Luck o' the Irish SALE!!

Hi Friends! Kerri here...
In honor of our favorite little Irish friends (Happy St. Patty's Day! What I wouldn't give to be in Chicago at that awesome parade they throw where the river is green! I saw it on The Fugitive-anyone else know my reference?? ), I will be throwing a TPT sale for today only. You can pick up any of my writing centers...

                                                                  

No more Cat With a Hat-BOO!

Here's my March Writing pack...and some pics of my kidlets using the mats in their writing-they LOVE it!

Or, you just might like these...

I'm off to work on Part 2 of my Rainforest Fun Unit-the art and graphic organizers/other goodies pack!!
Hope your day is full of luck!!
XOXO Kerri

Rainforest Madness!! Plus...Pigs and Pancakes, Baby!!

   Happy Sunday, Peeps! Kerri here...
OMGarsh! I am so so excited that FINALLY Scrappin Doodles made some "proper" rainforest clip art! I have been waiting for this for a year! (insert happy dance!)
I did rainforest as my theme for Open House last year, and the kids ATE IT UP!! It was so so fun! Click here to see pictures from that post!


I have been hard at work making some rainforest themed centers on TPT!! Presenting (drumroll please!)...

  With this Rainforest Fun! Literacy and Math Centers packet you get 9 fun-filled learning centers! (click on pics to go to my TPT store)

and

Next weekend, I will be working on a GIANT art and graphic organizer pack for the rainforest so you can make craftivities and write about rainforesty things like these:

sloths

rainforest flowers

monkeys

                     rainforest flowers

parrots

red-eyed tree frogs

butterflies

layers of the rainforest

rainforest fishies

Finally, quite a few of you requested it, so here is your If You Give a Pig a Pancake comprehension cut and paste activity, and also an endings (-s, -ed, -ing) sort that I will be using this week...  click on the links to download!                                                    

If You Give a Pig a Pancake Activity

Word Endings Sort

To those of you on Spring Break, JEALOUS!! I still have 4 more weeks to go!!  

I'll be back later this week with a fun rainforest math FREEBIE, and as I think of them, I will be posting more rainforest things! Have a great Sunday!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar posted!

Hi Peeps! Kerri here...
6 report cards down, 18 to go! I have myself on a strict schedule-6 per night, so I don't have to worry about them next weekend. We'll see if I stick to it! :)


Here is one more writing center and man, oh man, is this clip art CUTE!! It is from the very talented Kristen at her adorable blog: 

Love Two Teach!

Check it out and see all of her fabulous clip art and other stuff! Some is FREE (which we all LOVE!)

Introducing...

This one is PERFECT for having your students sequence the story because all of the food is included (20 pictures all together!) Click on the pic above if you are interested!


Have a happy Tuesday!
XOXO Kerri 

Just call me Miss Procrastination...

Happy Sunday! Kerri here...

Yes, I know I said I needed to spend the next to weeks focusing on report cards and on organizing all of my assessments...Exhibit A- GAH!!

First pile-assessments to be looked at and filed, Second pile-Stack of work from last week that I graded last night!

Holy Guacamole-don't you just shudder looking at all of that madness?? I have been told that not only am I a procrastinator, but I am also a "piler", you should see my desk in my classroom. My husband calls it the beginning stages of hoarding (thanks alot, HONEY!), but I prefer piler, thank you very much!


Instead, I spent part of yesterday having fun and doing this!

Many of you requested sports, so TADA!!

I had to make this one...I think the girls will especially love it!

Not Cirque Du Soleil (my fave!), but still cutey cuteness!

I told you, I HAVE A PROBLEM and I think my husband would like it just a little bit if someone would please give me an intervention. I just can't help it! When I displayed all of the writing centers for my kidlets last week, they were LITERALLY clapping and cheering. I felt like Selena Gomez, girls!! Seriously, I was a rock star! Hey, as long as they keep cheering, I'm going to keep making these!


You can pick 'em up from my TPT store, if you think your kidlets might just promote you to rock star status too when you show them these!


I have BIG STUFF coming soon (major excitement and cuteness!), and I can't wait to show you all, but first, I must get back to my HUGE piles. BOO!


XOXO Kerri

Dr. Seuss Rhymes, Leprechaun writing paper FREEBIE, Skittles Math, and HUGE TPT Sale!!

One more added, just in time for tomorrow's BIG SALE!! A rhyming center for Dr. Seuss DAY!

Happy Monday, Peeps! Kerri here...
Well, it rained today and it was C-O-L-D! I'm talking 50 degrees cold! For California, that is COLD, man!! But, now I am home in my PJ's (fat pants, standard, of course!) and I am enjoying hearing the rain outside. It better dry up by tomorrow, or this teacher is going to be G.R.O.U.C.H.Y! You know what I'm saying??




Here is a little baby freebie for you if you plan on having your kiddos write about anything St. Patty's Day/Leprechaun related. Just a little writing paper for you to use....click below!

