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Remembrance Day Poppy Wreath

This Remembrance Day, have your students create a Poppy Wreath.  Each student can create their own poppy which can be attached to a hanger to create a class poppy wreath.  Directions are listed below: 

Poppy Wreath Instructions

You will need:

- Several sheet of red paper (8 - 1/2  X 11”)

- Sheets of black paper

- Scissors

- Glue

- Something to trace (e.g., small cup)

- Wire hanger

- Heavy duty tape

Instructions:

1.     Bend wire hanger into a circle shape.

2.     Make several copies of the heart template using red paper.

3.    Cut 6 hearts for each poppy.  Crinkle each heart and then glue them together.

4.     Use a small cup to trace a black circle.  Cut the circle and then cut small fringes into the edges.  Glue the black circle into the middle of your poppy.

5.    Attached each poppy to the hanger.  Use heavy duty tape.

6.    To create a full effect, add at least 10 to 12 poppies to the hanger.

Full directions and photos are free at the following link: 

Poppy Wreath

Halloween Resource Roundup

That time of year is fast approaching.  Here are some fun activities to use in your classrooms.

Halloween Math Stations

Halloween math stations are a fun way to consolidate learning for students in Grades 3 to 6. This package of activities includes a patterning poster project, word cards, poster templates and a rubric to use after working through terms such as increasing patterns, decreasing patterns and repeating patterns. Two criteria checklists have been developed. One uses the slide, flip and turn vocabulary while the other uses translations, reflections and rotations. A sample poster planner is part of this package as well as images to use in the creative part of the poster. Individual patterning practice activities are included, an addition game, multiplication game and a place value game using numbers between 0 and 99.

Halloween Writing Activities

Halloween is always a fun time of year to introduce literacy activities to your classroom. This bundle contains four Halloween units found in my store. The Halloween Writing Unit contains three forms: descriptive writing, procedural writing and informational writing.  The descriptive writing component is introduced through an Onomatopoeia Poem. With the creation of words that produce natural sounds, students can come up with a creative way to explore the world of poetry. It is recommended that a Halloween CD be used for this activity. If a CD is not available, you may access the internet for Halloween sounds or have students come up with their own.  When writing a procedure, students can come up with a Halloween Recipe that will send shivers down the reader’s spine. A step by step “how to” activity is included to assist in the procedural writing process.  Finally, the informational piece is always a fun one that allows students to publish their work on specialty writing paper. Students will explore fascinating facts about bats and explain why bats exhibit certain characteristics, habits or features. This writing kit includes a writing guide to assist your students, writing forms, display ideas and book covers (if you choose to turn these into class books), specialty writing paper and a rubric. 
 

Halloween Silly Sentences

A working with words activity will have students in grades 3 through 6 use subject, verb and complement cards to build and simplify silly sentences. Challenging verb cards are included with this unit as well as nouns associated with the Halloween theme, a blank sentence building template, display and label cards and a synonym chart. This is a perfect activity to use in your Word Work Stations or as an extra project for early finishers.

Our Best Halloween Costumes

If you would like to start a great home-school connection or addition to your literacy writing station, the Halloween Costumes Write About book is the place to start. A helpful planning sheet is included for your struggling writers. This writing activity will encourage writing at any grade level.

Halloween Writing Paper

Finally, a package filled with Halloween letter writing paper and lined paper for emergent and established writers is included in this bundle. Art work created includes kids in costumes, jack-o-lanterns, spiders and bats. 

Halloween Number Chats

Halloween images are presented in an organized arrangement by number. Students will learn to recognize the number of objects without counting them. This is called “subitizing”. Incorporating these images into daily number chats provides opportunities for students to work on counting, seeing numbers in multiple ways and learning combinations. 

Each page contains 4 of the same image but in different combinations for number chats. You may use one set of 4 images per day. The students can apply the strategies from each picture presented in whole or small group math chats.. 

Halloween Shape Paper

Make writing fun with this Halloween shaped paper pack. You will find four themes to choose from:  a pumpkin, a witch's hat, a haunted house and a cat. Paper is created for emergent and established writers plus blank form.

