Five for Friday { February 5 }

 We are linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for another Five For Friday!

 Stephanie's class learned about Flamingos this week.  They had all sorts of fun!

They also dived into Non-Fiction texts this week! 

Kindergarten does boxes instead of bags for Valentine's Day.  These are just some of the creative boxes that came in this week!

The Target Dollar Spot has some really cute Valentine's Day stuff out this week.  I was able to snag up these cute containers that are great for sorting during stations.

Don't forget to enter the great giveaway that The Elementary Entourage is having right now!  You can enter over at the blog...

Have a great weekend!

Five for Friday {January 8th}

We are linking up this week with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday.  Click HERE to go check out the other Five for Friday posts!

Stephanie has been sending home her math facts fluency home with her Kindergarten students this week.  They are so excited to be "big" kids working on homework.  

You can grab up her facts packet by clicking HERE.

I am trying out alternative seating in my classroom.  I am starting with just a few tables at different heights to start with.  It has been a huge hit with the students so far!  I still need to find some stools, rugs and more seating options.

I am loving these Touchtronic letters that go with the app.  The kiddos are so engaged when they are using them.  I got them off of Zulilly so be on the lookout for them to come back!

Stephanie's students have been reading "The Mitten" and "The Hat" by Jan Brett this week.  The students wrote a thank you note to Baba from Nikki, the two characters from the mitten.

Then they journaled about a hat that they have at home.  They had to write using descriptive words and draw an illustration.

 

We are starting to use the six-traits for writing in our classrooms.  Our corporation is using Smekens  to roll these out.  If you ever get a chance to go to a Smekens education conference you should jump on it!  My students are loving rolling out the traits!

Here is Stephanie's Six-Trait board.

We hope you have a great week!

Five For Friday!!

1.  We just had a pep session to get 3rd, 4th and 5th graders pumped up about taking the ISTEP next week.  I'm still pumped up myself :)  Stephany and Stephanie wrote this song for the pep session:

You can listen to the song above...
or click the lyrics below.

Here is the link to download the lyrics to the song.

The title of the song is "Test Them, Maybe.  It was recorded by Hannah Drake (see picture below)

The lyrics are here.

Awesome job, Girls!!!!

2.  We also had to have new school t-shirts for the pep session.  I designed them, then Stephanie & Stephany helped tweak the design.  All of the teachers wore them and we had a t-shirt launcher for the pep session so that we could launch shirts at the children.  The kids loved it!!

 


3.  Some classroom celebrated Dr. Seuss all week in their classrooms this week.  (I LOVE Dr. Seuss week!!)  Here are some of the fun things that I saw this week:

 




4.  Here are some more Seuss inspired door decorations by our primary teachers.  I think our building looks 'Seuss'rific.

 

     

5.  It's March, which means spring is just around the corner!
 Flowers, green trees, fresh cut grass and open windows...I can't wait :)

Head over to Doodle Bugs Teaching to check out Five for Friday!

Kathi, Stephany, & Stephanie

Linky and Doors Galore

We are linking up a little late, but we have sooo much to share with you.  Feel free to "pin" any of the pictures of the doors below.

1.  Seuss Doors Galore!!

I decided to change my door.  I put a lot of thought to it and with the help of Pinterest, I now have a Lorax door.  I thought that this will last all through March and April with Earth Day approaching.  Here is the "pin" I am referring to.  (https://pinterest.com/pin/110338259590541503/)  I made my door a little different than the pin though.

A second grade teacher down the hallway had a curtain up n her door.  I suggested changing to a Seuss door inspired from this site (http://bulletinboardideas.org/3503/celebrate-the-world-of-dr-seuss/).  I think it turned out FABULOUS!!  What do you think?

Another kindergarten teacher didn't want to change her "tiki hut" door too much, so this is what her door looks like!!  I think it is very creative!!

My friend who teaches kindergarten has this fabulous door and idea!!  She is going to put a box in the fox hand and students are going to write what is in the fox box!!  Creative writing is so fun to teach!!

2. We had Monday off for President's Day!!  I stayed home and got caught up on laundry and house work.  

3.  Stephany and I wrote lyrics to the song "Call Me, Maybe" for our ISTEP (state testing) students.  We are not able to post the recorded song yet, but here is a picture of it being recorded.  I can't believe someone would want to record our song!!  It is so exciting!!

 4. Thursday we dismissed early due to the incoming ice storm and sleet.  We also had a 2 hour delay Friday because of slick roads and fog.

5. I found this AMAZING freebie on TpT.  I think the finished projects turned out GREAT!!  Click here to link to the freebie!!

   

Endless Possibilities,

Stephanie