GOOD MORNING WORK - JANUARY + BLOG BEST 2012 LINKY

St. Nick himself wasn't too sure if I was going to pull through the horrific stomach flu that I have been in an all out war with since Friday.  However, I turned the corner late Christmas Eve and was good to go for Christmas Day! Although I was sick for a portion of it and the hubs caught the sniffles, the holiday was just perfect. It was a rather quiet year, but my parents did it up right (as always) and I loved getting to hang with the in-laws last night. My better half even surprised me with pearl earrings this year - BOOYA!  I am one lucky lady :)  I hope your holidays were just as merry and bright.

Being sick slowed me down a bit, but it didn't stop me from plugging away at the computer when I could.  Therefore, I managed to get January's Good Morning Work Packet (Math) up in my TPT shop.  

CLICK HERE to snag this pack!

As always, I tried to be very mindful of what kiddos can and can't do independently at this time.  I also stuck with the idea of "chunking" my topics. In other words, the pack targets a specific set of skills for five days in a row before moving on to 3 or 4 new common core standards.  This helps the kids feel more successful and allows you to milk a few extra "question free" minutes out of your morning!

This month's pack covers a little bit of this and a little bit of that.  Skills include: addition, subtraction, fact families, word problems, skip counting, place value, comparing/ordering numbers, odd + even, tallying, estimation, date writing, and more!  Yes my friends . . . all of these common core standards for firsties are covered in one little pack!  I aim to please :)

Sound like this is something for you?  Well, why don't you "try 'em before you buy 'em!!"  Here are three FREE pages for you to run with in your room.  If you like them, come on back and snag the whole pack :)

CLICK HERE to get these FREE tester pages!

Switchin' gears a bit . . . I am hoppin' in on a fa-boo linky party hosted by the one and only Christina Bainbridge over at Bunting, Books, and Bainbridge.  This lady helped me find my "footing" as a blogger and I big old {puffy} heart her! In this par-tay, we are supposed to highlight some of our best moments on our blog, so here goes nothin' . . .   
  

MOST POPULAR POST
My most popular post this year was my WOW vs. BLAH Sentences Packet Review.  If you follow me, you know I always like to shake up the "standard" quite a bit :).  This one still makes me giggle!

FAN FAVORITE FREEBIE
I love to give freebies away on my little old bloggy blog. I try to link up with TBA every Friday (give or take a few) and I like to throw in some extra no-cost goods on the weekends.  It seems that the fan favorite this year was Sketchin' Out Spooky Sentences.  

FAVORITE BLOGGY BUDDIES
There are SOOOOO many amazing educators that I have met on this journey. Ms. Susan Moran (Thank God It's First Grade), the eva-fabulous Katie King (Queen of the First Grade Jungle), and sweet Jessica Stanford (Mrs. Stanford's Class) will forever hold special places in my heart, but my love for others doesn't stop there.  Steph, Alisha, Gladys, Oregon, Hadar, Squirrels, Michelle, Lori, Nicole, Vickie, DeAnne, Tessa, Cupcake, Holly, Arlene, Jen, Ashley, Monica, Heidi, Sandra, Kristen, Reagan . . . see . . . the list goes on and on and on (and I wasn't even through naming them all).  You see, I can't narrow my faves down to just a few.  That would be like asking a world traveler to narrow her favorite destinations down to two itty-bitty towns.  Look down the side of my blog to catch all of those ladies who have made a HUGE difference in my life in 20-12!  

Alright, that's it from this girl.  Why don't you pop on over to Bainbridge's blog and link up too??!!  I'd love to learn about your best bloggy moments of 2012! I am finally off to shower (it's only 3:13 pm here . . . I am doing pretty well today). I'll be in touch soon with some winter goodies and my Good Morning Work Reading Packet for January.  Whoop, whoop!!!  It's done . . . click here to see the Good Morning Reading Packet and snag some more tester pages :)