"Saddle Up" For The New School YEAR!!!

Western is our theme this year!  After a long week of inservice meetings, data meetings, faculty meetings, "Meet the Teacher" night and working in my classroom, I think I'm getting close to ready to invite my new "Firsties" into my classroom....on MONDAY....YIKES!!!!!!  This is a picture of my bulletin board, welcoming my new students into 1st Grade!!!  It should be a GREAT year!!!

Rounding Up My First Grade COWPOKES!!!
Welcome to 1st Grade!!!

Getting in the "Firstie's" Mode!!!

August...already???? Whew...the summer FLEW by!!!  Now it's time to get into the mode of school!! Ready or not, I will meet my new "Firsties" very soon!!

Over the summer, I worked on some Weekly Word Study games that I use every year for centers, practice and homework.  I just gave them a little "face-lift" this summer!!  I am attaching one that I will probably use the first week of school to review their Kinder words.  Feel free to add whatever words you choose to use for your students.  The game directions are on the top of the templates. I'm not sure where this game concept generated from, but whoever came up with it is my hero!!  I've made many changes to the game rules over the years to fit the needs of my own students...feel free to do the same:)

"Gotcha" Word Study Game Template

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I Love this idea....I just love the WWW....you find all kinds of great things:) I'm going to use these cute labels for "First Day" cupcakes for my Firsties:)

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