November Unit

Hey friends! I finally got my act together and compiled a November Unit. It includes everything I will be working on or talking about with my students this month. I can't wait to start using it tomorrow! My kids are going to love it :-)

This unit includes:

Turkey Feather Pattern Making

Turkey Color By Number and Making a Sentence

Pilgrim Boys and Girls Discussion Pages

Comparing and Contrasting with our homes today and

Native American homes in the past

Take-Home Assignment with Feathers

Turkey Body for Hat or Art

Beginning Sounds Worksheet

Turkey Sight Word Matching Game

Click here to go to TpT to purchase it today!

The Witch Stocking Patterns

This was so much fun to do today! Each of my kids made a pattern on a witch's stocking (they could make any kind of pattern they wanted) and then we put them all around a giant witch. I saw this idea on pinterest but they were having the kids make their own witches; we just didn't have the time for that, but I actually think this turned out better. In order for it to make sense, I had to come up with my own poem/saying to go on the inside but I think that it turned out alright. It goes like this:

There once was a crafty old witch who had so many bare legs she didn't know what to do! Then one day that crafty old witch had a witchity thought, and decided that maybe, just maybe she could make those legs up!

"Patterns! Yes, patterns! That's what I'll do!" She cried,

and then she added the patterns to her legs by her sides!

Great Quote

So I was on facebook today, ran across this quote, and had to share it. I hope you like it!

PJ Day- Best Day Ever!

Today was our PJ day. For the National Reading Day we read Llama Llama Red Pajama and K-2 wore PJs to school to celebrate. It was great! I love PJ day, I'm always so warm and comfy on that day:)

Look What We Made Yesterday- ZERO THE HERO!

I absolutely love these!! Probably the best activity of the year so far! The kids loved it too, I even had one child come back today and ask when we were going to put our capes back on. He was really disappointed to learn we weren't going to put them on. The kids colored their Zero The Hero character and then glued them onto their crepe paper capes. After everything was glued on I pined them onto their shirts to wear home. We also used Jack Hartmann's Zero The Hero Exercise song and again they LOVED it! If you haven't taught 0 yet you need to teach it this way!

Writing Rainbow

This year we are really focusing on writing. I use this writing rainbow to teach my students abou the different levels of writing and we discuss how we can get to the next level. It's really good for them to see where they're at and what they should be working toward.

Parts of An Apple

During our apple week I made this apple to help teach my students about different parts of an apple. I also put this in their centers and had them label their own apples.