Tell Me Something Good & Interventions

Well this will be my first "linky". It's hosted by Rowdy in First Grade ...so excited!

So for this, you have to tell something good at school and something good that is going on in your personal life! 

Something Good At School:  The kiddos are getting ready to start practicing for their Spring play which is always so cute and one of the most precious plays I have ever seen! This makes me so happy to hear them reciting their little parts!

Something Good At Home: Little man is finally old enough to sign up for T-Ball and he is already asking us about our summer vacation plans.  So we have some planning to do! 

I have also started implementing my Blends Intervention Workbook in the classroom. I must tell you that I love it!  One of my kiddos saw my first name and said..."Br...that's a blend!" as they grabbed my name badge!  Be still my heart~we had only worked on this for one day!  Love it!  If you are interested in it check it out!

Here are some of the pics of it in my classroom!

 

 

I have also been using a different kind of picture schedule.  I really love picture schedules...however, they take up a LOT of room...and let's be honest...we need all the wall space we can get.  So I decided that the best use of a picture schedule in my classroom would come in the form of a book.  Think teeny tiny social story style book.  Here is a little looksy at how I use it!

 

 

I included this one (a little blurry) to give you a scale of how big (or small) this little book really is.

 

Also I started using my alphabet intervention workbook with my kiddos!  It is working very well, too!

 

As usual, the first two followers to leave a comment will receive the Blends Intervention Workbook for FREE!  Be sure to leave your email address so that I can email it to you!

 

 

Thanks for checking in with me!

~Brandy Nicole

 



 

 

Arctic Animals Emergent Reader FREEBIE!

Hi Y'all! I hope you all have a great week! Before I turn in for the night I wanted to share a lil' freebie with you. This is a reader I made for my class. Check it out here and get it for free!

Let me know what you think! Have a great week!

~Brandy

Happy New Year and 50+ Followers Giveaway

Happy 2013 Friends!  I hope this is a wonderful and exciting year for all of you!  I want to thank all of you for making the end of my 2012 the most rockin' time!  I can't believe that I started this lil' blog just a little over two months ago!  I also can't believe that there are now 50+ followers! How exciting!  So in honor of this and to celebrate the new year I am giving away one $25 TpT Gift Card to a lucky follower...
a Rafflecopter giveaway Thank you all again! Let's make 2013 a year to remember! ~Brandy

New Year's Eve FREEBIE

We are planning on staying in this New Year's Eve!  So to keep it fun I created a little activity that will keep the little guy entertained!  Each hour there is a new activity for him to get involved in!  Each bag contains the activity and a little card to say what it is for!  Click here to download it for free!

Winter Wonderland, Letter Work and a Giveaway

Hey Ya'll!  I hope you all had a great holiday! Our's was very busy!
We had so much fun!  I don't know if all zoos have a festival of lights, but the Houston Zoo really did it up BIG! It was SO cold (which hardly ever happens in Houston) the night we decided to go that we had to bundle up!  I think that getting all bundled up made us feel more like it was Christmas time than normal! We loved it!  I wish this was a field trip option!

We don't go back to school for another 10 days! But I have been very busy working on some alphabet intervention activities ( Now I Know My Alphabet) and a blend booklet.  Here is a little sample of the alphabet intervention packet that I have made.  It is over 120 pages of engaging activities!  The first two followers who leave their email in the comment section get a free copy!

I have also been using the Babbling Abby's Kindergarten RTI: Letter Recognition packet from TpT!  It is also a great intervention tool!

This is how I have been using it!



We have also been working on solving word problems that are winter related and making cute little arctic animals!  These are part of my Winter Wonderland Unit...the first two followers to comment specifically that they want this one will get a free copy! This is a mini thematic unit that is common core aligned...

                      

Some students are also working on multiplication...which is something I have never had to teach!  So I have made a little packet on mulitplication...



I also get the pleasure of working pretty closely with our VI teacher!  She is awesome!  Here is the "edible" craft she brought to our class!

Click Here to Get Your FREEBIE Punctuation Posters!

Have you decided what your New Year's Resolution will be?  I am working/thinking so hard what I want mine to be...I really want to follow through this year!  Last year it was to do Crossfit...I committed to that until September...hopefully I can do better this year!

  I know one of my resolutions will to be a better blogger! 

Happy Holidays! Enjoy your time off!

~Brandy



Silence for Sandy Hook Elementary

Winter Wonderland Activities...with a lil' picture tour

Wow!  I have been so busy...(who isn't this time of year?)! I have been working on so many fun projects for the classroom!  I want to share them with you.  So here is a lil' picture tour...

This is another one of my sensory sorting boxes and the recording sheet...this was so much fun!  They also graphed it! I Love integrating subjects! I got the little holiday manipulatives at Hobby Lobby!

 

We have been very busy deciphering word problems and finding different ways to solve them!  They are really diggin' this! And I am too...I love getting to integrate writing and math!

 

I tried to make the subtraction bowling a little more exciting...I made snowmen to attach to them!

 

 

 

I made little penguin games and recording sheets for addition and subtraction...we used the little white pom-poms as the manipulatives!

We made a snowman craftivity with their names...and then we graphed it as a class and recorded it individually!

 

We worked with our cvc word matching and recorded them!  This was fun for me to watch! 

 

And last...to finish off this little tour of pictures...isn't this a lil' cutie??  I made it...and I am proud (the husband let me use a REAL POWER TOOL...a sander)!  It is an old school desk that I painted

turquoise with a chalk board painted top!  Love!  I just think that color is SO stinkin' adorable!

 

OH yeah...when we get to 50 followers we will have a little sweepstakes!  You guys are so awesome!  I have loved seeing all of your comments and checking out some of your blogs!  I am so thankful for all of you for checking out my blog!

 



 

Brandy