Posted my pumpkin patch plural nouns this morning. Come check it out.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Pumpkins, Pumpkins, and More Pumpkins
Since tomorrow is going to be a crazy day with the kids so excited
for Halloween, I decided to give in a bit and have some fun. We are
going to carve a pumpkin together and write about how-to carve a
pumpkin.
We are going to do some of the fun pumpkin activities found at Christina Bainbridge's awesome blog.
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I also created a
fun writing for the kids to do sometime this week about what happens to
pumpkins when Halloween is over. I love the book "Snowmen at Night" and
I thought this could be written in the same way.
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Head over to my blog to download.
Our school had our annual Bluegrass and BBQ on Friday night and each class painted a pumpkin. My class decided to paint Mercy Watson. She turned out pretty good.
Here's a picture of our pumpkin before the tiara and I added huge google eyes.I forgot to take a picture of the finished product.
Can
you believe it sold for $17? My kids' parents were outbidding each
other. Hope you have a good Halloween at school. It's going to be a
crazy Monday!
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Over the next 2 weeks, my students will be learning about making predictions. I have found with this particular bunch of students, the more pre-reading thinking and writing they do, the more concrete it becomes for them. They really struggle with comprehension.
Head on over to see what I have planned for Making Predictions!
Samantha
Frankly, We are Drug Free!
I just posted an idea for a red ribbon week door decoration. Or just a cute Halloween craft focusing on shapes. Come over and check it out!
New Treasures Unit and a Questioning Freebie
Happy Saturday everyone! I can't believe how cold it's gotten here in the last day. We're not expecting any snow in Tennessee like some of your northerners but it is going to be chilly sitting at the UT football game tonight. I've finished my next Treasures unit for "Head, Body, Legs." Here are some images from the unit.
Check it out at Teacher's Pay Teachers and Teacher's Notebook. Click on the links below.
Here's
a questioning freebie for you. We've been working on generating
questions while we read during reading groups. This is a form I've used
to help the kids keep track of their questions.
Visit me at my blog for the link to the freebie.
Hope you have a wonderful Saturday!
Friday, October 28, 2011
Rockin' Teacher Materials: Guided Reading Goal Setting Bookmarks
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Favorite Halloween Books and 2 freebies!
I have added 2 freebies to share with y'all! They are for some great holiday books, Spookley the Square Pumpkin and Room on the Broom. What's great is that if you don't have these books, they are both on You Tube!
Spookley is great for several ideas: bullying, perimeter {make little pumpkins then measure the lengths}, and he's just so darn cute!
I just bought Room on the Broom! It's hilarious. I made 2 comprehension sheets for it centering in the main event. Click the picture to download the comprehension sheets for Room on the Broom
Later this week I will share some goodies I am using next Monday for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and inference.
Treat or Treat #2
I don't know if you're like me but teaching money is always
difficult. Usually, we teach it after Christmas but we have a new math
series. We had five days to teach money. Well, my colleagues and I
decided we needed a bit more time so we are doing it for a few more
days. My kiddos need a little bit more practice so I made a fun money
game that you can use at Halloween or, really, any time of the year.
Hope you enjoy it!
Click here to download the freebie.
Head over to my blog for more freebies and ideas.