Book It Day

October 1st is Book It Day!! My students were so excited to learn all about the Pizza Hut Book It program. I love the seasonal reading logs you can send home each month. Pizza Hut makes it so easy by providing everything you need including reading logs, a parent letter, activities, coloring sheets, pizza coupons, and a class poster! All you have to do is request your set in advance.

I used my "Book It Day" calendar number from my holiday calendar numbers to help celebrate our Book It kick off!

Pumpkin Time

I picked up a copy of one of my all time favorite pumpkin books! This is a great story if you're showing your students the life cycle of a pumpkin. The pictures are awesome and the story plot is adorable.

Check out my pumpkin activities to use in your classroom!
Happy Fall!

Sentence Builders

I have been finding that the sentence builders work great for morning work. The students are able to read, build, write, and illustrate independently which is helping their independent reading skills and work skills!

My students have been loving 5 minute brain breaks this year! The cards I made have been helpful and easy for us to grab. I tend to gravitate more towards the active breaks that we can do as a whole group. Rather than getting fidgety and bored they will sometimes ask if we can do a brain break!!

All About Me Pennants

I love the All About Me Pennants hanging in my classroom! They were a fun beginning of the school year writing activity for the students. I love to get as many student work samples up in the classroom as I can- I had the perfect strip right below my power verbs where I could line them up!

I like them so much I'm thinking seasonal pennants would be a fun way to update them!

Candy Corn Compliments

I love the fall season and I am so excited to have my candy corn compliments up on my class compliments mason jar. They really brighten up my blackboard. Check them out!!

 

I have two versions available at my TPT store if you're interested.

Happy fall teaching!!
Yearly Compliments Mason Jar {Class Incentive}
Yearly Compliments Jar {Class Incentive}

Our Bright Class

My brightly colored classroom is ready for a great school year.. check out our door display. The school wide theme is "Dream Big" so we've got clouds and stars throughout the classroom!

Open House

After a lot of chevron preperation, desk arragning, and folder stuffing my classroom is ready for open house! I'm looking forward to another great year in the first grade!

You can find all of my Chevron Collection products at my TPT Store!

Voice Levels Posters FREEBIE

Voice Levels Posters FREEBIE for your classroom as you get ready to go back to school! There is a white version and a black version in bright chevron colors.  You can buy the full version of Voice Levels Posters / Clip Chart {White Background} and Voice Levels Posters / Clip Chart {Black Background} at my Teachers Pay Teachers Store. Enjoy!!

Is it Back to School time already?

I can't believe that in one week we have open house/meet the teacher night and that in two weeks it will already be the first day of school! This summer has flown by!! I'm sad to see the summer end but happy to start another year of teaching the 1st grade.

I can't wait to use the Back to School Writing Fun Pack and get to know my new first graders!

Mrs. Cullum

Now that I'm married I'm working on updating all of my Ms. classroom signs to Mrs.

I used my Cricut to create my new teacher sign for my door. I'm excited to get it all tied together with ribbon and put up!

Here's a sneak peak of the bright colors of the scrapbook paper I used popping through the black card stock...

Chevron Classroom

My new bright chevron calendar numbers are ready to go! I'm also excited to update my table signs with my new bright chevron table signs!!

My Word Wall Inspiration

I have my chevron word wall letters printed, laminated, and cut out. I love the primary font I used- they will be perfect for the first grade. Check them out!

I love the idea of using ribbon on my word wall. I like having an interactive word wall where students can get up and grab a word if they need to. Using my blackboard is perfect because I just attach magents to each of my word so students can easily take them off and put them back up. I also love the background color and look that a blackboard offers as a bulletin board.

My Ribbon Word Wall:

These word walls are my inspiration for this year:

Simply the Middle:

 Tales of a First Grade Teacher:

Comprehension Reading Response...

Check out these bright chevron comprehension posters and matching comprehension worksheets. Each worksheet has a learning target at the top with the new learning target wording:

"I am learning to..."

Shop for the Comprehension Posters here!

Bright Chevron Themed Classroom

Check out my new Bright Chevron printables at my TPT store!! Here are just a few...

 

I hope you enjoyed taking a peak into my classroom!

Classroom Goods

My favorite places to shop for my classroom: Target Dollar Section, The Dollar Tree, Michaels, and the Walmart Dollar Section- you just can't beat the prices! Check out all of the awesome stuff I found!

I found a ton of goodies walking around my local Dollar Tree. The 5 piece shoe-lace tieing practice kit is adorable. I got a bucket for my "bucket of words" flashcard practice. I think my favorite find was these stackable containers in these pretty bright colors!

I found these awesome large clothespins for my student work display bulletin board! They were on a super clearance and after my teacher discount I snagged 4 packs of these (28 total) for just $6.80. After looking around for large clothespins this felt like a huge steal!! Plus, I can write each student's name on the pin in chalk.

The dollar section at the Target by my school was twice the size of the one by my house. I loved the brightly colored paper trays. They always have brightly colored goodies in their dollar section. My favorite of my purchases at Target was the chalkboard tins. I love that you can write right on them!

Crafting

With school starting in only one month I've been crafting away creating new resources for my classroom! I love these alphabet cards I found at TPT. I already have a word wall but these are the perfect size for a center activity or possible to assist during the word work center of ABC order!

Dear Class

During our morning meeting I love writing letters to the class then discussing what needs to be edited and fixed. The students love to take on the role as the "teacher!"