tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66265266589219568952024-03-15T18:09:40.006-07:00Adventures in Room 5Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267643029410683972noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626526658921956895.post-24367879436786605342013-02-04T05:30:00.000-08:002013-02-04T05:30:04.533-08:00Fabulous Finds and a manic Monday Freebie! I'm not much of a Super Bowl person, neither is my boyfriend. We do however love buffalo chicken wings, a Super Bowl staple. We celebrated by watching movies and eating chicken wings together. I also bought several cart fills of TPT goodies. I couldn't help myself. The stuff I buy on teacher's pay teachers has made me a much more efficient teacher because I am benefiting from the experience of others. Not to mention I am far less burnt out because of all the time I save prepping and creating lessons.<br />
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I bought so much fabulous stuff I can't wait use in my classroom. Here are my favorites. You can click the pictures to see their items.<br />
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I love her stuff, I've bought several units. This one is perfect the perfect supplement to my American heroes curriculum. </div>
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So excited to start using these task cards to help my kiddos write better sentences.</div>
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YES. I admit that poetry is not my favorite unit to teach but with this pack I am going to be so much more prepared and have a lot more fun with it! </div>
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I usually give my kids a quick math sheet and a reading comprehension page for morning work. I've found some really great ones on TPT. These are great because of the types of questions she asks. It is going to keep my kiddos skills sharp! </div>
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Hope everyone got some good stuff to use in their classrooms! </div>
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And before I go I wanted to share a quick Freebie. I am introducing this into my word work center this week. </div>
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It's a spelling board game! Directions are on the board. All you need to play are index cards with your kiddos spelling words, a die, and two counters or tokens. Let me know if you plan on snagging this freebie! </div>
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This week was rough, and it ended with one of my kiddos projectile vomiting. Fun. </div>
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Spring break is in two weeks and I am counting down the days. Ski Trip! </div>
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"So who can tell me one of the three types of rocks we learned about yesterday." </div>
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Like watching my kiddos get soooooo excited for their hero speeches. One person is going to be a famous American Hero, the other an interviewer. They are begging to practice and I even saw one of my girls planning what she was going to wear on the back of her math test today. So cute. </div>
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Also we did this super adorable groundhogs day shadow art project today. I saw it first on <a href="http://www.miss-kindergarten.com/">Miss Kindergartens page</a>. They turned out so cute. Here's their work in progress. </div>
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<br />Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267643029410683972noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626526658921956895.post-15153454360608165282013-01-26T17:27:00.001-08:002013-01-26T17:33:14.914-08:00Celebrating the Chinese New YearDoes anyone else celebrate the Chinese New year. Other asian Countries besides China celebrate it and it is relevant to many of my students. I also just like to expose my them to other cultures and the best way to do this, I feel is through celebrations. I love teaching about the chinese new year because you can really stretch the activities to any subject.<br />
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I usually start out by providing this math challenge for Morning work. I give them a handout of all the zodiac animals.<br />
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<a href="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/chinese_zodiac_chart_online.htm">Here is one.</a><br />
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I then ask the following question. This is the year of the snake. If the animals repeat every 12 years, when is the next year we will see the year of the snake<br />
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They love to look and see the animal for their year of birth, and their siblings year of birth as well. <br />
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I then read this book.<br />
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It is a sweet story about a little boy who eventually decides to spend his new years money on the less fortunate. </div>
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We also usually do some sort of art project. Chinese lanterns are simple, fun and easy for the kids. I found this picture on pinterest, but it looks like the teacher had the kids write math facts on the sides as well. Cool! </div>
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You can google chinese lantern patterns and find directions. But I've also done that for you! </div>
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I also am really super stoked to use this new unit from <a href="http://teachertothecore.blogspot.com/">Teacher to the Core</a>. </div>
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This unit looks absolutely amazing! Check it out by clicking the picture. With this unit I can extend my chinese new year theme all week if I want. </div>
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I am especially excited to add more social studies into the unit with her interactive informational book. </div>
