Scentsy Giveaway

Head over to http://adventures-inteaching.blogspot.com/ to enter Mrs. Thompsons scentsy giveaway!

Miss Snowden's Giveaway

Hey guys head over to First Grade with Miss Snowden to enter her giveway! She will choose 4 winners to receive a custom blog design and button.

A Thank You and Giveaway Reminder

I have 50 followers! I know 50 is a small number compared to some of you guys out there but it really means alot to me. So with that I say thank you and don't forget about my Making Words Giveaway. For all of you who have not commented you still have until July 3 to enter!

Good Luck to all and thank you for following!

Mrs. Shepherd

Erica's Elementary Excitement!!! Giveaway

Go to Erica's Elementary Excitement to enter her giveaway to win a $50.00 giftcard to Lakeshore and a $25.00 giftcard to Target. Hurry the giveaway ends Thursday!

My first Giveaway!!!!!!

A lucky winner will be receiving my 10 weeks of Making Words Unit! My school is really big on Making Words and since I'm going to 2nd grade next year all of my making words activities from first had to be revised due to us doing Readers Worshop vs literacy Centers. So I've come up with my own Making Words unit for my team to follow this year. This format works great for me because we can begin it whole group and they can finish independtly.

You can have 3 possible entries!

Here's what you need to do to enter:

First: follow my blog and leave a comment saying you do. (1 entry)

Second: blog about my giveaway on your blog and make sure you leave me a comment. (1 entry)

Third: Add me to your blog list/wheel. Don't forget to leave a comment:) (1 entry)

Below you will see a copy of week 1 which you can download. I know it's off but when you download it is fine. I can't seem to fix the shift on scribd.

Good luck guys the winner will be chosen at midnight on July 3rd!!!!!
Making Words Cover Sheet
Making Words Lesson 1

Awesome foldables

So today I had to finish up my GT training on differentiating curriculum in the classroom. I thought it was going to be like every other training I've attended which involved huge packets and long power points. Of course I was surprised when the instructor had a table full of craft supplies and paper bags for us to cut apart and decorate in the training. I can honestly say that this was one of the most engaging training I have been to in a long time and I got tons of things I can use in my room. Here's a look at some things we made.

We made a paper bag book let. The one that is focused on math is an example a student did for her to show math tips and problem solving. These would be great for sequencing events!

Here is a paper bag man if you look closely at the bottom there is a pocket that held our extra papers. I'm thinking of using this as a math problem solving template and the pocket can hold story problems and manipulatives for them to solve. Or use it for a book retell.

Lastly I was really motivated to make this place value mat since I had seen them on another blog. It was super easy and tons of other teachers couldn't get over how cool it was. To make one I use 2 1/2 sheets of paper. I will definately have my students make these for their math folders. I was thinking instead of buying a place value chart I could make a large one out of construction paper and post it on my calendar board.

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One more thing my teammate came up with this cute 5 finger rule reminder craft for the students to use when the go to the library the first of the year. Students will trace their hand and write the 5 rules on the fingers and write in complete sentences how to choos a just right book.

Just thought I would share these ideas with you guys. If you have any other ideas of how to use them I would love to hear from you.

Beach Theme Freebies!

This year I've decided to do a beach theme in my classroom. So after seeing tons of you guys creating things for your rooms I've decided to try making them too. Now this is my first time working on anything like this so please be patient with me and kind. I've included table signs, supply caddy labels and locker tags. If you think you can use any of these please do all I ask is that you leave a comment, follow my blog and add me to your blog roll, wheel whatever you call it. lol

Hope you guys like!

Mrs. Shepherd

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