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This activity pictured below is called Sentence Surgery, and is such a great idea! All you have to do is laminate unedited sentence strips, make Band-Aid strips for ending punctuation, small round bandages for commas and quotations, tongue depressors to mark capitalization. Keep your supplies in an ‘Emergency Kit,’ which is made out of paper bags with red cross's on them. The best part about this activity is that it can be modified for grades K-6. Just choose sentences that will match the grade level you are teaching. I have not tried this activity yet, but I am eager to the next time I am working in a classroom! Source: write-to-learn.tumblr.com via Ashleigh on Pinterest

This is a great lesson to do with 4th or 5th graders and can be modified into all kinds of different versions! You will need: 9x12 white paper crayons (primary, secondary, tertiary colors are a MUST!) Procedure: Have students locate the "center" (as best they can) and start with ANY color in the spectrum. Have them draw a zig-zaggish color burst around their finger (leave the center WHITE). Going in spectrum order, they will follow this until they reach the edges of their paper. *Sometimes the kids will line up their crayons in order to make sure they don't make a mistake, this is not necessary, but helpful! And there ya have it! A simple, easy project that promises great results!!!

This is a fun and simple way for children to reuse and recycle your old picture books by turning them into paper beads.

After learning about Grandma Moses and her paintings, the children use her style to paint landscapes. For ages 6 to 13. Plan 2 to 3 sessions. KEY IDEAS Learning about Grandma Moses and her landscape paintings Painting landscapes in the style of Grandma Moses Mixing tints and shades of colors LANGUAGE landscape, perspective, tint, shade, foreground, background RESOURCES Click here and scroll down for five examples of Grandma Moses' landscape paintings. BACKGROUND The Life of Grandma Moses Grandma Moses was a self-taught artist who is best known for her brightly colored depictions of farm life and the rural countryside. Her paintings capture the excitement of the first snow, the colors of the seasons, and the spirit of the holidays. The third oldest of ten children, Anna Mary Robertson Moses was born in 1860 on a farm in Greenwich, a small community in upstate New York. Her father, who enjoyed seeing his children express themselves creatively, bought large sheets of blank newsprint paper for them to draw on. What little formal education she had was in a one-room country school. When Anna reached 12 years old, she began doing sewing, cooking, and household chores on a nearby farm for a well-to-do family. At the age of 27, she married Thomas Moses and together they rented a farm in Virginia where they remained for twenty years, raising a family of five children. By 1905, they made enough money to buy their own farm in upstate New York. After her husband died in 1927, she continued to operate the farm with the help of her son. However, when arthritis attacked her hands, she had to give up the farm chores and the embroidery that she loved doing. At the age of 76, she followed her sister's suggestion to try painting. When a local drugstore exhibited her work in the window, an art collector from New York passed by and bought all of her paintings. Upon visiting her, he bought ten more and eventually arranged a one-woman show in New York City. The simple realism and nostalgic quality in her homespun country scenes made her famous at the age of 80. Several months later, a journalist, visiting her hometown, came upon and popularized her local nickname "Grandma Moses." Describing her process, she said, “I paint from the top down. First the sky, then the mountains, then the hills, then the trees, then the houses, then the cattle, and then the people.” Her tiny figures cast no shadows and seem arrested in action. Her use of color relates to the seasons, such as white paint for winter scenes, light green for spring, deep green for summer, and brown for autumn. Working from her memories, she portrayed the way of life that she had once lived. She painted over 1,000 paintings, twenty-five of which she did after her 100th birthday. Grandma Moses was 101 years old when she died in 1961. YOU WILL NEED Colored construction paper or Manila paper (approximately 15” x 20”) Pencils Tempera paints Paint brushes Trays for mixing paint colors (Styrofoam or plastic trays from the grocery store work well) Containers of water for rinsing brushes Sponges for drying brushes Examples of Grandma Moses paintings THE PROJECT First Session Preparation Become familiar with the life and works of Grandma Moses. Gather examples of her landscape paintings. Set out pencils and paper. Set out paints, brushes, mixing trays, containers of water, and sponges. How to Begin Display as many examples of Grandma Moses’ paintings as possible. As the children look closely, tell them about her life and works. In the next several sessions, the children will be painting landscapes, or pictures of the countryside, using Grandma Moses’ style. Discuss the main characteristics of Grandma Moses’ works: she painted from her memories; she divided her paper, painting the sky first, then the hills, then the cattle, and then the buildings and people; her paintings are cheerful and full of bright, pure colors; she used no shadows; and she showed perspective, or distance, by painting objects larger in the foreground (closest to the viewer) and smaller in the background (farthest from the viewer). Show the children how to sketch with pencil the basic outline of hills or land for their paintings. Explain to the children that they will need to use different colors or make shades (darkness) and tints (lightness) of the same color to show the different sections of land in the paintings. This can be done by adding blue or black for the darker shades and yellow or white for the lighter tints. Have the children lightly sketch lines to delineate the sky and sections of land on their paper, and then fill in the sections with color. Second/Third Session Preparation Set out the dried paintings. Set out paints, brushes, mixing trays, containers of water and sponges. How to Begin Review Grandma Moses’ style of painting, using bright colors and showing perspective with large and small shapes. In this session, the children will be making additions to their paintings, such as houses, trees, and people. Explain that these additions can be painted directly on top of the already dried paint. To do this, they should dip their brushes into the paint often to avoid scrubbing with the brush which will cause the bottom layer of paint to become wet and mix with the top color. Emphasize the importance of drying the brush well after rinsing between colors to keep the tempera paints from becoming too watery. Have the children complete their paintings with houses, trees, people, etc. NOTES Children enjoy the childlike quality of Grandma Moses’ paintings. Grandma Moses is usually described as either a naive, folk, or primitive artist. Although her work has some characteristics of each, she actually developed her own unique style. When working with younger children, it is good to demonstrate the wet paint over dry paint process. LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR WORK Point out the characteristics of Grandma Moses’ paintings that can be seen in the children’s paintings. Have the children tell how they mixed their paints to delineate the sections of land. Discuss with the children how they felt about painting in Grandma Moses' style. What the children might say... With all this snow, how can I paint ice on the frozen pond for the ice skaters? When I was on vacation in Arizona, I remember seeing hills that were red. If I close my eyes and see covered wagons, can I put them in my painting? What you might say... A frozen pond will usually reflect the color in the sky, so you might add some blue or gray to the white paint. Grandma Moses would close her eyes to think about things that she had seen and then paint scenes as she remembered them. Covered wagons would make a nice addition to your landscape. Click here to view this lesson in a printer-friendly format.

