Updates
Hello again my friends.  Just a few updates about my life.  I did have that ankle surgery and am doing well.   For the first week home after surgery I was in bed and happily resting with those little pain pills.  Then I got the call that my mother had a heart attack and passed.  This was so hard, especially since she lived in Wisconsin and I in Florida.  My doctor did not approve me for flying so thank goodness my brother lives up there and was able to help my dad plan for the funeral.  That was definitely a double whammy.  For the last several weeks I have been up and moving around in a wheelchair.  I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband who has taken such great care of me, great neighbors and awesome friends.  I really feel loved and their generosity has been amazing.  It seems that even in your dark times, God's blessings are shown. Hopefully the doctor will give me a green light on starting to put some weight on my foot when I see him next Friday.

Telling Time Fun
Let me tell you about a great new product which will get your students telling time "Spot On". 

    Telling Time 5 Minute Intervals Matching Fun

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These Fun and Easy matching activities include 5 sets of 24 cards each. The cards help students practice telling time with 5-minute intervals on analog and digital clocks. Each set progressively builds higher order thinking skills. Choose the 2 sets that will best help your students. This package will provide hours of learning fun!

Below are the different types of cards to match:

These are so cute, you know you want to have them.  They make for a perfect math center!

Have a great week!

Telling Time with Common Core Standards

This was my first time teaching telling time with the common core standard.  I was surprised at the depth of knowledge about telling time that I was to teach to my 1st grade students.  Were they really being asked to tell the time by looking at the hour hand only?  In all my years (over a quarter of a century) of teaching, I had never taught this.  Well, time for a new game (no pun intended).

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This game is aligned with the Common Core Standard1.MD.B.3 Tell and write time in hours and half hours using analog and digital clocks.

In this Fun and Easy Card Game, I have included the basic "What time is this?" cards for hour and 1/2 hour, cards that have a face and only the hour hand, along with in depth challenge cards.

Telling Time Card Game Fun has 60 cards.  You can use them all or choose the ones that meet your students' needs. Also included are 3 different practice sheets/assessments for you to use with the answer keys.

Look how much fun they are having...

 Go to my store and see this great addition to your math centers.

Snoopy and Banditt updates:

Little Banditt had to have a growth surgically removed recently.  Thank goodness it was nothing serious, but still it was surgery.  It was taken off of her leg in an area that couldn't be bandaged.  Our vet said to try a "onesy" to keep her from licking the incision.  So off to Target and we found this adorable onesy with puppies on it.  We cut off the legs and voila a doggy onesy.  Poor thing was still woozy from her procedure, but here is the Mommy and Me shot

and the Daddy and Me shot.

Now I must leave you with the greatest invention for pet owners.  Yes I am one of those dog owners that find her pets more than just pets.  This adorable doggy stroller just arrived and now I can take my little ladies almost everywhere.  No more leaving them home while we go out to an outdoor restaurant.  We are a very happy little family.  This might even work for teacher workdays??