Making My Classroom a Community

Every year we try to make our classroom feel like a community. We take an individual picture and blow it up to a 8X10 and ask the kids what they're best at. We then display their picture above the words be your best. The students love seeing their picture posted. It also helps with learning others names and they're able to read what the other kids are good at. Their pictures always turn out so cute.

This is my last years picture. You have to add your picture too right? I don't know about you but several of my sweeties call me teacher. This helps them  learn my name too. How do you make your classroom a community?

Thanksgiving Thank You to our Followers 100.00

Thanksgiving Gift Cards Give-Away- $100.00 in Gift Cards

Thanksgiving is a great time to show appreciation to everyone in our lives that support us. Sooooo... four of my blogger friends and I decided to sponsor a "Thanksgiving Thank You- Gift Card Give Away"  

We will each be sending the winner a $20.00 gift card.  After all, who couldn't use an extra $100.00 in gift cards for the holidays?

All you need to do is follow our blogs (2 entries per blog following), follow us in TpT (2 entries per TpT following,) and if you can blog about our give-away- 10 entries!  It's possible to earn  a total of 30 entries. Here is what the winner will receive:

Teresa at Fun in K-1 will be giving away a $20.00 Gift Card to Target. 

Cindy at Granny Goes to School will be giving away a $20.00 Gift Card to Old Navy.




I'll be giving away a $20.00 Gift Card to MAC Cosmetics. My all time favorite makeup.

Megan at Mrs. Wheeler's First Grade is giving away a $20.00 Gift Card to The Limited.

Ash at Pixy Stix and Teacher Tricks is giving away a $20.00 Gift Card to Target

 

So go over to grannygoestoschool.blogspot.com and enter quick. I would love for one of you to win. This is a giveaway you won't want to miss. 

Sight Word Game Turkey Time

I'm linking up with teacher to the core she is doing a linky party on sight word games. She has so many amazing ideas and isn't this graphic to die for?        

 I too have made some Thanksgiving sight word games. Just in time for the month of November. Check them out. I do it everyday during guided reading and my students LOVE them. It's the first thing they ask me when they come to the table. They want to know if we are going to play turkey time. There is a Kindergarten, First Grade, and a Second grade one if you want to check them out!

Roll A Turkey {Adding Style} Freebie

I can't believe November is already here. The month of September is always the longest month for me then October, November, and December fly by. I looked all over for a roll a turkey with adding all I could find was number identification ones. So If you're like me and want an adding one. Click on the picture below. My students are having a hard time with adding. So I thought this would be a fun way to reinforce the concept.

 

If you would like to learn more about me.Today I'm featured on Fun in 1st. I love reading all of her posts but especially her posts on Tuesdays. If you would like to be featured email her. 

There is an AMAZING giveaway going on right now. Miss V's Busy Bees is having one of the biggest giveaway I have seen. I'm giving away my Awestruckly Adverbs Unit. Go enter if you haven't yet. 

This weekend Granny Goes to school is having an awesome giveaway. I have partnered up with her to giveaway a 20.00 gift card to Mac Cosmetics(my all time favorite makeup). She is giving away 100.00 in gift cards to one lucky follower. Make sure and check it out this weekend. I would love for one of you to win. 

I won a darling packet on

  It's her Pre Primer and Primer Dolch Sight Word Game. Go check it out. It's well worth your money!

November Currently

First off I have to say how deeply saddened I am for those living back East. I can't imagine what you're going through. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Are you so ready for the weekend? I sure am! I'm so glad it's Friday and tomorrow I get to SLEEP IN.  This week has been exhausting especially with Halloween falling on a Wednesday. Can we just move Halloween to the last Friday of the month? It would be so much easier on the kids( and teachers :)). My kiddos were higher than a kite on the day after Halloween. I couldn't believe it. 

I'm linking up with Farley on her November Currently:

I just had to add this AWE SHUCKS... Lately I am really trying to find balance between my job and family. Sometimes I feel like I'm missing out on my kids lives and they're growing up so fast. I know this isn't teacher related but sometimes it's alright right? I promised to post pictures of my little ones on Halloween. 

This is my Miss Sass....

This is my Frankenstein sweet heart. 

Motivational Monday

 I am linking up with The Learning Tree, Smiling in Second and Classroom Cupcakes for their Motivational Monday Linky Party: I love these ecards they crack me up every time I read them. All of the ones I chose are teacher related. 

So true this year!

Ghost on a stick! Halloween party game idea.

It's that time of year again. When we as teachers either have parents planning a party for our classroom. Or if you're like me on several instances. I've had to plan my own Halloween party for my class. Well if you have to plan or if a parent may need an idea. Here is one for you. It's called ghost on a stick. Real original right? Anyway..... here's how it rolls: First I give each child a tootsie pop and a tissue and some string. I know that was hard. Then they tie it off and make cute little eyes and a mouth to make it look like a ghost.  when they tie it off they need to leave the string long. so they can put the ghost on the floor and be able to pull it. 

A couple of years ago we played this game at a family party. That same year we played it in my classroom for our PTA party. I found this site HERE it has a rap, to ghost on the stick. You can also watch the video. It's a little creepy though. How to Play: You need a pan lid.  We had all the kids put their ghosts on a stick in the middle of the table. Every time the rap said ghost on a stick. The kids would have to pull their stick out of the circle before the pan lid trapped their ghost underneath. You could listen to the song if you didn't want to read the rap.   

These are my nieces and nephews playing ghost on a stick. 

This is my little guy playing. He wasn't too happy when his ghost on a stick got trapped under the pan lid.  It made me feel bad that he got so upset over it. 

You could also use dice instead of the song. You could have the kids roll a dice and if it lands on a certain number the  pan lid hits the ghosts on a stick. How do you celebrate Halloween? I would love to hear your party ideas.