Halloween Roll a Story

Students will be prompted to tell or write a story with a Halloween theme.  This unit includes a story prompt sheet, graphic organizers, word lists (Halloween & transition words), rubric and speciality writing paper with full and half lined pages.

Part Part Whole Cards Halloween

Here's a fun way to assist students in computation of number sums either in math stations, with a buddy or for independent practice. This unit of 25 part-part-whole cards will allow students to practice sums from 2 to 10 with a Halloween theme. The unit includes 2 variations for the numbers 2 and 3 and 3 variations for the numbers 4 to 10. With numbers hidden with flaps, Students can then justify what the missing part is and lift the flap to verify their answers. Cards may be used during a number talks, during guided math groups or for individual assessments. 

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Halloween Loot Bag Tags

Here's a free product your trick or treaters will love: Halloween Loot Bag Tags. Just add a loot bag and goodies before placing this tag on the treat bag.

Gift Card Giveaway!

I've teamed up with some fabulous TpT authors for a gift card giveaway.  See details below to enter:

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Prize: $100 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card

Giveaway Organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher)

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Fall Resource Round Up

A few days away, marks the Fall season.  It's time to take a look at some fun resource to keep your students engaged. 

Fall Poetry  With his fun Fall Poetry Writing Unit, you will find helpful parts of speech associated with fall terminology, templates for writing poetry, some samples to help students get started and task cards to add to your poetry station. Fall templates include the following poetry forms: ABC Poem, Acrostic, Cinquain, Concrete, Couplet, Diamante, Free Verse, Haiku and Quatrain Poetry. A student-friendly rubric is also included.

Fall Math Games  You'll find 5 math games with a fall theme.  They range from basic operations games to creating glyphs. A description for each one is found below:

1) BUILD A SCARECROW MULTIPLICATION CHALLENGE: Students will generate products and develop a glyph based on the products generated.
2) BUILD A SCARECROW ADDITION CHALLENGE : Students will generate sums and develop a glyph based on the sums generated.
3) MULTIPLICATION BUMP GAME: Students will play this game with product from 1 to 36.
4) ADDITION BUMP GAME: Students will play this game with sums from 1 to 20.
5) SCARECROW RACE: This game is played using division of the number 2. Students will choose to be a decimal or whole number for the quotient. 

Fall Writing Paper  This package includes fall letter writing paper and lined paper for emergent and established writers. Art work created includes scarecrows, leaves, pumpkins and an owl. 

Fall Word Work - Silly Sentences for Fluent Readers Silly sentences have always been a fun way to explore sentence building and recognizing parts of speech. Students in grades 3 through 6 will have the opportunity to use subject, verb and complement cards to build and simplify silly sentences using a Fall theme. Challenging verb cards are included with this unit as well as a blank sentence building template, display and label cards and a synonym chart. This is a perfect activity to use in your Word Work Stations or as an extra project for early finishers. 

Fall Roll a Story Here's a fun way to work on writing skills. All you need is a dice, pencil and activities in this pack. Students will be prompted to tell or write story with a fall theme. This unit includes a story prompt sheet, graphic organizers, word lists (fall & transition words), rubric and specialty writing paper with full and half lined pages.

Here's a free download:

Fall Word Wall Words This unit contains 44 word cards for fluent readers. Words are based on a fall theme. Included is a "Fall Words" banner, 44 word list for individual use and 44 shape word cards for your word wall or writing station. 

Ready Your Classroom

Hi everyone,

It's happening again!  A TpT boost sale on August 21st. 

Use the code BTSBONUS18 for additional savings at checkout.

For a freebie, click on the link below.  Create a classroom community with this fun and inexpensive idea.  All you need is a mason jar!

Classroom Community Jar

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR!

Hi everyone,

If you haven't heard, TpT is having its 2 day back to school sale.  Get ready for some fun savings.  Use the promo code BTSFRESH to save even more!

