Manic Monday and Frogs

First, I want to announce the winner from the Summer Awards Post.  The winner is...  Lisa from Always an Adventure in Kindergarten!!  Congratulations, Lisa!!  We will be emailing you, so think about the awards that you wish to have.

This week, I will be assessing my students on letter-sound production.  As we approach the end of the school year, my kindergarteners are having some difficulty staying focused and on task.  I created this freebie to use for assessing, but my students will stay on task using the popsicle stick and frog.  They will "hop" as they produce the letter sounds.  We will complete this as a group first.  We will do it very slow and work our way to fluently reading these to a partner.
Click here or the picture below to get your free copy.

Stephany also has a Frog Themed Nonsense Word Freebie.  Students sort the frogs onto "Real" and "Nonsense"logs and then record their answers onto a recording sheet.  Use this activity to help boost your students' NWF scores on DIBELS.

I also am working on a This and That Classroom Theme set for Frogs!!  I am far from being finished; as it is a large file.  My hopes is to have it posted before May.  Here is a preview!!  It will include Nameplates, Months of the Year, Days of the Week, Calendar Numbers, 'Hundreds, Tens, Ones' Chart, Odd/Even number of the day, Name Tags, Classroom Numbers, Mailbox Numbers, Table Tags, Classroom Jobs, Supply Labels and Labels for Helpers.  I will post it on our Facebook page as a flash freebie as soon as it is completed.  Be sure to follow us on Facebook to get the latest news and updates.

I walked into Stephany's classroom last week and her class had made an incredible frog life cycle book.  Later, she will get it up her for you to see!!  She has some of the greatest ideas!!

Have you seen this frog game?  It is super easy and so fun for the kids.  Check it out here or click the picture below to go to Amazon. 

There are so many neat ideas out there to teach with frogs.  I was just looking through Pinterest and found these ideas.

Endless Possibilities,
Stephanie

Awards and a Chance to WIN!!

As much as I am trying to diet, my weakness has to be potato chips!!  My boys love chips and dip too!!  Yum!!

I may have to walk an extra lap or two after those chips.  :)

Speaking of walking, our school is having our second annual 5K to raise money for our fifth grade class field trip.  It really is a great fundraiser.  If any of your schools are looking to find a way to raise money, try organizing a 5K.  It is an excellent way to raise money and promote health and fitness too.

Speaking of chips...  The end of the school year is approaching so I am getting the end of the year Chip Awards ready for my kiddos!!  As I mentioned earlier.  I LOVE chips...  so do kids...  especially kindergarteners!!

Stephany also has Summer Fun Awards!!  She has so many cute and fun prizes to award to her first graders!!  Sometimes, I wish I were in school again!!  :)

If you are interested in winning a set of awards (either set, your choice from above), share this post on your blog, Facebook, Pinterest, or Twitter.  Just comment below and tell us how you shared it.  We will pick one random follower to win the awards of their choice.  Good luck!!

Endless Possibilities,

Stephanie

A Bunny Blog Hop

A Tisket, A Tasket, Freebies for your Basket!

Several phenomenal teachers and bloggers are joining forces for an amazing bunny blog hop!  As you follow us along the bunny trail, you will visit some of your favorite blogs and discover a few new blogs too!  Each with a fabulous freebie just for you!

Thank you for hopping on over to my blog! 

April is just around the corner!  I hope it brings us better weather here than it did in March!  This was a really cold, wet and sometimes snowy March here in southern Indiana!  Here is a cute little freebie for your basket that should help you think of SPRING!  This greater than/less than activity is great for math stations.  Students choose two number cards out of a baggie/box/whatever-random-teacher-hoarded-container you have (on a side note... don't teachers seem to have a million different containers/baskets?).  They can place it either on the "greater than" or "less than" mat to make a true statement.  I always try to include recording sheets in my stations/centers because it holds the student accountable for when they are working independently.  Click on the image below to go download your freebie for your basket!

Thanks for stopping by and visiting!  If you are new to my blog and liked what you see, don't forget to follow me.  A Tisket, A Tasket, next up with a Freebie for your Basket is Sally from Elementary Matters.  Hop on over!

Just in case you didn't join us from the beginning, here is an ordered list of all the participating blogs.

Stephany from Primary Possibilities
Sally from Elementary Matters
Lory from Fun for First
Linda from Primary Inspiration
Nicole from Mrs. Rios Teaches Second Grade
Brian from Hopkins' Hoppin' Happenings
Liz from The Happy Teacher
Jennie from JD's Rockin' Readers
Sarah from Learning is for Superstars
Teresa from Fun in K/1
Nikki from Teaching in Progress
Faith from Kindergarten Faith
Renee from Fantastic First Grade Froggies
Amy from Happy Teacher Heaven
Leah from Learn with Leah
Nicole from Teaching's a Hoot
Kristy from The Phonic's Phenomenon
Rich from Mr. Giso's Room to Read
Susanna from Whimsy Workshop
Amy from Motivate to Learn
Lola from Preschool Wonders
Kimberli from Mixing the Next Batch