100's Chart Mystery Pictures for Spring!

I am feeling so thankful for this three day weekend.  I don't know about you guys, but it's getting into that home-stretch time of year.  Each week is a week closer to summer, and each weekend is a much needed breath of fresh air.  Today, I got to wake up at my leisure...which still happened to be at 5:30.  Crazy, I know, but it included a lazy cup of coffee and time to watch my DVRed shows that I've been too tired for in the evenings all while starting on the overflowing laundry basket.  Then I got to take my sweet girl out for brunch and shopping for a new backpack.  Check out this delicious meal: chicken verde omelette and a short stack of pancakes...one is cranberry orange walnut and one is gingerbread.  If you live in or around Austin, I highly recommend these from Kerby Lane Cafe!

 After finding a backpack that my sweet 6th grader deemed cool enough, she helped me finish up my 100s chart mystery pictures.  I always show her the final products to see if she can tell what they are without asking, and if she thinks they need to be tweaked at all before I put them on sale.  So, without further ado...here they are!  Hannah approved!  You can buy them here in my TpT store.  I know what my kids are going to do for morning work on Monday!  :) 

 I hope you all are having a blessed and restful Easter weekend! 

Presidents' Day Freebie and St. Patrick's Day Mystery Pictures

It has been forever since I have had time to sit down and create.  I hate that!  We have been having tons of fun though.  We had our 100th day of school and our Valentine's Day party.  Probably my two favorite days of the entire year.  I just love February!  Here are some pictures of our fun times  Some of us dressed up like 100-year-olds...the most precious thing ever!!!  

The kids made 100th day hats and glasses and made a 100 fruit loop necklace.  I have NEVER heard my room so quiet as when they started making that necklace.  They were dead silent...seriously...they were crickets-chirping-I-can-hear-the-clock-ticking quiet.  Can-we-make-a-fruit-loop-necklace-everyday kind of quiet. ;)

Last for Valentine's week we made these precious Mr. Valentine craft in our follow directions center. We make him every year, and I love him so!

I have really enjoyed reading all the other bloggers in the meantime and getting fresh ideas and new products of course!  In lieu of Presidents' Day this week, I created this little roll and graph activity for my math tubs.  Some students are still needing to master the skill of creating and interpreting a graph.  Our curriculum has them create a graph independently including the labels, title, numbers, and colors.  The students then have to be able to read the graph and write comparative statements about it.  They are only required to do a three-item graph, so that is why my die has two each of three different images.  Because I put it in math tubs, I only make one die, and they share.  Sooooo it's super easy to print and make.  I included a black-and-white die in case you don't want to use colored ink.  Click on the preview image below to download yourself a free copy if you can use it too.

I am linking this post up to the February Freebies Linky...check out other awesome February Freebies at Teaching First!

Also, I finished my packet of mystery pictures for St. Patrick's Day.  You can get these seven mystery pictures in my TpT here or by clicking the picture for only $1.00.  My students love them, and they are always trying to guess what they are going to be before they even start coloring.

Thanks for stopping by, and if you liked either of these products or have suggestions for me please leave a comment below. I'd love to hear from you! :)

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!