Grinch Day!

We started off the day with some scrambled up Grinch sentences! Students worked in teams to sort out the sentences the Grinch mixed up.

Reading group students are presenting on a book they have been working on together. I love seeing my students excitedly share information they have learned with others! 

We read How the Grinch Stole Christmas and made a chart of descriptive words for the Grinch from the beginning (green) to the end (red). We talked about how characters have choices just like we do. They can always choose a better path. One of my favorite moments was when one of my students said, "I think perseverance, because the Grinch kept trying to stop Christmas from coming." I have been working so hard to teach my students about persevering and was so happy to see the meaning of the word clicking! 

In the afternoon we did some quick addition with cards on the top of our heads. The santa added to get the sum and the mice needed to figure out what number was on his or her head. This fun math idea came from a Santa's Stuck packet from firstgradewow.blogspot.com. 



A little movie/book compare and contrasting two versions of the same story!


We finished off the day with my personal favorite! GRINCH GRIME!! This super science activity is from "A Pinch..." packet from firstgradewow.blogspot.com.

Christmas CrAzInEsS!

Above are a few pics from our FUN and FESTIVE winter party! I feel so lucky to have such creative parents helping in my room! It was a real winter wonderland with hot cocoa, cookies and crafts! 


Yesterday an elf brought us special SNOW DOUGH!! The recipe can be found online and I whipped up this tag with poem I created using free TPT clip art and font.

It was ugly sweater day at school yesterday. I added on to my lovely hot glued Christmas tree from last year and added battery powered lights (This is probably a fire hazard! Ha!) My kiddos decided that when Miss Stucky's lights were on she was happy and when the lights went off they should get quiet quickly! It made for a very interesting classroom management strategy! ;).

LOVE this parent gift idea I found online! It is personal, but quick and easy!

Our suitcases have been sent home!! This is another awesome unit from Stephanie Stewart! I love the writing prompts!

We are so Thankful!

Thanksgiving was so busy I forgot to post! Here are a few projects and events:

Bugles were the perfect "Turkey Toes" snack the day before break! (I downloaded this tag free online, but can't remember where!)

This idea is from Stephanie Stewart. My kiddos love it! A turkey writes us a letter begging us not to eat him for Thanksgiving dinner...So of course we jump in and save the day with an awesome persuasive writing activity. (I had everything from chicken instead to ice-cream  This year was a first to have a student write to eat lettuce instead of turkey...I loved the adjectives. Cold, crisp, crunchy! Ha!)

We did a little food science! We learned how to write procedures and a hypothesis! This is a freebie I downloaded from TPT!!!

We had been reading about the Pilgrim's voyage and mentioned chamber pots...One of my AMAZING paras brought her great grandmother's to show us! This kids were grossed out, but intrigued and engaged! :)

Finally, we wanted to say thank you for all the places, things and most importantly people in our lives! <3