When Charlie McButton Lost Power by Suzanne Collins and Unplugged by Steven Antony make great additions to bookshelves in the classroom and at home. Both books tell the stories of what happens when the main character loses access to power – meaning no access to their beloved electronic devices. These stories are great for teaching kids…
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End of the year activities | May classroom activities
Maybe only my fellow teachers who graduated in the early 2000s will relate to this, but I feel like this meme is always necessary as we transition into the month of May… I cannot find the original source of this meme! Lo and behold, it’s gonna be May! (snicker, snicker 🤣) How is that even possible?!…
Santa Bruce Craft
One of my favorite new book releases this holiday season is Santa Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins. Santa Bruce is about a grumpy, yet oh-so-lovable bear who is mistaken for Santa. Though he’d rather be hibernating, he pulls through for the forest animals and gives presents to all. I created a free Santa Bruce craft that you…
Holiday Bucket List for the Classroom
I’m so excited to share this free printable with you today! After seeing Kelle’s family-oriented holiday bucket list over at ETST, I thought how wonderful it would be to draw up a holiday bucket list for the classroom! Each list has fifteen different activities and tasks that promise to add a little holiday magic to…
The Best Gingerbread Books for Kids
This post shares my favorite gingerbread-themed books for kids for the 2018 holiday season. There’s a mix of old favorites and new, all perfect for kids and students ages 3- to 8-years-old. Today, I’m sharing TEN of my favorite Gingerbread-themed picture books and activities that will fit right into your curriculum whether you teach kindergarten, first grade,…
The Best Christmas Books for Kids
This post shares my favorite Christmas books for kids for the 2018 holiday season. There’s a mix of old favorites and new, all perfect for kids and students ages 3- to 8-years-old. Today, I’m sharing TEN of my favorite Christmas-themed picture books and activities that will fit right into your curriculum whether you teach kindergarten, first grade,…
Balloons Over Broadway Activities
Today, I’m excited to share my new favorite Thanksgiving read-aloud, Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet, along with some ELA activities you can incorporate into your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade classrooms. (PS. I definitely think you could use them with your third graders, too!) I’ve talked a lot recently about the library of read-aloud activity sets that…
Post-Halloween Activity
Let’s face it, when Halloween falls during the school week, you just have to embrace it and all the craziness excitement that comes with it. So, even though you’ve attended the Fall Fest, thrown a party at school, paraded them through the hallways to show off their costumes, read ALL THE READ-ALOUDS, been visited by…
Eight Halloween Freebies
This post is a round-up of eight different Halloween freebies found within posts or in my Teachers Pay Teachers shop. Use them in your preschool, kindergarten, first, or second grade classroom! Pumpkin Directed Drawing Summarizing Activity Spider-Themed Word Work (editable template) Pumpkin Painting Halloween Costume Fun Skeleton Poster Templates Pumpkin Investigation Boo Bat Directed Drawing Pumpkin…
Hands-on Halloween Activities
As a teacher, it has always been my desire to make learning fun, which is why I was intent on having a set of hands-on Halloween activities that were engaging, standards-based, and student-focused. I believe that what is going on the in the classroom should be reflective of relevant themes because it helps students identify…
