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As many of you know, I LOVE making flip books and have made LOTS of different ones in my thematic units. With the beginning of the school year right around the corner, it only seemed right for me to make a flip book for a back to school activity! I put together some fun flip books that you can do during the first weeks of school. I have made Back to School Flip Books and Goal Setting Flip Books for Grades K-2nd! Yep, that's right K-2nd!! :) There are TONS of pages and versions for you to choose from for each Back to School Flip Book and two different versions of the Goal Setting Flips Books. Here are some pictures of what they look like:                  You can grab these K-2 Back to School and Goal Setting Flip Books HERE or click on the picture below I hope you enjoy them!!

Over the past year, I have learned A LOT and still have SOOOOO much to learn, but I have gone back and decided it was time for a much needed MAKEOVER on my September Centers. I have completely started over with them and have been working these past couple weeks on creating LOTS of new math and literacy centers for the beginning months of school. I have now made those September Centers into my Back to School Centers !! There are 25 different activities in ALL!! 13 Literacy Centers and 12 Math Centers! I have put together some of the literacy and math center activities for you to see! Back Pack Beginning Sounds  Students will look at the picture on the notebook and say the picture name to determine the beginning sound. Then, they find the back pack with that beginning sound letter and put them together. Building Sight Words Students build the sight word they see on the paper using crayons with letters on them. Then, they will use a recording sheet to write the sight word using the co...

I ABSOLUTELY love the story, 'The Three Little Pigs'. This story is always so contagious in my classroom! After reading a few pages, I love hearing my kiddos read with me "Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!" So much fun! This is also another wonderful story to discuss and learn about different story elements. I have just finished putting together my 'Three Little Pigs' Mini Unit ! I am so excited to share this with you all! There are 10 activities included in this mini unit and it is packed with fun, hands-on, interactive activities, games, anchor charts, crafts, and MORE! I have put together some of the activities to give you a little peak into this mini unit. (These are not all of the activities included) Interactive Story Elements Book: All About The Three Little Pigs CVC Word Builder with the Three Little Pigs 2D Shape Pig Craft and Graph Mini Math Reader: 2 different versions for differentiating What would you build yo...