Have you read the book, “Have you Filled a Bucket Today?” by Carol McCloud? I highly recommend you read it if you haven’t already. This book is perfect for this time of year. Have you noticed a change in your students' behavior lately? Too many days spent inside for recess plus colds and viruses can make students irritable. They often spend more of their time tattling than doing their classwork. This book will help your students make an attitude adjustment. Your class will begin to look for the positive instead of focusing on the negative. This book can be used a variety of ways. Use it with your lesson about metaphors. Or set up a "Share the Love" writing center. There are writing papers and cover included with this FREE packet so your students can be bucket fillers. BLANK FORM: This would be perfect for a pen pal type of activity. Each week, let students draw a name out of the hat, and write a note to fill their classmate’s bucket. FORMS WITH PICTURES: Classroom teachers are often shown appreciation during the holidays by parents. There are many people like crossing guards, cafeteria ladies, reading specialists, librarians, P.E. teachers, and custodians who help our students, too. These staff members are often overlooked. Why not use these forms to fill their buckets? You could set this up as a writing center. Staple the notes together in a book and put it in their mailbox for a nice little surprise. Click HERE to download the freebie. Looking for more tips? Check out my February Pinterest board. Click on the picture below. Fern has a few tips to share with you, too. Be sure to hop over to her blog! Each week, Fern and I will share a teacher tip. We love to read teacher blogs and the latest teacher idea books and hope you do, too! Stop by Fern's blog and my blog each week for our latest tips. We hope you will share your ideas, too. How do you show appreciation? Looking for more ideas? Click on the pictures below. An InLinkz Link-up Sources to make my blog post graphics can be found HERE. Click HERE to read my blog's disclosure statement.
