Okay.  This post is a random mess.  Just warning you!  So, we started double-digit subtraction the week before last.  Every year, I think they are never going to get it!  It is such a tedious process to teach this skill; therefore, I dread introducing it every year.  But they are finally getting it!  I have made them repeat a subtraction rhyme so much that they are probably dreaming about it at night!  I took some pics of what we have been doing to learn the process, but I forgot my camera at school!  I created a little packet with some posters , a song, and a rhyme to reinforce double-digit subtraction with and without regrouping  if you want to check it out below.  I cannot take credit for the rhyme or song.  I just had to make some visuals to post for my kiddos. I have some for double-digit addition with and without regrouping , too. Next week, we will be ready for the story Nutik, the Wolf Pup .......

Last night as I sat waiting on my kids to text telling me to pick them up from the basketball game and listening to my hubs snore...I decided to do a little 'blog surfing'. I stumbled on a new blog (new to me) called Rowdy in First Grade . In a post this week, she shared how Mrs. Patton  is using technology in her classroom. I've been enamoured with QR codes lately and am in the process of creating lessons using these cool codes. Mrs. Patton uses this awesome movie maker website xtranormal  to type her student's math story problems into. It creates a video that she generates a QR code for. Her students just scan the code and it takes them to the movie. After watching the short movie, all the students have to do is solve the problem. I can't wait to do this with my class. This will rock their world!!!! It certainly did mine! I played around on xtranormal  and came up with this little shout out.....     -The Lemonade Stand Teachers...

I am the slacker Lemonade Stand Teacher....so to redeem my absence since before Christmas I want to show off what the 1st grade has been up to..... We have been decking our halls as if it were a contest to show off our mad TPT, Pinterest, and blog SKILLS that there is!!!!! So her eis our HALLWAY PALOOZA....... We made these SUPER snowman cans from left over cafeteria lunches!!!  Christmas Around the World --We flewaround the world to explore Christmas traditions... here' our airline tickets---Thanks to TPT!!! and Rayann for her Airplane.....  Oops...Look sideways for Santa Around the world!!! This display is so cute... Each student had a green card. They had to write their name on the card. Then make a + 1 equation using the number of letters in their name. This card told them how mant circles they needed for their snowman... X number of letters + 1 for the head = the total number of circles. We then graphed the r......

Open We were chosen by Kayla over at Primary Junction .  Muchos Gracias, Kayla!!  How exciting!!!  There's some 'fine print', aka rules,  that are suppose to be followed. Sounds easy enough. So here it goes... 1. Thank the award-giver and link back to them in your post. 2. Share 7 things about yourself. 3. Pass this award along to 15 recently discovered blogs you enjoy reading. 4. Contact your chosen bloggers to let them know about the award. 1. Thanks again Kayla ! Check her blog out if you aren't already a follower. 2. -I am only one of the three bloggers hosting this blog. The three of us collaborate very well and love to share with others. -I (Rayann) am married and have 2 kids, Cede (13) and Austin (12). -The two main colors in my closet are Black and White. -I have a spoiled Old English Bulldog named Lola. She is momma's sweet baby and we absolutely love her. She has free rane of the house, tons of 'bab......

This week our kiddos are going to be working on subtraction using mental math. I created this little game for them to practice their addition and subtraction facts. I've posted it to my TpT Store  as a *FREE* download!! - The Lemonade Stand Teachers ...

Last year, for Valentine's Day, Holly came up with the idea of a Valentine's Day Sock Hop.  It was so much fun!  We broke out the scarves and poodle skirts and stepped back in time to the 50s!  I made a FREE packet for you all if you want to have a sock hop this year.  It has posters for each station and certificates.  Click the pics below to download them for FREE at my TPT store .   We had four different stations.  You will definitely need some parent volunteers to help you with this. The first was the Soda Shop.  We served heart shaped pizza and made floats.  They could choose from root beer or coke floats.  You could do a "How To Make a Float" writing activity before the sock hop.  Lots of kids have never had a float before, amazingly!  We also had a bubble gum blowing contest.  You will definitely need to be there to teach them how to blow a bubble.  So many of ours didn't  kn......