Pumpkin Investigation

Hey there Pumpkin! :)

Hope your day was as fun and filled with learning as mine was! (This week my pumpkin learning was a lot less stinky)

Today we had a great time learning about pumpkins and doing our Pumpkin Investigation! I actually got this idea from a great mentor teacher in college. Tammi was one of those teachers who changed your life! She taught me so much in such a short amount of time... so this post is dedicated to Tammi!

Well, you can't have a Pumpkin Investigation without a

fabulous pumpkin outfit! :) I found this baby at goodwill

and HAD to have it! Bringing back the vest! lol

The investigation started with 2 pumpkins!

our pumpkin & the pumpkin

Looking at these pumpkins and pulling from our schema,

we filled out the Old Information & Questions sections

in our schema folders. I completed a class folder while the students 

filled out their individual schema folder. (The free file is on my TPT)

Here is the inside of the student schema folder

Here are some student samples

We read this great book called how many seeds in a pumpkin?

It is an AMAZING book that gives some great information about how

to count the seeds, and how you can guess which pumpkin will have more seeds!

Next, it was time to get busy! We got to put our hands into the pumpkin

and pull out the seeds and pulp! What a mess... but lots of fun!

Once the seeds were all rinsed off we counted our seeds by 2's, 5's, and 10's

Then, I wanted to talk with the students about being a Scientist!

We read this book and went through the I am a Scientist song and

powerpoint from Dr. Jean. We discussed making a hypothesis.

We came up with a hypothesis based around the idea that our pumpkin

would have more seeds because it was bigger.

Then, we came up with another hypothesis that the pumpkin would

have more seeds because it is darker orange and has more lines. 

Then, we read Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden.

If you have not read this book to your students it is a MUST! The

vocabulary is AMAZING! We were able to do a word hunt for adjectives!

To end the day the students got to read and color their own 

Pumpkin life cycle books. I made these quick for my class this weekend.

The file is also free on my TPT! 

Thank you for stoping by! Happy pumpkin fun to you!

More Chevron PLEASE!

Okay so you know I love my Chevron!

Well every good sale needs a good freebie. So today you will get the Flashy Chevron Circles for FREE!

Click on the images below to take you over to TPT to make it yours... but HURRY because it is only free for today until 10 pm EST!

Back to School Sale!!!

Teacher ladies and Teacher men,

You had better sweet talk your significant others, because this one is going to be a doozy!!!

I am so excited for the Back to School Sale of 2013! Thank you Teachers Pay Teachers for this great  amazing opportunity to SHOP til we DROP!

Please checkout my store at Autumn Proctor Zaminski! You can get their quickly by clicking on the picture below!

Make sure you are stop by the shop Sunday, August 18th - Monday, August 19th. You will get 20% off in my store and then at checkout you can type in the code BTS13 to get an extra discount. 

Lots of LOVE! 

My Very First Monday Made It!!

Hey friends!

I am so excited to have finally made something on a Monday and have had the time to blog about it!! Thank you to Tara at 4th Grade Frolics!!

Made it #1

My Birthday Chart is up!!! I am so happy I spent the time to redo this from last year! 

NEW

OLD

If you like my NEW birthday chart and have to have it click 

on the picture below to take you to my TPT store! 

Made it #2

This is my Freebie - It is a computer password & sub phone number key ring!

I am always forgetting passwords or losing sticky notes that great subs have given me. 

This is just a fun item I created for myself and you if you would like to have it!

Click the picture below to get it for FREE!

Made it #3

So I really wanted everything to be cohesive in my room this year. I also wanted it to be easy to go 

back and change if need be. This is a product of my meticulousness! ;)

(It matches the items/clipart in my Back 2 School Survival Kit)

Made it #4

I am loving things I am seeing on Instagram & Pinterest but it is hard to keep track of it all!

I always screen shot it to hope that I remember it... but let's face it, it just gets lost in all my photos!

So..... I created a TO DO picture album! Now I just drop the photos in the album and delete them as I complete them! My life just got a little easier! 

Monday Made it - Mission Complete!

Busy Little Lady!

Hey there!

Davey came home from work yesterday and asked to see what I was working on! (He is so sweet) So I showed him and he said, "you are a busy little lady!" I had not realized it until he said it but he was right!! I have been very busy working to make this year even better than last year.

So here is just a sneak peak to the things I have been working on! My Instagram friends have already seen these, if you do not follow me on Instagram be sure to check it out! (I do lots of free giveaways via Instagram!)

Here is my new digital paper pack! Just $1 on my TPT store!

There are 33 colors to chose from!

PA Blogger Meet Up! 

First Grade Teacher Lady & Two Friends In First!

I had a great time last week getting to know the other bloggers! 

It was nice to know someone is obsessed with teaching and good sales as much as I am!

Andrew and his wife Cori were so much fun to get to know! 

They are such a fun and sweet teacher couple!!

Check out Andrew's page at Mr. First Grade

I already know and love my teammates at Two Friends in First!

Check out Jess & Kheila's blog!

Wendy from Read With Me ABC was a doll! 

I loved getting to know her and hear her expertise on reading! 

Her gifts for us were so dear! The bag itself was cute! I did not want to unwrap it!

Jen from That First Grade Blog was super fun also! It is such a small world. 

She used to teach at a school right down the road from where I teach now! 

She just changed her blog layout and it is TOO cute! Check it out!

Nick and his wife Killer B! Loved them! Nick made the cutest little gift bags with his blog button and a cute pink calculator and a sweet treat! I feel like he had me figured out before we ever met! lol

Check him out at Sweet Rhyme- Pure Reason

I cannot wait to meet with them again in the winter! It was so much fun! 

I am almost glad we do not all work together because I am positive 

I would have no money and my face would hurt non stop from smiling! 

We are going to be doing a blog hop in just 2 days!! Be on the lookout for it!

Chevon Crazy and Room Ready!

I created a kit for myself to have everything I have ever seen on Pinterest and ideas I came up with and included them in one document where everything matched or had a similar theme. I do not know about you, but I am CHEVRON CRAZY! Davey says, "you do realize that it is nothing but a zig zag!" Maybe he is right... but either way I love me some zig zag/chevron! :)

Here is my Back 2 School Survival Kit and a bunch of fun pictures to show you how its helping me get my room ready! 

Numbers for my clock! I am praying this will help them when telling time :)

 Place Value just got that much cuter! ;)

 Student number clips - I use them for lunch count but one of 

my teacher friends used them for behavior as well!

Here is my "almost ready" carpet area

I am so happy to finally have this done and up! I wanted an alphabet that would 

correspond with all of the other alphabets in my classroom.. like my word wall, student word wall books, homework helper, and centers! I LOVE Ashley Hughes Alphabet Clip art! 

Here are my word wall headers! 

Cannot wait to get them up and post my new idea for my word wall!

 My welcome sign is still in the works but the lunch choices are done and up! 

Loving the way they turned out!

THEN......

This weekend I was a little busy creating even more items for my classroom!

Below is my 1-10 Number Posters I created for my room. They are for sale in my TPT store. You can view them by clicking on the picture below!

 Here is another new TPT item I created for myself and wanted to share for FREE! :)

It all started with Pinterest Inspiration!

And this is the final document! 

I will post pictures once they are all put together!

(The picture below looks a little simple)

Whew! I hope you enjoyed this lengthy blog post!