The blog has returned!

Miss Lynch's Class Blog has returned after a small hiccup. Sometimes you have to watch your back and people who you think are close can be your closest enemies, but nevermind - onwards and upwards!

My photos as some of you may have noticed have been changed and some have been deleted all together just in case there's a bad case of tattle tongue at any point!

Anyway - I will be blogging again real soon! This year is a year of changes as I am going back to Reception, so look out for lots of Early Years posts as of September!

St.Patrick's Day Freebie!

Here's a freebie for you from my brand new St.Patrick's Day Literacy and Maths Center Pack - click on the picture below to download it!

If you like what you see please follow me on TpT and here - and leave a comment if you download the product :)

You can also download my full St.Patrick's Day Pack here

Enjoy!

Dani x

St. Patrick's Day

I promise to post an update on my Valentine's Party but I have just finished my St. Patrick's Day Center Pack!

It is filled with super fun activities that I can't wait for my kiddies to use! Click here to purchase it for just $5.00 (That's around £3!) on TpT 

Dani x

Love is in the air!

This week we are having a Valentine's Party because the kiddies have worked so hard all term - their behaviour really has been fantastic and they seem to have progressed so quickly with their writing! 

Therefore, love really is in the air. 

Today I shared with them the story 'Froggy's First Kiss' - I was a bit dubious as I didn't want to encourage boyfriends/girlfriends/kissing blah blah especially as they're so very young! But this story is so lovely, in the end he gives his valentines to his mom. My kiddos LOVED this story, they were hooked - and they worked so hard to make their little Froggy/Frogalina's - just look at how gorgeous they all turned out!

 There will be lots more Valentine's activities throughout the week so I'll post a big blog Friday with all of the party pictures too! Happy Valentine's! 

Dani x

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My Adorable Display Boards!

I am enamored with my beautiful displays - they have taken us a long time to finish, hence the reason no work is up yet but I thought I'd just quickly share them with you in this very brief post. I promise to blog very very soon! 

Dani x

Safari Pack and a Freebie!

I have a new pack! Our topic next half term will be Handa's Kenyan Safari and I can't wait to use this pack with my kiddos! :)

It includes labelling, write the room, subtract the room, guided reading comprehension activities, number work and so much more!

I hope you like it too! I've shared a freebie with you so you can get a feel for the types of things in this download :)  Click on the picture below to go to the download...

If you would like to purchase my Safari pack you can buy it from either my Teachers Pay Teachers store or my Teachers Notebook store;

               
                               TpT                                       Teachers Notebook


I almost forgot to mention I'm also hosting a giveaway on Teachers Notebook for my St. Patrick's Day pack - you have until the 28th February to enter for a chance to win one of 3 packs! The picture below will take you to the giveaway.

Enjoy!

Dani x

Encouraging Writing

Hey everyone,

Just thought I'd do a quick update of what's new in my classroom. My New Year's Resolution was to try to get my kiddies writing more - they're pretty good at writing but they just didn't love it - so I had a mooch on pinterest (if you don't follow me on there you can find me here) and settled on a writing table. I already have a numeracy table and a role play area in my classroom so squeezing in a writing table took a bit of a classroom reshuffle, but it's in and it works and me and the kiddies are enamored with our gorgeous writing area!!

 

I downloaded the writing center starter kit (that's on my wall) from A cupcake for the Teacher on TpT which you can get from here. My kiddies love looking at this for ideas! It's so useful!

 On the table are a variety of different writing tools and equipment to excite the kids - I have racing car pens that they are obsessed with, finger spaces, nice smelly pencils and stamps so they can play teacher. I also put on some clipboards for kiddies who don't like sitting at the table and writing.

These are my drawers that I picked up in the sale for £12! Each drawer is differentiated (I have 4 ability groups) and contains activities and resources that are tailored for each group, as you can see in the drawer below the lower ability children still struggle with blending and segmenting so there is a game for them to practise using their sounds, the pencils and felt tips are chunkier, there is play-doh for them to build and refine their fine motor skills and there are magnetic letters for reluctant writers.

I also asked the children to bring in photographs of things they would like to write about - so children have their own little folder of things they would like to write about, some brought in photographs of their family, their pets or their holidays. 

The orange folder is my Things to Write about Pack which you can buy from my store here and they love using this to write about different topics. 

 My children are literally begging me to write at the moment! They access the writing table when they have finished their work, during guided reading or during our 10 minute write in the afternoon. If you don't have a writing table in your class, I highly recommend it - I cannot stop my children from writing at the moment! Hurrah! 

Finally - I leave you with a couple of 'new' products in my TpT store - I made these ages and ages ago but forgot to put them on my store! Just click the picture and it will take you to the link.

Have a good weekend!

Dani x