Did you also know that I made little "Taste the Rainbow" Math Packet to use with skittles LAST March?? Well, my kids LOVED it like crazy last year and I'm sure they will again this year! Here is the link if you are interested in sugaring your kids up teaching your kids important math concepts using skittles:

Finally, have you heard about TPT's GINORMOUS Leap Day sale on Wednesday?? I am SOOO excited! I already have some goodies loaded into my cart which I will be happily buying on Wednesday with this coupon:

Both our stores will have EVERYTHING on sale for 20% off, plus TPT's discount code, well, it's gonna be cheaper than DIRT!!


You can pick up Lindsay's Fabulous Five Senses Unit:

And, you can get all of these from my (Kerri's) store!


Writing Centers:

March Words Writing Pack

What's the Weather? Math and Literacy Centers

We Heart America! Math and Literacy Centers

Hope your Tuesday is full of sunshine and smiles from your kiddos at school!
XOXO Kerri

Math FREEBIES, and some new TPT Goodies!

Happy Saturday Night, Peeps! Kerri here...
Well, here I am, wearing my "fat" pants, my cozy socks, and my grungiest sweatshirt on a Saturday night (Can I get an AMEN??) 


I know, I know, my husband is such a lucky fella! Tonight we took a walk and I was wearing the above items, plus a hideous scarf, AND my mukluks! I was a HOT mess. He just looked at me and shook his head. HA!! I just love being married sometimes. To be able to take a walk with a handsome man, while you look ridiculous. That is LOVE, man!


I feel like I haven't shared any Math freebies for a while, so here we go... Whilst thinking about what I need to do when I go back to work on Monday (BOO! YAY!), I was thinking that my little friends DESPERATELY need to work on counting forward and backward to 100. Actually, counting forward is pretty easy peasy for them, but counting backwards, well...let's just not recall the "counting backwards from 100" Envisions lesson where I almost pulled my hair out and came home feeling like the WORST MATH TEACHER EVER. yucky...


ANYHOO...To help them practice this RIDICULOUS FUN concept, I made this little worksheet that has BOTH counting forward and counting back from 100. You can use one or both, depending what your chitlins need. I also made a little 100's chart that they can use to help them. 


I plan on giving my kiddos numbers from 1-100 that are printed on colored cardstock and cut out, so they just pull a number, write it in the box, and either count forward or count back (depending on the worksheet). You can have them close their eyes and point to a number on the 100's mat, roll two 10-sided dice and make a number to start on, whatever floats your boat! These worksheets are NOT cutesified (THE HORROR! I know...I'm so sorry) but they will get the job done as a warm up, or math station, homework, whatevs... 


You can download the worksheet (click the link) and 100's mat (click the picture) below:

Here is the Counting on and Counting Back from 100 Worksheet!




On to the TPT Goodies!! 


I am SOOOO proud of my girl, Linds (aka Mrs. Messyhair! Long story, goes WAY back to our Kindergarten days together, but she LOVES LOVES LOVES when you call her that, so I highly encourage you all to do so!!) 
I have been BUGGING HER forever to put this unit on TPT, because it is SO RAD! She originally created it when she was my student teacher and she drew all of the little characters by hand (Did you know she is an AMAZING artist?? It's true!) We used her vintage edition for the next 4 years with our Kinder kiddos, and now that she gave it a facelift AND wrote her own little book to go with it (Did you know she's also an author?? I am so impressed!), it is just so awesome!


 I already bought my copy (she would've given it to me, but I wanted to be her most loyal customer) and I will be doing this little 5 Senses Unit with my kiddos the week after next. CAN'T WAIT!! I hope you all will support her little store and pick up your copy by clicking on the picture below! It's sooo pretty!

I also have been hard at work because A-I had this week off (I know, I'm lucky! But, who'll be laughing when I am teaching until June 23rd?? That's right, all y'all!) and B-I MUST devote the next 2 weeks to report cards, so there will be NO TPTing in my future. I had to bust a move this week. Here's what I have created...(click on each picture to go right there!)

Of course the March Words are posted (one of my best sellers), but I am oh so excited about my new Weather Centers! I will be teaching about weather in 2 weeks, and this will be PERFECT! 


I now have a grand total of 26 Writing Centers posted in my TPT store. I think I may have a problem and MAYBE I need an intervention! Actually, I did this so that every single kiddo can have a mat if I ever want to use them ALL at the same time for my writing block (I showed them on the Friday before break and they about FLIPPED THEIR LIDS, they were so excited!!), OR for every single possible conceivable theme that I may now or in the future ever teach. I have my eye on making a Luau themed writing center, but I think that maybe is just too obscure! I can't help it!! It's so so cute! 


My husband just looked at me and judged me (In his mind, I can tell!) for typing too long. Men! They just don't understand, do they ladies??


Have a Happy Sunday! Hope your Saturday was as WILD and CRAZY as mine!! :)