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AUTHOR STUDY UNIT

This author study is for upper elementary level classrooms and includes a banner heading and multiple posters depicting some of our most famous authors!  

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ART  NOTEBOOK

This art unit was created as a way to teach the basics of art to my 4th, 5th, & 6th graders.  It covers the basic elements of art and includes a student interactive notebook and a corresponding Power Point presentation.

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MUNCHING THROUGH MATH FACTS

This is a year long set of math facts - one for each day of the school year!

On each page is 25 math facts that included a mixture of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division!  Give students a minute to finish or have them time themselves to see how long they finish the set! 

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Think Green!

St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner!  Do you have your green ready?????

Here is a quick and easy art activity that the kids can do independently and have fun with.

Students get to choose any art supply that is green to randomly fill in squares.

In our classroom, students were able to choose from paint, water colors, markers, crayons, colored pencils, glitter, and oil pastels.

 

We then punched holes in the top and added green pipe cleaners for easy hanging.  Ribbon would work too!

 

For the FREEBIE printable, click below!

 

Enjoy!

Valentine's Day Freebies

Valentine's Day is quickly approaching so I thought I would share some of my favorite Valentine's Day Printables!

This is what I do each year with the kiddos so they have something to hold their class valentines.  

All you need is the printables provided (click on the picture for link) and a paper sack!

This can be used for any grade level as I have done it with Kindergarten and 4th grade and both age groups loved it.

Another cute activity to send home with kiddos to give their parents is this kangaroo.

Have them write a love letter to their parents and stick in the pocket.  They can also write chore cards to stick in the pockets.  I did this with Kindergarten, but a blank heart could make it easily adaptable to upper grade levels.  Click on the picture above for a link to printables!

Finally, for my class I give them a little coupon for 5 problems off an assignment.  They must attach to their homework. 

Enjoy!

Some People are Worth Melting For

Oh the weather outside is frightful, 

but Olaf will make it delightful...

 

We all love Olaf!  So how about combining a little winter writing with a fun Olaf craft to brighten your bulletin boards!

 Olaf's most meaningful line from FROZEN (in my humble opinion) is "Some people are worth melting for."  Who in your life is worth melting for?  This is the theme of the writing activity we did.

My kiddos had a blast making these Olafs which they told me they cannot wait to take home and hang up in their rooms!

 

This week's Friday Flash Freebie is this Olaf Writing Craftivity! 

Power through to winter...spring is only weeks away!

Favorite Freebie Sites and a Friday Flash Freebie

Check out these AWESOME sites that offer freebie downloads EVERY teacher can use!

Finding the best sites is hard because there are literally millions of them out there.  Here are my Favs!

Doodle Art Alley offers fun and unique free printables that students can color.  The variety is amazing and goes from the various holidays to different subjects to motivating phrases.

Here is a fun site that offers free fonts that can be used in the classroom!

We Give Books is an awesome site where you have access to thousands of books for free.  Just sign up for a free membership.  The nice thing about this site is you can project the books on your Smartboard and read them together as a class.  There are plenty of books for upper elementary as well as primary grades, so head on over there and check it out!

I am not a huge fan of showing long videos in class.  However, I do think videos can add so much to a lesson.  PBS Learning (also called Teacher's Domain) gives you free access to thousands of educational video clips.  You can search by grade level, topic, and subjects.  

Math-Aids.com is a nice site to go to when you need extra Math practice in a certain area.  I actually do not use this site a whole lot for classroom work, but I do share this with parents who are looking for extra Math practice for their children.  It's free!

I am going to be honest,  I have not been using this next site for  very long.  However, I love it and know I will continue to use it.  A teacher friend recently told me about GoNoodle which is a nice site for 5 minute brain breaks.  It gets students out of their desks and moving which, let's face it, they need!

And....saving the BEST for last is TpT!  I feel like this is an obvious one but I had to list it.  This site is my #1 go-to when I am looking for something.  There are lots and lots of FREEBIES, but there are also bazillions (that's a word, right????) of reasonably priced resources.  And you get them instantly!  Memberships are free so if you haven't been there, check it out!

  

Download this Divisibility Rules poster for FREE a FLASH!

"Egg"stremely Cute Eggs

As a way to celebrate Holy Week and as a fun way to prepare for Easter, we painted eggs today!

Find an egg template, make your own, or download this image!

 Our eggs were made from 11 x 18 inch white cardstock.

Use masking tape to make the shape of a cross or other random designs on your egg.

Use water colors to paint your egg as you choose!

Remove the tape and enjoy your Easter décor!

 



Can We Get A "HOOT" "HOOT"

OK...so I just fell in love with this website

http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/

I used their technique for drawing an owl and then had the kiddos outline with a black crayon.  We used watercolors (which they love, love, love) to paint the owl! 

We are smack in the middle of fourth quarter right now, so we did a quick recap of all we have learned so far this year!  Add that to a cute Can We Get a "HOOT" "HOOT" for All We Have Learned This Year and we have a "owl"fully good bulletin board! 

Penguin Unit

We are lovin' penguins this week!

We read our Parker the Penguin Booklet!

 

Check out this super cute penguin handprint craft!

And what about this fun addition and subtraction penguin center?  Use the goldfish crackers to help the kiddos solve addition and subtraction problems.   Then they record their answers on the answer sheet.

  
To download these activities and more, click on the picture below!