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Deana Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250360838165902951noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372695423201128558.post-48947776951567229742015-03-14T16:51:00.002-07:002015-03-14T16:51:24.306-07:00Coming Soon<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Open House is this Thursday. You KNOW how <strike>exhausting </strike>exhilarating that is! I'll post pics soon. Hubby spent two hours hanging stuff up for me today. What a guy! Our field trip was to an aquarium so my theme is "Under the Sea". I'm displaying narrative writing, informational writing, shark theme CGI with the cutest sharky craftivity from <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Shark-Glyph-with-Writing-Options-239820">The Glyph Girls</a>, seahorse oil pastel pictures, and fishy oil pastel pictures. On the desks I will have this great packet from <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Oceans-Ocean-Unit-Common-Core-Classroom-1235298">Stephanie Stewart</a>. Come back soon to see pics of the art, etc. Thanks for stopping by today!</span><br />
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Deana Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250360838165902951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372695423201128558.post-39113209560641103052014-08-14T08:27:00.000-07:002014-08-14T08:27:10.590-07:00<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I'm so excited to be doing my first giveaway! Only 3 days left to enter. If you already entered, I thank you so much for participating. </span><br />
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Deana Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250360838165902951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372695423201128558.post-71097905837356130672014-08-05T13:36:00.000-07:002014-08-05T13:36:39.594-07:00Summer School Stuff<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Here's a few of the art projects I did with my summer school classes this year. Summer school in our district is enrichment. My class was "Authors, Art, and Arithmetic". I had 1st-3rd graders combined in four different periods. I read stories and poems everyday and then completed a writing or art project. I also did word problems that fit in with the theme of the book. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">This project went along with a book about the beach. I can't remember what the title was. We painted the sun and used colored pencils on the rays. Warm colors only!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">"The Little Scarecrow Boy" is a cute story about a little scarecrow trying to learn to be scary. Here's the drawing we did with that book. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I loved this project that went along with "Rainbow Fish". </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">We had summer school on July 3rd so that called for a patriotic project...or two. I got both ideas from Pinterest. For the first one I gave kiddos a choice of three patriotic songs already printed on cardstock. They used warm colors to draw designs then did a wash with blue and red for the flag. They look waaaay better in person. I will be doing this project in my regular class this year too. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I also got this eagle project from Pinterest. My first graders usually cry when they have to tear paper for a project but these kiddos were going into 2nd grade and handled it just fine!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">This project went along with "I Ain't Gonna Paint No More". Another idea from Pinterest. Pinterest totally saved by behind this summer!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If you want to see more art ideas you can follow me on Pinterest.</span> <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/1stgradechatter/">LINK TO MY PINTEREST</a></div>
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Deana Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250360838165902951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372695423201128558.post-78759703922996967532014-08-04T14:53:00.000-07:002014-08-04T14:56:01.453-07:00Lazy Days of Summer Give Away!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I'm so thankful for the wonderful peeps who have purchased my products on Tpt and/or followed my blog or fb. I have learned so much from following your blogs, stores, and fb. Thank you for sharing your greatness! </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I finally got brave enough to try a give away. I'm starting simple for practice. I'm giving away a $10 Tpt gift certificate and any product from my store. Thank you so much for entering and good luck!</span><br />
Deana Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250360838165902951noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372695423201128558.post-12276527241139190202014-08-04T13:54:00.001-07:002014-08-04T13:54:50.992-07:00Currently<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Farley over at <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/">Oh Boy, 4th Grade!</a> is hosting an August "currently" linky. See mine below and go visit Farley to join in! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First, listening to my hubby play piano is a bit of a hoot. I survived my kids flutes, cellos, trumpets...just to move onto "Hot Cross Buns" by my hubby on the piano! I like to play "Name That Tune" when he practices. Honestly, in the beginning I used to go into our bedroom and watch my soaps while he practiced. It was brutal! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm loving summer. I love the smell of chlorine and Coppertone sunscreen. That's how I know it's summer! It's aromatherapy:-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm thinking about discipline...geez...get over it and enjoy the summer. Why can't teachers just turn it off?? I'm a little excited about not having a clipchart and am already figuring what activities I can drop the first week to have time to spend setting standards of behavior and practicing these behaviors. Will I fall back to "Move your clip down!". Wait and see:-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this year first grade teachers asked PTA to gift us individual CD players for kiddos to use during Listen to Someone Read. They suggested Mp3 players. Can't wait to give it a try! I need to get all of my books on CD transferred to the Mp3 players. I also got a little gizmo that is supposed to transfer my oldie cassette tapes as well. I keep putting this job off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think my first day back is Aug. 25th but who am I kidding...I'll be back at least the week before. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's almost 2pm and I'm still in PJs. Did I mention I love summer??? </span></div>
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Deana Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250360838165902951noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372695423201128558.post-8495439722303199302014-08-02T17:04:00.000-07:002014-08-02T17:04:10.815-07:00Goodies!<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The cutie composition books were $1.50 (I think). They had some cheaper ones but c'mon...cuteness is a factor here! I have no idea what I'm using them for but that didn't stop me from buying them;-). I also got 32 (yes, I have 32 students) spiral notebooks. They were 17 cents each. They had more expensive ones but this time cuteness was not a factor;-). And...I usually design and print my own planner but this guy was only $3 and some change. I figured it was better than using up my ink! I'll put stickers on it to cutesify it a little bit. "Cutesify" is a new verb I made up. It was necessary:-). </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Speaking of cutesify...I ordered some new decs from Barker Creek today. I'm a little bit of a polka dot and ladybug fan these days. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Polka-dotted file folders??? Yes, please! I'll make these my M-F daily work folders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">OMG! I haaaaaddddd to have these accents. I only hope I ordered enough! </span> </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's a link to <a href="http://www.barkercreek.com/">Barker Creek</a> if you wanna have a looksy:-). Is that how you spell "looksy"? </span><br />
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<br />Deana Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250360838165902951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372695423201128558.post-84089152404734538712014-07-31T15:03:00.000-07:002014-07-31T15:03:44.546-07:00Back to School Sale at TpT!<span style="font-size: large;">It's always fun to advertise a sale! Make sure to visit TpT on Aug.4th and 5th to purchase all of your wish-listed items for up to 28% off! Woohoo! </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Do you teach summer school or are you heading into the last week of school? You may want to stop by my Tpt and check out the Hawaiian Luau themed unit. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">There fun to be had over at <a href="http://differentiationstationcreations.blogspot.com/2014/06/attitude-of-gratitude-giveaway-clip-art.html">Differentiation Station Creations</a>. Starting at midnight tonight, Laura is hosting a giveaway for preK-2nd grade Tpt products including clipart! Head on over and sign up! I'm giving away my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Common-Core-Word-Problems-for-September-833811">Common Core Word Problems for September</a> packet. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">You should also take a peek at my new Earth Day packet. I used it last year with my class and it was a hit! It includes two informational texts with comprehension questions along with some other goodies. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I have taken a bit of a break from creating new products but just finished one January! It's a penguin paragraph writing activity that your kiddos can do independently. Visit my store and check it out!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">We read "A Kiss Goodbye" by Audrey Penn. It's one of the cute Chester books. I found a chalk drawing on Pinterest and simplified it a bit. Here's a Kinder sample.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Check out Marymaking at: <a href="http://marymaking.blogspot.com/2013/04/raccoon-portraits.html">http://marymaking.blogspot.com/2013/04/raccoon-portraits.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">We also read "The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear" by Don and Audrey Wood. Holy Cow that little mouse is cute! For the art project we used primary colors to paint a strawberry. Kids had to mix blue and yellow to make green for the strawberry top. We used blue to shade one side of the berry and yellow to brighten the other side. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Next, on to "Surfer Chick" by Kristy Dempsey. I just discovered this book and it is adorable! Loved explaining that the term "chick" can refer to girls and baby chickens. I also read "Pig Kahuna" by Jennifer Sattler. Both books talk about kids overcoming fears. Here's a hibiscus flower we did after reading.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">And finally, I read a book about a garden (I can't remember what it's called). Then we did this hyacinth flower project I also found on Pinterest ( I love you Pinterest)! </span><br />