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Finally we end the day with oranges (symbolizing good luck and prosperity) and Fortune cookies! Last year I went to my local Chinese restaurant told them I was a teacher and asked if I could buy some fortune cookies. The sold me a bag of 50 for just a couple bucks. The kids loved it of course. </div>
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<br />Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267643029410683972noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626526658921956895.post-35096994244756927722013-01-20T12:53:00.004-08:002013-01-20T14:30:48.778-08:00Verbs! Verbs! Verbs! Last week we started our study of verbs.<br />
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I have used a few free verbs study packs I've found on TPT to introduce the concept.<br />
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I wrote up some directions and a recording sheet in case you want to add this game into your plans when you study verbs.<br />
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<br />Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267643029410683972noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626526658921956895.post-42707702543851672442013-01-13T19:28:00.000-08:002013-01-13T19:28:19.920-08:00I'm back! (plus an MLK lesson idea and freebie)It's been a while since I've posted. It took me a bit to get back into the swing of things after break. I've have missed blogging though, so I am happy to be back :-)<br />
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I wanted to share an activity we will be doing this week, in honor of Martin Luther King's birthday.<br />
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At my school, the second and third grades study heroes. They study people the who made a difference in this world, people in their families, communities, and the world. This all leads them to projects where they themselves get to show their heroic qualities and work to make a difference themselves. We've done fundraising for charity, volunteering at pre-school, and public service announcements to the younger grades on bullying.<br />
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We always study Martin Luther King as well. He leads us into our famous national heroes project, where after researching several heroes, the kids partner up and write a mock interview as if they were a famous national hero. One dresses up as the reporter, one as the hero and we film it. It's really cute.<br />
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There is a free brain pop movie on Martin Luther King I plan on showing this week.<br />
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I am also going to begin teaching my second graders to take notes during video or reading. They love this because it's the only time I tell them they don't have to write in complete sentences or use punctuation. We go over how when taking notes, you don't have to write everything down, but that it is important to write enough information so that you can understand it later.<br />
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The kids are going to watch the video and write down four facts they think are important in the boxes. The first time I do this activity, I pause the video half way and we share out a few facts. Kids who don't have anything written down yet can listen to their classmates and get a better idea of what they should be writing.<br />
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I'm hoping to get back into regular blogging. I want to share what we've been doing in science, and I've got a new division packet I am super excited about that I should be posting soon. Have a wonderful week! </div>
<br />Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267643029410683972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626526658921956895.post-73466937293497359772012-12-22T09:36:00.003-08:002012-12-22T09:36:15.617-08:00Welcome to Winter Sale! It is finally winter break! Yesterday we played games, did art, and ate lots of food. I also got tons of hugs and little ones wishing me happy holidays. Love this job <3 p="p"><br />
Today I am packing up in preparation for my trip up North to visit my family. Can't wait!<br />
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I am back with my final freebie! The school year is winding down and I still have so much to do before I get ready to go home for the holiday's.<br />
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I plan on letting my kids do this for morning work on Friday. Maybe you'll have time as well.<br />
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<br />Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267643029410683972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626526658921956895.post-73894253565736664072012-12-17T06:00:00.000-08:002012-12-17T06:31:34.777-08:0012 days of Holiday Freebies, days 9, 10 and 11.So I am a little bit behind on my 12 days of freebies because of a trip up the mountain to Big Bear this weekend. I hadn't been to the snow since I was a teenager, so I was just a little bit more than excited :-)<br />
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The trip however, was made a bit somber by learning the news of the tragedy in Connecticut on the drive up. Every time I read something I started tearing up again. It got me thinking about my students a lot, and I'm glad to be back home and able to give each of them a hug today.<br />
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So here I have days 9, 10 and 11 of my 12 days of holiday freebies. However at this point I am making them more winter themed since we only have a week left before break. Take a look and hopefully some of you can use these :-)<br />
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First up is a winter number stories worksheet. We've been working on equal groups and this worksheet asks the kids to draw a picture to solve and write a number model.<br />
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Toi Rockin' Thai Food. It's thai, but with a rock and roll theme. Posters, weird art, and memorabilia all over the walls. Plus good food and I live 2 blocks away. </div>
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9. Favorite new thing I tried. TPT and blogging definitely. It has been a crazy adventure and sometimes I think I just can't keep up, but I have become such a better teacher because of this journey so I know it's all been worth it. </div>
