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Happy Fall! I'm excited to share with you today one of my Fall Favorites with some other fabulous K-2 blogs! My post is going to be short and sweet for you! I absolutely when it's time to use LOVE Thanksgiving activities activities in my classroom. One of my favorites home project that I send with my kiddos is having them disguise a turkey. I copy the turkeys on light brownish construction paper, attach a parent note, and send them home. You wouldn't BELIEVE how creative these kids get! My favorites that have been returned in years past have been a peacock, UK cheerleader,  Santa Claus, and an elf. I've given you two choices of turkeys that you can send home. It's always helpful to have a little brainstorming session before you send them home as well. :) Once they turn them in, we do a little writing project to describe our turkey disguises, then we hang them in the hallway. Parents absolutely love seeing them hanging up in the hallways, and kids in other classes al

Happy Sunday, Everyone! I'm linking up with Nicole at All Things Apple in 2nd again for her Sunday Savings Circular! This week I'm featuring my three math fact fluency products! I created these products to get my kiddos truly FLUENT in their math facts. We introduced and played all of these activities at the beginning of the year, and I plan to pull them back out throughout the year to keep my kids working on their fluency! My three products feature different strategies to help develop fact fluency: Making Ten, Doubles/Doubles +1, and Using Tens to Add 8 & 9. I needed quick games that could go with ANY season, ANY time of the year, AND fun for my kiddos! Here's some of my make ten, doubles, & doubles +1 game boards! We can't print much in color at my school, so I copied all of my games & activities on bright, colored card stock... I think I actually like it better this way! My kids love "Using Tens Battle" - played similar to a game of War! Snag tw

I'm linking up with All Things Apple in 2nd for her brand-new linky... Sunday Savings Circular! Each week you can check out the linky for great deals! Here's a look at what you can snag on sale in my store! So this week I'm sharing with you my Completely Editable Brochures for Any School Occasion for 20% off! My Editable Back-To-School Brochures were a HIT when you all were starting back to school, so I thought... why not make brochures you can use for ANYTHING! Think: parent conferences, literacy nights, field trips, science fairs... the list could go on! You can check these out for 20% off! My Not-So-Spooky October Math Centers for Grades 1 & 2 are also on sale for 20% off! Because I teach a 1st/2nd split, I've differentiated most of the centers in this set so that ALL of my students can be learning with differentiated numbers (win-win for this teacher!) So what are you waiting for?! Hop on over to my TeachersPayTeachers store to check out these deals AND head

I am so excited and blessed to have the opportunity to work behind the scenes with the fabulous bloggers of The Primary Pack !  We are collaborating to bring you a rainbow of ideas!  Make sure you follow along to grab a bunch of colorful freebies, as well as enter our giveaway with $300 worth of prizes! Hi! I'm Katie blogging from Simply Creative in KY. I am a Kentucky teacher who loves coffee, baking, and spending time with my family. I've taught 2nd grade for three years, and this year I am teaching a 1st & 2nd grade split. It is quite the adventure, but I'm loving it! Right now I only have 19 kiddos, which is a HUGE blessing as I differentiate everything! I have 9 sweet firsties and 10 wonderful second graders. This is my first year teaching with first graders, and they are quite possibly the cutest little things ever. I have been married to my incredible husband Tristan for 3 and a half years. We were actually set up on a blind date by mutual friends... turns out we