The Antonyms Go Marching

I got my idea for this from Ms. M. I made up an antonym song that goes to the tune of "The Ants Go Marching" (at least I think I made it up. I didn't find it online.. I just started singing it in the shower one morning and went with it!). It went a little like this: 

The antonyms go marching one by one hurrah, hurrah. 

The antonyms go marching one by one hurrah, hurrah. 

::insert 4 sets of antonyms. The kids came up with them:: 

clean and dirty

high and low

good and bad

yes and no

And they all go marching down to the ground 

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Then repeat with two by two, etc. with 4 different antonyms. 
My kids totally ATE this up. 

Then they traced their feet, cut it out, and wrote their antonyms and drew a picture. 

Phonics Graphic Organizers

I've been meaning to get around to posting these, but wanted to wait to see if my students were indeed making progress ;) My students are VERY visual so I've been doing a lot of graphic organizers with them. Let me tell you, they refer to them while they're reading and writing and it seems to be clicking! So here are the photos. I try to come up with cutesy ways for remembering sounds since phonics can be really tricky!



TpT St. Patrick's Sale!

To celebrate my new template,hopefully last snow day of the year, and in honor of St. Patrick's Day, everything in my TpT store is marked down 10% including my already marked down St. Patrick's Day Unit! Sale ends Thursday so check it out :) Thank you for your support! 

My new template!!

Don't you just love my new template courtesy of Ladybug. Girls got talent :)

Post Your Pets!

Oh my word, I jump at any opportunity to brag about my babies! Thanks Ladybug for giving me an excuse :) 

Meet Kloey (cat) and Oliver (dog)!

Kloey is almost 2 years old. I adopted her from an agency in PetSmart. It was the 4th Petsmart I went to and the second I saw her I knew I had to have her! She's a sweetie pie. It took her a very long time to warm up and enjoy living with us. Her first 2 months were living in an apartment in a busy city and she hated the noises and would hide all day. Kloey came out of her shell when we moved to a nice and quiet suburb. She is strictly a house cat because she is petrified of outside. 

This is Oliver. He has a very chaotic story. Oliver was adopted through Petfinder.com. We adopted him last August. He came from Tennessee. We drove from NY to pick him up in Connecticut. It was a cold and rainy day and we were waiting on line to pick up our new dog off the doggie bus. They couldn't find Oliver because they put him on the wrong bus! So then we drove an hour back into NY to meet the other bus to get our dog. Unfortunately we were told several lies about Oliver prior to adopting him. Oliver was supposedly a year old and full grown. Yea right! We think he was only about 6 months and he more than doubled! We were also told he was a certain breed and the Vet said no way! He came with so many problems and almost 1 year and a couple thousand dollars later I can finally say I love him! He took a lot of work but he's a precious angel. Kloey and Oliver absolutely love each other too which makes it a "happily ever after" ending. 

Magic Eraser really is magic! :D

Thank you to whoever recommended using a Magic Eraser as the actual dry erase board eraser. It truly is magical!! :) I follow so many blogs and websites that I have no idea where I got the idea from. Erasing my white board and laminated items has never been easier. You don't wet the Magic Eraser.. you basically just use it as is. I don't have to press hard or use Expo spray anymore to get my boards and materials clean. LOVE IT!!

St. Patrick's Giveaway and then some..

If you haven't been inspired by Ms. Schroeder yet, I suggest checking out her blog. She's having a giveaway right now on a fun St. Patrick's Day unit. Plus, her blog is full of great ideas :) 


On a different note, we put together our door for March today. The kids put together marching ants and I glued their faces onto the heads. The cute insect cut outs are from the Dollar Tree. The students wrote why they can't wait for Spring on them. I think it turned out cute :)