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Here is a fun Free printable to use for your Christmas Parties or Pack Meetings over the Holidays. It is a great preopener to get people talking to each other before the event starts. A great ice breaker. CLICK HERE to open this puzzle in a PDF you can print CLICK HERE to see more Christmas stuff CLICK HERE to open the answer page in a PDF you can print CLICK HERE to see other posts in this blog that are puzzles ** PLEASE do not download these files and email or send them digitally to others. These are for your personal use only. If you would like to share these files with others, please copy the link to this post and send them to our site so they can print off their own. We would love to have everyone that would like a copy to come here to get their own copy absolutely free. We receive money to keep our website open where we store all of our documents and PDF files by people visiting our blog. Please don't take money out of our pockets by bypassing our blog. 01 JINGLE BELLS 02 WALKING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND 03 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN 04 FIRST NOEL 05 RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER 06 LITTLE DRUMMER BOY 07 WHITE CHRISTMAS 08 I SAW THREE SHIPS 09 WHAT CHILD IS THIS? 10 WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE 11 DECK THE HALLS 12 HOLY NIGHT 13 FELIZ NAVIDAD 14 BLUE CHRISTMAS 15 SILVER BELLS 16 SANTA LOOKED A LOT LIKE DADDY 17 AWAY IN THE MANGER 18 TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 19 ROCKING ROUND THE XMAS TREE 20 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN 21 LET IT SNOW 22 GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN 23 CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE 24 IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR 25 I SAW MAMA KISSING SANTA 26 O, COME ALL YE FAITHFUL 27 SILENT NIGHT 28 LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM 29 MEET ME UNDER THE MISTLETOE 30 HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING 31 JOY TO THE WORLD 32 O, CHRISTMAS TREE 33 AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE 34 ALL I WANT 4 XMAS IS MY 2 FRONT TEETH 35 GREENSLEEVES 36 SKATERS WALTZ 37 GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER 38 LITTLE SAINT NICK 39 NUTCRACKER 40 CRADLE SONG

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Easy crafts with yarn that are not crochet or knit can be hard to come by. I like to find yarn crafts that are creative and functional but also perfect for kids. This tutorial from Yarnspirations fits the bill and we are so excited to share it with you. Organize your desk with these woven cups and show off your love for yarn! These cups are a great way to use up yarn and teach kids a new weaving technique.

Here are several examples of some of my student's Chihuly inspired artworks... Most Macchia- today though Kindergarten learned about Ikebana! They first sketched their Ikebana's with sharpie, then watercolored them! They were so cute! Next the 1st and 2nd graders made Macchia using coffee filters, markers, and spray starch. I had them cut an organic shaped lip first, then colored them with markers, and finally folded them over a yogurt container and sprayed them; to give them a bowl shape once the starch dryed. They students loved this and they turned out pretty neat. I then hot glued them by classes onto matt board and hung them in the hallway. The coffee filter drapped over a yogurt container. First Graders! Second Graders, I made them keep warm and cool colors seperate. Hit an extra standard with these guys! Close up! Finally today 3rd and 4th graders created Macchia using the Dura Lar plastic from Dick Blick. I loved the way that Andrea from the Frist had done altered this process from the Blick lesson plan: rather than having the students manipulate the dura lar while handling it IN the hot water, I simply dipped it in the hot water and placed it over the yogurt cup/ form and the students (while wearing gloves) press their hands onto the dura lar over the form- creating again that bowl like form! We used sharpies and Sharpie paint pens- which worked really well because you can paint the dura lar BEFORE putting it in the water, making it much easier to paint while it is still flat!

