Sweet Treats at Primary Peach

Head over to The Primary Peach blog to download some funny goodies! Today I shared my February Yummy Snacks packet for FREE!

There are LOTS of other fun freebies posted and there will be LOTS more to come all month long!!!

I hope you enjoy! :)

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My Plans for Class DOJO

I'm so excited to change up my behavior management this year. I have seen lots of great ideas about using Class Dojo. I've always used tickets in the past, so this will be a pretty big change for me.

Let me tell you how I plan to use Class DOJO in my room…

First of all I'm going to be using Class DOJO to give and take away points based on positive and negative behaviors. I will keep the screen up on my board during the day and I will bring a clipboard to lunch and around the school to take notes when not in the classroom. I don't want to do the app on my phone right now. I think it will be great for communication with parents and they can see exactly what they are getting praised and punished for.

I am going to use points to earn rewards in the classroom. Every other week, I will let students use their points to purchase rewards from a treasure box and also coupons from my coupon book. You can find my coupons in my TPT store here.

I am also going to do the 100 point club. I found the idea over at Flapjack Education. Every time my students get 100 points, they will get to put a new avatar up on the "100 Points Club" bulletin board, with their name on it. At the end of the month, if they got in the 100 point club, they will get to eat in the classroom with me and will get a special treat.

I plan to use a monthly points tracking sheet to keep up with how many points they have at the end of each week. They will fill in their points each Friday and their parents will sign off on it over the weekends. You can download this for FREE in my TPT store!

I can't wait to do another post to let you know how Class DOJO works for my classroom!

Please leave me comments letting me know if you have any great plans for Class DOJO or behavior management in your classroom. :)

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Antonyms and SCOOT FREEBIE



Last week my students were learning about Antonyms.

We decided that after talking about antonyms for a few days, to do something with a little winter theme, so we made "Antonym Mittens", because you have a LEFT and a RIGHT.

The kids had so much fun decorating their mittens after writing their antonyms. They were even asking if there was a way for me to let them wear them!!! haha!

I also wanted to share my SCOOT FREEBIE that you can find at my Tpt store.

I use SCOOT in my classroom VERY often.

This freebie happens to have a person, place, or things game, but you can use the SCOOT card for any subject in the classroom.

I give each student a SCOOT recording sheet, then they also have a card on their desk. The card will have a number on the back so that the students know which square to start with.  When I tell them to "GO", they flip over the card, write down the answer on their recording sheet, and then when the timer goes off I yell "SCOOT", and the kids move to the next seat. When I yell "GO", they start on the next question. This is a great way to get your kids thinking fast and a great quick check as well. The kids LOVE this game because they get to move a bunch, and I LOVE this game because they have to do it without talking :)

I hope you enjoy this FREEBIE!

Other fun units for you to check out this Winter:

Have a wonderful week!

Amy

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Fairy Tale Freebie and Wild Things Unit!

Hey everyone! Well, my computer has been acting CRAZY, which is why I'm just now posting again and why we didn't have any "Fun Finds" this past Friday. SOOOO SORRY!!!

But I do have a Fairy Tale Freebie for you! Click on the link below to download it for FREE at my Tpt store :)



It's winding down to the end of the school year and we only have 7 weeks left!!!! YAY!

In our Reading Series we only have 3 weeks left, so the last 4 weeks of school we are choosing fun books to do. One week we will be doing "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs", then the next week "Where the Wild Things Are" and then we will be doing another book that we haven't decided on yet.

I've posted a unit on the book "Where the Wild Things Are" and it's SUPER cute!!! We will be using this the 3rd to last week of school. It includes a week of Lesson plans for the unit, fun printables, gift tags for the kids, banner printable, centers, a vocabulary quiz, and comprehension test. I can't wait to do this unit!!!

You can grab your copy of this unit over at my little Tpt store :)

Hoping to see you guys this week for Friday's "Fun Finds". Let me know if you have any suggestions for a topic for this Friday :)

Love y'all,

Amy

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Valentine's Day Unit and a FREEBIE!

I know I've been MIA the last week, but it has been SUPER busy for me. 

I'm going to take a minute to show off my sweet baby boy... he is 7 1/2 months old and just started crawling:

Isn't he just the cutest?? :) I know, I know!

Anywho... I've posted my Valentine's Day Unit on Tpt and Teacher's Notebook if you want to go check it out.  And of course, you know me, I'm going to give it away 1 + 4 (in honor of V day) lucky winners... Yes that means 5 winners!!!!

How to enter:

1. Pin this post (leave a comment linking to your pin)

2. blog or facebook about this giveaway (leave a comment linking to your blog or facebook post)

3. Become a follower of my blog (leave a comment saying that you are following)

That's THREE chances to win! Don't forget to LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS in case you win!

I will use Random.org to get 5 winners on Friday, February 3rd.

Just for stopping by today I've included my "Conversation Compound Words" below for your fun FREEBIE for today! This is part of my Valentine's Day Unit as well.

Have a wonderful week!!

-Mrs. Darley

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Awards and a FREEBIE!

Wow, did I really survive the week back after Christmas Break?? I DID!!!!

I also got some VERY sweet comments the last couple of days and some awards too!!!

The first award I received this week was the Versatile Blogger Award

from Amber at "Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher"



and from Sara at "Smiling in Second Grade"

from Jamie at

"2nd Grade Stuff"

and from Amy at

for the Versatile blogger award you must do a few things

1. Thank the person who presented the award to you and link back to them.

I thank all of you SWEET SWEET girls, for giving me my first award!  I have linked back to these AWESOME blogs above!

2. Tell seven things about yourself.

1. I married my BEST friend after we met in college and dated for 3 years.

2. I had my first child last June, who is about to be 7 months old on the 15th.

3. I have two dogs, a shi tzu and a lab

This is when our lab was MUCH smaller... but I can't find another good picture of them together

4. I have been blogging on my little family blog for a little over a year.

5. I was on the cover of American Cheerleader magazine when I was in college.

6. I taught 1st grade for 3 years and have been teaching 2nd for 2 years.

7. I LOVE Dr. Pepper!!! :)

3. Pass this onto 15 newly discovered blogs and let them know they've received the award.

 
 

Teacher Tam's Educational Adventures

 

I was also given the "Liebster Blog Award"

from Elisabeth at

The rules of this award are as follows:1. Show your appreciation to the blogger who nominated you by linking back to their blog. Thank you so much Elisabeth! You are too sweet!! Everyone please check out her blog!

2. Nominate five happy little blogs (200 followers or less) by posting a comment on their blogs.

3. Post the award on your blog.

4. Check out what the other up-and-coming blogs have to offer.



 

Thank you everyone who gave me one of these two awards!!! These were my first blogging awards :) You girls are all WAY TOO SWEET!!!

 

Now for the freebie.  We've been learning about season and I wanted to share this little seasons book that we are making. Just click on the link below to view in Google Docs :)

 

Seasons Book

 

Have a WONDERFUL weekend!!!!

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