Back to school book

Hi everybody, this is the last of my back to school books. I did this one so that the kids could practice color words. I am working on the pocket chart version and should have it finished this weekend so check on back. Crayon Box What Do You See I'm working on center icons and should have them finished by Monday. Have a great Friday. Sharon

What day is it?

How many of you have the same problem that I do while on vacation. I can't remember what day it is. I went to an appointment today and found out that no it's not Friday, it's only Wednesday and I need to come back on the right day. Anyway, still have not accomplished anything on my to-do list - hopefully will start next week when my visitors leave. I've had visitors since April but we're having lots of fun together so that's not too bad. I did find time today to finish my school house pocket chart that goes with the book I posted earlier. Hopefully by Friday I will have my crayon version finished and posted. If you find any mistakes, please let me know. I proof read it several times but my mind is still on Friday. School Bus School Bus, What Do You Seepocketchar If you download, please leave a comment. Thanks Sharon

A Request

I had a request for the books that I posted without the dots. I changed one of them but I don't know if I can get to change the other one. I am working on one more and it has dots but if I make any more I'll post them before I add the dots. School Bus, School Bus What Do You See2 I also had a question about how I make the dots. I use a dot on the flowchart shapes and place them as close as I can to the middle of the word. It takes a few minutes to do it but I really feel that the children benefit from it at the beginning of the year and I use it for my low children throughout the year. I have a crayon book that I'm almost finished and I'm working on the pocket charts to go with both of them. Check back during the week. Sharon

Off to the Beach

We're off to the beach and then shopping but I wanted to post a freebie for you all. I will post the pocket chart version of it soon. School Bus, School Bus What Do You See Enjoy Sharon

Summer is Flying By!

I'm beginning to go into full panic mode. I have 4 more weeks of summer and haven't checked off anything on my summer to do list. I have my nieces visiting for one more week and then it's time to get ready to go back to school. And I'm exhausted. I feel like I haven't had a good night's sleep all summer. I had great plans in June of all the activities and projects I was going to complete but not one of them is finished. Anyway, I created a pocket chart story to go along with the Scarecrow, Scarecrow story I posted last week. I'm also working on 2 more what can you see stories - one using school supplies and one using different colored crayons. I'm hoping to have those ready by next week. Scarecrow, Scarecrow, What Do You Seepocketchar Have a great day. Sharon

Follow the Road to Freebies

I copied this title from Kreative in Kinder who's hosting a blog hopping party with wonderful freebies. So I decided to join and post a scarecrow book that I made. I'm in the process of making the pocket chart to go with it. I hope you can use it. Scarecrow, Scarecrow, What Do You See Now hopefully I can link up. Sharon

Oh Boy, More Homework

I can't believe how quickly summer is flying by. I'm excited to get back into the classroom but my summer to do list is not shrinking so I'm beginning to panic about that. I have visitors from Ireland until the end of July and I having too much fun with them. Anyway, on to the serious stuff,my team usually starts homework after the first couple weeks of school and I'm sure that many of you can relate but I have a hard time getting it back consistently. Since I expect parents to help with homework, I don't consider it the child's responsibility and don't penalize children for not returning their homework. Last night, at 3 a.m., when my 8lb malteese dog decided he needed to sleep on my side of the bed and pushed me out, homework popped into my mind. I want to acknowledge the children who return their homework but wasn't quite sure what to do. Then, ta-da, this morning my daughter handed me a reward card from an ice-cream shop that they punch everytime you buy an ice-cream and when it was full you get a free ice-cream. So that got my creative juices flowing and I came up with a homework achievement punch card. I put 10 punches on it and if they fill the card during the quarter, I will think of some reward for them. (I'm thinking lunch with the teacher since I never do that). Homework Achievement Awards I'm probably going to make a dog themed card as well since my theme is dogs but am not allowed post them because of copyright restrictions. My first main theme is friends (can't figure out who thought that would be a good unit) but am working on some activities for that. If you download, please leave a comment. Have a good Sunday Sharon