Kids will have fun while learning where do I Live with this printable activity perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students.

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What do you do when dream of having an arched wall library in your home? You hack robe inserts from Bunnings and make it! I am so excited to finally share my DIY Arched Wall Library! This project has been months in the making and I couldn’t be happier! Ever since we built our home, we have always r

.... Honestly I never ever ever thought I would be writing this. EVER!! but here I am sitting here at my computer typing to you that... WE ARE PAINTING OUR FLOORS. Holy hannah it feels good. Ok, I have a lot of explaining to do. Ok, where do I start? Let's start way back into 2016 when we decided to put wide plank pine boards throughout our house for our flooring. When we moved in the house we started ripping up the old carpet & flooring & discovered the old 1800's floor underneath. Most rooms were in horrible shape &

We are currently starting our final projects of the year. [I can't believe it!] But for now, let me catch you up on what we just finished... 5th and 4th grade have been working on the same concepts for the past two projects. Both grades participated in a school wide Egyptian art unit by creating Egyptian sarcophagi. They reviewed SYMMETRY, and learned about hieroglyphics. After that, they learned about creating TINTS and SHADES by making an undersea painting. You can find these handouts here- http://www.teachandshoot.com/2015/02/art-room-handouts-round-3-value.html I would have let the students have more freedom with other colors, but I really only had blue left, and underwater came to mind. Thanks for visiting! 3rd grade also participated in the Egyptian art unit by creating Egyptian PORTRAITS! This might be my favorite project from this year. What a wonderful job the students did! After that, 3rd grade made ORIGAMI frogs, but I forgot to take photos! After origami, 3rd grade started creating ASSEMBLAGE art like the artist Louise Nevelson. They are just starting to paint their sculptures this week! 2nd grade created a fun pyramid COLLAGE as part of the Egyptian art unit! After that, 2nd and 1st grade both created ABSTRACT Picasso PORTRAITS. 1st grade and kindergarten created Egyptian necklaces and learned a little bit about PERSPECTIVE by drawing the pyramids. Kindergarten just finished learning about weaving by creating some alligator WEAVINGs!

The first week of school generally consists of getting to know one another, in addition to discussion and practice of classroom procedures and routines. We also got our creative juices flowing by creating summer reflection writing pieces, squiggle stories, and "All About Me" mini-posters. Students are getting to know one another and me, and we are learning to work together to build a successful and positive classroom environment. On Wednesday, I wrote out six questions, all having to do with how to make our classroom and ourselves function to the highest level, on six pieces of chart paper. Students, in groups of three, spent two minutes at each chart, collaborating and responding to each question on a sticky note. After all groups visited each chart paper station, I hung all of the charts up and we discussed each answer and noticed some very interesting trends. Here's the finished product, which you can click on to enlarge: Inspired by Life in 4B To tie into the previous activity, I was inspired by my wonderful teammates, Mrs. Fadden and Ms. Mattox, to develop at class pledge with my students. We reviewed our responses to the above questions, and then we put all of the ideas together to form a cohesive paragraph that we have all agreed will help us to remember why we are here at school and what our common goal is. Below is the rough draft of our class pledge (which I will type up, make pretty, and have all of my students sign): Since we were able to develop a class goal (to achieve success in third grade), I also had each student determine an individual goal after reading the story Matthew's Dream by Leo Lionni. I displayed our "Hopes and Dreams" for third grade near the classroom door, so that we can refer to, and revisit, them throughout the year. Lots of students are interested in learning how to sharpen their cursive skills, multiplication and division skills. I was very impressed by the number of students ready to take on our 40 book challenge! More on that later! Here's our class display of our hopes and dreams for third grade: Lastly, I read a book called Have You Filled a Bucket Today? The premise is that everyone carries an invisible bucket everywhere they go. When your bucket is "filled" you feel happy.When your bucket is "empty" you feel sad or upset. People can fill buckets by lending a helping hand, smiling, being kind, including others in games, and more. People can empty buckets by teasing, being ungrateful, acting disrespectfully, and more. I encourage my students to recognize the actions of bucket-fillers by writing them quick note and sticking it in their bucket display. This helps make everyone feel good. When we feel good, we want others to feel good. Therefore, kindess is passed from person to person. This is our bucket-filling display, complete with ways we can fill buckets and ways we can empty buckets: I look forward to more of these types of meaningful activities that promote teamwork, kindness, and achievement with your child!

