Football themed Noun and Verb Activity

It's football season again and football is big stuff in my small Texas town.  This is an activity my first graders love!  I am posting about it again because I have had several requests for the patterns for this activity.  You can read exactly what I did with this activity in a previous post HERE.  You can grab yourself a copy of the patterns by clicking HERE.

 

 

 

Happy Teaching!

TPT Back to School Sale

It's that time again!  TPT is having their back to school sale.  All the items in my store are 20% off and if you use the promo code BTS13, you get an additional discount.   Have fun!

 

Center Rotation Update and a Freebie

This is my updated center chart.  (I know it is almost identical to my old one but I did make one change.)

 

I changed out the tags because I felt I was limited as to what to put in each center.  The old version had pictures on the pockets and the new version has numbers on the tags.  Now, I don't feel limited as to what to put in each center.  If I want two math centers, then I can plug it in.

If you would like to read my old post about how I do centers click HERE.

I make two copies of the owl tags.  One set goes on the chart (see first picture above) and the other set goes on desks where students go to complete the center.  (If you do not have desks because of limited space, then you could use center tubs and just tape the picture on each tub.)

I made a few choices  of tags if you are interested in making a center chart.

 

You can grab a copy for yourself by clicking

HERE.

 

 

I have two more weeks before I officially start.  Of course, I will be getting my room ready before then.  I hope everyone has the best year ever!

 

I ♥ Anchor Charts!

I use tons of anchor charts in my classroom.  Some are used for one lesson while some hang in the classroom all year long so they can be referenced throughout the year. 

I am sharing some of the anchor charts that I used this year while teaching from the Journeys® reading series.  Today, I will focus on Book 1.

These charts go with the story  What is a Pal?

 

 

 

 

I used these charts with the story The Storm.

 

 

 

This anchor chart was created on my promethean board and used with the story Curious George at School.

 

 

I introduced this chart with the story Lucia's Neighborhood and it was a chart that was displayed on the wall all year and was referred to many times with many different stories.

 

I also used this one with Lucia's Neighborhood when teaching about adjectives.

If there is enough interest, I can post more charts that I used with other stories in the Journeys series.

Below, I am posting a few anchor charts that I found on pinterest that I plan on using this year.  I hope you find something that inspires you!

source:  First Grade Garden

 

 

source:  Joyful Learning in KC

 

 

source:  I {heart} Teaching  (clink on the link to see her lesson on teaching prepositions)