Makeover

Well here is makeover number two lol

I like the kids, not the brown! ICK I'd be happy with almost any other color but brown lol.

I still have to figure out how to fix my title though. :( There were words on top of the little girls. whoops

Ugggggggggg!!!!!!!!

 I so dislike when I find good ideas and forget where they came from.  grrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!

It all started when I couldn't download a gingerbread unit because the documents wouldn't download- do you think that I could ever find that blog again? Nope!  Guess the world was telling me I have enough GB materials. (which certainly be the case!!!  lol)

I was also looking for a photo and idea for power pellets (skittles)  I found that idea and saved the photo!

Now I saw this fabulous idea about a craft/tools container as a gift from a teacher to her child's teacher. It held office supplies- with the most adorable blue supplies!  I even made a comment.  I was going back to see if there was a reply.

Anyone out there recall the cute idea?  Pretty please leave me a comment!

Thank you for thinking!

ETA: found it @ Growing Kinders. I found it right before my smart followers posted it!  Thank so much!!!!!

Classbooks

I love to make classbooks with my students. I try to make one a week. I offer my students that option during the week.

What does Rudolf Do after Christmas?

Where Does Santa Go After Christmas?


Please leave me a comment if you grabbed a copy of either of the books.  Thanks!

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ThistleGirl Designs

Check out ThistleGirl Designs for her 12 days of Christmas:

"est" family

We brainstormed "est" family words. I tried to illustrate the words. Sorry, but I have forgotten to take a photo (maybe it was subliminal lol)

I  tell the students to do their best work so I can take a photo and put it on line. :)

Needs/ Wants Goods/Services

Today we reviewed Needs and Wants and Goods & Services

We followed Flo on her trip through town. Her first stop is at a music store. She bought a CD (a good) and it is a want. She continued through town and her next stop is the car wash.  We debated about the car wash being a need or a want.  We concluded that in our climate with the salt, it would be a need, unless it was all of the time. :) She then traveled to get new clothes. Clothes are a need. Then she went to  get her hair cut.  We also decided it was a need.  We didn't want to be cousin it!
Finally she made her way to the pizza place.  We decided food was a need.

Blog Hop 2010

I was on the search for new Word Work ideas and came across tons of ideas.  The one that I chose was using my old Vitamin Water bottle caps to make a new center for the students.  We give the students five new words each week. I write vowels in red and consonants in blue. When my students are done making their words, I have them take a photo of their work.

Now on to my blog hop.  I asked several people to come hop along with me.  Check out all of their wonderful recycled items that they use in there classrooms.

Luanne http://putyourwholeselfin.blogspot.com/

www.whattheteacherwants.blogspot.com

Kathleen at http://growingkinders.blogspot.com/

http://seedsofnoledge.blogspot.com/

Visitors

United States 4,034 Canada 222 Australia 99 Germany 84 Poland 28 United Kingdom 27 New Zealand 16 Ireland 13 China 12 Japan 8

All of these people visisted my site!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seuss Book Study

Our Cat in the Hat glyph. Next our "Ticket to Leave" was to name a character from a Dr. Seuss book.
We did a Seuss book study. I used a sheet that the student had write the title down, the date read, and 3 hats. As a group we decided what each hat would mean. Like stars from the movies. 1 hat stood for an okay book, 2 star stood for good, and three hats (the highest) was awesome.