Students always love to celebrate holidays with their friends. Typically, this includes holidays like Valentine’s Day, Halloween, and Christmas. However, the fun doesn’t have to stop there! There are countless quirky, and even strange, holidays that most of us don’t even know exist. I love to use these national holidays to create extra excitement and engagement in the classroom. In this post, I’m going to share national holidays for August and September that are perfect for celebrating in the ... continue reading...
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Walruses, Literacy Centers and Guided Reading, oh, my!
We made these adorable walruses from my Arctic Animals unit today. I love how they all turned out so unique. Our penguins are still fishing on our bulletin board so the herd of walruses won't be hung up until next week when we use them to decorate our polar bears and walruses venn diagram. I will post a pic next week when they are all hanging. So, I've had some questions about how I do Literacy Centers.This is a picture of my Literacy Center board. The pirates on ... continue reading...
Surfing Through the Year
We made this super simple, cutie patootie Surfboard craftivity and writing project to display for our Pirates and Parents Open House. They turned out so stinkin' cute! close up of the cute toes cover page of the book This year I learned how to.... be a kid that is smart. speak like a pirate. .. read to my teacher. These are my friends. We like to... play hide and seek. (Notice that Maci is it! I love the ... continue reading...
Teacher Appreciation Sale & End of the Year Memory Book
By now you have heard about THE sale of the year! If you are impatient (like me) you can get a 20% discount on EVERYTHING in my store starting today (Monday)! TpT's sale officially starts on Tuesday. Now, I like a plan of attack. Here are my plans as the sale approaches: 1. Look at my past purchases. Have I left feedback on these? I love those points! Sometimes the TpT system slows down on big sale days, so I want to get those feedbacks ... continue reading...
End of the Year Memory Book
Need a cute idea for an end of the year memory book? We made this super simple, cutie patootie Surfboard craftivity and writing project to display for our Pirates and Parents Open House. They turned out so stinkin' cute! The end of the year memory book is cute enough on its own but the surfboard makes it extra cute! close up of the cute toes cover page of the book This year I learned how to.... be a kid that is ... continue reading...