Sunday Scoop ~March 8th

This is our first time linking up with Teaching Trio for The Sunday Scoop!
We LOVE linky parties!  It gives us a chance to get to know other bloggers and you from your comments!

Here is our scoop:

OK ... here it goes ...

I have to tackle a room each day & get it back into shape. Today I am choosing little rooms so I can feel like I have accomplished something!
Today,I have chosen the bathrooms and laundry room. Wish me luck!

I am only working 1/2 day on decluttering and Spring Cleaning the other 1/2 I need to take my kids to their grandma's house, chat, and finish my two products.

My ultimate goal this Spring Break is to tackle my garden!
I am going to try some Pinterest ideas out there, clean it up, and make my neighbors proud to live by us. If you have tried any and they were a flop, please let me know!

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I hope you liked my Sunday Scoop!
Have a very HAPPY week!
Karen

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ICYMI ~ March

This is our first ICYMI (In Case You Missed It)

Linky Party! Our host is the WONDERFUL ...

Techie Turtle Teacher

We are very excited to link up with other AMAZING sellers for a recap of our new products on TPT that we added in the month of February.

Our goal with our products is to make learning fun and hands-on! If you ever have a product you are interested in having us make for you, please email us @ planethappysmiles@gmail.com.  We love to create requested materials, too!

We have used our products in a variety of ways and love hearing how you use them.  We would love to see any pictures you take while trying them in your classroom.

Here are some of the ones we added in February:

This one comes out super cute and is great for any classroom doing a cowboy theme.  We loved using real bandannas to give them a more 3-D look!

Included in the set:

-directions on how to put this writing activity together

-tracers for creating the kids as "outlaws"

-blackline masters to add to posters

-banner to display posters

-single writing page to create a smaller wanted poster

This activity is a fun poem about bluebonnets.  The children had so much fun painting the bluebonnets with Q-tips! 

What's included:

-Poem to be used during shared reading and/or printed for a reader in the reading/poetry center

-Poem in sentence strips to place in a pocket chart for your reading/poetry center

-Examples of poem and writing poem activity

The children love this fun little rhyme!

They enjoy acting it out with the class!

What's Included:

-Photos to show you what the book looks like

-Slides for Shared Reading which can be made into a book for your reading center!

-Poetry sentence strips to use in a pocket chart

-number words to match to the numbers in the poem

-chili pepper counting activity 

-chili pepper addition activity

-small poem to put in book

-labels for front of book

-chili peppers to use in book

The is a great activity to reinforce the parts of a plant using our state flower!

Included in set:

-BW worksheet for students

-colored page as an example

-labeling words

-example of cut and paste activity

-tracers

-header labels

-Shared Reading reader

-Bluebonnet labeling poster and words to label in center/station

This is an anchor chart for using during your Reading Workshop mini-lesson. The topic is "Summarizing". Also included is a Summarizing Organizer for your students to use with their books.  

If you love this one, you may consider buying our HUGE bundle of 34 anchor charts at a lower price!  It makes creating anchor charts so much easier!

These are a fun hands on station. It is on our list to be updated during the summer 2015!

What's Included:

Clip cards for the numbers 0-10

Your students will practice matching the number word to the number they count on each card.

Add stickers to the back where the clip should go for self checking!

Kids love to figure out codes, and they will love either set of Alphabet Detectives! Your kids have to crack the code to figure out the Valentine and Texas/Cowboy words that they have spelled.

I hope you find something you like!  Our Spring Break s coming up and we plan to take a few days off but we have several products in the works!

Please follow our store for updates when we add them!

Also, follow us on Facebook for some upcoming flash freebies!

Have a very HAPPY March!

Karen and Alison

An InLinkz Link-up

March ~Pinterest Linky

We are linking up with Inspired Owl's Corner and PAWSitively Teaching for another Pinterest inspiration blog!

I love the month of March!  There is so much going on!!!  One of my favorites is Dr. Seuss' Birthday! 

I am going to do the below pin but modify it by adding the kid's photos for the face. Then they are going to write about all the things they would do if they where Thing one or two.  I am even going to let them choose a friend to be thing two with them.

