0 Spooktacular Sale

I have joined up with some of my bloggy friends to offer HUGE Halloween savings!  Thank you to Jennie’s at JD's Rockin' Readers for organizing savings for all!

 

You can purchase items in my store at 20% off the regular price – that means my $2.00 items are only $1.60! That means you can gear up for the election with some great savings!

Today only you can purchase the entire unit for only $4.40!!  Here is only one of the great things that you'll get with the unit.

 

Don't need the whole unit?  Check out some book ideas!

Duck for President

So You Want to be President

 

Head over to my store to check out today's savings! 

Happy Halloween Friends!!!

Detail: Spooktacular Sale

0 Spiders, Owls & Bats - Oh My!!

I am so exctied that my students are finishing their spider research projects this week!  It went so much better than last year.  One of the reasons why is the way we kept our notes organized this year!!

Last year in writing we kept notes, but did not organize them well, and when it was time to write reports my kids really strugged to put the information in order - guess you learn!  Sooo... this year we've taken more time and I taught them how to use a very structured graphic organizer to keep notes. My kiddos LOVE it - happy kids means a happy teacher.

Here is what our graphic organizer looks like:

 

They don't know it yet, but we are focusing on "nocurnal" animals next and will be studying owls.  Now that I've taught my students how to use this organizer I created one for owls too!  Hopefully this report they can do with a little less modeling.  And, although we don't do Halloween at our school, I've found that fall animals are a great way to discuss autumn and seasonal changes.  Of course, after all this writing, we'll have to publish and have a celebration...just in time for, you guessed it! - Halloween.  Yes, crafty teacher!!  Ha!

Detail: Spiders, Owls & Bats - Oh My!!

0 Thematic Paper

After spending time yesterday focusing on CCSS math materials, I wanted to sit back and do something fun creative for my classroom.  I created some great thematic paper which is available at my TPT store.

Dinosaurs

Food

Holidays

Animals

October

And, of course, I couldn't resist adding a few freebies!  So head over to my TPT store and get some great materials. 

Detail: Thematic Paper