Lancaster's Learners

Apple Math

I just completed a new product called "Apple Math". It reviews three math concepts my second graders have been learning these past few weeks.

The first item is Skip Counting: Students will sort numbers by 2's, 5's or 10's in groups working cooperatively with other students.

The second item is sorting odd and even numbers. Again students work in groups to sort the numbers then each student writes the results on the cooresponding sheet so the teacher can see their results.

The third and final activity involves working with arrays. Students will match the array words with the array picture. The best part is that other students in their group can give them immediate feedback as to whether they made a correct match or not. This has been a tough concept for some second graders and extra practice with these fun apple cards will help make this concept click!

All this for just $2.00. You can order it by clicking here.

Happy Johnny Appleseed Week!

Classroom Reveal

Hi Everyone,
My classroom hasn't changed much in the last two years (maybe next year) but I wanted to show it anyway.

This is my class library. My ladybug chairs are looking more camouflage than black !

I'm implementing Miss Decarbo's Brag Tags this year! Can't wait!

Sorry this is so blurry! This is my carpet area and Math Focus Wall

This is my desk area... I am laying out all the activities I want to do with my students. I'm excited to do the "Math About Me" from Melissa Machan (Freebie). You can see I've put together a sample one to show my students.

And of course my Ladybug Birthday chart! I fill the ladybug bags with candy and toys. My students can't wait for their birthday so they can take down one of the bags to keep!

Hope you all have an amazing school year!!

Treasures Unit 4 Tri Fold: Second Grade

If you are using the TREASURES reading program check out these weekly tri folds. They are a great way to review weekly concepts and your students will love them!

Concepts include:
* Reading Comprehension
* Vocabulary
* Spelling
* Grammar
* Mechanics

To purchase this unit on Teachers Pay Teachers click here.

Click here to purchase Treasures Unit 1

Click here to purchase Treasures Unit 2

Click here to purchase Treasures Unit 3

Click here to purchase Treasures Unit 4

Back to School Visors

Are you looking for a fun activity for the first day or week of school? Try these visors! Your students will look so cute walking out of school with these back to school visors. I have included lots of different designs to choose from for grade levels K-6. These visors are a huge hit with my students.

To download these visors from my Teachers Pay Teachers store click here

Back To School Survival Kit--FREEBIE!

Are you preparing for B2S??? I've started putting together our survival bags. My students LOVE to receive these at Open House the day before school starts. When my students come to the open house I have them complete a scavenger hunt and then give them one of these survival bags.

Materials you will need:

White paper bags

Erasers

Smarties

Lifesavers

Pencils

Laffy Taffy

Starburst

The Back to School Survival Kit (click to order)

First I glue the oval survival kit label to the front of the white paper bag.

Next I put this card in each bag. The card says:

Welcome to my class!

I am so glad you are here!

I have made you a bag of goodies,

to help describe our year.

The eraser is to let you know

it is okay to make mistakes.

We will correct them and learn from them

no matter what it takes!

The "smarties" say I know you are smart,

and really special too.

The "lifesaver" is to remind you

that I am here for you.

The pencil represents the learning

that we will do.

School can be pretty tough,

but it is a ton of fun too!

The "Laffy Taffy"says we will laugh a lot,

while traveling through the year you see.

The "starburst" is to let you know

you are a star to me!

The goodies I include in the bag are mentioned in the card above. The goodies are:

An eraser

Smarties

A Lifesaver

A Pencil

A Laffy Taffy

A Starburst

You can download this Back to School Survival Kit for FREE from my Teachers Pay Teachers store by clicking here!

Really?? A Month Away??

Hi Everyone,
My fun-lovin' coworker decided to text me yesterday and remind me that the first day of school is only a month away!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? We start back on August 13th! Why does the school year go so slowly and the summer so quickly??

So I got into gear and started on the Birthday Bags! I love to give my students a bag of goodies on their birthday as a little gift. The bags don't have much in them but they seem to make my kiddos happy. Below you will find a picture of the bags, I am making 30 this year. Our school is growing with new homes being built like crazy so even if I start out with 24 students I will end up with closer to 30.

Since the theme to my classroom is ladybugs I buy ladybug bags at The Party Store. The lady informed me this year that these bags are being discontinued so I may be in for a new classroom theme in the near future. If I decide to get "cutsy" I will put some decorative ribbon over the twist ties, not that my eight year olds notice things like that! This years bags have a balloon, Twix bar, fun ball, playdough and fruit snacks (these are always popular with my kiddos.

TPT Conference 2015 fun!

I just got back from having a great time at the Teachers Pay Teachers Conference in Las Vegas. We got to stay at a suite in The Venetian (a really nice hotel on the strip). Wow! The suite was so incredible! I was so excited to be able to stay there because I had never been there before.

The conference was at The Venetian and there were 1,100 teachers that came from all over the world. They came from places like Australia, England,France, New York, Texas and so many more parts of the world. It was amazing! We were able to spend time networking and socializing and attending classes with so much great information!

It was so fun watching people win prizes. When their names were called they would run down like they were on The Price is Right. It was hysterical.

I am so glad I was able to attend. I learned so much information that I am going to be able to use to help more teachers perfect their lessons. I met so many wonderful teachers and people that I truly admire.