Hope everyone had a wonderful St. Patty’s Day yesterday! On Friday we had our St. Patrick’s Day celebration, complete with leprechaun traps (he got away) green glitter (of course!) leprechaun read-alouds and lots of yummy green food! We also talked about all the words we knew and learned that we associated with St. Patrick’s Day. Each student made a list… Read More
Shamrock BINGO freebie & Linky Party!
Before the St. Patty’s Day week comes to an end, I wanted to share with you the fun game we played in math yesterday! We had our chapter math test coming up and I wanted to have a fun way for my kiddos to review for the test, so I created… Shamrock Bingo! I gave my kids the answers to… Read More
Paper Plate Weaving & Facebook
Hope you all had a wonderful Monday! I wanted to share some pictures of our weavings that my students did a few weeks ago when we were finishing up our study on Native Americans. One of the best teachers I know and my amazing mentor, LeAnn, showed me this fun weaving project that she does with her students every year. … Read More
Book Recommendation Tree
Happy Saturday! I hope you all are having a fabulous weekend! I wanted to share our book recommendation tree because my kiddos LOVE it! It is bright and colorful (just like the rest of my room!) and the kids are constantly using it to write down book recommendations for their peers and to look at what new books have been… Read More
Class shirts & Top 10
Have you seen these classroom self-portrait t-shirts before? I think they are the neatest things EVER and am so excited to be doing one for my class this year! Whitney Daniels Designs makes them and the process is easy-peasy. Here’s a picture of what the t-shirt design looks like from their website: You just have your kids draw a picture of… Read More
Multiplication Memory
Some of my kiddos have been struggling this year to memorize their multiplication facts, so I am always looking out for fun ways for them to practice. I came across a wonderful post by Michelle from Apples and ABCs about Shamrock Tally Marks and was determined to find a way to use her cute idea to come up with a game… Read More