The Primary Peach Giveaway {plus a freebie!}

Hey yall!

 

I have some exciting news to share with you!!!

 

I have teamed up with some amazing bloggers to launch a collaborative blog geared to all you sweet Georgia teachers out there!

 

Introducing.....The Primary Peach!

 

 

 

We are SO excited to launch this new blog, so of course we have to kick it off with some awesome freebies and a BIG giveaway!

 

But wait....I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's take this one step at a time, shall we?

 

 

I'm Natalie. First grade teacher. Wife to Wesley. Mom to 3 pups {Abby, Dude, and Greta}.

 

 

 

I hail from Augusta, home of the Masters. Golf is just a way of life 'round these parts.

 

 

When I'm not teaching or hanging out with my hubs and pups, you can find me holed away in my office creating TPT products, playing with my Cameo, or doing schoolwork for my doctorate program.

 

 

Yall.

 

I hope that you LOVE this freebie as much as I do!

Our sweet new blog was a TOTAL inspiration!

 

 

What a perfect way to end the year.

Click on the pic to snag your copy.

 

 In addition to all these awesome freebies you're racking up on, you've got the opportunity to win some TPT cash! There will be one GRAND PRIZE $50 TPT gift certificate winner, and 3 more lucky winners will each receive a $25 TPT gift certificate!
Be sure to check out The Primary Peach for your chance to enter.

 

 

 

Want to meet the next Georgia blogger and snag even more freebies?

Head on over to meet my friend Kelly!

 



Five for Friday

Hey yall! Happy Friday!

 

Can I get an amen for 3 day weekends???

I sooo need to relax and recharge!

 

It's been awhile, so I'd thought I link up with Casey today.

 

 

 

If you teach third grade Social Studies, you have to get this book! It is an adorable little book about Congress and tells a great story on how a bill becomes a law.

Squeaker of the House....ha! 

 

 One of my little girls drew this for me at recess the other day.

Is it a bad thing that my kiddos have noticed my addiction to caffeine???

I'm choosing to focus on the fact that I look super skinny and have apparently have impeccable style :)

 

 

 

Along with our study of the government, we've been talking about the executive branch and, of course, the president. We don't have a ton of time to do fun crafts in third grade, but I managed to sneak in these adorable Obama crafts along with their executive branch writing.

I am so in love with the new Jamberry styles, yall! Especially the holiday-themed wraps.

Each week in October, I'll be sporting different Halloween nails.

This week....candy corn!

Want to check out all the different holiday styles?

Shop here!

 

 

 

I got two sweet little gifts today.

One of my sweeties brought me this tiny pumpkin.

She knows how much I adore fall :)

Another sweetie told me she was at Wal-Mart and saw this big bin of duct tape.

"I know you already have peacock duct tape, Mrs. Lemacks, but....you can never have enough!"

Talk about filling my bucket!

 

What have YOU been up to this week???



Another Day in 1st Grade

Hey yall!

 

The year is winding down yall.

Only 23 days left...eek!

We are in full force finish-out-first-grade mode, so I thought I would pop in and share some of what we've been up to these past couple weeks!

 

We wrote clown stories and made these adorable clowns for our study of diphthong ow/ou.

 

 

 

For our study on economics, we made these goods and services flapbooks.

 

 

On the inside, they wrote whether each job provided goods or services.

 

We also wrote about what we want to be when we grow up and whether that job provides goods or services.

 

 

 

In science, we've been learning all about sound!

After learning about pitch, we composed and played songs on glass bottles filled with water.

 

 

Since today was Earth Day, we wrote all about how to keep our Earth clean.

 

You can pick up this little craftivity here.

Then we put our words into action and cleaned up the playground!

 

 

The next few weeks are going to fly by, I'm sure, so forgive me if I'm a little scarce!

Time to put the petal to the metal, yall!



All in the Family

Hey yall! Happy hump day!

My kiddos have started learning about a tricky little thing called fact families.

Anyone else's kiddos struggle with these???

 

I wanted to make it fun and interesting for them, so I started out by introducing them to the Fact Family.

 

 

We discussed how the Fact Family are kind of snobby and only like to be with themselves. They don't like to let anyone else into their house.

We talked about how, since Daddy is the biggest, he will always be the biggest number. Mommy will be the middle number and Baby will be the smallest number.

 

We practiced a ton with these family cards that I made. Click on the picture below to snag them!

 

 

 

After lots and lots of practice on fact families, they are finally starting to get it! They really connect with the daddy, mommy, and baby {or doggy}.

 

But then we decided that they needed a house to live in!

So, naturally, we made them some!

 

 

They turned out so cute! I love how they are all just a little bit different :)

We didn't use any patterns, just kinda winged it, but it worked out great!

 

So...how do you teach your kiddos about fact families?





Let's Talk Turkey!

Hey yall! Happy Friday!

 

Was it just me, or did this week drag by? Something about short weeks always makes them feel extra long...

 

Well, we finally started to get into the turkey spirit this week! We've started our plants/animals unit in science, so I thought it was the perfect week to start learning about turkeys!

 

We started by reading some informational texts about turkeys that I checked out from our library.

 

 

 

Then we used a graphic organizer from sweet Rachelle over at Want the Teacher Wants to help us get our facts in order (what would we do without all these wonderful bloggy resources???). We made a large class anchor chart, and my kiddos put their own chart in their reading journals.

 

 

 

We discussed some good opening and closing sentences and brainstormed a few that might work for this type of writing. Then my kiddos got to work! They certainly love informational writing! As a fun Friday activity, we whipped up some quick little turkeys to go with our writing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love how all their turkeys turned out a little different. I gave them patterns for the body and feathers, but had them choose their own googly eyes and add feet and a beak. My room was littered with a bazillion tiny pieces of orange paper, but they were super engaged so it was worth it!

 

We've got lots more Thanksgiving goodness planned for next week, so I'm hoping to fill all the boards with student work! What are some fun activities you have planned for next week?

 

Happy weekend, friends!

Sombreros, Maracas, Pinatas...oh my! {freebie}

Hey yall! Happy, happy, happy Friday!

 

I felt like this Friday would never get here. Testing is such a bummer...

 

And its not over...next week we begin our DIBELS testing :/ Yuck!

 

Putting that out of my mind for now, so I can enjoy this glorious weekend!

 

Today we celebrated a little bit about Cinco de Mayo. I hadn't really planned for us to do a whole lot, but our whole day pretty much ended up being centered around the holiday.

 

First, we started out by learning all about Mexico with a little Moby action.

 

 

 

We needed some festive wear for the day, so we made Teri's fabulous sombreros. They loved these!

 

 

Sombrero Fail

 

Then we gathered some data by asking our friends "Do you like tacos?" or "Do you like spicy foods?" Apparently, everyone loves some tacos!

 

 

We read "Cinco de Mouse-O!" by Judy Cox. Absolutely adored the illustrations in this cute book!

 

 

Then we brainstormed everything we had learned about Cinco de Mayo...

 

 

...and wrote about it! I gave my kiddos some maracas and let them decorate them however they wanted. I love how different they all are!

 

 

 

 

This one cracked me right up! Love the stache!

The fabulous sombrero and writing sheets came from A Cupcake for the Teacher's cinco de mayo pack. Go pick it up!

 

If you want the maracas outline, click here.

 

Now I'm off to see my kiddos at a local baseball game!

 

 

 

  Happy weekend, friends!