This novel activities resource unit will help you to teach a lot of comprehension skills. It is based on the novel ' The View from Saturday' by E.L. Konigsburg. This resource has differentiated activities that you can use to teach in-depth comprehension skills for this novel. It has many activities ...
First of all, I am well aware that this post is long overdue. At least I'm getting it done people! For those of you who aren't familiar with what I'm even talking about here, I'll quickly explain. Once a year the women's group in our church gets together for a 'Super Saturday' where we basically eat some good food and make some crafts. Who wouldn't want some of that?! I am the one in charge of planning this, and I was really excited with what I had come up with. I had two crafts available for the women to make, and I brought them to church a couple of weeks before our big day so the women could see what we were offering and decide if they wanted to come. The two crafts I had available for the women was the DIY Temple String Art and the DIY Reversible 2x4 Craft. These linked posts are tutorials to show you how to make each craft. This post is to show you how we set up everything for our Super Saturday. The plan for our Super Saturday was to have the two crafts and then some food to eat while we crafted. We needed our energy! We had sign ups go around for pastry items, cut fruit, juice, and chocolate milk in the weeks leading up to the activity. Before the women got to the church, myself and another girl set everything up. There were round tables and chairs already set out for us, so we just got everything ready. When everyone arrived we said an opening prayer and then I quickly explained how to do the crafts. I had also taped instructions to the tables so the could follow along there if needed. On the first table for the temple string art craft we put down newspapers, to help keep paint off of the tables...we had some acrylic craft paints, paint brushes, a water cup, and paper plates. We also had some sandpaper available if anyone wanted to smooth down the edges on the wood. The women painted the wood first and let it dry. This was the next table for the temple string art. We had hammers, nails, string, wire hangers for the back of the wood, the templates of the different temples, and a paper with the instructions. Here's a better picture of all of the templates. This was one of the tables for the 2x4 craft. Again, we had newspaper, paper plates, paint brushes, chalk markers, and stencils. (No one ended up even using the stencils, we apparently have some talented people in our ward when it comes to handwriting!) The other table for the 2x4 craft had Mod Podge, scrapbook paper, scissors, and glue. Each sister got 4 blocks. One that measured about 11", one that measured about 6", one that was about 4", and one that was about 3 1/2". Here's a sister working on the Salt Lake Temple (we'll call this template Salt Lake #2). The Provo City Center temple I love the look of the grey string and the color of wood she painted. My other version of the Salt Lake temple (we'll call this Salt Lake #1) Mount Timpanogos temple It was really neat to see everyone's different designs and style for the 2x4 craft. We mostly had Christmas themed, but we also had some people do Valentines Day, a friendship one, and a St. Patrick's Day. I've included the temple templates to download and print off as well as the instruction sheets to have at the tables. For the templates of the temples you can click here. Let me know if you have any questions!
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Here's a collection of screen-free activities that tween boys (ages 9 - 12) will go for! Hobbies, crafts, jobs, games, etc.
Super Saturday Ideas - great ideas for craft nights, church activities, and more!
super saturday is a big huge craft day our church has once a year around fallll time. basically it's like christmas for moms. i look forward to it every year! and we just had ours
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STEM Design &build a model of a bridge. Choose from 4 types of bridges and decide which model to build. How accurately can students replicate the bridge?
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Ladies and Gentleman... we officially have the first week down in the books!! And what an AMAZING week it was!! #BestFirstWeekEver!! My kiddos are just awesome. We learned a lot and laughed a lot! My own children also had a great week (aside from a quick bout of a stomach bug that kept one home for a day!). My oldest, Drew, started 1st grade. My middle, Quinn, started Kindergarten. And my toddler twins, Addy and Chase, began two-mornings-a-week preschool. Additionally, Mr. Musings from the Middle School (my husband Dennis), started a new school year, too! Phew!! My head is spinning! Anyway, I hope everyone is having a great weekend and recovering from this busy time of year. This post is mainly a pictorial of some of the goings on in my classroom this week. As we settle into our routine, I'll be back with more "meaty" posts (and hopefully some new videos, too!). One of my favorite activities from the week was this Growth Mindset lesson that I adapted from here. Basically, the kids had to create the image on top using just a piece of paper and scissors. It was NOT easy... but that's exactly the point! As the kids worked, I wrote down some of the comments I heard. Things like, "this is impossible," and "I give up!" After I let them struggle for a while, I brought them back together and discussed the activity with them. It was eye-opening to see their words. They all agreed that their attitude was too negative so of course they would never have been successful. Then we read the Growth Mindset posters hanging in our room and discussed what each one meant. I closed with this video from Khan Academy. It was a fun and powerful lesson. One of the BEST purchases I made from TpT for this school year is the Icebreakers that Rock bundle from Cult of Pedagogy. This product contains three PowerPoint activities that allow students to talk to each other in an easy, comfortable way. What is great about these is that you can use them as one, big activity, or you can break them up, showing just a few slides here and there, as "brain breaks" through out the day. That is how I used them. So, on the first day, I did a big "Find Someone Who" activity with them. This allowed all the kids to learn each other's names. Next, I assigned them all their lockers and we practiced opening the combination locks (super-stressful for these first time locker users)! After that, we did a few slides from Icebreakers that Rock. Then, we went over the syllabus. Next, a few more Icebreakers that Rock slides. After that, I handed out and went over all the paperwork that had to go home and be signed (oh, the paperwork!!!). Then, a few more slides right before lunch. And then a few more right after lunch. Next up, a tour of the building. Then a few more slides before trying our lockers again. Finally, another slide right before dismissal. It was the perfect break/filler/attention-getter/distraction to use throughout the day... actually, I used the slides throughout the whole week! Run to TpT and pick this product up today! Totally worth every penny. (Some of the slides can be done silently. I LOVED these slides!!) Of course, we had to number our notebooks to get ready for ELA next week. I always tell kids that this is the easiest, most difficult task that we do all year :) I really the love smell of a Mr. Sketch anchor poster in the morning! This year, I'm starting with Reading Nonfiction: Notice and Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies. My thinking is that it will really help with getting started with Article of the Week. Here is one of several of the posters I'll be using to teach these strategies. I'm jumping on the #ObserveMe bandwagon! Read more about it here. I'll keep you updated on how this goes throughout the year! Okay... that is enough for now! The beach is calling my name... nothing beats September here at the Jersey Shore! Hope the back-to-school season is treating you well! I'd love to hear how your school year is going so far. Happy Teaching!!
Hello! How are you? Last week I was a craft making machine! ha! I am in charge of our church’s …
This is a fun activity to practice the simple past. Students look at the images and talk about what Daisy did last Saturday. You can also have them figure out where Daisy forgot her umbrella.
Check out these fun activities from Award Winning Author/Illustrator Jarett Lerner to do at home or in the classsroom. Includes comics, drawing, and more.
Not sure what to teach the first week of 3rd grade? Here's what we did!
Celebrate Women's History Month with this fun-filled and informative activity packet about Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Kids learn about her amazing achievements while doing graphing activities, mazes, puzzles, and more.
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Last year our bishopric asked us to help them put together a Primary-Bishopric breakfast activity. I think they were envisioning a casual Saturday morning out on the church lawn with the bishopric…
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The Empowered Educator - Children's Cardboard X-ray 'Tablet'
