Did You Win?!

Hey Ya’ll Mrs. Hoffer here!! I hope that you have had a BLAST with us Freebielicious girls this week! I know that I have loved finding new ideas, fun activities, having a little throwback action, shopping must haves and learning all about you!!!

Have you ever been in Michaels or Hobby Lobby, and your husband is trying to drag you out of the store?! That is how I am feeling!! I have so loved this week, and I don’t want it to end!

So I guess you are here because there is a BIG announcement today right? For something like a $10 TpT giftcard. Isn’t that right?

No?

Dang, I was hoping to sneak off with those TWO BIG $100 gift cards!!

Are you ready??

Did you win?

Drumroll please…….

And the winners are…..

Congrats Callie and Cheryl!! You Lucky Ducks you!!!!

So for the rest of us who didn’t win a $100 gift card to TpT, the girls and I have decided that we would do the NEXT BEST THING!!!

Did someone ask for a SALE?!!

Don’t let the Back to School blues get to you!! Head on over to our stores, clear out your wishlists and get to shopping!!!

I know my wishlist is overflowing and I have stuff I NEED printed and laminated before school starts!!

These are the girls that are throwing a sale today and tomorrow!!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Freebielicious Summer Fun Week!

Hey Friends!! Mrs. Hoffer here!!!  

  I have been having quite the relaxing summer, and you can tell if you follow me on Instagram. I have been to school TWICE this summer, for a grand total of five minutes. Officer Hofficer has been off work so I have been spending every spare moment of this summer with him. Anywho, enough about my summer, I am SO EXCITED to tell you about what is going on over at Freebielicious this week!!! The girls and I decided that we were going to do a summer fun linky week!  So please, if you have time to post, join us this week!  

      On Monday, Krissy from and Lidia from are talking about what they MUST HAVE for their classroom!        

On Tuesday, Crystal from and Jennifer from   are hosting “Tell us About You” Tuesday. So come on over and find out who Crystal and Jennifer are.    

  On Wednesday, Mary from and Tara from are telling us about a “Wonderful Idea”. We are sharing about a tip or trick that has helped us in our classroom.       

  On Thursday, Caitlin from and Many from   are doing a little “Throwback Thursday”. They are sharing a throwback post from their blogs.  

  And on Friday, Donna from and Hadar from are showing us a fun lesson or activity. I have heard there might be a freebie or two thrown in there!   

  So every morning, Hop on over the Freebielicious, read all the great posts and link up with your own!! If you are linking up, don’t forget to send your readers back to Freebielicious with the days image!!   I know that I CAN NOT wait to read all the goodness this week!! See y’all later!!

       

Eight Classroom Expectations

Hey Friends! Mrs. Hoffer here!! I just wanted to drop in and tell you about some amazing changes that have been going on in my classroom. In August our school became a Great Expectations school. This may sound familiar to some Oklahoma and Texas readers. 

For those of you unfamiliar with GE, ti is an approach to better the whole child, not just a quick behavior fix. I am loving it! This program was how my mom taught, and she has been out of the classroom for about 14 years. It is constant, but there have been a few tweaks here and there.

Anywho, in about October our school had a trainer come in to talk to the whole school. About this time, our Primary team had been discussing getting rid of our behavior charts. So going into this meeting I was very nervous about what was going to come up. In the meeting, what I expected did happen. We decided to throw ourselves out there and get rid of our clip charts. Cold Turkey. I am not going to lie, I was a nervous wreck! I plastered this quote all across my room and reminded myself multiple times a day.

Now you might be asking, why are you telling me this? Well in all of our classrooms we have Eight Expectations posted, and we go over them every morning.

There they are, front and center in my classroom. We say them each morning after our pledges and moment of silence. Then we go right into our classroom expectations. Then the Give me Five song.

When ever one of my kiddos are not making a good choice, I just remind them of which Classroom Expectation they need to work on. So if I hear a students making fun of another one of their friends, I remind them “Sarah, Expectation #2 say, We do not laugh at or make fun of a persons mistakes”. They quickly apologize. What is even better, when I am working with a small group, and I over hear my friends remind one another of the expectations. Warms this teachers heart!

I have shared my Eight Classroom Expectations over on TpT. Go check them out here! While you are at it! Go look around Great Expectations and see if it is a good fit for you!!

Fun with Penguins

Hi ya’ll! Mrs. Hoffer here!! I just wanted to drop by and share a freebie and some activities for you to do with your students this week!

One of my favorite things to do is talk about blubber!! I take two ziplock bags, turn one inside out. Then put crisco between them. I let the kids dunk their hands in ice water with and without the “blubber” .

We also like to watch the penguins on the SmartBoard. We found a rookery at the

They are so funny and the kids are fascinated!! (This little guy liked the camera and was constantly peeking at it!)

One of their favorites is to see if they are taller or shorter than an Emperor Penguin. I traced a big old penguin on black paper. We keep track with tally marks on the board, on who is taller and who is shorter.

Then I have this freebie over at TeachersPayTeacher. My kids love it too! This is a splash game! The kids draw a card, read or identify the number. If they identify right, they get to keep it. If it is wrong, they have to put it back in the pile. If they draw a splash card, they have to turn all their cards back in!

Well I am off! I have to finish getting ready for tomorrow! See ya soon!!!

Brown Bear Centers

Hey Friends! It Kaci from Mrs. Hoffer’s Spot!

I thought  I would drop by to show you the centers that my kiddos did this week. We are already into centers, and this past week, I have had two of my four bucket tubs up and running. Along with pattern blocks, writing center (crayons and paper), library and unifix cubes.

Because our state pulled out of the common core, we now have patterns in our standards. That is the first math topic we teach, so this center my kiddos were practicing AB patterns.

Then we are working on beginning sounds of “Ll Oo Gg Hh” at this center. The kids draw a card and and write the beginning sound. Looking at this picture now, it looks like my friend wrote the beginning sound to “fish” not “log” oops!

I would love for you to jump over to my Teachers Pay Teachers store to download these guys! 

While you are there, I would love it if you followed me so you can catch more freebies I upload!!

I almost forgot….

#GoPokes

Have a Happy First Day of College Football!

Lions and Lambs CVCe Freebie

Hi friends! Mrs. Hoffer here! I just wanted to let you know that I added a freebie over at my blog. My higher kiddos were needing some help on their CVCe words so I whipped up this little cutie.

We are getting ready to start a unit on Lions and Lambs. So this is perfect for my little bambinos!

Head over to my blog to download this free and fun game.

Mrs. Hoffer's Shape Sort

Hello Friends! I am SO excited to be here! My name is Kaci and I blog over at Mrs. Hoffer’s Spot.

I am so glad that I was asked to be an Author over here! These are some amazing Teachers who I am honored to call my friends

Anyway, If you head over to my blog, I have a cute and simple Cut and Paste Shape Sort. My kids just love doing these, and they are a quick assessment.
(Click on the Picture to head over to my blog!)

I hope to see you soon!!