Happy Thanksgiving! Here in Canada we had the day off today for our Thanksgiving. I had an absolutely wonderful weekend with both sides of my family. As we all know, a teacher's work is never done and so I did go into the school today for a few hours. This week is going to be out of the ordinary with Grade Testing and Interim Reports due, so I decided to do a unit on learning our colour sight words. I am super passionate about early literacy and I want my kiddos, especially my Grade 1's, to feel success when they are reading. They can read so few words at this point, but colours are "big" words that add so much to a sentence...so I really want my kiddos to know them! I created a unit that has tons of repetitive activities so that there can be quick mastery. I want this to run like clockwork, and it will perhaps (FINGERS CROSSED) allow me to do some reading assessments as they work. Our Guided Reading program, and literacy centers are starting quickly and I feel like I need more information before I can do my reading groups!
For my colour unit I am using tons of great resources I found on Teachers Pay Teachers, and some of my own. Let me just take a moment to GIVE THANKS for TPT...I know that's a funny thing to be thankful for, but this teacher is so thankful! My class of 29 Grade 1/2 students who range in level from Pre-K to Grade 4 (I KNOW!!!) take A LOT of planning, preparation and differentiation. (I LOVE AND AM SO THANKFUL FOR THEM THOUGH!) I SO appreciate Teachers Pay Teachers and their wealth of "FREE" activities, which allows me to download pre-done activities. Today I also found out that there is a new blog called "Freebielicious", which has tons of great contributors always posting freebies...LOVE THIS!! I can't wait to start downloading some of these great activities. YAWN...I am sleepy, so I best call it a night as 5:30 am comes EARLY!
Oh, I do want to end with some hysterical pictures from a let's-make-silly-faces marathon with my niece and nephew...I just love them!
...and a nice one of me and my hunny!
Love,
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