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Is it okay if it's a gift I gave myself? My Disneyland pass! I am a disney fanatic so having this pass is, well, pretty much the best thing ever. Sometime I just pop on over for a few hours and come home, because I can. They know my order over at Tortilla Joe's a restaurant in Downtown disney. That;s how often I am there. </div>
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Just because I saw it on someones blog, thought it was a great idea and pinned it. Then I saw it ALL OVER pinterest for months. With the same caption I used. It really showed me the power of pinterest and how ideas and inspiration can spread so quickly. </div>
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This is not my favorite, picture, but I'm too lazy to upload it. Here is a picture I enjoy.</div>
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It encompasses what I am loving about this year. Check my face in the top left. Classy.</div>
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I think that would have to be my sister visiting me in L.A. She doesn't often make it down to these parts but when she does it is always a hoot. Seriously, she is my best friend. Here we are at a restaurant in little Tokyo. </div>
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Hmmm. Classroom goal is the same as it is every year. Get a little bit better at organization. I try and choose one thing to work on. This year it is saving files and creating binders. Life goal is to make my gym membership worth the money. UGH. Oh and de clutter my house. </div>
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Okay so now onto the freebie. We are working on arrays in second grade, so I whipped this up to use tomorrow. </div>
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I plan on putting these cards up around the room and having the kids walk around with the recording sheet, writing down the array and the total number of objects for each card. My kids love being able to walk around during math, and these cards will provide some fun winter practice with recognizing arrays. If you think you can use these this year (or file them away for next year if you've already covered arrays. ) Then you can pick them up in my TPT store! Click the picture to be taken to my shop! I promise to be back soon with day 9, 10, 11, and 12! </div>
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Today I have some matching cards for double digit addition. I call it penguin lunch. I am stretching the holiday freebie thing here, it's really more of a winter freebie, but I think it's okay just this once.<br />
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The kids answer the problem on the penguin cards, and feed them their lunch by finding the matching fish card. </div>
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Does everyone use this stratagy? The kids all want to carry because when they go home and do their homework their parents teach them how to "carry the one." I find that this strategy leads to a deeper understanding and is actually much simpler once you understand it. </div>
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But it did give me time to finish up a new product I've been working on. And give you guys a new freebie!<br />
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I've sold quite a few of these packs in my store.<br />
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<br />Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267643029410683972noreply@blogger.com295tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626526658921956895.post-79894491760902134922012-12-06T12:51:00.000-08:002012-12-06T12:51:28.401-08:0012 Days of Holiday Freebies day 5! Snow Globe Writing PaperI did this as a quick morning work activity and the kids really had fun with it. I could tell because they were extra quiet this morning :-)<br />
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<br />Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267643029410683972noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626526658921956895.post-4593624759982083032012-12-04T13:00:00.000-08:002012-12-04T13:00:02.239-08:0012 Days of Freebies- Day 3- Place Value Trees!Today I am tired. It's a half day with the kids all week, but there's conferences back to back 'till 5.<br />
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Here is todays freebie! I am really having fun with these. Thanks to everyone who has downloaded and written comments about the freebies so far. I really excited by this one as my kiddos need practice with place value.<br />
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So, I made some place value trees. I plan on laminating these cards and having the kids write the answers with expo markers.<br />
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In the first set the students look at the trees and write the number. In the second set of cards the kids take the number and break it part writing each piece of the number on the parts of the tree! There are four pages of each type of card.<br />
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Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267643029410683972noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626526658921956895.post-72330509563784204782012-12-02T06:00:00.000-08:002012-12-02T06:00:08.298-08:00Oh, Christmas Tree! Plus 12 Days of Holiday Freebies!I found the most adorable linky party form <a href="http://learning-4-keeps.blogspot.com/2012/12/oh-christmas-tree-linky-party.html">learning for keeps</a>. It's all about our Christmas Trees!<br />
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So I live in L.A, and my parents live in Northern California. Every year my boyfriend and I travel to our home town for the Christmas season. Since we aren't in our own home for Christmas each year, I don't normally put up a tree. Although sometimes I think about it because I love decorating and my parents always have there's decorated before I get there.<br />
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Not the best picture, but if you look closely you can see three trees. They put up three trees each year. One has exclusively Harley Davidson ornaments. ( My parents are awesome bikers and are just cool like that) Another tree has my childhood ornaments on it. Ones I made in school and ones that were bought for me as presents. The final tree is my sisters. </div>
