COUPONS!!!! PORTER'S POLKA DOT!!!! WHOOO HOOO!!!!

Whooo Hooo!!!! We have a coupon for 20% off!!!!  No that is what I am talking about!!!!

Email Ashley with your order and she will send you an invoice with 20% off your total.  How easy is that!  You just tell her what you want, color combinations (or me, I just said go crazy) and then you get your awesome stuff!!!!

Email her at:porterspolkadots@gmail.com

Oh, baby, here I come...

Ashley, you rock!!!!

We Have a Winner!!!!!

We have a winner for Porter's Polka Dots!!!!  I just love saying that name!!!  I had to count forever to find the random number!!!!  I like it when it says 1 or 5.  NOT 84!!!!

 There were 136 entries!!!!  That is a lot of polka dot lovin people!!!!

Congrats too.....

KDowd said...

I like Porter's Polka Dots on Facebook.

KDowd:  Email me with your info at kwalsky@gmail.com


You have 48 hours to claim your prize, or I will pick another name.

I am loving it!!!  I am hoping that Ashley over there at Porter's Polka Dots gives us a coupon for us "LOSERS".  I want a Kiss Your Brain Can bad!!!! 

 I also want some pails to hold my center stuff!!!  

Seriously... How cute would a bunch of these look on tables holding supplies and center stuff!  My new school classroom is calling for them...I can hear them whispering Buy me...buy me...(Sorry Mr. Walsky, but I know you can hear them too!)

What do you say Ashley????  Let us Know!!!!  If not, we still love ya!!!!






Whooo Hooo!!!! We have a coupon for 20% off!!!!  No that is what I am talking about!!!!
Email Ashley with your order and she will send you an invoice with 20% off your total.  How easy is that!  You just tell her what you want, color combinations (or me, I just said go crazy) and then you get your awesome stuff!!!!
Email her at:porterspolkadots@gmail.com

Ashley, you rock!!!!

Groundhog Unit!!!!

I have created a unit for Groundhog's Day.  Here is the decodable reader for all of you to use.  I made some of the graphics myself.  Seriously...Try and find a Groundhog clipart picture!!!!

Download Here

You can get the rest of this cute unit at TPT for a whopping $2!!!!  Over 30 pages of activities to get your kiddo's looking for shadows and Screaming "POXATONY PHI!!!!"

Well...Maybe knowing who he is.....

Question on Blogging

I just got a comment from someone that just started a blog and is using "First Grade Teaching".  When I started my blog, I researched to make sure no one had the name or something similar so that I wasn't taking away from someone.  I am surprised that blogger would let to sites have the same name.  How do we protect our intellectual property and blog?  I don't think the person was being malicious, but we work so hard.  Isn't it blogger etiquette to not take the name of another blog?  Just curious and would like advice my fellow teacher friends and followers.  :)

DATA NOTEBOOKS FOR FIRST GRADE!!!!

Finally!!!! I am posting data notebooks for first grade!!!!  I have a snow day today....HIP, HIP, HIP, HOORAY!!!  

Now, with that said, I experimented with Adobe Acrobat to create a PDF portfolio so that there were not a million files for you to download.  I am not sure if this will work, so you need to let me know.  Make sure you have Adobe Reader (which is free).  I apologize now, because there is no rhyme or reason on how I added them to the portfolio.  Next time I know.  :)


Click on Picture to Download.

As always, just let me know if you have any questions.  They are a work in progress.  I let the kids be "in charge" of the notebooks.  They have to fill out all the info.

I also include their daily behavior.  This sheet stays in their homework folder, and I have them put it under behavior at the end of the month.  We have a mini-conference to set a goal on how they can improve or celebrate great behavior and improvements.

I got this years ago, but don't have a clue where.  :)

We also include their weekly goal sheet and conference on Friday's if they met their goal, or need to keep it for another week.  Here is the link to the weekly goal sheet again.

Click on Picture to Download 

So there are the contents.  I just use 1.5 inch, 3 ring binders to hold all of the info. The kids keep them in a crate by their grouped seats.  I love not having the responsibility of not having to do it all on my own.  The kids love knowing exactly where they are and love that they get to keep a "Grade Book" like a teacher!!!

First Grade Place Value Activity and Center

Teaching Everyday Math is a task in itself.  I love the games, but the spiraling curriculum is not the best for students who really need a little more time to grasp concepts.  

Today was place value... Enough said....  

I came up with this little activity...well actually Naquan on of my students, helped my brain to come up with the entire activity. We all loved it.  I typed it up and here it is for you guys!  Naquan... I feel and see a great teacher, engineer, or graphic artist in your future!!!

Click on picture to download.

Here is a picture of the type of base ten blocks we use:

Last Chance for Porter's Polka Dots Giveaway!!!!

Don't forget that you still have time to sign up for the cute little giveaway from

Porter's Polka Dots

You know you want one...

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Go here to post that you went and did all these things:

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 Man... I should have had you follow me too!  You can if you are a super nice person who loves free stuff and cute teacher materials...

I will announce winner tomorrow, Wednesday January 11, 2011 at 8:00ish p.m.

Good Luck!!!