Saying Goodbye, a Domino Freebie, and Mystery Pictures

Okay, so Friday was my student teacher's last day.  I have had three student teachers, and I am always filled with mixed emotions on this day.  I will miss her, my students will miss her terribly, and I am back to doing all things myself with no help at all.  Still, I feel like I have one less responsibility, I get my students back all to myself, and I am not being watched constantly.  It's so bittersweet.  Anyways, I was trying to figure out what to give her for her going away gift, and this is what I came up with.  My students all wrote a page on why they love her.  We compiled them into a small book that I backed and bound with precious teacher scrapbook paper, and titled it "19 Reasons Why we Love....".  I am kinda sad that I didn't get a picture of it, because trust me, it was ADORABLE.  I also gave her a gift card.  Lastly, I got her a book.  I chose The Gruffalo, because it is one of mine and my class's favorite this year.  I wanted her to always be able to look at it, and remember her firsties that loved it.  We all signed the inside cover, and I got each student to put a thumbprint next to their name.  I turned the prints into cutie little animals.  They LOVED that I did that, and it added a little special something.  

When we were done eating the cupcakes and juice to celebrate her last day, she read both books to them.  They smiled, giggled, and read along with the repetitive text in The Gruffalo.  It was really nice.  I am always searching the internet for information at times like these, so tell me, what do y'all do to say goodbye to a student teacher?

This week, we are finishing up our unit on fact families, and as a test the student have to pull out a domino and use the pips to create a number sentence.  Then they have to complete the fact family for that sentence.  So, I created this little practice sheet that I will be using in math tubs this week, and in the future to spiral this skill.  You can pick yours up for free by clicking on the picture.  I hope you find it useful!

Lastly, my students love to color in the hundreds charts to make the mystery pictures.  I have made a set of 8 Christmas themed mystery pictures that you can buy for $1.00 here at my TpT store.  Enjoy!

Google Docs Help and Some Halloween Freebies

Hey there, readers...if you are even out there.  :)  My students are loving my Halloween math tub activities.  Here is a picture of them using them today.  Makes my heart happy.  Also, my student teacher was being observed by her university supervisor while they were doing them today, and he said, "That's really cool.  I like that."  (Y'all...I didn't even have to pay him to say that.)  

I do have a student teacher right now, but don't worry.  I have not been slacking.  I have been a busy bee today printing out Cara Carroll's Let's Give Thanks unit, laminating, and cutting all the pieces.  It took a while,  but look!  They're done, and they're fabulous!  I can't wait to give these to my firsties next week.

Meanwhile, I am having a difficult time with Google docs.  I keep trying to upload files, and they WILL.NOT.UPLOAD.  Shouty caps are necessary because seriously...WHYYYYYY?  I have updated the browser to Google chrome as suggested, but still nothing.  Any advice?  Anyone?  Anyone?  Bueller?  Bueller?  

Anywho...I made a cute Halloween roll and cover dice game that I was going to use Google docs to share, but instead I am uploading it to my TpT store.  

You can pick yours up here for FREE!  Please ignore that the title is incorrect in my picture.  I changed plan midway, and printed these out before I realized that I hadn't fixed the title yet.  It is correct in the file you can download.  It's just a quick dice game I made, because we are working on our fact fluency.  Currently, our firsties are working on adding 0 or 1.  I will give them a big giant foam die (cause those are just more fun) and one of the game boards.  They will roll the die, add 1, and cover the sum with a counter.  I'm going to have them play in groups, and the first group to cover all the numbers will be the winners.  Easy and fun!

Another math idea I made up really quickly for tomorrow is my Bat Fact Family.  Isn't he cute.  This was the only document I could upload to google docs, but I think there might be some extra blank pages.  I don't know y'all.  It's just not working for me today.  Anyway, you can get the template to make yours if you click on the picture.  Enjoy the freebies, and have a Happy Halloween!

Okay, just one more quick picture.  This is my daughter as a cave woman...isn't she precious!?!  I told her that cave women didn't smile.  So, this is the look I got.  :)