Join Me In The Lab!

Join me for some fun in the Science Lab! 

Free Snow FUN!

Hello Science Friends, 

I wanted to share with you a freebie that I have made for my class to practice patterning. I have uploaded it to my TpT store for you to grab. I am having a sale at both of my stores through the end of the year! I have been working on seasonal sorts to give my class more practice with sorting and classification and I needed a few things on hand for our Science Notebooks. We all have loved notebooking through Science this year. I am looking forward to all things Science and sharing those experiences on this blog. I am running to my mailbox each day waiting on something so scientifically fantastic to share with you in the coming days but I guess for now the freebie will have to do!

Ringing in the New Year Giveaway

Head on over to my blog for details on a great giveaway.

Roll the Dice Winter!

Roll the Dice is dressed up and ready for winter. Grab your copy today for free before it gets dressed up for a new season. If you grab your copy please consider following my TpT store or leaving some feedback. This download is for three pages! 

Currently all items in my stores are on sale! 

Merry Christmas to you and a gift!

As a way to say thank you for supporting me and my blog this year.  I wanted to make a little gift for you.  Please head over to my blog and pick up this winter CVC word activity.  I pray many blessings for you and your families over this holiday season!

Catch Up Time!

Wow!  It has been SOOO long since I have posted!  It has been CRAZY BUSY!  Here are a few thing that we have done lately.  Please check out my blog to see my other recent posts.

 Here are a few pictures of some recent activities.


I is for igloo.....

and for ice cream!  We made ice cream in Ziploc Bags.  If you would like a copy of our recipe page that I send home with the kids, leave me a comment with your email.

                                                                             

Here are our adoreable reindeer that we made!  Aren't they cute!  This was a Reindeer Glyph that I purchased from First Grade Blue Skies TPT Store!  We will be using more from this packet next week as we study the letter R!

Here are our stockings!!!   Each year I grab the 50 cent stocking at the Dollar Tree at 50% off the day after Christmas.  The following year, I have a parent volunteer puffy paint their names on them.  We then hang them in the room for about two weeks.  Each child is invited to bring a SMALL item to place in each child's stocking.  Such ideas include a wrapped piece of candy, candy cane, holiday pencil, eraser, bubbles, bouncy ball, etc.  We also have a Writing Station that kids make cards for their classmates.  It is set up so that each child will get two cards from classmates.  Bringing in items for the stockings is OPTIONAL.  The nice thing about this is that if someone does not bring in an item, nobody will ever know.  At the party, they get to open their stockings.  It is so much fun for all of us to watch them ooooh and aaaah over all of their trinkets!


Here is our current bulletin board.  We decorated the trees in class and the gingerbread men were done at home as a family project.

 

 

Gang up on Winter Freebies!

BRRRR it is getting COLD outside!  We have been thinking about all the incredible resources out on the web right now for the holidays and thought you all might appreciate a packet of resources for after winter break.  Thinking about planning for January is just not on the top of our lists but if we had a packet of great ideas ready to go we would be in good shape!

So before you shut you classroom doors and head home to spend time with your family~ pull out one or two of your tried and true WINTER favorite activites!  The Teamies are compiling a Free Winter Packet! 

If you are interested in adding your item to the packet please email your activity and the following information to meanmygang@gmail.com and add Winter Favorite to the subject line.
Please include the following: Your First and Last Name & Your Blog URL.

Each entry will be credited with your name and blog information.  

(This is a great opportunity for ALL you new bloggers to get your name out there:)

We welcome ALL grade levels and ALL subjects.  The packet will be organized into categories once all of the entries have been submitted. 

We will be taking entries until December 28th. 

We hope to have the FREE packet up the first week in January!

For All of your hard work we will also be putting every person's name that submits an activity into a drawing for a $15 Target Gift Card!  

YIPPEE!  After Christmas SHOPPING!

                                           

                                          

New Authors

Hello Blogger friends,

Recently MMG has received many emails from fellow teacher bloggers asking to be added as authors. In the last few months we had not accepted any new authors due to the time constraints with school being in full swing. Now that we feel we are in a good groove with school, we have decided to add new authors. If you are interested in being an author please email us at meanmygang@gmail.com.

The authors at MMG are what make this blog possible. We are so grateful to all the teacher who continue to share their wonderful ideas and we look forward to adding new authors to our gang soon.

Stephie & Monica

A Christmas Gift for YOU!

Happy Christmas Y'all!  Come on over to my blog because I have a little Christmas present for you!  Want to sneak a peek.... just click below and you can get your gift!

Comparing Two Inventory Bags!

In class we have had so much fun counting and recording with Inventory Bags. It was time to give this task a make over for winter so here it is. If you would like a copy you may click HERE. 

All items purchased at Dollar Tree! 

Roll the Dice Winter!

The ever popular Roll the Dice freebie has been updated and ready for winter. Get your copy here and if you are feeling real kinder friendly leave some feedback or follow my store! 

Snowman Poem Freebie!

Click on the pictures to learn more!

Don't Peek!

Click on this present, just click right through,

And find the gift I have waiting for YOU! 

Holiday Freebies!

     Sorry that I have been gone for a while. My original blog, Kinder Latino is for a very specific audience. I have been working hard on creating a second blog that will help me share with you a bit more. Come on over to Kinder Latino if you are looking for ideas and resources for the Bilingual classroom.
     My new blog is Kid's Reading Activities. Today, you will find a wonderful surprise.   50 teachers, including myself, have contributed ♥freebies♥ to this book. I am sure that you will find something for you!

Happy Holidays!

-Lidia R. Barbosa

from:  Kinder Latino and

Kid's Reading Activities

Where's the Gingerbread Man?

Welcome to my Open House! 

I wanted to send you warm and wonderful holiday wishes and let you know that I have just uploaded this fast and fun holiday open house make and take and it is free! You can find this free and fun download at my TpT store. I have to get busy making mine but I will post pictures soon! For this fun project you will need cardstock, magnets and a cookie sheet and that is it! 

How To Eat a Gingerbread Man (freebie)

Come grab my latest writing unit for free.

Trim the Tree with Teens!

Stop by my blog to hear my confession about holiday decorating! 

And grab this teen number practice page!

Kindergarten Checklist Assessments

I have been working on my Kindergarten Checklist Assessment Pack!  I am really excited about this because it is a fantastic comprehensive sit of checklists for kindergarten!  I have used checklists my entire teaching career and feel like they really help me to focus on what gaps the students need filled in.  I can quickly pull groups and really target in on skills they are missing!  

Included in this set thus far is: Letter Names, Letter Sounds, Lower Letter Sounds, Upper Letter Sounds, Writing Letters, Number Idenfication (0-10), Number Idenfication, Math Writing Skills, Can Count To, Counting Objects, Concepts of Print, Colors, Color Words, Shapes, Drawing Shapes, Shape Words, Oral Language, First Sound Fluency DIBELS, Phoneme Segmentation Fluency DIBELS, Non Sense Word DIBELS

So I have preloaded this set with over 20 checklists and will update it as the year goes on!  I hope you will stop by to see!