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We had a GREAT St. Patrick's Day!! We started the day with Face Painting! The second grade class was raising money for their field trip to the Aquarium in New Orleans. Our Second Grade teachers are amazing! Look at that talent! The kinders put on a Geaux Green parade in the afternoon and we were well into the spirit!  How precious are they ?!?!?!? A Leprechaun visited our classroom and lost his pot of gold! So we had to solve some two digit addition problems to help him find it! Each child walked in to find Lucky the Leprechaun had left them a shamrock with a number.  Of course we pulled out our handy 120 board and set to work.  Solving these problems with number bonds, adding 10s, drawing quick tens - all the ways we have been practicing. When we got to answer, whoever had the correctly numbered shamrock got to place it on the board. They loved it! Here are some pics:  Yay! He made it!!  Like this game? Click {HERE} for a free copy :) Also in this packet is a ...

Happy Saturday to all! January has been the fastest month by far! I dont know where all my time went but I am looking forward to the next few weeks. We are having a ball in first grade! Lots of fun stuff and learning going on.  I wanted to share with you a Valentine's activity pack that I use in my classroom. I've created some ELA and math games that will liven up any classroom while reinforcing key skills.  Compound Hearts game Matching Math Hearts game - helping with the skill of double digit to single digit addition Word Sort Sounds of –ed Valentine Rhyming Words game Valentine Fill in the Blank Valentine Word Search Valentine Mystery Picture for 120 chart Whole group math game idea - now this one is so much fun!! First you have to pull out your trusty old 120 board for the whole group.  Lay it out. Next print out, cut apart, and fold up the problem cards:    I went to the Teacher Best Friend Store (aka Dollar Tree) and grabbed some adorable plastic heart con...