Traveling and Surprises!

One thing I love about summer break is having the opportunity to travel!  Recently, my family and I traveled home to Virginia to visit family.  We took some time to visit my favorite town Williamsburg, VA.  Williamsburg is home to the Yankee Candle Village which is a giant store that sells a variety of products as well as every Yankee Candle ever made!  We were surprised to find this Yankee Candle there! (see photo)

Yep!  It's Bacon!  Don't you love it?  I just had to take a photo!  If you ever get a chance to visit Williamsburg you have to stop and visit the Yankee Candle Village and check out their treasures!

R Blends Pack

Today, I would like to share my 'R Blends Pack'.  I have a few different blends and digraph products in my TpT store.  I enjoy teaching those to my students and I had a lot of fun creating products and using them in the classroom.

As you can see, there is a variety of usable material in the pack.  Everything from worksheets to pieces for a bulletin board.

Click here to see the 'R Blends Pack' on TpT.

Wonderful Blogs by State!!!

I love this blog!  You can look up wonderful teaching blogs by state!  Under North Carolina you will find yours truly!!!!  Thank you Fifth in the Middle for showcasing all our wonderful blogs!!!

Click here to find blogs by state!!

L Blends

 

Click here to purchase this 'L Blends Pack'.

I love working on blends with my students! So I created a 'L Blends Pack'!  It is so rewarding when they recognize the words in books on their own. 

This Pack includes the blends pl, bl, fl, and cl.

This set includes:

Four seahorse header cards (one for each blend)
Six pictures for each blend (twenty-four total in color)
Small word cards to match each picture
Four posters/signs (one for each blend)
Twenty-four large picture/word cards in color with each beginning blend in red
Four handwriting tracing sheets in box letters
Four handwriting tracing sheets with lines
Two color the word by the code activity sheets
Six cut and paste matching and sorting activity sheets
Cloze activity sheet
Identify the beginning sound activity sheet
Draw a picture to match the word activity sheet
Dice for roll and color game
Four roll and color game sheets

Digraphs Pack

Click here for the full 'Digraphs Pack' product.

Here is a sample from my Digraphs Pack. This pack includes the digraphs wh, th, sh, and ch. 

This set includes

Four chalkboard header cards (one for each digraph)

Six pictures for each digraph (twenty-four total in color)

Small word cards to match each picture

Four posters/signs (one for each digraph)

Twenty-four large picture/word cards in color with each beginning digraph in red

Four handwriting tracing sheets in box letters

Four handwriting tracing sheets with lines

Two color the word by the code activity sheets

Six cut and paste matching and sorting activity sheets

Cloze activity sheet

Identify the beginning sound activity sheet

Draw a picture to match the word activity sheet

Dice for roll and color game

Four roll and color game sheets

Addition Flowers

My product, 'Addition Flowers', is a great product for practicing addition.  Each pot will have a variety of addition problems that equal the sum shown on the pot.  This is a great review and practice math center!

In the Beginning....

School will be starting before we know it! And we all know those first year teachers who will be starting their classrooms. I remember my first year. I can't believe it, but I spent well over $900 to start up that classroom! I have pictures of my sparsely decorated classroom...at least it was sparsely decorated compared to how my classroom looks now 13 years later. It was a year to remember. Those students are now grown up! If you know a first year teacher, here is a list of gift ideas to get them started.

Before we know it we will be back in our classroom setting up for the new year!  Summers always go by so fast *sigh*.  To help with the back to school organization I have created a 'Classroom Forms and Documents' product for only $3.00.  There are currently eleven themes to choose from as can be seen in the photos.  If you don't see a theme you are interested in please let me know what theme you need and I will be happy to create that for you.  All eleven themes can be found in my TpT store.  You can browse products and click on links to the right of this post.  Happy shopping!

Blog Banner Centering

If you are having trouble centering your blog banner at the top don't despair!!!  Here are the directions I used to fix that problem!  This website is fabulous!  Just click on the link below...

How to center your blog banner

Blog Banner

I have had some requests for a template for my banner at the top of my blog .  I have posted a blank template here in powerpoint.  Just decorate, save it as a JPEG, and add it to the top of your blog!  When I first posted mine it was not centered.  I found some directions on how to repair that.  I will find those directions again and post those also as soon as I can.

Blog Banner Template