Friday, August 9, 2013

First Day Fun!! {and mini giveaway!}

Hello friends! Today was my 1st day with my kinders! I must say that we had an absolute blast! I finally got to try out my morning messages and it was so much fun. It was a great way to get to know more about my little friends. First I read the message to them.
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Each one (it's staggered schedule so it was only 1/3 of my class) told me about their favorite game to play and where it was played. Then they came up one at a time and graphed their answer.
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After they put the magnetic square on either inside or outside we counted and compared. I LOVE it!
This was fun to do especially since I knew we would spend the majority of the day testing.
 
You can find my morning messages here:
 
 
 
After I finish All About Me, we are going to be doing the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom morning messages....I can't wait!
 
 
What are your favorite activities for the beginning of the year?
 
NOW....for the mini giveaway....click the link below to see ALL the morning messages. Leave a comment with your email and the name of the message set you would like to win {the individual ones, not any of the bundles}. Tomorrow at 5pm EST a random winner will be chosen and emailed that morning message!
 
 
I had my hubby pick a number and he said 8. So, the eighth comment gets the prize and that goes to Cherie Mae! Check your email Cherie Mae!! :)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

15 comments:

  1. I LOVE your All About Me! Morning Messages! Perfect for the first week of school :)

    Rae
    Mindful Rambles
    mindfulrambles@gmail.com

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  2. Would love to win The Kissing Hand Morning Messages! I have the book!

    rachelmd93@gmail.com

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  4. I am so excited! I bought the Chcka Chicka Boom Boom stuffed tree from Learning Resources earlier this summer. I would love to win the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Morning Messages to make exploring this book even more meaningful. Betsy in Orlando parenthed1@aol.com

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  5. I would love to win the Christmas morning messages :) or the family ones! :)

    honua_kupua@yahoo.com

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  6. I would love the space morning messages! All of them are very creative!

    Thanks!

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  7. I would love any of the morning messages. If I had a choice though, the Chick a Chick a Boom Boom Morning Message. Melinda2569@hotmail.com

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  8. I would love the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom morning messages! I'm doing a lot of activities with that book for the beginning of the school year! katienussbaum87@gmail.com

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  9. I would love the CCBB set! It's one of our favorite books!

    cheriemae@gmail.com

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  10. Oh my goodness! These sets are amazing! I'd love to have...ahhh...I'm stuck...the chicka chicka, all about me or kissing hand set. But I did want to ask does the $15 yearly bundle include all the sets in your store? It looks like an amazing investment! I might be sold on it!!

    Thanks for offering this giveaway!
    Christin
    Shifting Teacher K-2

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    1. Yup the $15 bundle has all of my morning messages in it and will last all year long! :)

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  11. I would love the All About Me morning messages. Great for the beginning of the year!

    allysonkopera@gmail.com

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  12. I would love to win, The Family morning messages!!

    Thanks for the chance! All of these are super cute!!

    sleeteach@hotmail.com

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  13. I put the bundle on my wish list. Looks like great resource. Was wondering about how you mention you only have a third of the class. How does that work and for how long. I'm very interested in the beginning of year assessing. Our district starts all kindergartners on day one. When you have time could you elaborate about this. Thanks so much.

    dcwam66@wi.rr.com

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    1. We do a staggered schedule for the first 10 day so they can adjust and we can assess. We group them in 3 groups at first. Day 1 is the 1st third, day 2 second third and day 3 third third. Then they each come again with just a third. On the 7th day through the 10th day I'll have half. On the 11th day of school all of them come together. I hope that made sense. It's hard to explain, but easy to make the schedule. I'm very blessed that my school district does it this way.

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