Valentine's Day Pack In Action

My students started working on the stations in my Valentine's Day pack.  THEY LOVED IT!  My students were so engaged and the conversations were great!  I love hearing them learn and talk about what they know to each other.  They were sad when our Daily 5 time was up and can't wait for tomorrow's  Daily 5 time.

 

 

My sister's 2nd grade class also started this today and she said they also loved it.  Her student's told her that I was cool.  :) 

 

 

You can get the awesome packet full of fun things for the kids to do while learning here. That's the best part! 

 

 

This week in a wrap

This week we covered one of my favorite topics in Social Studies and one of my best selling items on TPT.  We did the Social Studies Government Breakdown and oh my goodness the conversations they were having.  I was just smiling walking around the room.  They sorted the descriptions together one day and made a venn diagram comparing/contrasting Mayor, Governor, & President.  Then, the next day they created their tree maps after sorting the descriptions again.  I loved hearing them talk to each other about what they learned and already know! 

 

 

 

 

 

 We have also been going over the Water Cycle and I got to pull out a game I found a few years back.  You can get it here along with other ideas.  It's a fun game where the kids are water droplets and they move all different places (ground water, soil, clouds, river, lakes, ect).  It's neat to see how everybody went different places throughout the process.  They love it!

 

 

It was also the 100th day of school and 1st and Kinder had some cute decorations and activities that I thought I would share.  Second doesn't get to do all that fun stuff but it was sure cute to see around the school!    This is a poster they hung for the 100 days and then said the celebration continues!  Fun!

New to my TPT store

Christmas break has been wonderful and it's sad that there is only one more day left.  I have had a great time relaxing with my family and enjoying my two sweet boys.  I don't seem to see them enough during the school year.  I have added a few new things to my store and I am excited about my new Valentine Reading Station Pack.

This is my new Valentine set.  I love themed sets and try to change it up every now and then.  I can't wait for February to bust this out and see what the kids think.  You can get this set here.

Our hall theme this year is All Stars.  I created this for my team and we all hung this outside our classrooms.  I just took these down but they were so cute.  I had each kid hold a bat and put on a batting helmet.  I then cut their pictures out and put it in the oval and made a long pennant outside my classroom.  They enjoyed seeing themselves and others enjoyed reading information about each kid.  You can get this FREE here.

 

 

Types of Sentences is going to be a great station for my kids to work in for a few days.  I can't wait to get this up and going.  You can purchase the set here.  I will for sure be posting this set in action soon!

 

I just love doing Star Student and showcasing those kiddos.  I draw a name each week and that student is the star student all week long.  They get to bring in some small things to show off their interests.  They also get showcased in the weekly newsletter.  They LOVE it.  This little bundle has all you need to have a star student.  (2 different sheets they can fill out with their information, 2 different posters, certificate, a letter to the parents, and questions to ask the star student for the newsletter)  You can get all of it here.

 

 

 

I hope you all had a great break and rest up your little ones are coming back soon!  Mine will be waiting on me Monday morning!