Duct Taping our Principal

Today was an awesome experience for the kids!!! We just had our book fair and the challenge for the kids was to bring in loose change daily! If they brought in 100 dollars in loose change then they got to duct tape our principal to the wall!!! Well, they exceeded it by 500 dollars so today they got to duct tape him to the wall!!

The kids loved it!!!  Check it out below!!!!

 

American Symbols

This is kne of my favorite things to teach my firsties!! I absolutely love teaching the American Symbols!! We have learned two so far and those are the Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell!

What do I love about these you may ask???!! Well, my kidsvm excitement!! Their eyes light up with all of the awesome facts they hear! I also love the looks on their faces when they look at the actual pictures that I took when I visited them!!!

So for the Statue of Liberty, we learn all about the Statue and all of the amazing facts! Of course we have to make predictions about the size of her foot and nose!!! 

We draw her and of course dress up as her and get our picture taken!!!!

 

Now for the Liberty Bell, we learned about the facts, saw where it is located, got to hold the liberty Bell made out of Legos, hold a metal model of it, do an experiment with two bells (one with a crack in it and one without a crack). In the experiment they had to listen to see if the two bells sounded the same or different and figure out why!! They loved it! We ended the lesson with a directed drawing of the Liberty Bell!

 

 

Next week we will learn about the election and then the White House! Have a great day!!!
 

 

Safety Tips for Trick or Treating

Can I just say I love working with the staff at Winner Subaru in Dover, DE!!!! They are amazing. 
One thing for sure is they are very conscientious when it comes to their families of their customers as well as their community over all.

I first brought you an awesome graphic from them about things that families can do to help their children be successful and to not lose what they have learned throughout the summer months. 

Now I am sharing with you their awesome graphic for tips on making your child's trick or treating experience a safe and enjoyable one!!! 

Here are their tips, please feel free to share them with your friends, family and community!!!

Thank your Winner Subaru for these awesome tips and your true dedication to your community!!!

October Pick Three Pinterest Linky!!!

I absolutely love this time of the month!!!! This is when a group of educators link together to give you so many amazing Pinterest ideas that you can do in your classroom throughout the month.

So once again, I am linking up with The Inspired Owl for the Pinterest Pick Three Monthly Linky!!!

Here are my Finds:

OMG! How awesome are these!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aren't these the cutest treats!!!!!

Here is another adorable great!!! 

I must be hungry because this month I have found two treats!!! LOL!!!!

So click below to link up with us or to check out what awesome ideas other amazing educators have to share with you this month!!!!

An InLinkz Link-up

Class Dojo Does It Again!!!

I am so excited to be able to share this information with you! Class Dojo has done it again! 

First, they make the first 5 Growth Mindset Videos and then Series 2 and now...... Wait for it..........

A new video series on EMPATHY!!!!!! I am so excited!! My kiddos love the Mojo videos and I am so glad that they will be focusing on Empathy. This is something I feel is needed because many of our students today do not feel empathy at all. They do not even know what it is.

What better way to get our kiddos to understand Empathy then to have the beloved Mojo and Katie educate them!!

This new series will be out on October 2 but you can view the trailer below!!!!!

Thank you +ClassDojo for always listening to teachers and providing us with things we need to have successful classroom environment!

Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Ahoy me hearties!!! September 19 is Talk Like A Pirate Day and I have to say I love this day!!!!

This is one of those days that allows you to have fun but teach your kiddos all skills using Pirates. This is when our boys are in hog heaven because they just love Pirates! 

So, how do we celebrate this day in our classroom? With a blow up pirate, a huge ship wheel, pirate hard, eye patches, mustaches, telescopes and some pirate caution tape of course!!! Doesn't everybody?!!!!

Thanks to Oriental Trading, we were able to get all of our great items we needed to be Buccaneers for a day! 

I was able to get pirate hats, eye patches, mustaches, and small telescopes for all of my kiddos through Oriental Trading! My kids loved it! 

I also was able to get the giant blow up pirate and this ship wheel as well from Oriental Trading. 

This day allows them to dress up as pirates and learn our hearts out!

Not only did we dress up but we learned about answering key details from a nonfiction text with a pirate book I wrote just for today! They also got to color a cute picture to take home! The links to the book activity and a free coloring sheet are below!

Melonheadz have the most amazing pirate and NOW she has talk like a pirate  clip art!! These are a must have!!!!!

We can not forget Krispy Kreme, they celebrate this day with free donuts for all that go dressed as a pirate!!!!

So thank you oriental trading for having these amazing products at affordable prices for my kids! 

Camp Iwanttoreadalot

I now have a favorite area in my room! This is thanks to +Oriental Trading ! I absolutely love my new reading area! I have called it Camp Iwanttoreadalot! 

When I began to think about redoing my reading area, I had so many ideas in my head! Then I looked at the education catalog from Oriental Trading and saw the camping stuff for classrooms and fell in love! 

I had to get the background! They have so many awesome backgrounds to fit all of your educational needs! Just check out their catalog!

I fell in love with the trees and the stump!!! 

Here is my reading area redesigned!!!

The teepee and the rug are from +Target . The pillows in the teepee are also from +Target . The polka dotted pillows are from +Kohl's ! 

All the awesome materials I received from +Oriental Trading was easy to assemble, hang up and coordinate. It added so much to my classroom! 

Please go visit Oriental Trading for all of your classroom needs!