ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?? THEME FUN + FREEBIES

After Manning's mind-blowing performance in the season opener on Thursday night, I can barely contain myself.  Not only did I wish he was my boyfriend (sorry Travis), but hootin' and hollerin' at the boob tube made me forget about the chaos that just is this time of year.  It's silly . . I know.  But, I am all about the pigskin.  There is just something about lesson planning and school preppin' in front of the TV on Sundays that eases my stress level and lowers my blood pressure (well, unless one of my fantasy guys scores or fails to convert). Oh, sweet football . . . you are definitely a win-win in my tattered playbook. 

 SWOON . . . I heart the Broncos!

On that note, my class is launching into a football teamwork theme this week. We rocked out a baseball theme the first week of school that was a great way to lure them in and teach the power of working together.  I figured rollin' right into football was the logical move.  I have been flyin' with this theme for 4 years now and my kids love it (both the boys and girls . . . I always snag my girly-girls with with the whole cheerleader angle).  

We completed our first football themed ditty on Friday and my football-playing boys started foaming at the mouth.  Everyone was all smiles as their BIG 7th grade buddies helped them create our newest classroom window masterpiece. 

Workin' hard on our new number line.

We are all different, but we are still a team :)

Excuse the glare.  I love that my girls designed helmets with total fashion-sense!!  

If this seems like something you may be interested in, you can snag it for FREE in my TPT shop.  It makes a great number display and the kids love that they get to play with tin foil.  

This week we also will be tacklin' pigskin-themed reading centers, math games, standards-based craftivities, team-building activities, and so much more . . . 

Design-A-Jersey

Sunday Kick-Off . . . Days of the Week Craft/Lesson 

So Much More than a Field Goal . . . Yearly Goal Writing Craft/Activity

Intro to quality sentence writing . . . with lots of funny football flavor.

If these activities strike your fancy, they are all available in my Fabulous Football Pack.  I put this puppy on sale through Monday in honor of kick-off weekend.  This collection is packed with more than 65 pages of standards-based goodness (perfect for 1st and 2nd grade).  It even comes with a fun and oh so free Teamwork Song by Ron Brown's Intelli-Tunes (they MP3 is embedded in the download - click here to take a little listen). 

I can't let you leave without something free today . . . I just can't.  I was printing out this math game to use with my babes today and decided that I would share.  How about a little Addition Sentence "Sack"??  My kiddos always love this one and I can't wait to play with my new team!!!  CLICK HERE to nab your free copy.  

Alright, I am out of here.  Down below you will find a few other wonderful football-themed packs that I will be pickin' and pullin' from.  Have a rockin' week my friends. I'll see you soon.