Happy-Almost-Spring, everyone! I just had the opportunity to guest blog for Charity Preston at her blog, The Organized Classroom. There I have some folding fun freebies for spring and the seasons. Check it out by click on the flower image below. Happy spring!!!
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Oreo Moon Phases (Fases de la Luna)
I’m not sure exactly where this idea originated first, but I’ve seen it floating around on Pinterest (I’ve finally joined, yeah! Click here for my profile.) and Facebook and had to give it a try. It’s not the most healthy activity, but it was a whole lot of fun and definitely a keeper in my lesson […]
Miniature Water Cycle FAIL
Ok, so you know how you can make those cute little ziplock baggy water cycles? Well, I thought I would take it up a notch and create mini-water cycles using the front part of the plastic packaging you find on glue stick packs and Expo packs. The picture above is misleading because it looks pretty […]
Vocabulary Stickers
Do you ever feel bad throwing away those two or three extra lables that you didn’t use when printing? In my effort this year to “waste not, want not,” I cut my full-sheet sticker scraps in squares and rectangles and had my students turn them into vocabulary stickers. We’re studying the scientific method in science, […]
Learning Gems
My husband said yesterday that I am OCD, and I suppose it’s true but the object of my obsession changes on a regular basis. This year’s obsession seems to be “going green,” especially in my classroom. Every plastic container is now a possible learning manipulative, every small cereal or snack box is a possible storage […]