We Found Gold at the End of a Rainbow! Great St. Patrick's Day Activities!

In preparation for St. Patrick’s Day, my class performed 3 different St. Patrick’s Day Reader’s Theaters, then made these very colorful GOLD AT THE END OF A RAINBOW treats!  Twizzler’s makes rainbow licorice and the golden candies are Rolo’s.  My students arranged them in a baggie and tied them up with a green ribbon and they’ve hit the JACKPOT!  We’ve found our GOLD at the end of a RAINBOW!!!  Click on the pics below for three really wonderful St. Patrick’s Day stories that I adapted into Reader’s Theaters and MORE!  May the LUCK of the Irish be with you!  I’ve also included an ultra cool St. Patrick’s Day craftivity link!

The Time Has Come. The Time Is Here. Our Visit From the Cat in the Hat This Year!

The time has come.  The time is here.  Our visit from the Cat in the Hat this year!

Who wouldn’t love a visit from the Cat in the Hat!?!   I can’t remember a year of teaching when the Cat in the Hat did not visit my classroom!  Not only do we get a visit, but we get to hear stories read by none other than . . . We also have time for a question and answer session to ask the Cat in the Hat ANYTHING!!!

Prior to our infamous visit, I always prep my students.  Many of them don’t buy in to the “realness” of The Cat in the Hat.  We all know kids are smart and they know that it is just a mom dressed up as The Cat in the Hat.  HOWEVER, if you tell them right off that it is a mom dressed as The Cat in the Hat BUT she really believes that SHE IS The Cat in the Hat and we want her to think that we think she is The Cat in the Hat it goes off without a hitch!  It is a very interesting dynamic going on during the presentation.  We even practiced asking questions that would be appropriate to ask a CAT prior to the visit.

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Make Your Classroom Door Look Inviting This Winter!!

I've compiled some of my favorite WINTER CLASSROOM DOORS!!  Who wouldn't want to walk into one of these rooms!?!?

Last, but not least, The Ugly Christmas Sweater Door!!

Special Visitor! The Sock Monkey Turkey!

A very special visitor came to our classroom to wish us a very Happy Thanksgiving!  If we actually ATE the Sock Monkey Turkey at our Thanksgiving Feast . . . would be be putting our foot in our mouth!?!?!?!

Healthy School Halloween Party Treats!

It's that time of year again!  Parents want to bring a healthy treat to the yearly Classroom Halloween Party for all the little goblins to enjoy!  So, I've compiled a pictorial list of easy, fun ideas!!

What to do with Autumn Leaves?

What to do with all those leaves my students find on the way to school during autumn?  Well . . . children who love to use bright colors love to create Warhol inspired artwork.  So, what you’ll see below are leaf rubbings turned into an Andy Warhol Inspired Art Piece.

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USE IT OR LOSE IT!! Summer Tune-up!!

Here is a fantastic resource to keep those math and literacy skills sharpened all summer long!!

These activities are Common Core Aligned and will reinforce what you spent all year teaching so your students will not regress throughout the summer months.  There are 50 literacy and 50 math activities designed so that one literacy and one math activity are completed per weekday.  I’ve also included a daily calendar so that families can keep track and organized of what to do when!  There is a letter to parents you may want to use to explain how to use Summer Tune-up packet.  You could also use this packet to cover Common Core Standards throughout your whole teaching year!!! Click on the pics below!!!

Literacy Activities

5 Sentence Writing and Building Printables

5 Word Family Sorts

5 Attending to Correct Spelling

5 Isolating Beginning, Middle and End

2 Initial Letter Scavenger Hunt

3 Rhyming activities

2 Opposites

3 Color by Sight Word

5 Isolating Sounds in Words Focusing on Letters and Blends

2 Short and Long Vowel Sound Sorts

3 Missing Vowels

5 Word Building CVC

2 Word Building CVCC

3 Spelling with Letter Boxes

Math Activities

3 Counting Scavenger Hunts

5 Working Base Ten Blocks

5 Addition with Dominos, Dice and Objects

5 Subtraction with Objects

3 Skip Counting

2 Odd and Even

5 Counting On

3 Shapes

3 Patterns

5 More and Less

5 Count and Write

3 Shortest and Longest

3 Decomposing 10 with Addition

5 Count and Write

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