Just a quick post..and a little something for you

It's getting late..not feeling well..and I'm falling asleep as I'm typing but I wanted to post a little something I put together a couple of days ago. It's a Pumpkin-Build a Sight Word activity.

The words are located on the leaf of the pumpkin and students cut out the letters and rebuild the word on the pumpkin. I've only included 3 & 4 letter sight words from the pre-primer dolch list.

The first two people to leave a comment with your email address will receive this. Enjoy.

You can find this over at my TPT store. Click here to go there. 

Halloween Picture Book LInky Party

First, I must say...I heart books. I have books everywhere..and sometimes I forget what I have b/c I have so many. I love Scholastic and ordering, and getting freebies, etc. And that one time--when I went to a Scholastic warehouse..oh boy..the hubby just shook his head at me that day! :)

So how awesome is it that Chrissy over at First Grade Found Me is having a Halloween Picture book party!!

This time of year is my favorite by far to teach with picture books and other resources. So here are a few of my faves!!


1.   
Skeleton has the hiccups, and his friend Ghost offers a variety of ways to get rid of them. Hic, hic, hic.....the kids LOVE this part! Great way to get them to interact with a book.

2. 
This book is about a little witch who doesn't have a lot of experience with humans or Halloween until she accidently runs into a little girl. Very cute.

3.  
I LOVE this book. I ran across this book on Deanna's blog last year. You can find the link here to her post. It's the cutest book ever!!!!

Well I think I'm going to leave it at only 3....because if not--this post will run on and on!



Stay tuned for my Pumpkin and Owl unit...I hope to have it finished and uploaded by tomorrow night!

Giveaway and Fall TPT sale

Hey blogger peeps. Just wanted to give a little quick reminder about the giveaway over at Heather's Heart. 
She's having a great giveaway in honor of her followers. Hop on over and enter to win a Target gift card, a Lakeshore gift card, and a TPT gift card. What more could a teacher ask for??




And don't forget the TPT sale happening this weekend. Because I signed up last night on Casey's blog hop, my sale will run through Monday at midnight.
Everything is 20% off!! Click here to go to my store. 

Fall Sale

I'm joining up with Second Grade Math Maniac for the Fall Sale at TPT. I'm a little late in signing up but better late than never!! Thanks Casey for putting on this blog hop for a great sale!



Hop on over to my TPT store and check out my items that are 20% as well. Click on the blue link and it'll take you to my store. 

Here are a few of my best sellers. Hope you find something. And check out Casey's page for more bloggers who have put their stores on sale as well!!

Awesome giveaway....

Heather over at Heather's Heart is having an awesome giveaway. She will pick 2 winners to win a Target gift card, Lakeshore gift card, and a TPT gift card. Wow!! She is doing this in honor of all the awesome bloggers out there. 
When you read her post, give her a little shout-out! I completely understand where she was when she began her blog...it's a little scary...I'm in that spot now b/c I just started and sometimes I wonder what in the world I need to put on here or whether or not it's something people would want to read.
Blogging can be tough, but you "meet" so many awesome teachers! So hop on over to her giveaway and enter to win. I hope I do!




Oh, is anyone else glad that tomorrow is Friday? 

Behavior Management Linky

I was excited to see What the Teacher Wants was having a behavior management linky party because it's always neat to see how everyone manages behavior differently. I like how you guys are so creative in the choices that you use in order for you students to be successful in the classroom and overall.

For those that are familiar with PBIS, then you will understand our behavior system. PBIS is positive behavior interventions and support. You can read more about here 
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/positivebehavior/background/ and how NC uses it.

Now I can't speak for all schools, but our school has been using it for the past 4-5 years. Students are not allowed to "turn" cards over, or anything of the like. Everything we do is a "positive" approach to the behavior. Our students can "earn" 3 paws a day. We are the cubs so we use paw prints. 

Students can earn paws by doing the following:
C-control your behavior
U-use quiet voices
B-be kind and respectful
S-silently walk to all destinations.

Each classroom can then take those main points above and discuss with the students what each looks like. For instance, in my room, the letter C (control your behavior) would "look like" this---raising hand before speaking, sitting criss-cross applesauce, etc. B (be kind and respectful) would "look like" this---keeping hands and feet to self, using nice words, etc. 
And so forth. 

We have to have this displayed and at any time, the head committee people (not sure of their title) of this PBIS team can visit our school and come in and ask the students and staff what PBIS is and have the kids explain what each letter of CUBS means, do they earn paws, etc.

I choose to display mine like this (sorry for the non-painted door---we are upgrading stuff):

I use the main heading CUBS and under each letter I use a paw print that states what each letter would "look like". Of course my students can't read what's on the paw prints yet, but they already know what each letter stands for and how it should look when done correctly. 

To keep parents informed, we do a monthly calendar (I usually use busyteachercafe.com) because it's fast. I put on the calendar any information that I want parents to know (early dismissals, etc.) and then I put ____ paws and each day my assistant will write in how many paws a student earns. Students can never earn less than 1 or more than 3. 

So there you have it. That's our school wide behavior plan. Link on up and explain your behavior plans!

Something witty should go here........

Sometimes I struggle with a title for my posts....as you can see! :)  
Hope everyone has enjoyed your weekend. I've loved reading about your first few weeks of school...hard to believe there's only two weeks left of September. Where does the time go?

I have finally finished a farm unit that I've been working on foreveerrrr. 

This unit includes:

-syllable sorting
-beginning sound sorting
-tree maps to describe farm animals
-bubble maps to describe farm animals
-double bubble for a cow and a pig
-word puzzles
-sentence building with picture cards and with words only for differentiation with 3 different versions of writing practice to aid in sentence building
-more/less practice
-tens and ones practice

Whew...lots of stuff...here's a sneak peek...

And there's a lot more.....click on the picture to go check it out. It would go great with the farm puzzles freebie I offered up a week or so ago.