All About Me & Letters

This week we learned about the letter Pp and the letter Uu. We also worked on learning and writing our names as well as sorting shapes. I introduce our letter of the day with Deanna Jump's Chit-Chat Message and these Letter Picture Cards. 

At my guided reading table we worked on creating the letters Pp and Uu using play-doh while making the /p/ and short /u/ sound.

The children made a /p/, /p/ penguin hat on Monday for the letter Pp and an /u/, /u/ umbrella hat for the letter Uu on Wednesday. They liked wearing their hats.

 Students decorate their name puzzle, cut it apart and practice reading their name as they put their puzzle back together.

We created our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Name Tree this week. I always love how these turn out.

I started using Math Guiding Kinders this year. We are working on sorting.

August Pick 3 Pinterest Party

I am linking up with the Inspired Ow'ls Corner and Pawsitively Teaching with my top three Pinterest picks for back to school.

 Have you seen this sweet sweet note to have students open before the first night of school? I love this sweet note and already have mine printed and ready for my soon-to-be kinders. You have to check this pin out. I can't wait to give this to the parents on meet the teacher night for them to give to their kiddo.

I totally forgot I liked this pin a while back and I would love to use this Daily Focus board in my classroom. I think I am going to use this in my classroom this year but make it interactive on my SmartBoard to focus on during carpet time.

 I always read The Mixed Up Chameleon and A Color of His Own the first week of school. This art would be so much fun and cute to do with the class.

I would love to hear about your back to school ideas and pins because I am always looking for fresh ideas. Please share a favorite pin in the comments or link up. :)

An InLinkz Link-up

All About This Teacher with the Kinder Tribe

My friend Amanda over at Mrs. Pauley's Kindergarten is part of the new blog Kinder Tribe so I just had to link up & share. If you have not checked out this blog it's a must! I am absolutely in love with the blog design too.

 So here is a little bit about me...

Wow. Has it only been 4 years?! I feel like it should be waaay more. I guess since it took me 5 years to graduate college, then moving to Canada caused me to not be able to teach for 1 year and this past year I have been on maternity leave so there's that. Well I feel like I have been teaching for longer. I am not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing. lol. Maybe I just feel like I have been teaching for longer since I will be 30 this year. Yikes. My 1st year I taught grade one. This year will make my 5th year teaching. I am teaching grade 2, along with kinder this year.

 I would be lost without my phone. I have to have it to take a million photos a day of my sweet baby girl. I know I am biased but isn't she just adorable. I also added that I can't live without my car because for some reason my hubby thinks I should walk to work. Yes, I know my school is maybe like 2-3 blocks up the street but seriously... I live in freaking Canada. Are you kidding me?! It snows like crazy and it gets to like -15 outside in the winter. No sir. I will stick my little fanny in my heated car seats where I am protected from the snow and cold, plus I have to drive my little one to day home.

My stapler and planner are my fav. school supplies. I use my stapler too many times to count in the day to staple newsletters in the agendas, to staple my sight word readers together and put up student work on the bulletin boards. The list could go on forever. I would lose my mind if I didn't have my planner to keep everything straight.

How can you choose only one favorite book? There are too many good ones to choose from. I went ahead and chose The Mixed Up Chameleon because it is one of my favorite to read that first week of school.

Again. How can I choose one? Apparently I am not good at choosing just one. My favorite blogs for kinder are Elizabeth at Kickin It in Kindergarten and Amanda at Mrs. Pauley's Kindergarten. You wouldn't know it, but I actually started blogging and creating TPT products about 2 or 3 years ago. These 2 lovely ladies were my first blogger friends. While I kind of let my little ole blog get some dust on it due to life getting crazy busy with having a baby and being on maternity leave for so long, Amanda and Elizabeth have been kicking the blogging world's butt. By that I mean they are rocking it. I know Amanda has had a few small breaks with being crazy busy with school. I don't know how she does it... being a mom, teacher, student, blogger and tpt creator. Ahhh! She is my hero. I am so- ADD that it's so hard for me to stay focused. Elizabeth has pretty much become famous in the blogger and tpt world I would say. lol. She will soon be super busy with a precious baby girl that is on her way. I'm sure you already follow these lovelies but if you don't you should. :) And thanks ladies.

I absolutely love teaching kindergarten. I was blessed to have been put in this grade and been able to stay in it. These little kids just amaze me at how much the learn and grow in just a few months. They truly do leave for first grade a brand new person. It's incredible and they melt my heart.

August Currently & B2S Giveaway

It's that time for Farley's Currently again. I know I feel like I say this every month but July really did fly by!

 

* My Nana watched Rookie Blue while she was visiting & now I'm finding myself watch it.

 

* That's right- I have the 1st two (almost 3) weeks of lesson plans written. It's killing me that I haven't been able to get into the school yet so I have been doing everything that I can to get as prepared as possible from home. Plus I will be taking an online Canadian Studies class this year, as well as substitute teaching on the Tuesdays & Thursdays I'm not teaching kindergarten ANDDD am going to try to keep my job at Boston Pizza by working weekends. WHEW! This is going to be one super busy Fall.

 I may not be able to get in the school yet but that doesn't stop me from laminating... Thanks to Scholar's Choice I got all this laminated for only $18. Hey, that beats the $50 I spent @ Staples to get one poster and 5 small cards laminated. Talk about ridiculous. I am so glad Scholar's Choice has a reasonable price for laminating. Anyone want to help cut things out for me?!

 

I bought me these R-E-A-D letters @ Walmart and just finished painting them. Now I just need to add ribbon so that I can hang them up in the classroom. I bought so many goodies for the classroom that I can't wait to show y'all the photos once it's all up.

 

Have you entered for the Back 2 School Giveaway yet? If not don't forget to enter below!!!

 

Shout out to Melonheadz Illustrating (clipart) & Graphics from the Pond (frames).

 

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Don't forget to link up with Farley by clicking on her button.

 

Currently

Wake Up, Wake Up It's the 1st of the Month (song tune in my head while writing this post).... Well actually it's the 3rd. I'm a little behind this week.

Joining Farley and her fabulous Currently as always :)

 

 I am pooped & should be sleeping but hey I can sleep in tomorrow.

You may be tired of hearing it--- but I'm still on cloud nine about having a job or more about getting to decorate a new classroom. I love decorating my classroom each year. Like I want to start now but I can't :( The school year is still in go up here. It doesn't get out until the last week of June.

Do you have a Wand? I want one.

Supposedly in the next 3 weeks we should be getting a fence put up for the backyard.

I always pack at least 5 swimsuits for any vacay and at least 3 pairs of sunglasses. Wearing a dress in the summer is also a fav of  mine.

 

Just uploaded this bad boy to TPT. I know the year has just ended for most but I like having my 1st two weeks of back to school planned and ready to go so I don't feel over whelmed with all that there is to do the 1st few weeks of school. You can check out the Back to School Unit here.

 The following are included in the Back to School Unit.

 

Keep an eye out on the Lovely Literacy and More Facebook Page for when you can snag this Back to School Unit as a flash freebie at some point tomorrow for the 1st 10 who download.

Feedback is welcomed :)