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A Rainbow Blizzard We were tired of winter weather, so cold and wet and gray. We talked to Winter’s Wizard. He made it snow a Rainbow Blizzard! Here is what we do with the project: Materials Needed: coffee filters scissors food coloring gloves (so your hands don’t end up tie-dyed) paper plates for the snowflakes to dry on optional –… Read More
I’m sure most of you have read this book and some of you have probably even seen this project on Pinterest for Snowmen at Night: {original source: The First Grade Parade} I taught a quick lesson on perspective (so the snowmen would be looking up at the moon) and the kids went to work. It was hard for some students… Read More
Have you seen this book? I found a copy of the book online written as a poem. We have been using it for some choral reading and fluency practice. At first, I simply told my students that the poem was a picture book, but I wasn’t going to show it to them. I wanted them to use their schema about penguins and think about… Read More
Richi over at Ribbons, Recipes, and Rhymes has recently created some cute penguin clipart. She invited me to use her creations to create a product to share with others. My students are currently elbows deep into a Geometry study. I thought putting penguins and polygons together would make a perfect pair. I created a polygon sort: In the activity, students… Read More
I sent the students home with their family Christmas gifts yesterday. This is one example of the cards my students made. We used the Christmas tree from our die-cut machine if the students chose a red card. There was a white snowflake available if they chose a green card. The card is attached to a brown paper lunch sack –… Read More
Ok, this post is not really school related, but it does appeal to my crafty side. One of my friends (and colleagues) decided to host a Pinterest Party. Everyone brought an appetizer or dessert to share from a pin they found on Pinterest. The hostess had a craft prepared for all of us to complete. She had wooden blocks, Christmas-themed… Read More
