The Very Crazy Week

This week is going to be C.R.A.Z.Y!!! Tuesday is our 100th Day of School, Wednesday is probes, Friday is Valentine's Day....oh, and did you realize that it is a full moon week? I don't know about you but I can usually tell when it is a full moon week within the confines of an elementary school. It's a yowza, for reals.

I am going to have a lil' sale to celebrate this awesome week! Maybe you'll be able to find a little something to make your week easier :0)

         

Here's to CrAzY week!

Shannon

Go, Go, No?

Happy New Year Friends!!!!

So, I was all set to GO, GO, Go back to school tomorrow and Mother Nature has thrown the midwest a giant winter ick! It's been snowing like mad since last night and tomorrow the high is a balmy -13. Snow days...I don't mind them! I know there are teachers who can't stand them, but when you have to drive 40-45 minutes to get to school as it is, ya just don't mind not having to add any more minutes to that commute!

I have firmly planted my behind on my couch and am creating, creating, creating....made some brownies and am binge watching the show Chuck on Netflix. Chuck, I loved that show when it was on, something about a geek! Well, I never saw the final season, so why not?!

I am prepping up for January. We do Winter, Space, and Transportation. It's not my favorite month of teaching, but each year I add some things that jazz it up. Last year, I absolutely adored teaching Space! We made cute aliens and made alien floats. The Hoppers loved it! I am working on a Out of this World Wake-Up Work Companion Pack now. In the mean time, I wanted to post my new On the Go! Wake-Up Work Companion Pack.

On the Go! Wake-Up Work pack has 12 transportation themed worksheets to reinforce concepts that have been taught or can be used to assess student learning. Each worksheet has 2-3 levels to differentiate according to your students needs. Great for morning work or additional home practice!

Skills covered include...
Printing letters, -at and -an word family, syllables, beginning and ending sounds, decoding, addition, counting, writing numbers, comparing numbers, and greater/less than.

Hope you are warm and safe wherever you are! Hope you have a wonderful week!

Shannon

Spring?

When I closed my eyes and imagined Spring Break, I did not see cold and snow playing a part of my dream. No, this is not what I had imagined at all. I guess it's like the saying...You get what you get, and you don't get upset!

This Spring Break so far is a bust! The weather outside is frightful, I am desperately trying to find a small house to buy, and I am attempting to pack up 13 years of stuff. <sniff, sniff> I am keeping my head held high and picturing a new life for the little mister and I.

I miss blogging! I miss just creating stuff and giving it away. I do. I miss the interaction with all of you! I keep thinking things will change and that I will go back to what I use to be, but realistically, I don't see that happening anytime soon. I am a completely different person that what I was a year ago. To be honest, I am a better person now after everything that has happened. I am a better Mommy. I am a better teacher. I am way more empathetic and understanding than I was...so that's a plus. But, I do miss all of you! I wish I had more time to devote :0)

Here's a little Coop-a-Loop for you...

You see the blur, the boy is ON THE GO!!!

I just finished up the April Wake-Up Work pack. A HUGE thanks go out to my Facebook editors, without you the pack would be...well, full of mistakes! lol. Click on the first picture to purchase.

I have a new Spring Unit, but I am moving at a turtles pace with finishing it. I am hoping it will be done later this week! Hope you are all well :)

Shannon

Wake Up!

"Wake up, wake up, you sleepy head.

Get up, get out of bed.

Cheer up, cheer up, the sun is red.

Live, love, laugh, and be happy."

I absolutely love Evan Rachel Woods version of this song! I sing it it to my Little Mister. Who by the way is doing fabulously! He's 14 months now, sleeping through the night and is off bottles....GO Coop-a-Loop!

March Wake-Up Work Pack is done :0) (There are general March worksheets, Seuss inspired ones, and St. Patties Day).

The skills covered include:
Digraph sort, counting tallies, number comparisons, addition, subtraction, writing conventions, beginning and ending sounds, number recognition, writing letters, missing letters, nonsense words, rhyming, greater/less than, blends, graphing and data analysis, sight word recognition, writing numbers, counting by 1's, 5's, and 10's, and base ten and number composition.

The packet has 20 worksheets in it (2-3 levels for each), plus one Fill the Shamrock game. It's a total of 57 pages (55 if you take away the first and last).

Here are some pictures....

I CAN'T wait for this week to be over...and it hasn't started! The week includes my evaluation (always stressful) AND report cards. I hope you have a wonderful week!!!

Shannon

Hard Weekend = Good Things

First things first. I created a new packet of <ducking behind the couch> worksheets. I know that lots of people frown upon them; however, I do find the ocassional worksheet to be a useful tool in my classroom. I find that they can help assess students learning and they can also help reinforce teaching. If you've followed my blog for any amount of time, I've created loads of worksheets over the years and one of the things I've realized is that more often than not, I need LEVELS with these worksheets. I need more differentiation. So, I've begun the process of taking some of the sheets already on my blog and differentiated them and then made sure they were aligned with the Common Core. The packet for February is done :) It includes 10 literacy worksheets and 10 math worksheets; however, each one has 2-3 levels of differentiation per worksheet (59 worksheets are included). 

The concepts covered include; 
Ten Frames, Beginning Sounds, Ending Sounds, Beginning Blends, Subtraction, Printing upper and lowercase letters, Print Concepts (difference between letters and words), Sounding out CVC Words (differentiating between real words and nonsense words), Sight Word Recognition, One to One Correspondence, Addition, Missing Numbers, Writing Numbers, Comparing Numbers, Number Recognition with Tally Marks, Punctuation, Rhyming, & Capitalization.

Here are some pics...

This weekend was H.A.R.D. There is truly no other way to put it. Won't delve into all of it, but the moral of the story....sometimes being nice just isn't how some people operate.

Anywho, I've decided that instead of dwelling on it, I will lift the spirits of some of you. I haven't hosted a giveaway in a while :0)

I will be giving away 3 products...

One product of your choice!

One winner will be chosen at random on January 31st after Coop goes to bed Central Time, LOL

How to enter...

a Rafflecopter giveaway