Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! There is so much to be thankful for this season.

Five for Friday: Thanksgiving Edition

60th Day:

We made these 60th day of school turkeys. Each turkey gets 10 feathers. We practice counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's. 

Turkey in Disguise:

I gave this as a homework assignment. Look how cute they came out! I am so proud of the effort they put in to decorate and disguise their turkeys. They baby just cracks me up.

Scarecrow Art:

I love using these scarecrows to decorate the classroom along with the corn I posted two week ago for the 50th day of school activity. They turned out adorable. 

Sing Along:

This week we had an author visit and a sing along assembly. The sing along is something we are trying to do to create a sense of community at our school. It was really fun to see all of the students singing together. 

We Are Thankful Book:

This week we worked on a classbook . Each 1st grader wrote a paragraph about three things they are thankful for. It was the first time I asked them to write details. We started with reading a book and brainstorming ideas. I guided the student through a planner and how to transfer their writing from the planner to a first draft. I conferenced with each student. Then, they wrote a second and final draft. We are sending our pages off to Student Treasures for binding. Each student can purchase a book from Student Treasures. I am excited to see the final product. The students put so much time and effort into their writing and art work. I know it will turn out beautifully. 

Five for Friday

50th day of school activity 

Fall tree tear paper art

Hello Fall, Goodbye Summer Poems

Bat Habitat Dioramas

Rocky Road Apple

Since Fall has finally arrived in California this week has been filled with fall leaf activities. Tomorrow afternoon we are going on a nature walk to find leaves. We finished out bat habitat project. I am so proud of how they turned out. And really who can pass up a gourmet apple. Thanks to a teacher on my 1st grade team, I will be treating myself to a rocky road apple for dessert. Although, it almost looks to pretty to eat...almost!

Spooktacular Halloween Fun!

 Mummy Door Decoration

I wanted to do something special for Halloween seeing as my new school goes all out with a Halloween parade and party, so I searched around Pinterest and found this spooky mummy door. I was able to use the white butcher paper and black and yellow construction paper, so it didn't cost me a dime! Yay for DIY decorations!

Black Cat Glyph

I have always wanted to put this up on my TpT for sale. I just love these little black cats. I was hoping that this would be the year, but being pregnant has not helped my energy level at night. Once I am on maternity leave, I will start making putting together some of my cute activities that are found in hard copy only. Look for this one coming soon...

Pumpkin Descriptive Writing

I have loved teaching about descriptive writing during the fall season. Pumpkins are just wonderful to talk about and write about. I found this activity on TpT from Foxwell Forest. It comes with this piece and a pumpkin pie piece that I do in November. I love this piece because it can stay up through November, which means less after school work for me. 

 Ghost Days of School and Writing

Both of these ghost activities were so engaging for the students. Above, we count every ten days of school with an activity. Each student had 4 ghosts and 10 "ooo's" per ghost. The ghost were actually die cuts from our schools machine and the O's are just Avery white reinforcement labels that can be purchased  on Amazon. 

I used the same die cut for the ghost writing activity. If you do not have The Ghost Dinner, you should try to find it on Amazon. It is out of print, but a very cute story. The story is about ghosts who drink and eat different things at a dinner party. When they drink or eat they turn the color of the food. The students then choose three foods and write about their ghost eating each food and the color they would turn. The kids had such a fun time with it which always make something easier to teach.

Franken Authors Flip Book

This project took a couple of says to complete for my 1st graders, and the assembly took some time for me, but I just could not pass up creating these monsters. My grade level is focusing in on retelling a stories main events including the moral of the story, so this fit perfect with our focus. I had the kids retell each part of the story with a partner. Some students wrote a paragraph for each section and some wrote a few simple sentences. Each student saw success. This is a must for the Halloween season!

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