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September themed writing "editing" task cards! Twenty unedited task cards for students to edit about famous September dates in history, famous September birthdays and famous September holidays! Students practice writing and editing skills and learn about important historical events at the same time! Great for distance learning as well with self-check cards provided! Included are twenty "September" themed "editing" task cards. Each task card includes a short editable paragraph about a famous person or event pertaining to September. The students will edit the capitalization, punctuation, grammar and spelling on each card. I've also included twenty "Check Your Work" cards in which the students will check their editing work and look at the "editing things to remember" checkpoints. I've used this type of writing practice for years with my students and they are master editors by the end of the year and their writing has improved by leaps and bounds. I suggest using two cards a week for whole class guided practice and place the rest in your writing center. All new products in my store are 50% off the first 24 hours. Be sure to follow my store above to receive notice within the first 24 hours that new products are listed. To view all of my monthly themed "editing" resources, please click on the links below: "BUNDLED" Writing "Editing" Practice For the Entire Year! "September" Themed Writing "Editing" Task Cards! "October" Themed Writing "Editing" Task Cards! "November" Themed Writing "Editing" Task Cards! "December" Themed Writing "Editing" Task Cards! "January" Themed Writing "Editing" Task Cards "February" Themed Writing "Editing" Task Cards! "March" Themed Writing "Editing" Task Cards! "April" Themed Writing "Editing" Task Cards "May" Themed Writing "Editing" Task Cards

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Now, I realize that fall is probably not the best time to make paper fans. However, down here in New Orleans it still feels like summer! Besides, all the DIY brides out there can get an early start making fans to hand out during their summer ceremonies! So despite this project being off-season, I'm pretty proud of it; the materials are cheap, and the final result is rather adorable. Unfortunately, since they are made of paper, the finished fans are somewhat delicate. In future experiments, I hope to substitute the paper with fabric to try and make the fan a little more durable. As I mentioned, the materials needed for this project are very cheap. A package of skinny sticks (I bought mine from Walmart), a 12 x 12 sheet of decorative paper (double sided would be best), craft glue, a pin, sand paper, a hammer, scissors, a bone folder, and a pair of pliers. The first step is to sand the rough edges of seven skinny sticks. Stack them so that the ends meet up. Next, insert a pin about in inch from the end of the sticks. This step is actually the hardest part, because you need to avoid splitting the wood of the slender sticks. My solution to this problem was to use a pin as a nail and hammer it through the skinny sticks. However, I bent a lot of pins using this technique, so a very slender nail or drill bit might work better. Once the pin is inserted through all seven sticks, bend the end to form a loop (my picture actually is from a fan made with 8 sticks). The next part doesn't have to be exact. Measure a point 5 inches diagonally located from one corner of the 12 x 12 paper. Draw a line 6 inches from that point in either direction. Get as close to the edge of the paper as you can. The angle of the two lines should be 160 degrees or so. Again, it doesn't have to be exact. Cut along the two lines. Next, fold the paper like an accordion in a series of slender triangles with a width of about 1 inch. The apex of each triangle should be close to the point you measured earlier (this also doesn't have to be exact). Use the bone folder to get nice and crisp folds. Make sure that all of the triangles have the same width. The peak of the final triangle might not meet the point of the other triangles. Cut off this section and the one next to it. You should be left with 14 triangles. Snip off the bottom 3 or so inches closest to the apex. Line up your fanned out paper with the pinned together skinny sticks. The head of the pin should be facing downward (toward the side you want to be the outside of your fan). Each stick should correspond to every other triangle. Visualize how the fan will close and make sure that your arrangement makes sense. Start glueing the sticks down. About 3-3.5 inches of the stick should overlap with the paper. You can play with this; the more stick overlapping with the paper, the more fanned out the finished fan will be. Continue glueing the sticks down. Make sure and line up each stick with the one below it. Remember, there should be a fold of paper between each stick! Glue down the leftover flap of paper to the final stick. When the fan is folded up, cut off the top of the fan to form a level surface. Open up the fan, and you're done! Obviously, you can play with these steps to customize your fan. Attach a string of beads or some other bauble to the bent loop of the pin. Scallop the edges of the fan. Vary the number of sticks or play with the size of the paper. You could even use personalized paper with a photo printed on it. Just let me know how they turn out!

Well, to sum up my day…visited the Dr. and got a shot, steroids and a prescription to get rid of this illness that has taken over my ability to breathe…oh, and then there was my back tooth that simply broke in half. That was just the icing on my sickly cake! But on a brighter note, I finally finished my Chinese New Year Pack that