So sad.......

My heart and prayers go out to all of the families involved in this tragedy.  So senseless.............

New Freebies!!!!

I have added two great new Freebies.  Check them out by clicking the "Freebie" tab.  Enjoy!

RACK

Day one and two of my RACK project are in full swing.  The kids are LOVING it!  So far they have had to invite someone they haven't played with to play with them and write thank you Holiday Cards to our Soliders.  I will post a picture of my Rack cards in use along with a picture of the cards they have written so far.  I am so glad that they are learning to give when so many are stuck on the "get"!

Christmas/Holiday Units and Games

Here are a few items in my TpT store geared towards the holidays. There are a few more if you want to visit my store. Merry Christmas!
Nonfiction "Where Do Christmas Trees Come From" Literacy and Math unit

Gingerbread Man Ryhme Emergent Reader

How Many Santa's? - Math Games

Random Acts of Classroom Kindness

We finished!!

This is the final product of my gingerbread unit! The kiddos did great and LOVED every minute of it!  Here are photos of the completed activities.  (Our theme for the whole school is an "Underwater Learning Adventure" that's why our Gingerbread girls and boys are going for a swim!)

Gingerbread Writing

In addition to all of our Gingerbread Reading, we are writing expository stories about how we would eat a gingerbread man.  I am sooooo excited to see my kiddos faces when I surprise them with the actual cookies tomorrow!  Not my best baking but they did turn out cute anyways!  We are going to make a web of describing words that we can use in our writing, then make a plan for which parts we would eat 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.  Finally we will put it in writing.  I know they are just going to LOVE this!

As promised, here is a photo of our "work in progress" gingerbread unit.  The kiddos love adding their thoughts as we go. The end product will have their writing responses and gingerbread glyphs included.  I will post that when it is complete!