Create Your Own Photo Booth

Start the new school year off right or create a fun birthday memory with  photo booth props.  The props will add some fun to your first day pictures or event. Buying the accessories from party stores can be quite costly.  Fun printables can be used over and over again when you create your own.  Just add a fun frame by using a piece of foam board, fun wrapping paper and printable images.  Create the props by attaching them to a wooden dowel, straw or pencil.  Here are some images:

Here's one I created for a family 50th party.  With kids of all ages, this can be a fun way to photograph the guests.  Just add some accessories such as printable characters, candles, ties, hats, balloons and speech bubbles:

Here are images for back to school:

With speech bubbles, students can showcase their favourite subjects:

Here are my most recent photo booth prop printables:

Birthday Photo Booth Props for people of all ages.  

or

Back to School Photo Props  for students from Kindergarten to Grade 12

 

Wonder Walls

If you're looking for a springboard for authentic discussion and research, beginning a "Wonder Wall" is the perfect place to start.  Students are filled with inquiry.  Often questions are asked and left unanswered.  Why does a an elephant have a small tail?  Why do skunks sleep during the day?  Why do birds fly?  I've often asked students to place their wondering on a wonder wall.   This is a fun way to jumpstart inquiry in your classroom.

Some benefits for generating a wonder wall:

• critical thinking
• igniting inquiry
• extending and sharing learning
• developing discourse with peers
• generating unique ways to showcase learning

If you're looking for a bulletin board wall, this Wonder Wall  set has everything you need to get started. 

$100 TPT Card Giveaway

I've teamed up with some amazing Tpt Teachers for a $100.00 gift card giveaway.  Just enter the rafflecopter below.

Giveaway Organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher)

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Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter.  Giveaway ends 5/13/18 and is open worldwide.

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Spring into Savings on April 22nd and 23rd

If you're looking for some great deals at 50% off, some teacher authors have joined in starting a #SPRINGSAVINGS hashtag sale on Teachers Pay Teachers.  Here a few of the deals:

 

Super Bundles are 50% off on TpT - April 16th and 17th

Some Teachers Pay Teachers authors are advertising bundles for 50% off on April 16th and 17th, 2018.  Just search the hashtag #bundlebonanza

Celebrating National Poetry Month

April is a great time to celebrate poetry reading, writing and a poetry cafe!  I've worked with the youngest of authors to create list poems and rhyming couplets.  I often work with older students who are writing diamante, haiku and shape poems. Once our writing has been completed, students are asked to select a few poems to read aloud. My goal is to transform the class into a fun cafe setting.  Here's the plan:

1)  Have students choose the poem they are proudest of.  Place the poem in a folder.  Have the students decorate the folder.  This can include hand drawn images or paper crafting activities (origami is always fun when you glue the creations onto the folder).   

2)  Have students practice reciting their poems.  Some may choose to do this from memory.  Others may decide to use the page that's in the folder.

3)  Talk about voice projection!  I usually have students stand opposite a partner across the room. They can project their voice.  Then the partner moves to the halfway point of the room. Voices are then projected to the halfway mark.  The partner moves close enough (within an earshot) for the last reading.  Voice projections are important.  I start with a warm up such as "Today is a wonderful day."  Students are encouraged to put on their best voices.

4) Create some handwritten invitations for students from other classes to attend.  Invite some parents or grandparents to attend.  You can even make this a community partnership.  Invite some of your local community members to attend.   

4)  Prior to the poetry cafe launch, make sure you have some tealight candles.  These must be the ones that you don't have to use a lighter to light.  I bought mine around Christmas when they were readily available.  They are distributed around the room.  Our desks are transformed into cafe tables.  You may choose to turn off most of the lights.

5) Have an author's stool or special chair for your budding authors.  Students are encouraged to wear author hats and dark clothing.

6) Students will come up and read their poems.  No clapping after that!  We use our snapping fingers.

7)  End with some cafe treats.  I often serve baked goods and juice boxes.

Here are some great free posters to help students comprehend literary devices and how they can be embedded in their written poetry creations:

Literary Devices Posters