My top 20 Teachers Notebook/TPT Units

I love reading all the "Teacher Week Posts" from Blog Hoppin' and seeing all the "Fresh~Done~Ready-To-Go" Classrooms.  (((Mine is getting there...YEAH!)))  I would like to say THANKS for sharing and inspiring me!  I cannot wait to share my classroom pictures with you....Hopefully on Monday.

Here are 20 of my Teachers Notebook/Teachers Pay Teachers "MUST HAVES" for the beginning of the school year...in no particular order.  Check them out!  I think you will LOVE them, too!

What a great way to teach how to treat each other NICELY and with RESPECT!  {Click here to grab it!}

What kiddo doesn't like to play games!?!  {Click here to grab it!}



I know what my Foster Grandparents  (((Love them))) will be working on with my students.  {Click here to grab it!}

I cannot express how excited I am to use this packet with my students.  The charts look great in my classroom, and they are also a nice visual reminder for the students.  Can't wait to buy 2 & 3!  {Click here to grab it!}

What a fun FLUENCY packet.  {Click here to grab it!}

What a great way to engage the kids...with their own names!  {Click here to grab it!}

Let's just say this is Deanna Jump's BEST SELLER!  {Click here to grab it!}

Great activities and I love the phonemic awareness emergent book to use with the students!  {Click here to grab it!}

I bought September and I WISH I would have bought them all!  {Click here to grab it!}

My kiddos LOVE the overhead!  What awesome academic ideas to use with it!  {Click here to grab it!}

Last year, I use this for my morning work.  It is a great way to work on building sentences correctly.  {Click here to grab it!}



Ha...I was going to create something like this for my classroom this summer.
 Don't you love when you find it already made? I do...more play time for me! {Click here to grab it!} 



Simple...but FUN Alphabet book.  I love the cutting practice for the kiddos! {Click here to grab it!}

What a great resource for ME and my KIDDOS.  I think it is my favorite buy of the summer!  I love my new word wall and cannot wait to share it with you!  {Click here to grab it!}

All I am going to say is....Jitter Juice!  {Click here to grab it!}



She sells each pack separately...but I bought all three to help differentiate my teaching.  {Click here to grab it!}




Fine motor and literacy work all in one.  I love it!  {Click here to grab it!}



This packet will help keep you more organized during guided math lessons.  I love the timed tests!  {Click here to grab it!}

I just love OWLS!  What a fun unit to use in the fall!  {Click here to grab it!}

I will be using this unit during the beginning of the school year.  Can I just say I LOVE IT...when it is my own!?!  I am excited to use the little reader book, Buddy Bear, with the students.  It explains to the students how to use the supplies in his/her school box respectfully. {Click here to grab it!}  

I do want to say....There are so many great teaching resources on the web right now.  I wish I could give a great big "SHOUT OUT" to them all.  I do not like leaving anyone out!  I really hope you enjoyed this post and found more things for your wish lists!  Amber 

Bear~y Cute Teddy Bear Unit

We developed this Teddy Bear Unit to use in the beginning of the school year.  Our goal was to create a fun way to introduce reading and math to the students.  We also aligned the unit to the common core standards for your convenience!  You're "bear~y" welcome! 

{Click here} to go to our Teachers Notebook Shop!

Bear Necessities...
In our unit we wrote an emergent reader that you can use to introduce your students to their school box of school supplies.  Here is an example of a couple of the pages.

I can "BEAR~LY" wait to use these thematic centers....
We are going to use the math and literacy activities in our Teddy Bear themed centers.  Here are several pictures of some of the activities you will find in our Teddy Bear Unit.  There are many more in the unit! 

The students will match the bears (upper~case) and honey jars (lower~case).  Then the students will write the correct upper and lower~case letters on their record sheet.  We have 3 different record sheets to choose from. 

The student will spin the spinner.  Looking at the 5 frame, name the number.  Write the number in the correct row on the number sheet.  Continue until one row is filled and answer the questions on the right hand side.

The student will place the record sheet on a clipboard.  Search the room for teddy bears.  Write the appropriate word on the record sheet after finding each sight word written in blue, green, and red,

The student will choose a pair of bears (different patterns that are pre~made by the teacher) and color the bears on the record sheet.  Color the boxes to continue the pattern in each row.

The student will match the bear (beginning sound letter) and animal buddy (beginning sound) cards.  Then draw a line to match the bear with the animal buddy on the record sheet.

Everything in life I will share, except my teddy bear...
Our students can make their own colorful teddy bear in the free choice art center.  The students can choose all of the same colored pieces for their teddy or a different color for each piece. 

