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Talk like a pirate day!

There are several days throughout the year that I love to teach my children about. Talk like a pirate is one of them!!!

It is a fun day that you can turn into an educational experience and one that the kids love and never forget!

Thanks to oriental Trading and their new site, Learn365, you can get all that you need for this day to be a success!

First of course you need the pirate head gear! 

My kids loved their head gear from Oriental Trading! They also loved their eyepatches as well!!

Here is a picture of their whole look!!

The blow up pirate, ship wheel and pirate border are all from Oriental Trading! The pirate background is from target! It is a tablecloth for birthdays! 

Here is a picture of my photo area before the day began! I also love the talk like a pirate melonheadz that I got for this special day!

For ELA! I used my Pirate unit I created! I sell this on teachers pay teachers. Click on the picture below for the link!

We also used my talk like a pirate free unit from teachers pay teachers! Click on the photo below for the link!

We also read the book, How I Became a Pirate written by David Shannon! This was my first graders first experience with reading a nonfiction and fiction book and comparing and contrasting! They did an excellent job!

What Pirates day is not complete without getting a booty! Here is the treasure my pirates earned.

Here we are as a gang of pirates learning all that we can while we are still having an enjoyable time! Isn't that what education is supposed to be about!

Oriental Trading and Learn365 did not pay me for my opinions! I was given the products in return for my own honest thoughts and opinions, my opinions are my own and are not influenced by Oriental Trading in any way!

Thanks oriental Trading and Learn365 for always having what we need!! 

Dot Day!

Have you heard about Dot Day??? Have you read the book, The Dot written by Peter Reynolds?

If the answer is yes, then you will understand my passion and love for this day and book! If your answer is no, then read on and you will definitely see by the end of the post!!!!

Dot Day is a day to celebrate Growth Mindset! It is a day where creativity and the I can or the Power of Yet takes center stage! It is a day where your children will learn the most powerful lesson of all, Yes I can do it! All it takes is a little growth Mindset and the power of Yet!!!!!

Oriental Trading and their new site, Learn365 have so many amazing products to help bring this day alive in your classrooms!! First they have awesome decorations for this day! From polka dotted tablecloths to hanging dots to a polka dotted background for your photo shoot!! The melonheadz kids in the photo area are from her create set!!

Dot day is such an inspiring day for them to be creative! I love how they decorated their dots! We will be hanging these on the ceiling so when they begin to get that I can't feeling they can look up at their dot and remember that it is I can't do it yet!!

Of course we had to do the coloring of the coffee filter and then spraying it with water so they can see their dot spread! Just like vashti saw her dot spread! They loved this!! The excitement was awesome!

I love SitSpots!!! This is one of the best products I have ever used!! This year what better item to use to help them spread the power of yet and growth mindset but these amazing circle sit spots! So not only are they great for marking the carpet for sitting spaces but they are also great for dot day and spreading the knowledge of growth mindset and the power of yet! Check out their dots using sit spots! 

What can you create with just a dot! Using these paint markers from Learn365, my kids were able to create so many things! Check them out!

I used my Dot Day unit which you can click on the photo below and get it from my teachers pay teachers store!

The kids loved this unit! 

Fablevision has a lot of resources also! They have free posters and certificates for you to print off! I had my students hold one of the posters in their photos and they all received a certificate at the end of the day! 

I found the old fashioned candy buttons at a candy store in Lancaster so I thought they would be a fun addition to our unit! 

And to end the day my kids all got some cool polka dotted sunglasses I got from oriental trading! They loved this day!

Oriental Trading and Learn365 did not pay me for my opinions! I was given the products in return for my own honest thoughts and opinions, my opinions are my own and are not influenced by Oriental Trading in any way!

Constitution Day

Constitution Day! I love teaching my kids about this day! It is such an important day in our American history!!!

I always use the book, We the Kids written by David Catrow! This book just helps them understand the preamble with its kid friendly photos!! I love this book!!

After we read and discuss this book, we write our own class constitution! This year we wrote and signed it with peacock feathers! I got the feathers through oriental Trading and Learn365! 

Don't you love the colonial hat! I got that from Oriental Trading and Learn365 as well as a colonial wig for photos! The background is also from oriental Trading and Learn365!

Here is a close up of the hat, wig and background!

I also got a cool dried wreath from oriental Trading!

So after we wrote our class constitution, the kids drew photos of themselves as the signers of the constitution and we hung the photos around our class constitution in the hallway!!

Isn't this just the cutest display!!!!

Then it was time for them to write the preamble on parchment paper using their very own peacock feather pencils!!! The excitement could be heard miles away when they got their pencils!!

The parchment paper and peacock feathers were received from Oriental Trading and Learn365! 

The day was a success and of course I had to wear my Americans Julia I got from Lularoe!!!

Oriental Trading and Learn365 did not pay me for my opinions! I was given the products in return for my own honest thoughts and opinions, my opinions are my own and are not influenced by Oriental Trading in any way!