I’m re-sharing a Back to School Friendship activity today. This can be used during those first few back to school weeks to build friendships and celebrate difference or when teaching about comparing and contrasting. I have a whole line of themed venn-diagrams, too! Back to School Friendship Activity Group your students in groups of 2 and have them create their hair and face. They can add their eye color by tracing around the … [Read more...]
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Back to School Math Craft Activities
Happy Monday! I’m sharing two new resources today, Place Value and Number Sense Crayons! I always have so much fun creating these. They make THE cutest bulletin boards! After several requests, I finally put these monthly math crafts in a discounted bundle for you! Number Sense Bundle | Place Value Bundle Let’s start with the place value set! This resource includes craft templates (and blacklines), 6 different recording pages, and … [Read more...]
Our Class is a Family Back to School read aloud activities
I want to share one of my very favorite Back to School read alouds and extension activities with you! This book is great for teaching classroom community, acceptance, love, kindness, and respect. I love this book so much, but I think what tops it off for me is the wheelchair featured throughout the book! As a mama to a son in a wheelchair, seeing that represented in a positive way makes me SO happy! It is a wonderful book with an incredible … [Read more...]
Back to School Read Alouds
Back to School Read Alouds Happy Friday! I have several Back to School read alouds and extension activities to share today. I'm sure some of you have already started school, but I think all of these could be used anytime during the school year. These are wonderful for teaching classroom community, acceptance, love, kindness, and respect. I updated a few of these this summer. If you're interested in the older versions, those are HERE and also … [Read more...]
The Recess Queen back to school read aloud activities
One of my favorite back to school read alouds is The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill. It is one of those books that can be read during the first week of school or anytime during the year. It's definitely one to add to your collection. Today, I want to show you some of my favorite follow up activities to use with this book! **this post has been updated to include new activities from the updated resource** Before reading, I always liked to have … [Read more...]
Back to School activities and games
Who’s already prepping for their back to school week? One of my very favorite things about the first few weeks of school is getting to know the students….and students getting to know one another. I just love it! They are so eager and excited about their new classroom, teacher, and friends! Today, I wanted to share some fun and interactive back to school activities and games from a few years ago, as well as team building activities to use during … [Read more...]
Back to School Icebreakers plus a FREEBIE
Who's already prepping for their back to school week?!? One of my very favorite things about the first few weeks of school is getting to know my students,....and my students getting to know one another. I just love it! They are so eager and excited about their new classroom, teacher, and friends! I put together several fun and interactive icebreaker activities, as well as interactive team building activities and games to use during those first … [Read more...]
Back to School Read Alouds (Part 2)
Who's excited about their 3 day weekend!??!?! Me too! There's just nothing better than a 3 day weekend after the back to school hustle! Last week I shared several of our first week read alouds. If you missed it, you can read about those here. Today, I want to share a few more of my favorite back to school read alouds with you all. First up, Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun by Maria Dismondy. It is such an amazing book … [Read more...]
Back to School Read Alouds (Part 1)
Last week we hit the ground running with back to school read alouds. I am a huge believer in making time to read aloud books to our students. It is such a special moment for them. Seeing the excitement and expressions on their face is one of my very favorite times of our day. Just think...the read aloud that you provide to your students might just be the only book they have read to them all day. We started off listening to You're Finally Here … [Read more...]
Back to School Read Aloud!
Have y'all watched Hope and Amy's Engagement Made Easy LIVE series on Facebook? Each week they (along with a guest) share different activities to get your students excited and engaged during those first few weeks of school. It has been such an amazing series! This past week, we shared our favorite back to school books along with some activities to use with them. One of my favorite books is, "The Recess Queen" by Alexis … [Read more...]
Back to School Bash 2016
Hello friends!! It's that time of year again...time for our BACK TO SCHOOL BASH 2016!!! This year we have teamed up with even more bloggers so that we can bring prizes-a-plenty to you!!! Mark your calendars for August 7th because you will NOT want to miss out!!! Each blogger will host a Bash Basket that contains a prize valued at $100 or more! Make sure to follow the blogs below so you don't miss a single thing! … [Read more...]
Catching up with Back to School activities
Since I am not one to cook, much less prepare a meal ahead of time, I wanted to catch up on our back to school activities that we have done the past few weeks. Bare with me as I let the pictures do most of the talking. Here are a few of my favorites to do each year. Last week we read If You Take a Mouse to School and completed this text connection. You can find the mouse templates plus the writing stem here and … [Read more...]
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