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My parents LOVE Christmas they go all out with the decorating. I just love going home and smelling the cider cooking in the crockpot and seeing all the decorations from my childhood. Here's a couple more pics of their house all decked out.</div>
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My parents are thinking of not putting the reindeer out this year because the neighbor kids always put them in compromising positions :-O</div>
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And Santa riding a harley of Course ;-)</div>
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Why am I doing this? Well it sounded like a good idea at the time.<br />
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And I bought <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Graphics-From-the-Pond-Premium-Collection-Set-2">Mel's</a> Premium graphics collections which had tons of holiday graphics.<br />
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Thus...12 days of Holiday Freebies. I am going to try and post one each day, but I might skip a day or two, so it might not be consecutive days.<br />
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Here's today's!!!<br />
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For a quick writing exercise, have the kids brainstorm words to describe hot chocolate. For added fun you can even bring some in. Then have them write about it on the hot chocolate writing paper. Hope you enjoy it and come back tomorrow for your day two freebie!<br />
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I hop you can use these freebies or at least file them away for next year! I've got lots of ideas brewing so make sure you follow me and keep checking back! </div>
Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267643029410683972noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626526658921956895.post-5912925937765031262012-12-01T14:17:00.002-08:002012-12-01T14:17:47.926-08:00December CurrentlyI totally slacked on doing the November Currently. I thought, I'll get around to it, but before I knew it it was December 1st. Now here we are! This Trimester (my school switched to trimesters this year) has flown by. This week is conferences, then two more weeks and it's break. And there's still so much to do!
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Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267643029410683972noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626526658921956895.post-81199088973222213942012-11-27T18:17:00.000-08:002012-11-27T18:17:02.016-08:00New product giveaway! I probably purchased too many things during the big TPT Cyber sale. Oh well that just makes planning a little easier for through the next few months! I hope everyone got some good stuff!<br />
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I have recently added 5 new things to my store! Which is crazy for me. They are things that have been brewing for a while but are finally ready to share with the world. I am pretty proud of them and have loved using them in my classroom.<br />
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Click on the pictures to view each item on Teacher's Pay Teachers. Leave a comment with your email address and the product you would like to win and I'll choose 1 random winner for each product. If you want an extra entry you can pin the item from the product page and leave the link in a comment. Good luck!<br />
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<br />Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267643029410683972noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626526658921956895.post-5465940494059645292012-11-21T12:50:00.004-08:002012-11-21T12:50:34.826-08:00Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber MondayWell that's it, I finished my short work week and am now ready for the next few days of food, friends, family and shopping!<br />
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Thanksgiving this year will be spent with my Los Angeles family. My finances can't really support two trips home this holiday season so I will be having the turkey dinner with my other family, my friends who are also not able to travel home this year. It should be fun, I love making Thanksgiving dinner and I have been furiously cleaning my apartment to get ready :-)<br />
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Does anyone do black friday? I do not. Here's why. For 6 years before I was a teacher I worked in retail. It was a nightmare waking up at 3 am the day after Thanksgiving to get to work. The day was always insane and just non-stop. Plus I witnessed my share of crazies pushing each other and running to get the discounted kitchen aid mixers or latest fancy T.V. So now that I'm not forced to be there, I generally just skip the madness.<br />
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I do however love the idea of Cyber Monday! A day to shop and get deals, all without leaving my couch! Sign me up!<br />
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Everything in my Teachers Pay Teachers store will be discounted! Many other fabulous sellers will also be having a sale, so go check it out and fill your carts! These big sales are a great way to get stocked up on stuff you will need for after the holidays. </div>
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<br />Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267643029410683972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626526658921956895.post-45229095728768994792012-11-19T17:54:00.001-08:002012-11-19T17:56:18.933-08:00Last minute Thanksgiving idea!So I know that many of you are off already for Thanksgiving break. (LUCKY) But I just wanted to share a super quick, fun activity I did with the kids today.
Carrie at C&C Teach First has a cute (FREE) Turkey in disguise printable. Many of you have heard or seen the turkey in disguise take home projects. Kids and their families use art supplies and decorate their Turkey so it won't be eaten on Thanksgiving.
I didn't want to do a big take home project, so this was perfect.
