using my 10s facts

3. doubles

4. near doubles

5. flip flop facts

6. fact families

7. counting on (only when it's adding on 1, 2, or 3)

We used the game "Addition Bingo" and really practice using our strategies!

Along with playing bingo we worked on our strategies with pencil and paper too.

 The kids LOVED these activities. You can find all of these activities in my "Watch Me Add" Unit.

For my reading groups this week I thought it would be fun to do a fun reading/writing activity for our last week together. 

The "All About Me Book" is always a hit with my kids! Every year, any grade! They have been working hard on them and can't wait to take them home and show them off to mom and dad.

For my last thing that's been going on this week, I am getting ready for Reagan's first baby shower. I can't wait for it! I'm sure I will be posting too many pictures over on my personal blog, Man and Wife and Two Fur Babies. 

I hope everyone has a good few last weeks of school! You are almost there! You can do it!!!

Falls of Fun

As we have all settled into school and you have implemented your reading and math centers, you may have also had to start making more and more centers. We do so much for our kids and those centers can take so much time!

Well I have the PERFECT thing for you! I have put together a set of math, writing, and reading PRINT and GO centers! Did I have you at print at go? Love at first sight, I'm sure!

There are great math worksheets that include practice in adding, subtracting, shapes, counting, graphing, and number words. Here's a peak at one of the math pages!

 Here in a sneak peak at two of the reading activities. I included Short Vowels, Rhyming Words, Beginning Sounds, There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves Sequencing Book, The Tree's Life Cycle Book, Orange Pumpkin, Orange Pumpkin Book, and ABC order

For the writing activities I included 5 writing prompts, a cloze activity, fill in the blank, and a fun fall mobile where they write their favorite fall activities! Check out the mobile.

Take a look at everything else included, and if you'd like to win a copy, head over to my facebook page! Just in time to print and use next week! Hope you have a great Friday!

First Grade Educents Bundle and Pin It to Win It

Classroom routines are settling a bit, students are getting into the groove of things, and we are really starting to dig deeper into our curriculum!  So I have teamed up with Educents and some other bloggers to offer you this great First Grade Literacy Bundle at a huge discount for a limited time!  (And keep reading for an opportunity to win an item from my store!)

You get 18 amazing literacy items to help your learners become better readers and writers!  Included are centers, printables, posters, readers, and even a little science and social studies because those are literacy too!

When I taught editing in writing a few years ago, I realized my kiddos needed lots of practice with editing marks! So voila! Crazy for Conventions was born! Because I was going to go crazy if my kids didn't start getting Conventions! :) My students loved having the posters to refer to during Writer's Workshop and they are also great for the teacher too during small group writing instruction.

There are 17 other products in our bundle to get your kids learning!  Hop along to Lisa's blog to see all the goodies you will get!    

But that's not all!   I am giving you a chance to Pin It to Win It (well you win any item from my store.)

Pin any image from my blog and enter below to win! Couldn't help but include some fun pictures for you to pin!

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So head on over to Educents when you are ready and stock up on amazing literacy resources for first!

Five for Friday

It is Friday!

It's a THREE day weekend!

Can I get an AMEN?!

I'm pretty sure there will be a dull roar heard across the world at about 3pm as teachers finish their 1st week and sail into a THREE day weekend!

You did it! You made it! Now go enjoy a nice cold drink ;)

As many of you know and maybe some of you don't, I am not going to be back in the classroom full time this year, just part time. If you had no idea, welcome! If you did, than this is nothing new. If you'd like to read more of why I'm not, check out this post. So my Five for Friday's are going to look a little different until I go back in October.

So even though I did not just survive my 1st week back, I KNOW the feeling! Pure exhaustion, lost voice, feet hurt, bed time has turned to 5:30pm. Go for it!

Onto my link up with Kacey from Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday.

1. My position with the school district doesn't start until mid-October, so I have been asked by our district's GT (gifted and talented) coordinator if I would take over for a GT teacher at one of our schools for the next 6 weeks. I am very excited about this opportunity! I will have a classroom, small groups to meet with, and fun high order thinking level activities to plan! Who knows? Maybe this is my calling?

2. Since everyone is back at school, I also had to create a schedule for myself. Part of it includes going to the gym AT LEAST 4 times a week. I've made it 3 times so far, as soon as this blog post is done, I'm getting my booty to the gym! My schedule also includes working on wonderful things for you! I am almost done with my "Launching Writer's Workshop". I hope to have it posted by this weekend!

3. Another plus of not going back to school yet is I'm able t make some yummy meals! And let me tell you, this weeks meals were to DIE for! Click on the pictures to take you to the recipes.

Creamy Tomato and Sausage Tortellini. Pretty sure I'm making this again next week! And yes, that is also Sex and the City playing while I cook ;) Don't judge!

Avocado Chicken Salad. This recipe didn't have the exact measurements but it wasn't hard to put together! We also had a yummy tomato, mozzarella, basil salad with balsamic vinegar on top. Again, no recipe, just cut and combine!

4. If you are needing something to read each morning that will encourage your day, than this is it! I am loving this little flipbook my sister gave me of encouraging sayings for every day! I have definitely needed it lately. It's called "Rain on Me" daily moments of hope and encouragement. By Holley Gerth.

5. And last but certainly not least, ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?! We certainly are over at our house! We went to Texas A&M and we can't wait to see the Aggies have an amazing season! I know I have some fellow Aggie readers, make some noise!

Well that's it! Enjoy your weekend and get some rest! :)

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!