St. Patrick Puppet

A new product for the upcoming holiday....St. Patrick's Day

Many people celebrate St. Patrick's Day without REALLY knowing who St. Patrick is. I created a simple paper bag puppet that children can create with a simple story of who St. Patrick is. I have made these before in my classroom and nothing compares to making puppets. It is simply their favorite thing to do.

 St. Patrick Puppet TPT Store

Another great resource I have found for basic information on Saint is the Happy Saints Ebooks. They have three volumes which all have different Saints and very cute and usable Saint clip art. This is the website where you can find these products. Happy Saints Books

Roll and Bump

I Love Freebies

I love it when I find freebies. I love it even more when I find freebies and my student love them too. This is one of those moments. Students love "Bump." They love it with math and with High Frequency Words too. But what makes it even better is when I don't have to make it. 

Below is a "Bump" game that is free, in color and black and white. All students do is roll two dice and add them together. They get to place a connecting cube on the sum. If another student rolls and comes up with the same sum they get to bump them off and take their place. However, if a student gets the same sum twice they get to stack two connecting cube and now they are safe. 

Here is the link to the website where the product is from..
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B82CBXRpJwZuWi1GaG9ma1YyT2M/edit

Religious Education

Religious Education

Not only am I a first grade teacher, but I also volunteer my time to teach Sacramental Preparation to our communities 2nd graders. We have completed our reconciliation and now we are moving onto preparing for receiving Eucharist. This week we focused on using the bible. As many of us "cradle Catholics" know, we don't always have the best understanding of the bible, none the less how to use it. So using a resource I received as part of my Catechesis training last summer, I created reference bookmarks for the bible. Not only did they help the kids, the parents found them really helpful, and even said "hey, I get it now!"

Here is what is looks like. The pink is the Old Testament and the blue are the New Testament. Easy to use right?

The Eucharist classes are just as much for the parents as it is for the kids. If the parents understand these topics then they can better explain them to their kids in the future. Because we all know that PARENTS are the first religious educators of their children.  

Below you can see the bookmarks I created. I am selling them for a very reasonable price of $1. If you are in my Sacramental Prep class, I am will to get them to you for free, just send me an email. 

Buy a digital copy by clicking the link...

Bible Bookmarks TPT Store

My Teachers Pay Teachers Store

My Teachers Pay Teachers Store

I was so excited to sell my first product on my TPT store. Then I thought what is another day to get the word out about my store. AHA.... I realized that showing my products on my blog would be a easy way for people to have a quick overview of my store. Enjoy and if you want to buy just click on the link below the images. 

Feel free to give me feedback if you buy my products. I am just starting out and could use all the help in making my products better. 

Valentine's Day Mailbox

This download will give you the templates to create your own mailbox. I know it is labeled a Valentine Mailbox, you can decorate it to be any type of mailbox. All you need for this mailbox is the templates and some tape, although you could use glue but it would be a little more challenging. 

Valentine's Day Mailbox TPT Page

St. Patrick's Day Trinity Wheel

This wheel is a good tool in connecting the Trinity to St. Patrick's day. It is simple to color, cut and put together.

The Trinity Wheel TPT Page

My Animal Book

This book was created as a mini research project, because I wanted my students to find details about their animal and too many of them were too difficult for my little first graders. This is a simple draw and fill in the blank book that they can make about any animal. 

My Animal Book TPT Page

MLK Day

Dr. Marin Luther King Day

The last few days we have been learning about Dr. Martin Luther King.

We started by reading the American Girl story of Addy, to give the students some background on what slavery was, and how it impacted the people being enslaved. 

My students loved it, and were even more excited to see the doll. It was kind of like seeing her in real life. 

Next we created a book about Dr. Kings life. Just a few facts about him so that they got to understand some of the things we went through. 

http://firstgradewow.blogspot.com/2012/12/not-by-color-of-our-skin.html
Source: First Grade W.O.W.

Next we learned a song about M.L.K. The song worked because it wan't too wordy and it was very easy to learn. 

http://firstgradewow.blogspot.com/2012/12/not-by-color-of-our-skin.html
Source: First Grade W.O.W.