Mooseltoe!

Wowie... It has been WAY to long since my last post.  I am so sorry!  Here is an activity we did during our Christmas party.  We read the story Mooseltoe, then created our own moose.  We used yarn and gobbed on glue so that we could shape the moose's mustache. These dried for a day, then at our party we decorated them with anything we could find (garlin, bulbs, glitter, candy canes, etc.).

They turned out SOOO cute! ENJOY

NEED YOUR HELP!

Hi All,

The Kindergarten teacher and I are in charge of the schools Student Council this year since the previous leader found a job else where.  We usually hold a "Fun Day" the Friday after our Christmas Concert,  it usually lasts an hour.  In the past the typical All School Movie, All School Carnival, and All School Relay Races (team games) have been done... A LOT!  I like being different... so I was hoping to try and come up with something new, it just seems like the students on Student Council are stuck in the past and have a hard time coming up with something "outside of the box".  I want to show them that there are other options out there... so that is where you come in... Any ideas on an all school activity?  Please remember, we are in Wisconsin and it is starting to get cold about now... so it usually takes place in the Gym.

**I don't have a whole lot of followers yet... so if you could link this to your site so that others might click it and respond/help as well that would be AMAZING!!

  Thanks for your time, cant wait to hear all of your ideas.

Sunshine Award!

A HUGE Thank You to Tina  at Quench Your First and Barbara at GradeONEderful for giving me the Sunshine Award.  Here are the rules-

1. Thank the person(s) who gave this award and write a post about it.
2. Answer the following questions below.
3. And pass the award to 10~12 fabulous bloggers, link their blogs and let them know I awarded them.

• Favorite Color?  GREEN
• Favorite Animal?  Koalas, oh what I would give to hold one :)
• Favorite Number? 33?  Not sure why.
• Favorite Drink?  Water... but I have been known to have a glass of wine after a long day of teaching!
• Facebook or Twitter?  Facebook
• Your Passion? Teaching... and anything that involves sports.  Running, volleyball, rowing, etc.  the list goes on and on. 
• Giving or Getting Presents?  I LOVE to shop for others... it's dangerous on my checking account.
• Favorite day? Friday.I always tell me students that Friday is my favorite day because I get to see their smiling faces... but I also know I get to sleep in tomorrow.
• Favorite flowers? Lilies

My SUNSHINE AWARDs go to:

1. Love, Laugh, and Learn  (She is a good friend of mine and has some AMAZING ideas!!  be sure to check her site out and follow her)

2. Mrs. Jumps Class
3. The First Grade Parade  I am sure all of you know of this blog... but I had to choose it as one to receive this award because this blog is the reason I created one in the first place :)
4. Spend A Day In Second grade 
5. Playing With Pixie Dust
6. Mrs. Tabb's First Grade Awesomeness
7. One Extra Degree
8. Crazy For First Grade
9.Castles and Crayons
10. I Love 2 Teach

Happy Blogging!

50th Day Fun

Happy 50th Day!!  Well... actually ours was on Tuesday, I am just a little behind.  What did you do to celebrate the 50th Day?  We dressed up, hand jived, drank root beer floats, and hula hooped with the Kindergarten class.  There were also 50th Day classroom activities incorporated through our busy, busy day.

Turkey Tens!

As a counting by ten review... I made these feathers for the students.  They had to decorate them, put them in order, then create their own turkey.  ENJOY!

National I Love To Write Day

Happy national I Love to Write Day! Did your school do anything special for this??  We gathered together as a school and read the story "Letters to God" (yes, we work at a Catholic school).  Then,  each child wrote their own letter to God.  These were sealed in their own envelopes and placed in the box shown in this picture.  This box will be in the front of our school for the rest of the school year, so students can write anytime they need/want to.  :)


**If you have never read this story, and either work at a Catholic school and/or you're Catholic and have children... I would recommend this book 100%.  It is so adorable :).  ENJOY

Classroom Managment Tool

Are you sick and tired of students shouting out they are finished?  Or students who shout your name out instead of raising their hand?  I have used this tool for the last few years... and it really helps keep your sanity haha.  All you need for each student is one red cup and one green cup.  This can be found at the dollar tree.  When students come in all of their cups are green (good).  As the day goes on if they finish an activity or if the have a question/need help they turn their cup to red.  We discuss what activities they can do while they are waiting with their cups on red (something as simple as reading our of their book bin).  It is a great visual. 

We have even used them during tests.  As we go through the test once they finish the question they are on they flip it to red... then the next question after i read it once they finish they flip it to green etc. There are many possibilities.  It helps A TON!!!!  ENJOY!!!