Teacher Appreciation Giveaway!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!  It has been said that, "A teacher is like a candle.  It consumes itself to light the way for others."  To show our appreciation, and help fan the flame of your passion for teaching, the ladies of Primary Powers are hosting a little giveaway!

We will randomly select 2 WINNERS to enjoy a $175.00 gift card to Amazon, which you can use build your classroom library, stock up on end of the year gifts for your students, or splurge on that bathing suit you've been eying for summer!

Winners will be selected this Friday! Enter below for your chance to win!

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Good luck and THANK YOU for all that you do!

Fiesta Fun: Ideas for Cinco de Mayo and a FREE Math Mini Book

Hola!  It's Amber from School Is a Happy Place.  I'd like to share a few ideas for Cinco de Mayo learning in the primary classroom.
One quick and cute activity to use with your young learners is to make a paper sombrero.  To make them, I sketched a quick one out and copied it on construction paper.  The kids decorated them and attached them to sentence strips that fit around their heads.  You can even have them write their spelling words (or something of the sort) on the back, if you want your project to serve double duty.

Here are a couple of books I'll be using for read aloud:  Cinco de Mouse-O! by Judy Cox and Chicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds.

Both of these books are really fun for this time of year and provide jumping off points for some discussion of Cinco de Mayo and some Mexican traditions.

I love working with word problems using holiday themed math mini books.  Next week, we'll use our Cinco de Mayo math mini book.  This mini book reviews calendar skills, time, graphing, double digit addition/subtraction, fractions, and more.
You can have a FREE copy of Celebrate Cinco de Mayo:  A Math Mini Book by clicking on the picture below.

Tuesday will be May 5th.  I hope I've started your wheels turning about how you can fit a little Cinco de Mayo learning into your class.
Thanks for stopping by.
Adios.

Who is Ready for Mother's Day?

Hi there!  It's Tania from My Second Sense.  I just blogged about my Mother's Day project over here.

Come and check it out {Pin it to Win it Included}!

But...

if you are looking for something free. You can find these coupons in my store.  Feedback is very much appreciated :)

 Did you see the amount of downloads versus the feedback left? #crying 

I have a few other ideas here (my Pinterest Board) . I have not tried them, but they have been saved them for future reference :) 

I hope you find the best and most perfect project for you and your student's moms.

Thanks for stopping by,

A Few Spring Freebies

Hey guys and dolls, how's it going? We all seem to be winding
down, and reaching the end of our curriculums, but we still
have a few weeks of schooling left!

For me, I know that I want to keep our schedule pretty much
the same: small groups, center time, etc. I'm not ready to just
start with the worksheet/busy work time.

I want to make sure that I'm still going over important concepts,
getting them ready to go to first grade! I want to share some
freebie centers/intervention materials that I am going to be
using for the next few weeks. Click on the pictures below
for your copy!

The first freebie can be used for a math center, or small group,
it is great for practicing subitizing.

At my school, we still do DIBELS (ugh!). Even though testing 

is over for this school year, we are currently going over long 

vowels, and I don't want my littles to forget about short vowels, 

so we're trying to practice it all!

I hope these freebies are helpful to you as we are counting down the hours!!

Super Word Problems Freebie

Hey everyone! It's Heather from Second Grade Perks. My class has been working on word problems this week. We have the basic one step problems down but struggle with two step and unknowns. I made this super hero freebie to share with you.

It uses three digit numbers with regrouping and has problems involving two-step and unknowns. I use this one of two ways with my class. The first way is I put the color version on the overhead and solve together or on white boards.

The other way we used this was I let the class work in groups. I gave each group a black and white version to glue to the top of a piece of construction paper. They solved and checked their work. Then I had them come to the projector and explain to the class how they got their answer and how they checked it.

It includes 8 word problems in color and black and white. Click on any of the pictures to grab this freebie.

Happy Saturday!

Place Value Art

Happy Friday! It's Lizz, from Learning with Lizz, sharing one of my favorite place value activities!

I love integrating art with math! Our place value unit was brought to life when students used paper base ten units to create the first letter of their names.

Take a look...

You can use this FREEBIE to use in your classroom! I hope you enjoy!

Earth Day

Hi Everyone!

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful Earth Day! It has been very busy in our classroom, with a Waste-Free Lunch and some great writing activities!!!

I thought that I would share the letter that I sent home to my class ... We talked a great deal about reducing waste. I brought some examples from home, and watched some great videos on waste and recycling. My students were really proud of their lunch boxes today ... Lots of Tupperware .. minimal wrappings...The parents in my classroom really tried their best! Why not plan Waste-Free lunches everyday? Food for thought!!

Happy Earth Day!!!