I also LOVE St. Patrick's Day! 

I love to give my kids positive notes on a daily basis.  I always choose 2-3 to drop a positive note in their spot.  I made my own, but these are cute, too!  I just like to personalize mine. 

  

I LOVE these and the kids love them, too! 

I am going to do this but modify it for math by adding our current skill to them. I can't wait to see them in my rainbow rice!

Spring Break is one week away and I am going to get back to nature with my kids and work on the gardens at my house.  Hopefully (fingers crossed) I will have a great pictures to show after Spring Break.  I hope the weather will cooperate! 

        

Thanks for stopping by!  Now head over to another blog and get some great ideas!!!

Happy March!

Karen

An InLinkz Link-up

Don't Worry Be Appy Monday ~ Linky Party! ~ Decide Now!

We are so excited to be linking up again for this fun App Linky Party! We are loving the ideas from others!

This week our app is Decide Now!

Click on the picture to view it in itunes:

It is a cool app for setting up partners, rewards, randomly choosing a kiddo to answer a question, etc.

I love that is randomly selects kiddos names and gives everyone an equal chance to participate.

The kids love the reward wheel, too!

But they still beg for a chance to roll the Happy Cube!!!

I hope you love this app, too!

Have an "APPY Monday!"

Karen and Alison

An InLinkz Link-up

Movie Clip Monday ~ Science

Today we are excited to link up with Techie Turtle Teacher for "Movie Clip Monday" to share a science video!

Our movie link this week is another class favorite!

This one is has been used during our science unit on matter! It has a catching tune and the kids pick it up quickly and enjoy singing along.

Click on the picture to view the video.

We hope you like this quick movie blog!

Have a very HAPPY Monday!

Karen and Alison

Now go and check out the other linked videos:

An InLinkz Link-up

March ~ Currently

March, WOW time is flying!

We are linking up for another edition

of Currently! I love reading about everyone's day!

Karen's Currently:

Listening: To my children giggling and watching people play Minecraft on YouTube.

My kids are addicted to Minecraft! The sound of the voices on You tube drives me nuts! It is raining outside in Houston and daddy said “No, PlayStation!” He wanted control of the TV. So they are listening on their iPad. Note to self … earplugs. I love their giggles, but not that Minecraft voice!

Loving: Anytime I get through my teacher bag on the weekend, I consider it a HUGE success! Some weekend I do not even touch it, but this weekend I did it! Yahoo!!!

Thinking: What am I going to do over Spring Break??? I made plans but the weather may not cooperate with my plans. I am going to wait until mid-week to finalize.

Wanting: To have my whole house clean in an instant. I hate to clean and avoid it like the plaque. It is the last thing I want to do on my time off, but today I am going to tackle it!

Needing: To paint all of my nails. I noticed I started biting my nails again and that has to stop. So after my long day of clean, I am going to paint them! That is my reward for cleaning all day! Silly I know, but I have to have a goal!

Alison's Currently:

Listening: To the soft sound of the rain. I love listening to the rain while I am waking up and online. It is so relaxing!

Loving: The progress on my house has been AMAZING!!! I can not believe how fast is has progressed since the last “Currently!” I already have a roof!!!

Thinking: I have worked so hard all week, I just need some relaxation and a good book.

Wanting: To spend time with my grandson, Braydon. He is growing so fast and I love spending time with him. He is such a treasure!

Needing: Sundays are always my grocery days. This weather will not stop me! I have to go and get all of our meals for the week. Trying to keep us all out of the fast food lines!
Have a very Happy March!
Karen & Alison

Make sure you link up with Farley so we can read all about your Currently!

Yee-Haw ... Texas & Cowboy Activities!

Making time for teaching about the state you live in is a must! Children should know more about the world they live in!

We are from Texas, so this post is about activities you can use to teach the younger children about Texas!

Here are a couple videos on YouTube:

Here are some of the books we use!

We have also developed several products to help teach about the state of Texas! Please click on the product that interests you and view the preview!

Here is Braydon making the Texas flag and writing about it!
Great for fine motor and writing!

 

We hope this has been helpful and that you found something you can add to your Texas unit of study!

Happy Trails,

Karen and Alison