Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!

There's about to be a big change over here at The Teddy Bear Classroom. I'll be switching grade levels in September. I've been teaching first grade for the past 16 years and have absolutely loved it! I always wanted to be a first grade teacher so I was thrilled when that was where I ended up when I was first hired. This year I'll be leaving my classroom (don't worry, the teddy bears will be coming with me!) and moving schools and moving to second grade. I've been busy making new things to use with my new grade level and will be posting them here on the blog and in my TPT store as I get them ready.
I've been busy surfing the web looking for some great second grade teacher blogs to follow. If you have a second grade blog or if you know of one I should be following, please let me so that I can follow it.

Teacher Appreciation Sale

Happy Teacher Appreciation Day from The Teddy Bear Classroom! We'll be participating in the 2 day sale on TPT. Please use this opportunity to save 20% off all items in my store!

Easter Centers and a Freebie!

To celebrate the fact that spring has finally arrived, I have a new freebie in my TPT store.  It's a Making Ten Strategy Center with an Easter theme.  It's just one part of a collection of 4 centers I just posted called Easter Math Centers.  It's free so why not check it out!  Please leave me some feedback if you download.  I love hearing from other teachers who are able to use things I've made!

Find the Freebie Here!

 I made the Easter themed math centers for my class to use this week and they absolutely loved them.  They're getting pretty good at working with fact families and just loved them.   The centers are quick to make and easy to use.  Hopefully your students will love them as much as my little first graders did.

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Snow Day!

It's a Snow Day here in South Jersey for the second day in a row.  Since I got the driveway cleared yesterday, I'm enjoying staying in and avoiding the frigid temperatures outside.  To pass the time, I made up another Making 10 Strategy Center.  This one has an Easter theme and is so cute with it's adorable graphics from MyCuteGraphics.com.  I hope you can use it with your class when Spring finally arrives!

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Sentence Fix-Up Centers with Long Vowel Sounds

Are your students always forgetting about capital letters and punctuation when writing their sentences? I made up these centers for my kids to practice using proper capitalization and punctuation in their sentences. The centers are super easy to use. Simply print out the sentence strips, cut out, laminate (ah, lamination....I just love it!) and put them in a pocket chart. Print out the recording sheet that comes with each center, copy and pop it in a bin at your center and you are all set to go. The kids simply read each sentence and then rewrite each sentence correctly on the corresponding line on the recording sheet. I made 5 different centers which each feature a different long vowel sound. I'll be starting with the long a sentences this week because it will help to review the new a-e pattern we learned last week in class.

Click Here To Check Them Out

I currently have 5 different Sentence Fix-Up Centers (one for each long vowel sound) available in my TPT store.  Click here to check them on.

Here's a picture of my sentence strips in my DIY pocket chart I made to match my classroom color scheme.  (Yes, I know I need to get out more...I've already been told, but isn't it pretty?!?)  Sorry about the glare.  I was in a rush to get out before the snow storm got worse yesterday.

Thanksgiving Freebie

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. I was busy this weekend making up a few math centers for my little firsties to use to practice their skills with adding and subtracting on a number line. I also made a center that lets them use dominoes to practice solving problems using a Parts-and-Total diagram. These skills go along with what we are learning in Unit 3 of the new Everyday Math series we are using. Since it is almost Thanksgiving and I'm very thankful for those of you who are following my blog and visiting my TPT store, I've decided to make these math centers a freebie in my TPT store. Please leave feedback if you use them. I'd love to know what you think!

Please leave me a message and let me know what you think of these.  I hope you like them and thanks so much for following my blog!

Number Line Practice

Are you trying to teach your students how to add and subtract using a number line?  If so, this Mimio set is for you!  I made up a set of Mimio slides that have a number line and a cute little frog to use when introducing a number line.  You can move the frog to illustrate how to hop forward or back when counting on or counting back.  You can also use the pen tool to draw the hops to help students better visualize the hops the frog takes.  A blank addition number model and a blank subtraction number model are included to use once students are familiar with how to write addition and subtraction problems.  There are 10 worksheets included to give your students practice with using a number line to solve addition and subtraction problems.  The worksheets can be used during a lesson, as morning work, as homework, or as an assessment.  My students loved using the little frog to solve problems at the Mimio board.  I hope your students enjoy this as much as mine did!