Christmas Gift?!

Do you ever take pictures to share and completely forget about them?  Well, that of course happens to me all the time haha.  I am WAY behind on this one..

but I will share it anyway so I don't forget. Merry March Christmas I guess... ;)

Here is a Christmas Gift we did for our parents.  I had bought bulbs at the $ Tree (obsession)... then the students looked through magazines and found adjectives, or words that describe either them or their family.  Here is my example.  ENJOY!

Text Features

Fantastic Text Features...Thanks to Jordan over at "Life Is Better Messy Anyway".

My students are working hard preparing for the big WKCE test in November.  One big focus is nonfiction text.  I found this lesson extremely important in teaching the different features that can be found, and how the features can help you.  We discussed what a text feature is and then the students looked for them in magazines.  I allowed students to work alone or with a partner to create a Text Feature poster.  Check out the results: