[Cattle Round-Up] CCSS 1.OA.D.7

CCSS1.OA.D.7 ~ Understand the meaning of the equal sign and determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false

Here we go again.  ;)  Image is linked.  $2 at Teacher's Notebook.  Practicing equations with values of 1-6 only in this set.

Last night my brain tumbled around and around and over and over with game ideas for this concept.  This is the one I settled on this morning, although I may or may not have a game of SCOOT in the works also.

I find that once I start working on games/plans/etc... just being creative ... that my creativity increases like crazy and I have ideas tumbling about in my head all the time.  That makes me happy and I am determined to not let go of this chain of creativity that seems to have found me.  It usually doesn't stick around for more than a few days, so I need to harness it and use it while I can.  

Gratefully Luke just picks up all the slack all the time, and more so when I get locked into creative mode.  Yesterday he washed the dishes, did all the laundry, and swept and vacuumed the whole house.  I'm pretty spoiled.

Have a great Sunday!  Hopefully I'll "see" you tomorrow with something else new and fun.

[BIG sale!] {December Daily Review}

December Daily Review (15 pages of review!) has just been posted at Teacher's Notebook.

Normally priced at $3, it's on sale through Monday night at only $1.50!
(Add the Teacher's Notebook THANK YOU discount of 10% after that, and you're paying a mere $1.35!!!)

That's LESS THAN TEN CENTS A PAGE for awesome daily review for your class!  :)

 

You're welcome.

 

Have a great week!

 

PS:  EVERYTHING in my Teacher's Notebook shop is marked at 50% off through Monday night - PLUS, you get an extra 10% off at checkout, so your total discount is 55% off original prices!

[CureSearch] [Teacher's Notebook] [November Daily Review]

Here we go. . .November 1.

Day 1 of 14 days of NEW stuff just for you.

 

Up today. . .November Daily Review.

16 complete sheets of instruction/review perfect for first grade.

These work great as reteaching/remediation/self-start in second grade also.

Only $3 at Teacher's Notebook.

On sale through November 15th at 25% off.

That's right, for the next 14 days, you can get this FULL pack of daily review (enough to do 4 days a week for the entire month of November) for only $2.25!!

 

But, that's not even the best part!

For me, the very best part is what Steve and Debbie at Teacher's Notebook are going to do with every purchase made in my shop from November 1 - November 15!

 

They have offered to donate MATCHING FUNDS of every sale in my shop over those 14 days to CureSearch - the leading pediatric cancer research foundation - in Kenton's name.

Do you realize what this means for children suffering through pediatric cancer?!

 

CureSearch uses 97 cents of every dollar donated directly in research of pediatric cancer.

NINETY-SEVEN CENTS!!!

 

I genuinely appreciate every single sale, not only because your purchases will be providing Christmas for my children this year, but because for the next 14 days, your purchases will be providing funding for the one thing that has been our family's heartbreak over the past 4 months.

 

My heartfelt appreciation goes out to Steve and Debbie for their willingness to spread the word about pediatric cancer and to donate to CureSearch!

 

Please join us.

Be part of the cure.

Thank you!

[Fact Families] Multiplication_Division

This is a game that I created for my own children to practice their multiplication and divison facts.

It's easy to prep, easy to use, and the cards have a self-checking component.

 

This game will help students understand the relationship between multiplication and division.

 

The full set is available over on Teacher's Notebook.

It's only $3.

You'll get the FULL set of facts 0-12.

I'm working on the addition_subtraction version.

Hopefully I'll have that for you on Thursday.

Stop back to see. . .

[Teacher's Notebook Shop] Update

I just posted a couple of new things in the shop.

 

First up, October Daily Review.

15 full pages of review.

Sentence Editing and Math.

Perfect for this time of year as a whole class teaching experience in first grade or a review/self-start experience is second grade.

 

$3.

15 pages.

 

 

The other thing that is now posted is the Research Writing Pack.

It's good stuff.

I've used it for 2 full weeks in my class now as a whole class writing experience and the kids are LOVING this type of writing.

 

I'll share with you in a few days the best way I've found to start this project.  :)

$3.

10 pages.

 

Thanks for shopping My Little Classity Class.



[Daily Review] September_Part 2

10 pages of Daily Review.

Perfect for the second half of September in First Grade.

Or as a self-start activity and/or assessment for 2nd grade!

Number Bonds, Part-Part-Whole Models, Model Drawing (unless you don't use model drawing, which you really should, but if you don't, you can teach your kiddos how to dissect and solve a story problem using your preferred method), Sentence Editing, Making Interesting Sentences.

It's all there.
Every day.
Good stuff, I tell you, good stuff.

$3 at Teacher's Notebook.

Available now.

The font is one of my favorites.
It's CK Handprint.
AKA Rachel's Handwriting.
Rachel is my friend.
Every time I use this font, it reminds me of her.
And makes me smile.
Because she's awesome.

I'd love to chat more.

I'm exhausted.

See you Monday with a couple of really fun writing resource pages.

Thanks for shopping My Little Classity Class.

Your Teacher's Notebook purchases will be providing Christmas for my kiddos this year.  :)

[Back to School] Reading_Handwriting Fluency Pack

It's almost Monday.

First Monday of my school year.

Some of my friends have their very first day on Monday.

I'm really glad we have 2 days under our belts!

My new littles are AWESOME!

Don't get me wrong, I totally miss my littles from last year (and every other year, lol).

But. . .my new littles are lots of fun and really listen well (for the most part!).

We start formal reading groups the Tuesday after Labor Day.

I want to get a jump start on reading before then.

So this week, we'll be using one of these fluency pages to practice our reading and handwriting fluency.

There are 5 in this pack, enough to get us through September.

They're a fairly simple read.

Perfect for the start of the year.

If you're looking for a quick and easy way to practice reading and handwriting fluency, give these a shot.

Have a great week!

[LEFT•RIGHT•CENTER] Subtraction Edition

Here, it is, the FULL subtraction edition.  :)

Those of my followers that were kind enough to leave a comment of thanks on the multiplication freebie either here or at Latter-Day Crafters have already received their FREE set.  Thanks for taking time to comment.  

(If you did comment before this posted and have NOT received your FREE subtraction files, please e-mail me at chubbydog(at)comcast(dot)net).

The FULL subtraction edition is available at Teacher's Notebook for $3.

Image is linked.

Happy Wednesday.

My new group of littles start TOMORROW!!

Feeling the First Day Jitters already. . .

[It's been a while. . .] and POW! tens

It's been a while!

Thanks for sticking with me.

Things are going as well as can be expected on the home front.

As always, you can check updates on that at Team Kenton.

One day when I was at the hospital with Kenton (last week sometime), I kept thinking of this game that I wanted for my classroom.  So I made it.  :)
And I printed it, laminated it, cut it apart, and made Kenton play it with me.

He LOVED it!

And today, I made McKayslin and Luke play it with us.

McKayslin LOVED it also!

(Luke, not so much because he kept getting beat, lol).

I didn't know if I'd be able to share or sell it because of copyright restrictions.

So I asked Dustin Pike (DoodleDragonStudios) for direction.

His response was that if the art was credited to him, I was within copyright.

YAY!!!!

So. . .here it is.

POW! ten.

You'll love it!

Your kids will love it!

They'll be proficient in facts of ten in no time at all!

It's a fast paced game (seriously less than 5 minutes per round - that's with 2 players - when all four of us were playing, it was about a 3 minute round).

Very little prep on your part - just print, laminate (if you wish), cut, and play.

Now. . .here's the deal.

POW! ten is only available at Teacher's Notebook.

It's 3 bucks.

3 little dollars.

BUT. . . as a special thank you for still following this poor neglected blog. . .if you purchase POW! ten in the next 24 hours (deadline is Monday, August 14, 9:00 pm) AND leave feedback at Teacher's Notebook, I'll send you POW! eleven, twelve, thirteen. . .all the way to POW! eighteen absolutely FREE!  I will be adding these to my Teacher's Notebook shop soon.  You can have them ready to use in your classroom before school starts before I even list them!  :)

Just be sure to leave either a comment HERE with a valid e-mail address or leave a valid e-mail address when you leave feedback at Teacher's Notebook so I know where to send your bonus files.

Have a great week!

[SALE! SALE! SALE!] 50% off EVERYTHING!

Need some summer resources for your kids?
Want to stock up for back to school for your classroom?

Great news!

EVERYTHING in my Teacher's Notebook Shop is on sale for HALF OFF!

If you'd rather shop at Latter-Day Crafters (which would be awesome!), I will send you an equal amount of FREE product with any purchase!  So. . .for example, if you buy the $5 COPS AND ROBBERS pack, I'll send you $5 worth of FREE stuff!  That's an even BETTER deal than the TN sale!

Happy Shopping!  :)

Sale at BOTH shops runs June 8-June 16.



[Daily Review] 5 page freebie

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

I hope you're getting spoiled by your students, your PTA, and your school!

Did you pick up the Reading_Handwriting Fluency freebie I posted yesterday?

I have another freebie for you today!
Today's freebie is a set of FIVE daily review sheets!

Each sheet has sentence editing, sentence expansion, and math fact review.

These take about 10 minutes for my average students to complete.

We read the sentences all together, and then I turn them loose to complete the review.

If you can use these in your classroom, please take them, pin them, love them, you know how this all works.

If you're interested in more Daily Review Sheets, please check out my shop on Teacher's Notebook where you can pick up 4 week's worth of Daily Review sheets all on sale at 25% off!

Have a great day!

 

See you tomorrow for set 7 of the Mathematics Brain Busters!

[Reading and Handwriting Fluency] FREE passage

After attending a professional development day with Anita Archer and reading a book by E.D. Hirsch, I realized that I was neglecting 2 very important things in my everyday teaching! Daily handwriting fluency practice and scaffolding/building background knowledge with my children!

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, I'm offering a FREE non-fiction reading fluency passage and handwriting fluency practice worksheet.  Using these daily in my classroom has been one of the smartest things I've ever done!

This FREEBIE contains 1 passage geared for first graders in the spring. This passage may be very easy for some students and very challenging for others. Many of the words are decodable or sight words. Other words are easily taught within the short framework of the passage.

Students read the passage daily together with the teacher to build reading fluency (speed, accuracy, expression). The first day of reading, the class works together to identify new vocabulary (and the meanings of those words!) along with 3 new facts they learned through the reading. Days 2-5 are spent reading the passage and then copying as much of it as they can onto a handwriting fluency page.

This stuff really works!  I have seen handwriting improvement in 100% of my students! Their goal is to write "just like Mrs. Reynolds." They LOVE the challenge, and yes, that improvement does transfer to other academic areas as well!

If you're interested in other passages, please check my Teacher's Notebook Shop where everything is 25% off this week!  :)

[BIG SALE] Teacher Appreciation Week at TN!

25% off everything in my shop.

Everything!  :)

For one week only: May 5-11.

Everyday Teacher's Notebook is giving away $100 to be used to purchase anything on Teacher's Notebook!

[MIM strategy, Facebook, Upcoming Sale]

We're working a lot on addition and subtraction strategies.

Still. Forever.  LOL.

Some of my littles are struggling to figure out exactly how to solve an equation that looks like this:  9 = ____ -6.

Many of them simply write 3 as the answer without really thinking about it.

Yesterday we spent a good 15 minutes talking about why this is NOT reasonable.

I handed one of my littles 3 Skittles and said, "Okay, give me 6 of them back, and with your 3 and my 6, we should have 9 altogether."

Much laughter.  "Mrs. Reynolds!  I CAN'T give you 6. . .I only have 3!!"

"WHAT?!" But that's what you wrote as your answer - that 3 take away 6 = 9!!"

Ohhhhh!!  Lightbulb! (for my Despicable Me fans, please say that in the appropriate voice)

At least for some.  Others still had that totally blank look.

We talked about WHAT the answer SHOULD be and how they solved that equation.

And we tried again.

4 = ____ -5.

This time I heard a fairly even mix of "1" and "9".

Broke out the Skittles. Again. Candy makes everything easier, right?!  ;)

Handed one of my littles that swore up and down that "1" was the correct answer 1 Skittle and said, "Okay, you have 1.  The equation says 'take away 5,' so give me 5, and with your 1 and my 5, we should have 4."

I think we did this about 5 times.

There were more lightbulbs than blank stares at the end.

I hope the lightbulbs stay lit!!

