Little Passports: A Global Adventure

Have you heard of Little Passports: A Global Adventure?? I went to a children's consignment sale today with my husband and we found out about this AWESOME global adventure for children. I can't believe I am a teacher and I have never heard about this before....Has anyone else ever heard about this?!?!?

There are two different subscriptions that you can purchase: World Edition & US Edition. The World Edition Sam and Sophia travel to a different country each month and in the US Edition Sam and Sophia travel to two different states each month.

Each subscription comes with different items. I am planning on purchasing the World Edition for my firsties this year, which includes for the first month: a suitcase, world wall map, travel passport, fun stickers, activity sheet, and access to online games. Then every month thereafter, I will receive adventure letters from Sam and Sophia, fun souvenirs from each country, stickers for the suitcase, passport, and map, photos, activity sheets, and boarding passes to access more games and online activities.

I am SoOoO excited to use this with my firsties this year! You should totally check it out, if you haven't already! You can check it out HERE

Teacher Week: Classroom Digs

I'm popping in real quick to link up with blog hoppin to share my classroom digs. Please keep in mind that I am not completely done with my classroom yet. We don't start back until Monday and then the students don't start until the 26th.

Here is my classroom from the door.

Here is my favorite part of my room....my classroom library. I'm going with the pirate them this year. This is the first year that my classroom has been big enough for me to be able to have a loveseat and I LOVE it!!

You can get the book bin labels HERE and you can can also get the supply labels that I used on my cabinets HERE

Here is where my student word will be displayed

Here is my word wall and my writing bulletin board that my students will use during the Daily Five

This is all I have so far, when my room is completly finished I will post updated pictures.

Meet the Teacher: 10 Fun Things About Me!

1. My adorable baby boy turned ONE on August 2nd. He is my heart and soul and I love him soOoO much!

2. I LOVE chocolate...I am seriously addicted to chocolate.

3. I have two dogs, Mollie and Eddie. Eddie is an old man and is getting lazy and Mollie loves to play and pick on him.

4. I am from Canton, Ohio....OH-IO

5. I have been married for eights years to my wonderful husband Terry, who also is from Ohio. We meet at Ruby Tuesday's while going to college.

6. I am obsessed with Pretty Little Liars...I love that show! I think I even got my husband addicted to it too...hehe

7. I only drink milk and water. I drink way more milk than I should. I am totally one of those people who drinks milk with their pizza...I know GROSS

8. I love Myrtle Beach and can't wait to move there. We are trying to move there for the 2014/2015 school year.

9. I just became an aunt for the first time this past March. My little brother had a baby girl and her name is Kennedy.

10. Last but not least, I LOVE the summer and wish it wouldn't have to end! I wonder if going to school year round is better?? This way I would get breaks between each nine weeks....hmmmm

Now its your turn, stop over at blog hoppin and tell us about you!

Classroom and a FREEBIE

I finally get to go to school tomorrow to begin setting up my classroom. Its going to take me FOREVER because we had to pack everything in boxes and clean out the cabinets and the closets for the custodians to clean during the summer....CRAZY right?!?!?! I am not looking forward to unpacking everything, but I am SUPER DUPER excited because I am moving to a bigger room which means MORE space!! Here is a FREEBIE (I Have, Who Has? Time to the Hour) that I created this summer to use with my firsties to review time in a fun way. I hope you can use this in your classroom this year.


Click Here for FREEBIE



Shapes

My students are learning about 2d shapes this week, so I decided to make a fun and exciting game for them to play. I made a 2d shapes I have, who has....my students loved playing this game today. It helped them recognize and read the different 2d shapes. Click the link below to check it out!

Shapes; I have, who has

Classroom Websites

Well spring break is over and its back to the drawing board...sigh. At least there are only 9 more weeks until summer vacation! I keep telling myself I can do this and then I will be able to spend the whole summer with my precious baby boy....the love of my life!

I wanted to share some wonderful websites that I  use in my classroom....

1. http://pics4learning.com/   this website gives free, copyright friendly images to use in your classroom.

2. http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/  this is a free website where you or your students can create their own story, all you have to do is create an account.

3. http://photopeach.com/  this a website where you can create free photo slideshows. You can add text and music to your slideshow to incorporate into your lessons, all you have to do is create an account.

4.  http://voki.com/   this is a website where you or your students can create speaking avatars. This is a really neat website!

5. http://www.readworks.org/  this is a website that will give you lessons for interactive read alouds and its aligned to common core...its wonderful if your not already using it!

6. http://www.education.skype.com  this is skype in the classroom website that I use to skype with different classrooms around the world.


Do you have favorite websites that you use in your classroom on a daily basis? Is so, what are they?

Skype in the Classroom

Skype in the classroom is the greatest site to include 21st century learning into your classroom.All you have to do is create an account and then you can create your own lessons or you can join lessons that other teachers have already created. My students had an AMAZING time skyping with two first grade classrooms for Read Across America. We skyped with a first grade class from Queen City Academy Charter School and a first grade class from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.

We also just finished up our unit on The Wizard of Oz and my students got to skype with a 3rd grade classroom in Wichita, Kansas to learn all about Kansas. My students learned so much from the 3rd graders that they were talking about it for days!

Do you skype in your classrooms? If anyone is interested in skyping my students would LOVE to skype with you! :)  Feel free to leave a comment and I will get back with you.