It's Been Awhile!

Wowzers!!  This school year is banging and I am going from 6:30 am to 6:30 pm on most days.  I hardly have time to think, less let build and maintain a blog.  However I am going to try and be more present with it!  I miss it and I want to use this space as a journal of sorts.  I have tons to update on but I left my camera at school with all of my pictures so maybe I will get it done this week.  

In the meantime, I did manage to snap some photos of my kiddos playing some random math games.  We had a blast.  We totally skipped curriculum math for a whole day and played math games instead.  It was a nice break for them and for me.  

We played subtraction BINGO first...

Next I allowed the kiddos to sprawl out all over the classroom and they went to work.  

Here are some shots from that!

Then lastly, some of the kiddos wanted to play Odyssey Compass assignments.  They love this stuff!

It was one of my most favorite math days.  I can't wait to do it again!

Wow! What A Beginning!

Who ever knew that adopting two new curriculums in one school year would be so exhausting?!    I have had a lot of fun reading all of the new material but trying to figure out what to use and what not use is daunting!  There are so many choices and I want to use them all.  I know however, that is not feasible.  My kiddos seem to be adapting well to the new school year.  We have been in school for a nearly a month and I can say the only thing we really haven't "mastered" yet is the rules part of first grade.  I have a great group of talkers this year!  I do know that it is a learning process and the learning never ends so I am sure I will be working on this until the end of the year.

During literacy centers while going over high frequency words, I notice that many of my students do not know their color words.  I decided to make a game for them to practice these.  This can be done solo or in a group.  I hope you find it useful too.  Please visit my TpT store to get it!

It's a great deal of fun and my kiddos love it!!  Enjoy and happy learning!