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My students celebrated their moms by making this flower pot recipe holder craft. They attached a "Recipe for Mom" card. The craft came from Oriental Trading, but the exact craft is no longer available on their site. I had leftovers from years ago when Read More...
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Get your kids thinking about trash and being responsible with how they throw it away. My annual Earth Day unit would not be complete without using the cute and creative Wartville Wizard story. The characters in the story literally get trash "stick ons" Read More...
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I topped off today by combining Valentine's Day with Lincoln history. I read this book that gives background on how Lincoln used to keep important notes inside is top hat. We then made our Valentine holders Lincoln top hat style I also wanted to give Read More...
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I'm using this virtual tour of the Lincoln Memorial to bring history to life. For Washington this interactive timeline is a treasure. And combine both presidents in this catchy song On another note, I shared a neat resource for a thesaurus study over Read More...
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Here are some more Martin Luther King finds for the classroom. A Virtual Tour of MLK Childhood home and Ebenezer Baptist Church Online coloring portrait Read More...
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I've begun the study of Martin Luther King's life and accomplishments. Each year, I look for new resources to tap into and here they are: MLK Timeline with famous quotes Catchy MLK Rap CBS Interactive Links On another note, if you've not yet check out Read More...
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A rainy evening calls for hot chocolate...virtual style. This game lets you customize your hot chocolate style even down to your accessories, hair color, cap and more. Give it a try. Read More...
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Snowglobes are MAGICAL! I love this video of a snowglobe tree through the seasons. So peaceful. Click picture to view Also here's a fun snowglobe generator you can send as an email And if you've not seen my Snowglobe Pack , it's my top seller! Click to Read More...
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Have a ball this holiday NBA style! This was my first official day of my winter break!What did I accomplish?Went out to breakfast with family Paid my auto insurance- Walked Harley up to the neighborhood mailbox to send it offPosted a winter freebie on Read More...
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We drew holiday scenes today. The basic designs were from a directed step by step drawing book called Drawing Christmas, but I was surprised about the unique details students added on their own. The tree in this picture was the only item that was copied Read More...
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Here's a fun "Build a Snowman" computer game called Operation Snowman. A word problem is displayed on the screen and students need to determine the correct operation: addition, subtraction, multiplication or division. If correct a part of the snowman Read More...
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My students make these decorated tiles for their family holiday gift. I bought the tiles at Home Depot for 16 cents each. In all, it cost me less than $5.00 for a class set. Then I cut squares of scrapbook paper. Students picked the design they liked Read More...
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My students completed our Gifts of Giving Writing this week. Their ideas were cute and thoughtful. "First of all, without moms in my life it would be an awful time because they make your day bright." This student thought that, "... fire is a good thing Read More...
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Holiday Freebies galore! Go grab my Rudolph Writing freebie I've linked up with these blog hops: Thinking of Teaching's Teaching My 3 Read More...
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Turkey Day is almost here! I always use Gail Gibbons book Thanksgiving Is to give my students background on Thanksgiving history and follow it with the short video clip below. As luck would have it I have jury duty the day before Thanksgiving...something Read More...
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