When the students are finished, they can name an item that begins with the same letter as their name (ex: Amber likes apples) or an items that begins with the same letter as Teddy (ex: Teddy likes toys). 

{Click here} for the freebie of the teddy bear pattern! 

You are a "bear~y" special friend if you check out our unit!  We think you will love it! 

Amber & LuAnn

10 New Phonemic Awareness Activities @ Teachers Notebook!

Good phonological awareness skills make learning to read, write, and spell a lot easier.  Stop by our Teachers Notebook store to grab your activities now. You WILL NOT be disappointed!  We have been wanting to make these activities all school year, and we finally found some friend~time to get it done this past weekend.

The more ways we teach students, the more ways we reach students...right!?!  These 5 to 15 minute activities can be used in your daily schedule or in a spur-of-the-moment time frame.  Each activity provides many examples to choose from, so there's not need to think of words off the top-of-your-head. 

Please click {right here} to go to our Teachers Notebook shop to view our acitivites.  When we hit 1000 followers we will be having a GiVeAwAy with all of our phonemic awareness activities in one BIG bundle...spread the word!

Have fun with these phonemic awareness activities to help your kindergarteners or beginning first-grade students begin to develop a lifelong enjoyment of language and reading, so they will become a successful reader!

Thanks for stopping by. We truly appreciate you and your support!
Amber & LuAnn

Good things come to those who "bait"!

Thank you bloggers for stopping by our blog this year.  We really appreciate it!  Here is a "FISHY FREEBIE BOOKLET" for you to say thanks!

  "Catch of the day...click here"
Clip art from KPM DOODLES!

We are so glad that we saw this activity at Kindergarten Goonies.  Some~how....some~way, we will "fit it in" our schedule before the end of the year.  9 more days....Fish Heads!

Click here to go to Kindergarten Goonies Blog to check it out!

Don't forget to check out our Ocean Unit at Teachers Notebook. You will be "HOOKED"...at least our students are!

Remember.....

Thank you...Amber & LuAnn

Let's party like were going extinct!

Did I get your attention!?!  In our classroom,  we are learning all about Dinosaurs.  I will admit...the students can say the names of the dinosaurs better than I can.  HE HE HE  We are having a roar~ing good time in our reading corner...check out all the rockin' stuff we can do there!

Love~Ya Words (lava words)  The students will look at the volcano for the words to search for...how fun, right!?!

My classroom aide (who is so wonderful and sweet to let my kiddos touch her rock collection) is sharing her rocks with the students.  She even has LAVA ROCKS! 

 I over heard one of my students saying....your my friendosaurus!  Why didn't I think of that...too cute?!? 
Here is a FREEBIE of my Love-Ya Word Search.  ENJOY!

During our center time we are using Julie Lee's Dino-mite Unit.  If you click  {here...it is on sale!}  it should bring you to the Dino Unit in her TPT shop.  Here are a couple pictures of my favorite centers!

Long-Neck Lingo....silly or real words

Bronto's Before & After...The students will write what 2 letters come before and after the letter on the dino.  It surprises me how hard this is for some kiddos. 

Stegosaurus Subtraction...the students will write how many dots on the dino/write it on the line, roll the dice/write it on the 2nd line, & subtract.  Love it! 

I think you are DINO~MITE if you check out our Ocean Math and Literacy Unit...click  {right here} at our Teachers Notebook Shop.  What a great way to end the school year!  Thank you to all the wonderful people who have bought the unit and sent us such "SWEET" comments.  It means a lot to us!

Thanks for stopping by...don't forget to leave a "ROOOAAAAR!" 

Amber

Dive into our Ocean Units!

This is one of our favorite units of study.  It is great for any kindergarten classroom and it will add fun to any ocean theme!   Here is a collage and picture examples of our math and literacy Ocean Unit.  You will find much, much more when you download the unit at our Teacher Notebook shop.   

TSW...read the clock and write the time shown to the hour.

TSW...recognize coins, count the amounts of coins, and graph coins. 

TSW...match the pairs of flip flops with same addends.  Then write the addition problem on the page. 

TSW....fix the sentence by writing it correctly in the space provided.

TSW...put the fish in order to make a word.  Then circle if it is a short or long vowel word. 

TSW...say the picture and write the beginning and ending sound.

I "sea" you buying this unit and loving it.  Your students will have a sand`tastic time learning, too!  

What are you "wading" for?  Click {here} to go to our Teachers Notebook Shop!  

My students had so much fun dressing up like pirates last year.  ARRGGGHH!   I used a face paint crayon to draw on their faces.  Click  {right here} for a freebie of the pirate hat.  

Thank you so much!  

Amber & LuAnn