My Funny Kinders

One thing that I just LOVE about teaching kindergarten are the random comments from the kids.  They seriously crack me up!

Here are a few from this week:

Student 1: "My lip hurts right here."
Me: "Oh, I'm sorry. It looks like you have a little cut. It just needs some time to heal."
Student 2: "Do her lips hurt? Does she need chopstick?"


So, we've been learning about nutrition in health/science. Today, I started teaching how to identify 1/2, 1/3, and 1/6 in math. I said, "Which cookie would you want?" One of my students raised his hand, and said, "I want the 1/6 because the 1/2 is WAY too much sugar."

"We had caterpillars at our preschool. We had to watch for them to hatch out of their raccoons."


I try to post my favorite quotes on my facebook page, so make sure to follow me. :)


I'm linking up with A Turn to Learn, so hop over there to get some more funnies.

Thank you, Mrs. Leeby, for the suggestion.

Super Kids Eat Super Foods!

In my class, we've been studying nutrition.  Now, I'm not always the best role model for healthy eating.  I am currently eating a piece of apple pie for breakfast.  Does that count as my fruit serving?  I am completely honest with my students, and I tell them it's ok to eat pie every once in a while.  I call junk food "Every Once in a While Food".

I've been working hard on a nutrition/exercise/healthy living unit that includes all of the standards my district requires.  There are a few standards that are really unique, such as talking how the media influences health decisions.  In my new unit, there are 12 activities, 2 easy readers, and a craftivity.    I talk about healthy eating, eating a variety of foods, trying new foods, exercise, media influences and more.

You can find the unit in my Teachers Pay Teachers store and in my Teachers Notebook store.

In honor of my new unit, here is a freebie to help teach the new "My Plate" nutrition guidelines.  Click here or on the picture to download your freebie.

Also, I only need 14 more followers of my Teachers Pay Teachers store in order to post my 100 follower giveaway.  Oh, and it is COOL!

Have a GREAT week!

Hooray for Daily Deals!

I jumped in feet first again, and one of my products is a Daily Deal on Teachers Notebook.  My 30 non-fiction easy readers are 40% off, which means you can save $4!  I know I love to save money, so now is the time to move them from your wishlist to your cart.  :)  Plus, all of the products in my Teachers Notebook store are 20% off.

Click on the pictures or click here to go to the listing.  

I hope you are having an amazing and relaxing weekend!  :)

Show Chaperones Some Love

I do not like field trips.  I'm just going to come out and say it, because they make me nervous.  I don't like riding on a bus, and I don't like being in charge of 24 kinders when we are off school property.  Last year when I taught fourth grade, we went to the Grand Canyon.  I had a group of boys that I thought would get too close to the edge.  I almost thought about buying those little monkey backpacks so I could keep them on a leash because I was so nervous about them falling.  We all made it back, so I was elated.

Anyway, I could not go on field trips with parent chaperones.  We are going on our annual field trip in two weeks, so it got me thinking about field trips.  I made a handy, dandy field trip packet that includes permission slips, yes/no notes to the chaperones, response activity for the kiddos, checklists, chaperone thank you notes, and more!  Take a look at the pack here.

I decided that I am going to show our chaperones some love by attaching some of the cute notes from my pack to a little goodie.

This is only one of the five options.  Hooray!!  Here is the link to download your freebie.

 

                          Don't forget about some of my other products.  Check out my Teachers Pay Teachers store and my Teacher's Notebook store for more products.  

 

Response to Literature: Fiction

Are you sick of making RTL copies on a daily basis?  I thought it would be handy to train my students to take out a RTL booklet after reading a story, instead of me having to pass papers out each time.  So, I decided to make a packet like the RTL I made for Dr. Seuss's birthday.

Click here or on the pictures above to snag your copy.

Plus, I'm having a 20% off sale in my Teachers Pay Teachers store on 3/30 and 3/31.  Woohoo!

I also wanted to let you know about a website that I just heard about called EduCents.  It has flash sales (30%-90% off) for educational materials.  It sounds pretty cool.  If you give them your e-mail (like Groupon) before they launch, you will earn a $10 gift certificate.  That's a pretty sweet deal. 

Click here to get your $10 EduCents gift certificate.

Plus, my giveaway is almost done. 

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Have a GREAT day!

100 TpT Follower Freebie Announcement

First of all, I wanted to let you know about a website that I just heard about called EduCents.  It has flash sales (30%-90% off) for educational materials.  It sounds pretty cool.  If you give them your e-mail (like Groupon) before they launch, you will earn a $10 gift certificate.  That's a pretty sweet deal.

Click here for your $10 gift certificate.

I've been wracking my brain, trying to decide on what to give away as my 100th follower freebie.  Now, you may think I am jumping the gun (I still need 21 to get there...but you can help me <wink, wink>).  I am all about planning.  So, tell your friends to follow my Teachers Pay Teachers store, because there is a SUPER cool freebie coming your way.  No really... it is SO worth it!  My husband helped me with the artwork, and it is AMAZING!  Keep checking back to see when it will be posted, and THANK YOU for your support!

Now, for this week's freebie.  We use thinking maps at my school.  I went to two evening's worth of training to learn when to use what map.  In my training, we learned to use bubble maps for adjectives.  As I've been looking through resources, I've been seeing the same graphic organizer used for other things.  So, I decided to make a bubble map for you to use to describe characters or whatever you would like (butterflies, frogs... I know you're all working on life cycles like we are).  I made two different options: one map has four bubbles, and one has six bubbles.  I sometimes find it's overwhelming for the kinders to think of a lot of adjectives, and it takes them even longer to write them.  ;)

Click here for your freebie!

I also just finished a really cool product on number bonds.  I think number bonds are so cool, so I wanted to make a differentiated version for my classroom.  I'm really excited to use them in my classroom.  They are listed in my Teachers Pay Teachers store and in my Teacher's Notebook store.

There's still time to enter my giveaway (and the odds look pretty darn good right now).

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Have a GREAT week!

RTL Flow Map Freebie

We just returned from three days in Disneyland.  Man!  I love that place!  I always leave feeling exhausted, but believing I can take on the world.  I think it's the whole "Your dreams can come true" theme.  Anyhow, my dream right now (well, one of them) is to make it to 50 followers on my blog and 100 followers for my Teachers Pay Teachers store.  I know you can help me.  There's going to be something cool when I hit that first milestone.  I'm not quite sure what it is yet (please forgive me... it's been six hours in the car with two kids and a husband), but it's going to be cool. :)

I made a generic flow map for you to use any time of the year.  I bought some new super cute borders from Krista Wallden (she's so talented), and I am LOVING them!  Anyway, I made four different versions of the same flow map, so you can have choices (if you've read any of my other posts, you know I am ALL about options).

Click here for your freebie!

Don't forget about my giveaway!

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Thanks for stopping by!