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November 2011 - Posts
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I mentioned in my Snow Globe project post that a previous student put ME into her snow globe and wrote the cutest story ever. I pulled it out of my FOREVER file to share with you! The story adds even more cuteness: It was a day before Christmas and Ms. Read More...
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I loved the acrostic poem idea I found {HERE} for antonyms and synonyms. I retyped and "cutified" them! Click image to grab your copy! Take them or leave them Like them or hate them I'm on an antonym and synonym roll! Read More...
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My class is treated to "Gifts of Giving" goodie bags just prior to our winter break. The idea originally came from Mrs. Bainbridge who does "Fill the Stockings". I changed mine a bit to meet each of my students' holiday tradition needs. The basic idea Read More...
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I snapped this picture this fall Thanksgiving morning. This is the view I have every time I sit at my laptop to blog, grade, or lesson plan. I love my view from my window. "I look out this window and I think this is a cosmos, this is a huge creation, Read More...
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Dana from 3rd Grade Gridiron has honored me with a Sunshine Award and I'm passing it on. Here are the rules for accepting this award: 1. Thank the person who gave this award and write a post about it. 2. Answer the following questions below. 3. Pass the Read More...
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I'm joining Oh Boy 4th Grade and What the Teacher Wants Thankful linkies. I also love this quote I found over at Ripplemaker's Lots of gratitude quotes are there for the taking! I'm currently typing this post as a one eyed teacher due to eye surgery this Read More...
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I know I mentioned that my No Cost Gift writing was a favorite of the season, but my Snow Globe project is on the top of my list too. I have my students do this as a take home project, but you can also complete it in class. Students create a character Read More...
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My FAVORITE December holiday writing activity is related to No Cost Gifts. I assign each student an item that costs nothing monetarily, and they write about how they appreciate it in their lives. For my followers it's a FREEBIE ...no cost to you! Please Read More...
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Today we had a "Twist of Fun"! My students presented tongue twisters . I assigned each student a tongue twister to practice at home, copy, illustrate, and color. Then the tongue tying fun began! Here are some samples: You can get this project file {HERE} Read More...
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What a classic read for Thanksgiving! For my first grade blogger friends I ran across a math story mat lesson I used to do with my firsties following this story. I guess now I can enrich this same lesson by dividing or multiplying turkeys and haystacks Read More...
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Have your students fill buckets this week in a thankful way! Click each photo to download each bucket filler note. ~Enjoy~ Read More...
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My class will be gobbling up some turkey facts this week for science. I begin by reading Jim Arnosky's book I'm a Turkey. Listen to his cute ol' song to go along with the story I've made a Turkey Fact powerpoint too. Click to download By the way this Read More...
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Come make yourself a plateful of turkeys. Here's how. I was originally inspired by the idea {HERE} , but didn't want to have my kiddos paint all those plain white plates! My easy solution was to use seasonal and colored plates. They are a little thicker Read More...
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Honor and appreciate the sacrifices of all veterans. This video is an interview of a World War II veteran In remembrance of my grandfather who was killed in action on Iwo Jima. I'm going to have my class write letters of thanks to veterans. The letter Read More...
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Thanksgiving at the Tappleton's is an adorable holiday read aloud with a great message of finding gratitude in all situations. The Tappleton's traditional Thanksgiving meal goes all awry when Mrs. Tappleton lets the frozen turkey accidentally slid down Read More...
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