One of my littles came up with the following strategy:
"Let's call it the MIM strategy - when "M" is in the middle, we add the outside numbers and get the correct answer!"

(We say the sound "m" for any blank in our equations)

Hmmmm. . .higher order thinking going on right there!  YAY!!!

So. . .we wrote the strategy and tested it.

And tested it.

And tested it.

And guess what?!  It worked EVERY.SINGLE.TIME!

There might have been much cheering.

Definitely a happy moment.

Continuing randomness - I now have a Facebook Page for My Little Classity Class.

Please stop by and "LIKE" me.  ;)

I'll figure out one of these days how to put a facebook badge/button/thingie on the sidebar.  Maybe.

And last random note for the day - I'm having a 25% off everything sale at Teacher's Notebook for Teacher Appreciation Week, so if you've had your eye on something in my shop, wait till Saturday.

Teacher's Notebook is having a HUGE teacher appreciation bash with awesome prizes and sales.  I'll post more info tomorrow.

Thanks for sticking with me to the end of this really long and random post.

Happy THURSDAY!!!

[SALE!]

We have this FULL week of teaching before a week long Spring Break.

I'm feeling the pressure to finish a whole long list of to dos before Friday afternoon.

But. . .in celebration of it being *almost* Spring Break, I'm throwing a sale at Teacher's Notebook!  :0)

20% off EVERYTHING in my shoppe!

Sale runs Monday, March 26-Saturday, March 31.

(And if you purchase a minimum of $5 worth of materials and leave feedback on them, I'll send you any item (value $3 or less) in my shop FREE!)!

Please make my shoppe a "favorite" of yours.  I'd really appreciate it!!

Thanks for supporting my little adventure.

I'll be back tomorrow with a fun freebie.

[true -OR- false] Bunches of Bunnies

Congrats to Rhonda and LuckeyFrog Jen!
You both had 7 correct answers!
I've e-mailed your Bunches of Bunnies file.
Thanks, everyone for playing!!

I am love love loving these cute Alice Smith bunnies from DigiWebStudio!  :)

Today we had PD in the morning with Anita Archer.

It was delightful!  Lots of great ideas for writing/handwriting!

Our afternoon was a school directed PLC which happened to be reading a book and writing a response.  It's due on Friday.

So. . .I spent the afternoon dejunking my back counter area.  I even wiped down the counter!  AND!!! Behind my desk is now cleared.  I can open my cupboards!  LOL.

AND!!  I even prepped my handwriting/reading fluency practice for the week, refilled my math timing tubs, and ran my Larry Leprechaun Brainiac sheets for each day.

Whew!  I was tired!

Even crazier?  I did it all while wearing a skirt.  And jewelry.  If you know me at all, you'll understand why this is such a big deal.

After "school" I taught 3 piano lessons.  Luke took the kids to the dentist.  No cavities, but Bubs needs to go see an orthodontist.  Guess that means no eye surgery for me this year. . .unless we put away more than we remembered into our flex spend accounts?!

ANYWAY. . .Bunches of Bunnies.

true -OR- false

1.OA.6 – Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10.

1.OA.7 – Understand the meaning of the equal sign, and determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false.

Due to copyright, this item cannot be offered as a free download.
However. . .it's only $2.50 at Teacher's Notebook!

Want a FREE copy of this game?
Simply leave a comment between NOW and 8:00 pm Tuesday night (standard mountain time) answering the following questions with either TRUE or FALSE.  The commenter with the most correct answers WINS!  :)

1. My dog's middle name is the same as my little girl's. TRUE - that's what happens when you let the kids name the dog, lol.
2. I am not a good cook. FALSE - I cook all the time and have been told many times that I make pretty darn good food.  :)
3. I teach piano lessons. TRUE - 12 students.  But I do NOT teach my own kids!  For their safety and my sanity, I pay someone else to teach them piano.
4. I cried when I was told I was being moved to 1st grade. TRUE - I was devastated!!  Now I wonder what all the fuss was about!
5. I love tomatoes. FALSE - EWWWWW!!!  I do not like them Sam I am!
6. I think pizza is disgusting. FALSE - I have been known to eat pizza 3 times in one week.  I LOVE pizza!!  Thankfully so does my family!
7. We go on a family date every Friday. TRUE - it's one of the best traditions we have!
8. I can eat a can of olives all by myself. FALSE - double ewwwww!  Part of this stems from a traumatic childhood experience that involved my farmer cousins and a dead bloated holstein cow. . .you really don't want to know!!
9. Chips and Salsa are a favorite lunch. TRUE - which is totally insane because I do so dislike tomatoes!  But. . .I adore fresh salsa for lunch!!
10. My least favorite household chore is cleaning the toilet. FALSE - it's actually doing the dishes!  Crazy, right?!

