A little pumpkin treat and a reminder!!

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Baking seeds tonight.  Counting tomorrow.

Simple and cute as can be!!

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A little "freebie" to make you SMILE!

Slowly but surely comments are coming in.  Can't wait to see who will be the winner.  To make you "smile" today I have a little something for a "freebie".  Hope you will enjoy it.  Michele

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It is just one of the many items I made for my "kiddos" to practice their math facts.

Can be found here.

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Finally Friday! and a "freebie"

Hmm no full moon here and still is was a "chat" till you drop kind of week for my kiddos.  Yikes they never quieted down!  In between chatting we did get a little something done and absolutely loved learning a little something about pumpkins.  Tuesday we are going to "scoop and count" so the pictures should be adorable.
I hope to capture the looks on their faces as they reach the inside.  Descriptive words required...
So today was day one of Pumpkin Mania! If you scroll down you will also see a fabulous link for interactive pumpkin activities for kids and you "freebie"!

Outstanding sit with interactive pumpkin activities.

Freebie - Writing Rubric

I used this to evaluate the pumpkin stories they wrote.

Fire Safety

Fire Safety Link- Click here.

This interactive link is worth taking a look at for kids.  

They loved it and so did I.

Then check out the cute fire safety crafts we completed.

Not bad for a Wednesday, rainy day recess kind of day!

Columbus Day and a "freebie"...

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So I start today asking the students to write one thing they know about Christopher Columbus.

He has a hat.

He lives in a house.

He had a boat.

Seriously they had no clue.

Finally one little girl says, "I know that he came from Spain."

Hey it was a start.  And so our day began.  Actually it was nice not having them know too much because by the end of the day they could share lots of facts with me!

Love Scholastic News.  Their new "white board" ability makes it worth every penny.
We started with the video they have.  Then "explored" what is an explorer.

Following that we used this mini book for our "read to self" during  our literacy centers.

In our word work we practiced ABC order with Columbus words.

Ah ha...notice we knew nothing to start.  Lots of book choices for  "self selected reading".

During "listen to reading" we listened about Christopher Columbus.

And writing...we focused on Christopher Columbus was...wanted.

And here is our "nifty" craft.  The ship sails around the world.

Best children's program yet for computer...BBC Columbus.