Day 9 A+ Firsties

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Tanya is a teacher down in Texas...enjoying the tropical 48 degree weather down there right now.  (Just kiddin' with you -- it's 16 degrees here this morning and there's a herd of elk huddling in the woods outside our house right now because they are trying to stay warm -- more snow on the way this week!)

A+ Firsties is an A+ teacher blog.  She has some very clever ideas and resources that she shares.  I am in love, love, love with the money cubes she found at Lakeshore Learning.  Bummer! We used to have one of those stores over in Spokane...but it closed 2 years ago!

Now we have to do everything online -- which is why I started blog hopping and haunting the Teacher Pay Teacher store in the first place.

As my mind tends to hop around before my morning caffeine...Let me get back to A+ Firsties...Tanya also has a TpT store with almost 30 selections to amaze and inspire.  Her downloadable freebie about Abe Lincoln is a must to download.  Very creative ideas to use whole class or in centers.  I've already pinned that one!  Check it out!

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November Fun Stuff

So I spent part of my weekend avoiding my report cards.  Starting them always overwhelms me because they start out so empty and it seems like there is so much to fill out! lol

As a break, I hop around looking for fun new ideas to make learning fun.  I don't just mean for my students, but for me too!  I never do everything the same every year.  I would get bored, and if I'm bored, I sure can't be all that inspiring to my students.

I love Pinterest and I post what I find on my board...because I am sure I wouldn't be able to find things again otherwise.  Here is my November board: LifeInIDaho

I found this one on Erica Bohrer's 1st Grade blog. It is such a stinking cute craft project.  It would take a glue gun to get it done and a parent helper...so it is not very feasible for my class of 22 kids...but cute just the same.

Here is a fun freebie that I am going to do at least parts of it on Tuesday.  It's from First Grade Fever on TpT.  I love the little characters for the two nominees.  I'm not sure which site she got them from....but these are the ones she listed as purchasing her art from:

Scrappin’ Doodles, KPM Doodles, Melonheadz & From the Pond

Then we also have Veteran's Day this month.  Here is a cute parts of speech sorting activity.  Perfect for my blue chart at centers!  The only thing she didn't include was a response sheet for them to fill out after they sort the words.

I found this one on TpT as well.  It's FREE.  I like Free!

And one more for the big turkey day....Blair Turner posted a freebie on TpT that is awesome.  It's a template for turkeys.  Perfect if you want to teach about writing main ideas and details or if you want an art project that includes writing about what the students are thankful for.  I have an older version that I made...but it's not on my computer...was before I was such a computer geek.  So Blair's project can help you out: