Time for TIME!

This was an excellent activity adapted from the Georgia Common Core State Standards materials. Students worked together to create a number line of 12 sets of 5 cubes. Then we turned that number line into a circle clock. It was a powerful experience! 

100th Day!

I had a fun treat for the kiddos as they arrived to school on the 100th day. 

We brainstormed what we would do if we were 100 for our writing activity. They came up with awesome ideas! 

100 second math activities challenged our skills! :)

We made a picture graph of our results. Looks like we have a class of quick clappers! Ha! 

I have to take a moment to brag on my student parents. They are amazing!! We just began our Kansas Unit and a parent made these scrumptious sunflower snacks! Wow! THANK YOU!

Busy, Busy, Busy!!!

December Pics! 

SNOW DOUGH!! A little elf visited us one morning to bring us ice-cold snow dough straight from the North Pole! 

We completed or Around the World Christmas suitcases! Whoo! 

Student sample for some creative GRINCH DAY activities! 

We LOVE grinch grime! I think we ended up making 3 batches!!

DECEMBER!

It is December and this girl has made it (almost) half way through her first year of teaching! Oh my! I am getting into the Christmas spirit and have many festive projects up my sleeve. 

Last week my kiddos began applying to become elves! Once again this form was a freebie and I can't remember where it came from, but it is awesome!! I had the kids fill out the page (not pictured) that had questions about whether they liked Christmas music, had played with toys, and so on. It was so cute!! There was a section for fingerprints too!! This was my sample elf and letter. Persuasive writing at its best! I think the kids laughed for literally 5 minutes when I showed my elf to them! Ha ha! I can't wait to get the whole group of elves together! 

Here are my kiddos journaling about our travels around the world for Christmas. You can see their "suitcases" pictured. 

.A sweet moment I was able to capture to remind us that we are all in this together. Like we say every morning, "We promise to help each other learn."

November no more!

Wow! Where did November go??? Here are a few projects that I missed posting from the turkey month! 

We practiced visualizing stories in our brains with the story, A Turkey for Thanksgiving, by Eve Bunting.  This is a freebie on TPT...I can't remember who from. If it is yours, thanks so much! :)

This is an awesome packet with Thanksgiving passages from Stephanie Stewart! We talked about the long voyage the pilgrims went on and students needed to decide if they would like to stay or go on the Mayflower! It was a great thinking activity. 

Another Stephanie Stewart original! This was a persuasive writing activity where students chose a different  menu item to eat this year to save the turkeys! I have a sample paper below. 

I am so thankful for my wonderful students! I feel so blessed! 

Community Culmination Project: Creating Our Own Communities!

We have been working on the three different types of community (urban, suburban, and rural) and also been focusing on map skills. Today our kiddos get to unveil their own communities created on giant bulletin board paper! They included a compass, key/legend, a type of community, title, and detailed pictures! We are so excited!!