Firstgradefanatics.blogspot.com Website Review

hi everybody! i'm back! it feels so good to be back in the blogging world! i took a much needed break, and am back and ready to blog! i sure have been busy with back to school stuff, and having a te*nager in driver's ed along with her busy dance schedule, doesn't really leave this mom with a lot of spare time! i hope you all had a wonderful summer! my family and i spent a lot of time outdoors. here i know it's way past back to school, but i finally found the perfect book bins for my ikea shelves in my clas*room library! i looked everywhere all summer for ones that would fit perfectly, would be able to hold my tall or awkward sized books, and were a good price. these i found them at walmart.com and they came in a 12 pack. after purchasing 2 sets i realized that i might want to have a few extra on hand, just in case they break. so i stopped by my local home depot and bought 2 more! i was also able to fine a few small sized ones for my mini leveled readers. i love the way they look and so far they are holding up nicely.   here's the link if you'd like to check them out:  sterilite medium ultra plastic storage bins the online version that we used last year and i was so sad :(. i use the videos to show our sound of the week. well, after doing some just what i was looking for! my kids love his videos, especially the sight word videos. if you haven's seen his videos, you've got to check i also love viewpure which is a site that i show all youtu*e videos in. i just copy and paste the link and i can display youtu*e videos in another site that i'd like to share with you all i've been incorporating a lot of nonsense word activities in my small reading groups lately. at a meeting recently, i was given a nonsense word fluency intervention planning sheet with links to quite a few freebies. i found the sheet online and was able to click and check out the wonderful free resources. if you teach nonsense words and are looking for some new items, definitely check out this blog post from make, take & teach. this is where you will find the planning sheet: