First Grade Houghton Mifflin

Hi there Friends!

I'm actually on a little family vacation but I wanted to share a product that I has been a LABOR OF LOVE for me. Some of you already know that I create resources for 2nd Grade Houghton Mifflin. Last year I taught 1st grade so naturally I began creating these for 1st grade so that I could use them in my classroom. I was only able to complete a few of them and am planning to come back around to creating the themes I missed over the summer. Well, 350+ pages later... and now IT.IS.FINISHED! It is by far my largest resource so far and PACKED with SO many great and engaging activities. 

Since I'm on vacation with my family, I promised that I wouldn't spend much time on my computer so I will make this quick. :)

Here is a sneak peak into my unit... 

All my units come with a suggested list for literacy center/Daily 5 activities that goes along with the printables in the resource.  

Here are some close ups...

I added Depth and Complexity icons so students can dig a little deeper..

I included a lot of Thinking Maps and even included the blackline masters so that you can create your own.

And if you're like me, you want EVEN closer ups....

I do love this resource because it can be differentiated for all levels. My Firsties last year really enjoyed doing these worksheets!!

If you know anybody who teaches 1st grade and uses Houghton Mifflin, I would love for you to pass the word along! Thanks again friends! Now I'm off to spend some much needed family time.Take care!


Blessings,

Houghton Mifflin Product and a Sale!

Have you heard???? I'm sure that you have!!!! TPT is having a 3 MILLION TEACHER STRONG sale!!! I am so thankful for TPT!!! Not only do I get amazing resources from there, but I am constantly challenged by other teachers to create and be the best that I can be in a job that I feel I am called to do.

(Thank you Rachel Lamb for this ADORABLE graphic!)

I am joining in the party and giving you the highest discount possible. My entire store is set for 20% off plus another 10%  by entering the code TPT3 at checkout. So get those feedbacks in (it's FREE MONEY y'all!!) and clear out those wish listed items. I know that I will be doing the same!

Right now my Houghton Mifflin Theme 5 unit is on sale. This is over 300 pages of common core aligned resources that includes some depth and complexity elements, text dependent questioning, depth of knowledge questions, thinking maps, and MUCH more!

Here is a sneak peak:

Here are some of the resources up close:

Focus wall labels:

If you know anyone who teaches 2nd grade and uses the Houghton Mifflin Reading series, I would love for you to share this resource with them. Trust me, they won't be sorry! :)

Click the picture to take you to my TPT store. 

Thanks Friends.

Blessings,

Five for Friday and My Poor Blog!

Hello Friends.

This seems like the common theme among bloggers these days.... neglecting their poor little blog. School has started in full swing and sports and homework have taken over our house...mainly my living room. Every spare moment that I've had has been dedicated to finishing my 2nd grade Houghton Mifflin: Theme 2 unit on TPT.  I've had such a great response to Theme 1 that I decided to make the next theme. When I first started taking on this HUGE project (Theme 1 took 200+ hours!!!) I told myself that I would decide to create the next themes by judging how well the sales go for the current theme. I mean, I do love creating resources but it has to be worth my time, too.  Well, I've gotten really great responses from it and people even asking for theme 2!!! Wow! I was seriously humbled to think that my resource would be used in so many different classrooms. I mean, YOU think your resources are good, but will others?  Ok, more on this resource later.

Today I am linky up with Doodle Bugs for her Five For Friday Party. Okaaay.... I KNOW that I'm a little A LOT late, but better late than never, right? :) I'm gonna zip right through #1-4 so that I can spend some time on #5. You'll see. :)

1. Kids went swimming A LOT this week! It was nice to stay cool!
2. Went to the beach on Monday for Labor Day. SO fun!!
3. Short work week since Monday was a holiday! I job share so I only worked Tues and Wed. :)
4. My sweet mother in law took my little girl overnight so that I could get some TPTing done and finish my crazy long unit (260+pages!!!). Which brings me to #5..... Why yes. I WILL skip a line to write #5 because it deserves it. I want it to be all alone to highlight my next TPT product. (drum roll pleeeease.....)

5. JUST last night, I finished my TPT unit that I was just talking about in the beginning of this post.  I am SUPER excited because this theme is PACKED with cool projects and activities that make learning FUN! Here are some snapshots of what is inside this unit:

Click on the image to take you to my store

There are word wall resources for every story in this theme:

Vocabulary concentration card game.

Story unscrambling and sequencing activity

Take it to summary writing

A neat class book to store student samples of compound words with templates included. I saw this at a teaching workshop over 10 yrs ago and I cannot remember from who. If  you know, please let me know so that I can give credit where credit is due. 

A SUPER fun fishing game to teach soft/hard g sounds.

A backpack activity where students decide what they would take to go camping.

These are the items they can choose from. Students then write a reasoning for why they chose to take these items. 

SUPER ADORABLE!!!!

This goes with one of our stories that talks about animal tracks.

Gotta throw in some Depth and Complexity here for deeper learning.

*** UPDATE: If you are interested in this Thinking Map (above pic) and MANY more with Depth and Complexity icons, please take a look at my Print and Go Thinking Maps with Depth and Complexity unit. ALL maps come with samples and are EDITABLE so that you can tailor it to the needs of your classroom.  :)

SO.MUCH.FUN! Seriously! I'm VERY excited to get to this theme with my students!!! I will be taking snapshots of the class when we get here in about 2 weeks or so. I am really looking forward to them trying out all the fun things I have planned for their learning.

Hope you have a wonderful start to your week!

Blessings,