Five for Friday: July 10th Edition

Hello everyone!  Today I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching's linky party, Five for Friday!

1. I have another product added to my TpT store!  This is a favorite with my first graders and is also great for enriching kindergarteners and reaching lower second graders.  Click here to check it out!

2.  My family celebrated my mom's birthday by ordering a half bushel of steamed crabs!  If you're from Maryland, then you know how amazing these are.  I love me some crabs!

3. My girls had their 4 month professional pictures done!  Look how cute they are!  I have to pick 25 images to keep out of 52...how am I ever going to decide?

4.  (I am hoping this works) Here's a video of my baby girl laughing and squealing!  This was the first time she has laughed so long and it is so darn precious!

5.  Today, the love of my life and I celebrate 5 years of marriage!  There's no one I'd rather do life with than this guy.  He's an amazing husband to me and awesome father to our little girls.  If you want to read some more and see some pictures of us from way back when, check out my family blog at The Alvarez Family

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend and enjoy it...summer is flying by too quickly!

Measuring Fun!

Hi friends!  Like I promised yesterday, I was able to post my newest product, Measuring Fun!  My Measuring Fun packet has some great activities for measuring.  In this packet are several different ways students can use non-standard units to measure different objects. Activities include measuring with unifix cubes and paper clips, scavenger hunts, and graphing data. These activities are perfect for whole group, partners, or individual work. Simply give each student cubes or paperclips, a paper, and time to complete the activities!

Included:
2 outside scavenger hunts
2 inside scavenger hunts
2 body measurement activities
3 graphs
2 sheets of data questions

Check out my newest packet, Measuring Fun  and I hope you will enjoy it as much as my students do.  

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Measurement Fun!

I don't know about your class but my students always love learning about measurement and time.  They think they are sooooo grown up when they can read a clock! (even when it's only on the hour and half hour, haha!)  They also always love measuring and making their own graphs.  I always teach them how to measure with paperclips and unifix cubes and they just love it.  In my curriculum, measurement is taught in quarter 4, which means we only have a few weeks to do it and I try to cram as much in as possible.  I wish we had it in quarter 2 or quarter 3 so we would have more time! (<--- see what I did there?!)

Anyways, one of our favorite things to do with measurement is go on measuring scavenger hunts, both inside and outside.  I am working on a TpT product that will include activity sheets for different types of scavenger hunts, body measurement, and some graphs to go along with it.  I'm hoping tonight or tomorrow I will get it posted.

Stay tuned!

My Shop is Open!

Hi friends!  Thanks for stopping by.  My exciting announcement is that my Teachers Pay Teachers store is officially open!  Over the weekend I was able to upload two FREE products and my first product for purchase!

My first freebie, the one that TpT requires you to upload, is my very favorite way to get organized for parent-teacher conferences.  It is a simple conference worksheet that has space for reading, writing, math, content (science, social studies, health), and other notes.  I fill this out for each student for conferences and have it in front of me when I meet with parents so that I remember to cover everything I want to discuss with them.

Conference Note Worksheet

The second freebie I posted is a behavior management tool I've used in the past for students who need a more visual reminder for their actions.  I created a punch card and there are three different versions.  Simply print on cardstock, cut, and punch a hole every time you catch the student following the rules!  I also like to write what they are working towards on the card so there is a line for that as well.

Behavior Management Punch Card

And my first product for purchase is my 2D Shape Memory Game!  My students LOVE this game and there are multiple ways to use it.  It can be played as Memory/Concentration or Go Fish style.  I usually introduce it in small groups and then move it as a center game.  Students can play in small groups, partners, or even individually!  The pack comes with 24 cards for 12 sets and the matches are the shape to the shape's description...perfect for CCSS 1.G.1!

2D Shape Memory/Concentration

Hopefully you liked a few of my products and make sure to check back for more!  Thanks for stopping by!