Father's Day is right around the corner and our class loves showing appreciation for all the special men in their lives. Since they had such a blast creating Spa Mom for Mother's Day, we couldn't leave the Dads out! So, we created Tie-rific Dad for all the TOP guys in our students' lives. Putting Tie-rific Dad together is pretty simple. The templates are easy to copy directly onto colored construction paper, then just cut and glue. We have them use markers for the nose and mouth too. We ... VIEW POST
Father’s Day Craft: Tie-rific Dad
Summer Reading Logs
Summer is right around the corner, and parents everywhere are starting to ask teachers can you PLEASE keep them longer?! what they can have their students do over the summer to keep their school skills solid? We're so glad they ask! One of easiest answers we give is, have them read. One of the easiest things we give them to encourage reading is a Summer Reading Log. There's just something about copying and folding activities into booklets that bait our students time and again...Case in point - ... VIEW POST
That’s a Wrap! End of School Activities
We're going with the Field of Dreams, "If you build blog it, they it will come." mentality at the moment. 29 days and counting left in the school year for us, which we are sure may seem like a lot to some of you who are ending this school year much, much sooner, but we will get our payback time come July. ;) We really don't know what it is about the end of the school year, but we absolutely love it! Perhaps it's because the pressure is off. The learning is learned. The books are read. Homework ... VIEW POST
Father’s Day Giftivity ~ Tie-rific Dad…Spa Mom’s Soulmate
Spa Mom has been on the prowl ever since Mother's Day... But, finding the right soulmate is a far cry from her relaxing days at the Spa... Until he walked in... It was love at first print sight. It's a match made in Heaven and our students are flipping over Spa Mom's mate! We're flipping that we can check our class Father's Day gift off our list...Win! It's one of the last projects we do before the end of the school year, but we just cannot forget about the Dads... They deserve our love ... VIEW POST
Sliding Through Summer ~ Skills Review Booklet for Off Season Learners
We take our summer sliding very seriously... We put our best foot forward and try our very best to keep from slipping off the summer slide. But, us teachers know how this story goes... Kids slip and slide all over the summer. Sometimes, we slip off the summer slide... And forget all that we learned... These are the times we remind our teachery selves... Those apples don't fall too far from those trees. ;) Fortunately for our first grade families, we will not let them slip off the summer ... VIEW POST
5 for…What Day Is It?!?
We know we're in June...the sixth month of the year... Right? We're pretty sure we're well within the 5 for Friday "Slacker Grace Period", so we're linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching once again. Things were moving along at warp speed for us, and then just like getting clotheslined in a vicious game of Red Rover, it was LIGHTS OUT. Over. School's GONE and Summer's ON!! Cheers! We got these as an end of year gift. Best gift ever! They're from Pier 1 Imports. Run... A lot ... VIEW POST
