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| Oh my goodness, I love these little monkeys! I ordered them from Oriental Trading last week and they finally arrived just in time for Valentines Day! I put little candy bananas in a bag and tied it with a little tag. The back of the tag says "Teaching you is bunches of fun!" My kids are really into the monkey theme this year, so monkey valentines was the only way to go! Happy Valentines Day! |
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| Every year I try to come up with Valentine Holders that the students can make to keep class valentines in. This year we have the Monkey theme going on in our classroom so the students all suggested we make Monkey Holders. This is what I came up with! A brown kraft bag (2 for $1.00 at Hobby Lobby) is the base and then I made patterns for the rest of the pieces. The students will be writing their name on the heart. I can't wait to see a class full of these little monkeys! |
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| We had the best time making our 100's Day necklaces this year. To be honest, making the necklaces with excited little ones can be slightly stressful unless one is completely organized. I have found two ideas that really help make the fun task a lot easier. First of all, I always have the students organize 10 groups of 10 Fruit Loops to make sure they have 100 Fruit Loops. We always use our Counting Mats to help with this. When the students are ready to string the necklaces, I place a piece of tape on a piece of yarn and tape it to the desk so that the Fruit Loops will not fall off the other end. I also tape the other end of the piece of yarn so the Fruit Loops will slide on easier. After the student places one group of ten onto the yarn, they place a gummy Lifesaver to keep track of each group of ten. The result is a colorful necklace that the kids are so proud of. Hope everyone had a Happy 100's Day! |
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| This Monkey Binder is the best organizational tool in my classroom. It keeps all of us super organized (especially ME!) Every student has one and everything that needs to be communicated between home and school is in one safe place. |
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| This Money and Note Pouch is the place where all money and important notes are placed. No more lost money or searching for notes! |
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| The students have learned that this pocket is for papers that can be taken home and left there. |
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| This is the pocket where papers that need to be returned go. Our Binders also keep our homework agendas too. This tool has proven effective year after year to make life so much easier! By the way, all clipart is D.J. Inkers! |
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| This is such an easy craft to decorate the hallway with this time of year and then send home as a sentimental keepsake. Simply paint the student's hands with a mini paint roller and then have the student press down inside a cut out heart. Fingerprint dabs around the edge of the heart, some ribbon, and decorative scrapbook paper really coordinate the whole project. |
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| I went grocery shopping after school today and right in the middle of the cereal aisle I saw a display with these darling pink and white marshmallows. Immediately, my mind thought of Valentine Smores! I made this for my son tonight and he thought it was awesome. That is why I just love this time of year! It is a great time to indulge in chocolate and marshmallows:) |
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| These were the covers of our Penguin Reports. The students created a penguin by drawing and cutting simple shapes such as ovals and circles. I used several pages from Deanna Jump's Penguin unit for the report. It is an awesome resource! |
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| Our Penguin Vocabulary. I love having the students draw a visual to match our vocabulary words. |
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| Our Penguin diagram. The students completed a page in their Penguin Reports which included a diagram. We discussed how diagrams are often found in nonfiction books to show information. |
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| The pocket chart shows words we used in our writing. We had a great time placing these words in ABC order too. |
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| I LOVE this organizational strategy to organize our thoughts. It helps us stay focused in our writing. |
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| Our class library contains both nonfiction and fiction books. The students just love the fictional stories about Tacky! This week, we are each creating a Penguin character and writing fictional stories about our own penguin characters. The stories are turning out really well. Tacky has been such an inspiration! |
