February Book Picks

February is fast approaching. Do you know what you are reading? Here are a few of my favorite picks for the month. Link up and share yours too.

All About the America and More

February is the perfect month to learn about American symbols and what makes our country great.  

Love is in the air.
Many of these books will make an appearance at our listening center.  Kids always love them!
 




And they lived happily every after.
I will be using these books with my ELD students to teach them about describing people, places and things.  I hope to use lots of circle maps to teach this concept.




Now, it's your turn. I look forward to hearing from you about these books but most importantly, seeing your book picks.

Happy Reading!
 

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HandCrafted

I am so excited about Valentine's Day this year!  I think it has to do with all the wonderful stuff I have been reading about via your blogs.  I was so inspired that I finally used my Cricut to make these V-Day cards for the kiddos.  Thanks to The First Grade Parade for the inspiration.

We will be spending much of the morning "working" and then, spend the afternoon celebrating with Valentine Day inspired centers.  To celebrate, we will have ice cream shakes!  YUM!!!! 

Hope you have a fabulous Valentine's Day! 

Happy Learning and Teaching!

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Valentine's Day

Here is the card we made for our parents.  Don't you love it?  I was making a sample when one of my little ones asks, "Is that for your love?"  I reply.  "Yes."  She answers, "He no break up with you.  He your love."

I can't help but smile. 

Happy Teaching and Learning!

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Valentine Day crafts and ideas

It is hard to imagine that Valentine's Day is just around the corner!   

Here is what my class made last year.  It was a pretty easy craft.  We tissue papered the heart; just like I remembered doing in first grade.  This took about an hour. (We did this in 2 days.)  Afterwards, I spray mounted the hearts to large cardstock paper.  Next, I called a small group of kids at a time to stamp the letters.  After it dried, they added their names.  Viola an instant card and gift! 

I wish you could see her beautiful smile.  The photos were great!

This year, I am planning to do something a little different.  I am going to reuse some materials I discovered recently.  I love when classroom materials can have more than one purpose.

These are cards that I am using for brain breaks with some of my students. But as the kids used them, the outer frame came apart. Instead of throwing them away, I am going to use them as picture frames.

This is the photo of my son a kept at school when returning from maternity leave.  He turns four in May. 

Here is what it will look like completed.  I will take a photo of each student and them mount them to cardstock.  I'm going to add magnets so that it will hang from the fridge. 

Here is the bag we made to hold our cards.

Sorry for the grainy photo.  Really bad lighting.  But you get the idea!



Happy Teaching and Learning!



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