Daily Editing Word Problems for the week of 5-23

My class is loving reading Frog and Toad so they will be starring in our morning work next week! :-)
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Don't forget to enter my cute bag giveaway by Saturday! Click here to enter.

I finally won something!!!

I was the lucky winner of firstgradefanatics memory book giveaway! 

It is so cute I can't wait to use this with my kiddos! We have benchmarks this week so I will have to save it for next week but with only 12 days left it should be perfect!

Thanks SO much Erin and Leslie!

Don't forget to enter my reusable bag giveaway that ends on Saturday! 4 entries for 5 prizes!!!! Click here to see that post.

GIVEAWAY!!

Every year, tens of thousands of whales, birds, seals, and turtles die from contact with ocean-borne plastic bags. The animals may mistake the bags for food, such as jellyfish, or simply become entangled. Plastic bags can take up to 1,000 years to break down, so even when an animal dies and decays after ingesting a bag, the plastic re-enters the environment, posing a continuing threat to wildlife.

Be honest, are you as good as you could be about not using plastic bags? Might it help if you kept bags in your car that were super cute?

One of my personal goals is to get better about bringing a bag in to EVERY store I go in. We have improved with the grocery store but I still forget when I go to CVS or Macy's.

I recently found a way to help my school while helping the environment.

I found this company named Mixed Bag Designs. Not only are their products terrific and affordable but they will do a fundraiser for your school and give back 50%! Let your PTA know about this opportunity. My school is signed up to do one next year and I am confident it will be a big money-maker.


I contacted Mixed Bag Designs and they were nice enough to send me some bags to giveaway to my loyal followers!! Yea...my first giveaway!

Set #1:Grocery, drug store, 2 zippered pouches

Set #2: department store, insulated lunch bag, make-up

Set # 3: department store, grocery store, insulated lunch bag

Set #4: grocery, department store, drug store

Set # 5: grocery, department store, drug store

Check out their website to see the amazing assortment of products and designs they carry. Need a new laptop, ipad, or iphone case? Have a thing for camo, leopard, zebra, damask, floral? There is something for everyone!
 

I will pick 5 lucky winners next Saturday, 5/21.


Earn 4 entries!
1. Become a follower of my blog.
2. Blog about this giveaway.
3. Add my blog to your sidebar.
4. Comment on your favorite design or product by visiting  Mixed Bag Designs

Daily Editing Word Problems for the week of 5-16

You know you are addicted when Blogger is down and you check no less than 20 times to see if it is working again!
Here is the daily editing that I have been wanting to post but unable to because of blogger's issues.
Sorry it is late for those of you who use it weekly.
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Bombs and Bugs!

Today one of my parents came to school because he is a police officer and he brought his partner...a bomb-sniffing dog named Red. 

 Red gave us a demonstration (the kids were concerned at first when he said he hid 3 bombs) of how she sniffs the chemicals out and then sits very still and looks right at her handler.

Here is my sweetie who was so proud of her daddy (and her doggy)!

We are studying insects right now.

Fireflies (notice the eyelashes that one of my girls added!)

 

Praying Mantises

 Dragonflies

Just have to get those eyelashes in somehow!

All of those art projects were from the fabulous Deanna Jump. 

We made insect fact books too but I wanted more space than Deanna's so I adapted them. I have to admit that insects are really interesting. My students impressed their parents at Open House with all their knowledge!

We also read

and then wrote about what makes us grouchy. 

I put them in our tinted windows and I will have to rethink that for next year. It just didn't POP like a bulletin board would have. Oh well!

With Open House done I can really start to count down the days!