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We started by reading <u>The Night Before Thanksgiving</u>.<br />
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Then proceed to disguise our turkeys</div>
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So if you find yourself needing an extra holiday activity this one was so much fun. The kids loved it and we all got some good laughs when we shared our turkeys.</div>
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Still inside the incubator. We are going to take them out and put them in the brooder (the chicks home which is a heated rabbit cage.)<br />
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The kids are extremely excited. I am extremely excited.<br />
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We did this activity today to learn some terminology associated with chicks. One card has a vocab term, and one has a definition. The kids have to find their partner. Then they copy the word, definition, and draw a picture in their science journals. We then come back and share out what we learned. You could do this activity when learning any new terminology really.<br />
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If you plan on hatching chicks or you just study life cycles this activity is up on google docs for free!<br />
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I'll be back later in the week to share more chick pics! Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267643029410683972noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626526658921956895.post-17908053625580210212012-11-02T16:09:00.005-07:002012-11-05T06:42:39.686-08:00Roll-A-Turkey Freebie! So I saw the roll a pumpkin game floating around all over pinterest this month. The original pin is from <a href="http://happyhomefairy.com/category/free-printables-for-you/page/2/">Happy Home Fairy</a>.<br />
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I brought it in and my kids LOVED it. It was always a popular early finish choice. So to extend the fun I decided to create roll-a-turkey! It's played pretty much the same way. So a big thank you to the happy home fairy for the inspiration!<br />
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The kids start with a piece of paper with their hand traced on to it. They then take turns rolling the dice to see what they should add to their turkey. First one with a completed turkey wins! I introduced the game today and here are some of their cute turkeys! They really get into adding fun accessories to their turkeys.<br />
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I did however get dressed up at 7 am this morning just so I could take a picture with my bestie before she headed off to work. Hogwarts students representing Ravenclaw and Griffindor!<br />
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We are working on writing detailed paragraph. The turkey serves as a a graphic organizer. The kiddos will write their topic sentence on the turkey body, 3 details and a closing sentences on the feathers. I also made some cute writing paper for the kids to do a final draft of their paragraph. Also the legs are super cute. </div>
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Next up is a parts of speech hunt. I've been planning lots of lessons and centers where the kids get to walk around the room. They like it and it helps those kinesthetic learners. This one is a parts of speech hunt. The kids look for the dinner cards posted around the room and write the word on the appropriate line. They also cross of the food as they find it until they have their complete meal! </div>
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Now here's a freebie for sticking with me this long. Here is an acrostic poem freebie included in my pack. My kids loved doing the Halloween ones. Just click the picture to view in google docs. </div>
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And to everyone affected by the hurricane, my heart goes out to you. Stay safe!</div>
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<br />Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267643029410683972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6626526658921956895.post-2497815679528229172012-10-26T16:14:00.001-07:002012-10-26T16:14:10.343-07:00Friday Flashback! I'm linking up with <a href="http://www.teachingmaddeness.com/">teaching madness</a> to share some of the best activities from the week.<br />
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First I would just like to say I love my class. I love how I can do so much more with them. With my last class, if I gave them an inch of freedom, well...you know. Today I put on Eye of the Tiger (they learn that song in their music class) and I told them they had until the song was over to clean up the room, get their backpacks and line up.<br />
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Wouldn't you know they were in a perfectly straight, quiet line and the room was clean by the end of the song. No one pushed anyone to get to their backpacks, they were just having a jolly good time singing, dancing and cleaning up. LOVE THEM.<br />
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This week we've started studying Chickens! We got an incubator and and hatching baby chicks in the classroom. The kids are beyond thrilled.<br />
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So to get ready for our big arrival (The chicks are expected on November 14th) we have been learning all about chicks, chicken, and eggs. </div>
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WE studied the parts of the egg with a powerpoint slide show. (I'm not putting my chicken stuff up on TPT yet, but if anyone is studying chickens this year I'd be happy to send you these resources. )</div>
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We also did this an experiment with a regular kitchen egg. We put it in vinegar to see what would happen. And we were totally fascinated with the results. </div>
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We are also working on completing what I call the chicken choice board. I'm a big fan of letting the kids take charge of their learning so they are able to choose from a menu of activities to learn more about chickens. </div>
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In reading we have been studying fables and we made our own comic book versions. They turned out great. Here the kids are sharing their comic on the document camera. </div>
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We've also been studying making inferences. We used this anchor chart. </div>
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the pictures came from this fabulous pinterest board. </div>
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So that's it, link up and share your week in review! </div>
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