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Deana Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250360838165902951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372695423201128558.post-16815683336499926332013-07-05T15:52:00.001-07:002013-07-05T15:54:13.693-07:00Summer School is Cool!<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>I am in summer school mode! I'm teaching a literature/art class. I only have two periods so I am done by 10:30 every day! Yahoo! My first period is Kinders and my second period is 1-3 graders. I'm pretty much able to do the same projects with each group but the second period is by far more independent and does a little more detail. They all seem to like the projects no matter how old they are! One of the projects we did last week went with the book "The View At the Zoo" by Kathleen Bostrom. Super cute book that I just got at the end of the school year. Here's the cutie giraffe we made after reading the book.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I got the giraffe idea from <a href="http://josettebrouwer.edublogs.org/2011/01/15/second-grade-giraffes/">http://josettebrouwer.edublogs.org/2011/01/15/second-grade-giraffes/</a>. Thank you so much for sharing such a cute idea! </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">On Monday we'll be doing a strawberry draw/paint project using primary colors and reading the story "The Big Hungry Bear and the Red Ripe Strawberry". Check back! </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So way back in April, I was doing some CGI from my spring CGI packet and I was rejoicing at the fabulous, awesome, amazing brilliance of my little guys. Here's a pic of one of the problems and how my sweet guy figured out the answer.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>This little missy is totally pointing out everything on her poster and explaining what she did. She is VERY verbal (which comes in handy when sharing but not at other times).</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>I almost forgot to share this fab giveaway! Wendy from <a href="http://1stgradefireworks.blogspot.com/">First Grade Fireworks</a> is having a celebration for her 50th bday! Happy Birthday to Wendy! Head over to her blog and enter the giveaway. I donated my Hawaiian Luau packet.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>My hubby is vacuuming right now;-) Life is good!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">One more week til Spring Break!! Wahoo!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I was lucky enough to get CGI Math training from my district. I am sooooo glad and so are my kiddos! I am amazed every time we do it! Here's why:</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">1. Kids are totally engaged</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">4. My kids learn to explain their thinking and share their ideas in front of the class using the doc. cam and microphone. Cute as can be!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">5. If someone is stuck, they get up and walk around to see what others are doing</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I had some math manipulatives but I wrote a grant to purchase more. Each table gets to choose from a variety of tools to use to solve problems.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">You can check out my February word problem packet at my tpt store.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Happy three day weekend! Whoot! Whoot! </b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>I'm joining Jennifer's linky! Head over to <a href="http://rowdyinfirstgrade.blogspot.com/">Rowdy in First Grade</a> and join the fun:-)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Here's the scoop...you have to tell something good that's happening at school and at home. So, at school I'm thrilled getting really excited about the Common Core Standards. Is that weird?? We are a little behind but we're getting there:-). Higher level thinking??? YES!! Can't wait to check out the new testing that will be coming down the road.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>What's good at home??? Gotta say...EVERYTHING! I'm a happy camper these days. I got to SKYP with my son tonight so that was the BIGGEST thrill of the day. Also saw the movie "Silver Linings Playbook". And I have the day off tomorrow! I'm going to try one of those burlap painting crafty thingys. I'll post a pic if it turns out presentable:-). </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>Of course a polka-dot magazine holder is a MUST! Check out the cutie post-its! Where else can you get 100 Day certificates for $1?? Nowhere!! </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Take a break from football to go shopping and you don't even have to leave the house!! Check out the TPT Super Sunday Sale! My store is 28% off! Stop by and have a look! Don't forget to use the code "SUPER" at checkout to get your discount.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Stop by <a href="http://jasonsonlineclassroom.com/teachers-pay-teachers-sunday-super-sale/">Jason's Online Classroom</a> for a great linky with lots of stores having SUPER sales!</span></div>
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</div>Deana Thelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250360838165902951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372695423201128558.post-86388762531396002762013-01-27T17:14:00.000-08:002013-01-27T17:14:40.083-08:00New Sub Product<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have had such luck with my first grade sub tub packet that I decided to make one for second grade teachers too! One recent reviewer of the first grade product said "My sub said I had the best sub folder she's ever seen". I love that it's helping other busy teachers! Check it out by clicking on the pic. </span><br />
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