[Pig Tac Toe] SALE!!!

I've updated the Pig Tac Toe addition and subtraction games!

(That's what happens when you're home all day for 3 days with a little sickie who alternates between please snuggle me and I want nothing to do with you because I feel so incredibly miserable! )

Addition has all facts 0-10.

Subtraction has all facts 0-10.

Multiplication has all facts0-12.

AND. . .they're on sale for one week only!

HALF PRICE ($1.50 per set) in my Teacher's Notebook Store!

(I'm saving up for a new lens for my camera - I get to be the stake girls' camp photographer in June and really really NEED a new lens, so any purchase is greatly appreciated!!)

Looking for an even better deal?  Purchase all THREE sets of Pig Tac Toe, and I'll send you any other item from my shop absolutely free!  Just leave me a comment when you check out letting me know which item you'd like!

The FIRST friend to leave a comment will get one set of their choice FREE!

Have a great weekend!

[stuff]

Yesterday was a less than spectacular day in first grade.

Honestly one of the toughest, most frustrating days I've had in my career.

It was a day full of discipline needs from the very moment the first bell rang.

Disrespectful to adults in charge.  Bratty attitudes.  Lying.

And that was the first 10 minutes of school.

It went downhill from there.

Sigh.

I hate, hate, hate days like that.

Went to bed with a headache.

Woke up with a headache.

Got the 6th grader off to school without incident.

Thankfully. 

Last night he had a major meltdown about a math problem.

We might have had some yelling and crying.

And am currently dealing with the crying 2nd grader.

She's not feeling well.

And is exhausted from not sleeping well.

Yep.  Looks like a grand day here.

BAZINGA!

**If you are the first person to comment explaining the BAZINGA comment, I'll send you either the pre-primer sight word smash game or the primer sight word smash game that are available exclusively at Teacher's Notebook!  Maybe brightening someone else's day will help me find my smile this morning?**

So. . . today's going to be a day of survival.

An attempt to be more patient.

More thoughtful.

It has to get better than yesterday.

Many thanks to all who left such kind and supportive words about the SMASH game yesterday!  You made me smile!  It's a new favorite in my classroom.  My littles LOVED the challenge of the "bonus" cards (the ones where they had to say the whole phrase with the correct mathematical comparison term - ie: 28 is "ten greater" than 18).

I'm working on some add-on sets of cards.  Some of my littles need very specific practice with numbers of a smaller value before being thrown right to the larger value numbers.

How do you deal with days like yesterday?



[In the Doghouse] reading fluency game

This game started as a way to help my struggling littles with their reading fluency.

It quickly progressed into a full blown board game.

Printable in black and white only (I'm cheap and don't like to print in color!).

Gameboard.

2 sets of cards.

Nonsense words (40 cards) and sight word sentences (24 cards).

Practice in both areas is especially important for those littles that are struggling.

I'd LOVE to give a copy of this game away! 

Please leave a comment (don't forget to include your e-mail address) and I'll draw a winner on Thursday morning!

Because of the time invested in this game, it's available exclusively at Teacher's Notebook.

At the cost of only $3, it's a pretty darn affordable classroom resource.

If you purchase the game, and are my lucky winner, I'll either refund your purchase price, or you can choose any other item in my shop.  :)

Thanks to Nikki at MelonHeadz for the awesome clip art!

[Down on the Farm] CCSS 1.OA.6

Here's a fun little game to practice addition and subtraction facts within 20.

CCSS 1.OA.6 - Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10.

Down on the Farm - where your littles practice a math fact with each turn!

Available exclusively on Teacher's Notebook for only $3.

Clipart from JWIllustrations.

First 2 comments get Down on the Farm FREE!  :)

(Make sure to leave your e-mail with your comment, please!)

Happy Monday!