Handwriting Notebook

This is a blank version of my handwriting notebook so that you can dot the letters and words that you want. For my younger kids, I do the letters and for my older kids, I do words and sentences. It is meant to adapt to how you want to use it. You can use it for print or cursive.   I forgot to take a picture of the finished product, but you can customize it however you want to.

Halloween Number Match

I love Halloween!  It is my favorite holiday and the kids are figuring that out.  Everything we are doing this month is related to Fall and Halloween.  For my Kinders, I made a fun number match that can be found here. 

 

This week for writing, we are dicussing what Fall is (which is harder than I thought because I am in Arizona and the seasons don't change like they do in other places).  You should see some of the sentences my kids came up with today.  I am so proud of them.  We are going to print our sentences onto leaves to hang up in the room.

 

Next week we are on Fall Break, but the following week, we are making ghosts from Cheese Cloth.  Then we are going to write the steps of how to make the ghosts.  I will do my best to remember to take pictures.  I am so excited.

 

Happy October 1st!

On a Creating Spree!

I am on a creating spree!  I have not been able to find exactly what I am looking for lately, so...I have been busy creating pages.  Please be sure to check them out.  I will post them as I can.  I am so happy with the way they have turned out.  I might even start taking requests.  Let me know what you think of this one.  If you like it, you can get it here.

Freebie Friday

I have a freebie that I made and I am very excited to use next week in my classroom.  I am going to use it to introduce new sight words.  I am giving you a blank one for you to print out and customize. 

On the first line, I write the new word several times.  Student will practice reading and seeing the word.  On the second line, I dot the word so that students can practice writing it.  On the third line, I allow students to practice writing the word several times on their own.  If you have higher students, let them come up with their own sentence on the bottom lines.  If you have young kids like me, then you may want to come up with a sentence as a class.  You can assess their handwriting with this sheet as well! 

Please let me know what you think.  If you like this page, feel free to leave a comment.  If you want to repost this page, please be sure to give credit back to my blog.  Have a great weekend!

I'm Sorry!

I was sitting at my desk today thinking I need to take some pictures before I leave and what did I do?  I left without taking pictures.  I have my camera in my bag and everything.  I am sorry.  I just cannot seem to remember.  I need to write myself a note and stick it to my forehead or something.  Ok well I wanted you to know that I was not forgetting about you per say, just the pictures.  I am off to Pinterest for the night.

Still Alive and Well!

I am still alive and well.  I have been so busy with school that I am so tired when I get home that I forget to blog.  I'm so sorry!  I will try to do better!  I have been blog hopping lately and have been spending my free time on Pinterest.  You all know how addicting that can be.  Bad idea for a teacher who should be doing other things (but great for ideas).  You can feel free to follow me on Pinterest (since that seems to be where I spend a lot of my time lately).

On top of that, my internet keeps coming in and out.  It is driving me CRAZY!  I wanted to blog last night and I couldn't get the internet to stay conneted long enough.  I have called and they say it is my fault.  How rude.  I am tempted to call and say that I don't want to pay for a service that I am not getting.

I am busy adding new things to my classroom and making new centers.  I need to dig out the camera and take pictures for you.

Meet the Teacher Night

Tonight was Meet the Teacher Night and being the special education teacher, I had one parent come see me.  Granted I had most of my kids last year, but wouldn't you want to meet the teacher and make sure your special ed student is comfortable and knows were to go?  I get so frusterated with the lack of parent support.  How do you deal with parent support or lack there of?