Anyone else feeling some back to school anxiety a little earlier than normal this year?? I know it isn’t just me…because all of this waiting to see what things are going to look like is STRESSFUL! It’s now mid-July 2020, and many of us still. don’t. know. what’s coming for us in this school year. On
Taco All About Me, Taco 'bout Me - Back to School Activities This all about me craftivity is taco themed and sure to be a fun way to get to know your class. It includes all about me posters, printables, a bulletin board kit and a digital version on Google Slides. This is a perfect back to school and first week activity! HERE'S WHAT'S INCLUDED: •8 Different All About Me Templates (different formats appropriate for K-5) •4 Different Taco Toppers - just print, and have students color! •Printable Bulletin Board Letters - "Let's TACO 'Bout ME!" "Let's TACO 'Bout 1ST GRADE!" (Kinder-5th included) •2 Quick Print signs, if you don't want to print bulletin board letters •A digital version in Google Slides with different templates to choose from - then put them together in a "Taco 'Bout our Class" presentation and play Find Someone Who You and your students will have a blast getting to know each other with this easy get to know you writing activity! *Now includes an Australian and Canadian version, with the spelling "favourite"! ✋You can save 30% off Math and ELA resources for the first week of school! This product is a part of my Back to School Resource BUNDLE!! ⭐ More TACO themed products: • Fiesta and Taco Classroom Decor Bundle - Editable! • Classroom Compliments Taco Bulletin Board • Taco Themed Learning Objectives Display • Staff Morale Booster - Shout Out Bulletin Board (Taco themed!)
So, many districts are rolling out their back to school plans…and several places are planning to start the year with distance learning! There are so many questions still surrounding what this will look like, and it’s unclear when we will have answers. One thing I keep thinking about is how it was
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Apple-Themed Learning Activities: I am preparing as many fall activities for my class now. Here is what I am going to b doing during the 4th week of
This bundle of 10 digital games can be used in distance learning OR in the classroom! Use them during back to school for building classroom community or as a special activity on Fun Fridays! This is a great way to build community during a hard time of distance learning. KNOW BEFORE YOU BUY: ⭐ T
Happy Summer! Does anyone else love to look ahead to the next school year during the summer? The planning and dreaming is one of my favorite things! Classroom decor is one of the pieces that I always find myself re-imagining during the summertime. Even if I don’t completely discard my theme from las
Last year, my third grade students worked with their table groups of four friends to come up with positive four letter words that describe our school. Guess which lame-o and lazy art teacher JUST HUNG THEM UP THIS WEEK! That's right...this gal right here. This collaborative is one that I think would be a wonderful back to school activity. It really inspired conversations on just who we are as a school and who we strive to be. As a class, we sat on the floor, looked at the work of both Jasper Johns and Robert Indiana. After a discussion of their work, I asked the kids to help me brainstorm a list of four letter positive words. Once the list was complete, the kids were to go to their seats and work as a team. Their assignment: settle on their word and who was going to paint what letter. I had purchased 8" X 10" canvas boards for each student. However, matte board works just as well or even cardboard primed with some gesso! Then my students used carbon paper and a printed copy of enlarged letters. I had laid out every letter of the alphabet on a table for them to find. They would then lay the carbon paper on their canvas with the shiny side down, place their letter on top and trace. What this did was insure that all of our letters were the same size and font style. Once their letter was traced, every child was tasked with deciding how to paint their letter. They could either use all of the cool colors for their letter or all of the warm. Then they were to use the reverse of that color scheme for the background. Like this: Having looked at the work of Jasper Johns and admiring his brush strokes, we used that as our inspiration...but really I left it open to the kids how they would paint their letters and background. I love the variety of these letters by my fourth graders. They did these as initial paintings: It was a fun way to introduce two artists, color theory, discuss our school culture and get them painting and exploring pattern and brush stroke. And now they are finally up in our halls (I am a bit of a procrastinator!). I framed them with 16" X 20" frames. The artwork fit PERFECTLY! I chose frames that were lightweight and had plexiglass so if they frames fell, there would not be broken glass. Each is hung with 2 Velcro Command strips. The small frames were thrift store finds! I chose small black frames with each being between 50 cents to a dollar. I then removed the glass and cut plexiglass for the inside. In the small frame, I wrote "A Johnson Elementary, we are...COOL" and then I wrote who painted the four letters and the year. I love to do legacy projects and collaboratives with my students every year. There are plenty here on my blog...and this one is my new favorite. Such a wonderful way to start the new school year!
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There have been so many times in the course of my teaching career where my students and I finished up a unit, and I really could see the benefits of taking them on a field trip to explore the topic that we had just been studying….But then I’d remember what an actual pain planning a field trip can be
