Primary Flynn

So I was finally hit hard with the nasty cold/flu/coughing/feeling terrible thingy for most of March.  It seems to be going now (knock on wood) and the quest to continue to find a great organization system in my classroom continues and to keep my desk organized and the surrounding areas.  So using my new Samsung camera (that I LOVE!!!), I have taken some pictures to show some of my progress. The quest continues everyday to organize the classroom. Enjoy! Kemble :-)

Hi, I wanted to share my Draw and Write books that I have created for my students this year.  I created 3 different booklet options that I could print out throughout the year as they started to write more aka more lines available for them.  I also made the books letter size and legal size.  I start out the year with legal size books and then get them down to letter size near the end of the year.  With the legal size the covers are usually white but with the letter sized book, you could use coloured card stock on the front cover.   Letter sized book options: 1 – Cover, Inside cover, Drawing and Writing page (1 line) 2 – Cover, Inside cover, Drawing and Writing page (2 lines) 3 – Cover, Inside cover, Drawing page, Writing page (3 lines) *all booklets have large and small line options Legal sized book options: 1 – Cover, Inside cover, Drawing and writing page (1 line) 2 – Cover, Inside cover, Drawing page, writing page (2 lines) 3 – Cover, Insi

My students love mental math especially when I have something new for them.  We are doing combinations of 9 right now for mental math we go over lots of different combinations.  I created these flash cards to get their little minds thinking of what's missing.  The picture below shows what one of the flash cards looks like.  The top half is shown to the students first with the bottom half folded behind and once the students give their answers as to what's in the hand that is closed, I unfold the flash card and show the students what is in the hand. The students can use their white board to show me their answer.  These flash cards have combinations from 1 to 10.   You can find this package in my TPT store at the following link: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Whats-Missing-Flash-Cards-1-to-10-1160426 or my TeachersNotebook shop at the following link: http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/kemble_flynn/whats-missing-flash-cards Enjoy! Kemble

I am in awe of those who post every day on their teacher blogs.  I'm on my March Break and today is the first day to actually post something on my blog in a really long time.  I've been sick for most of my March Break which is not fun but at least I can rest when I need to.  Before March Break, my students were working on combining numbers and we had gotten to combinations of 9 and I found they were struggling a bit.  So I thought I would make a concentration game for them and they loved it and I really saw how they had to think about what card they needed to make nine.  For example, if they turned over a 7, they had to stop first and think what card did they need to make 9 and they knew right away that if they turned anything but a 2 over, they did make a match.  It was really neat to watch.  I also had them make a booklet where I provided 2 different pictures - orange bears and pink robots and they had to make combinations of 9 with them.  I gave them a strip of paper