When we purchased our home last year, we started out using one of our three bedrooms as a home office. Our plans were to eventually convert the unused formal living space in the front of the house to a home office down the road, as we have a bigger family room in the back of the house that we use as our primary living space. When we found out we were going to have a baby, I figured this would be a good time to tackle this project.

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**UPDATED (7-12-19): New Graphics and fonts have been added on several cards. There is also a new EDITABLE add-on pack available for customizing your own cards. "I am done! Now what should I do?" These are some very famous words spoken by our students year after year. Well, it is time to put an end to that. Create and display this cute sign in your classroom so that students can reference it once they have finished their assignments. There are 6 color choices for the title cards. There are also 42 activity choices for the students to choose from. These choices are: *Read a book from my book box *Finish something in my class work folder *Read quietly with a partner *Work on a piece of writing *Write on my white board *Go on the computer (with teacher's permission) *Complete a center I did not finish *Write in my notebook *Organize my desk *Sharpen my pencil *Practice my math facts (choices: addition and subtraction OR multiplication and division) *Play Boggle *Build words with word tiles *Practice Sight Words *Complete a Daily 5 center I did not finish *Read a book from the library *Finish work in my catch-up folder *Take an AR Quiz *Draw a Picture *Write a letter *Complete a Task Card *Reading Journal *Read a book from my book bag *Math Journal *Read a book from the bookshelf *Complete a puzzle *Practice my vocabulary flashcards *Practice Reading Fluency *Read the word wall *Write my spelling words *Practice my handwriting (print & cursive cards available) *Use an iPad (with teacher's permission) *Draw in my drawing book *Practice writing my numbers *Practice writing my sight words *Practice reading my sight word lists *Illustrate a story I have already written There is a EDITABLE file in which you can CREATE YOUR OWN CUSTOM CARDS (if you need other options than the ones provided above). This file has blank cards in which you need to add your own clipart and text. OR you can purchase my EDITABLE ADD-ON PACK. The EDITABLE ADD-ON PACK does not include the title cards. Click on the link below to check it out: I am Done! What should I do? {Options for Early Finishers} EDITABLE ADD-ON PACK

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Now, without further ado, I’ll give the post over to Alida. Hello there! I am Alida from I Make Stuff, and today I’m going to show you how to take a plain white tee and make it look and feel like a vintage band tee. This look was originally inspired by The Rolling Stones’ song...Read More

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Happy March! There's a lot going on in the world with the covid19 virus. I believe the best thing we can do is stay home, wash our hands and stay as positive as possible. I hope you are staying healthy. Sewing and crafts are good for our mental health so I am hoping you are finding time to make something. March's block is a dog block. I designed it because of my pup Ruby - She keeps me company during work. She goes with me everywhere. She is trouble and barks at everything but I love her anyway. If you received my newsletter recently then you heard about the Whimsy Blocks and Little Stitcheries programs I am running this year. I wanted to do something different in 2020 for you. If you missed the newsletter and want to get in on the fun, you can sign up here. You can see the video here on my YouTube channel. So let's get started on the Dog Block. Get the pattern here. All 12 of the Whimsy Blocks are 8.5

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Research is clear…learning through movement is an effective way to get students to attend, engage and learn. Click here for a good article on how movement effects the brain. Movement can be added to most any lesson. In my class math is the subject dreaded the most, so I try to add movement to most of our […]

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