Hello Mrs Sykes

Happy Monday, y'all!  Here's  a quick  "Mini-Pack" of 12 Task Cards , covering these ELA standards from CCSS:   RF.2.3a, RF.2.3d, RF.2.3f, L.2.4 a,L.2.4d, & L.2.4e. Click the picture to download from  TpT ! Also, I finished my Author's Purpose Task Cards for CCSS RI.2.6.  Click on the picture for more information...

I decided that this month I needed to have a bit of fun with my kiddos.  Things have been a bit, ahem, stressful lately, so I took action.  I've started doing a bunch of craftivities, we tie-dyed shirts, and I gave them a Literacy Project for the month that lets them dress in costumes!!  :)  Love, love, love how excited they are about it.  If you'd like to check it out, click on the picture below for a free download. Download for free here! Includes CCSS correlations!  :)

Omigoodness, y'all!  I have been so busy lately.  With all the upcoming stress coming next month (round 2 of report cards, our first standardized test - yikes!, and the mid-year AIMSweb testing - now including math - with no extra training!)  I figured we could use a bit of fun!  One of my students' uncles donated white shirts for our class.  I decided we needed to tie-dye them!  Exhausting, but worth it...  No pictures, naturally, since it looked really cool, especially when we had them all lined up on the fence to dry in the sun. Over the weekend, I went to the State Fair with the family... Lovin' the giant Adirondack Chair!  I moustache you a question... Later, going through Wal-Mart, what should I come across... Yep!  Mustache decals and an owl banner.  50 cents each.  {Happy Dance}  The large mustache might make it onto my new (to me) car.  All those Camrys look the same - I need some character for mine, and a mustache might do the trick. Happy Teaching

Click here to purchase from TpT! Oh, I am so excited to do a thematic study with my green beans!  We are studying spiders!  :) I'm using Reagan's Spider Week activities! I also made some of my own Spider pages for y'all.  Here's a link to a freebie filled with Spider papers for primary and intermediate grades. Download here free from TpT Enjoy!  :)  Feel free to visit me at my buddy Casey's new blog, Second Grade Freebies !  Be sure to follow this blog, as Casey is going to have a lot of second grade teachers contributing!

Time for Currently  with Farley !  Wow this year is flying by!!  :) I'm a big fan of Eve Bunting's books, and I adore A Turkey for Thanksgiving !  There are always a few kiddos who don't know the surprise at the end, and it is priceless. From Amazon here Also, I'm happily linking up with Learning is Something to Treasure with a Freebie Flashback. My Freebie Flashback comes from March of this year, and is pretty popular - maybe you've seen the Pin?  No?  Well click here to see it for yourself!  :)  It's a Guided Reading "Cheat Sheet" for grades K-5.  Enjoy!! Visit the original post here ! Are you ready for Fall in your classroom?  Any advice to keep me sane  organized?