Every year, I make these "I Love You Snow Much!" ornaments with my first grade students for their December/holiday gift for their parents. These snow themed ornaments are easy for the students to make and they are pretty darn cute! I also like that they are winter themed, rather than a specific ...
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December Ideas and What’s Going On In My Life
I'm here with some news and December holiday ideas. I have school all of next week. I am really trying to hang in there. How about you? If you have not noticed, I switched over to Wordpress with the help of Becca from Jumping Jax Designs. I love how clean my site looks with Becca's design. ...
Cyber Monday Sale – Check out these Holiday Themed Packets
My entire store is marked down to 20% off for today and tomorrow. Then you can use the code SMILE to get an additional 10% off! Here are some fun holiday themed items for you to check out! Just click on the images to check them ...
Holiday Photo Recap
Here are some photos of what we did in first grade before winter break. These trees were so simple to make. I have the directions in my Have Yourself a Very Common Core Christmas or Free Smartboard directions here. We made gifts for our parents: The ornamets are from ...
The Week Before Christmas Break – Plans for First Grade
Thank you all who commented on last week's post! I appreciate your feedback and I listened. I will continue to post my visual plans with links. Are you counting down the days until Christmas break? I am so excited for TWO weeks off. Here are my plans for the week (just ...
Take Me Back Tuesday – Teaching Compassion at Christmas Time
Teaching my students to be compassionate is one of my goals. I hope they leave my class knowing that they can make the world a better place. I especially like to focus on this around the holidays. In the spirit of giving, I have donated a file to the Central Illinois Tornado Victim ...
Twas’ the Week Before Christmas
This week has been full of so many emotions. My heart breaks for everyone in Sandy Hook. I know I would put my life on the line for my students. I also know that every teacher would do the same. The students become our own children. It just becomes an instinct -we would ...
Merry Christmas!
I would like to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas! ...
Happy Hanukkah!
Hanukkah begins this week and I wanted to do some activities with my students to celebrate. I also wanted to balance out all the Christmasy themed activities we did last week. It is a tricky situation, I feel Santa is not a religious symbol and I am comfortable doing Santa themed ...
Have Yourself a Very Common Core Christmas!
School does not end until December 23rd here in Lindenhurst, Long Island. So, I have been working away at my Common Core Christmas packet. Please, check it out by clicking {here} or any of the pictures below! Here are a few activities included in the packet. Click {here} for ...
