Great Learning and Break Break Videos

I am not feeling well.  I have missed a couple days of school this week and I hate missing school.  I feel so guilty when I'm not there.  

However I have. absolutely. no. voice.  You cannot teach without a voice.  It was going on Monday, was gone by Tuesday and I haven't seen it since.  :(

I am hoping it comes back soon.  Really soon.  I miss it!  

Since I feel out of the loop with school I wanted to share some great videos I found with you.  I love to use brain break videos and my kiddos love them too.  They need them throughout the day.  

You can follow my Pinterest First Grade Video Board  by clicking *HERE*.  

This is a phonics video that has a lot of vowel teams which my kiddos need!

We are getting ready to start shapes and this video is a great review/introduction for shapes and solids.  I love their videos! 

This video is about pronouns.  I used it last year and even my boys were asking me to play it.  They love trying to sing it fast enough to keep up with the song.

We also LOVE our brain break videos:

My kiddos love this one! 

And, of course Mario is a hit too! 

My kiddos always get excited when we take a couple minutes to watch these videos...especially at the beginning and end of the year when they are extra wiggly!  

If you have any other favorite videos, please share!  I'm always looking for new ones!  

I'm going to go lay down and watch some basketball.  My bracket is already destroyed and the games just started.  So much for winning my billion dollars!

Hoping my voice is back tomorrow...fingers crossed!  

Blogiversary Giveaway Winner and Math Story Problems

Congrats to Sarah at Sarah's First Grade Snippets!  She is the winner of my 1 Year Blogiversary Giveaway!  

I'll be emailing you soon, Sarah!  Check out my TpT store and let me know which 3 items you would like for me to send you.  :)

While I'm here I wanted to share my new Story Problem Pack with you!  

This is going to be short though because my parents have recently bought a BEAUTIFUL new home so I am helping them move.  My dad still can't lift or do much after his surgery so I'm trying to help as much as I can while on Spring Break.  I'm taking a break to blog, but then I'm headed to the kitchen to organize and pack.  :) 

Here is my Story Problem Pack: 

We have been working on story problems with our kiddos as a grade level so I created some to use for extra practice.  My kiddos read the story and then we discuss whether we are going to add or subtract.  We talk about the key words and how we figured out which sign to use and then we color them.  

I know my kiddos are much more on task if they can use a crayon or two.  :)  

Then we write the math sentence, put the answer on the line and include a label.  

I really think using these have helped my kiddos....at least I hope so!  I am going to be adding more story problems along with posters and story problems with regrouping for my higher kiddos.  

This pack is $3 right now, but will go up as I add to it.  Purchasing it now will mean that you get the added pages for free because you can download the updates as I get them ready!  ;)

As always I will give *5 away for free* to the first 5 people who leave their email address and share a tip for solving story problems!