Scarves!

This year for Christmas I made a few friends infinity scarves! The pictures are taken in my classroom but I did make them at home this was where I took the pictures the day I was giving them the scarves. I made them out of fabric from Walmart, all three of them were made from 1 yd. of fabric and the flowers I made out of fabric as well then sewed them on to the scarf. The colors are the school colors in which they work. The fabric is tied therefore it can be untied and worn as a normal scarf rather than an infinity scarf if wanted. 

 

 

Snowmen at Night!

Part of our course work includes a book a week where we go through and practice skills such as character, setting, beginning, middle, end, checking for understanding, retelling, comprehension, and knowing the job of the author and illustrator. This last week our book was Snowmen at Night and I decided to make a glyph to go along with our story to tie our book into math and handwriting by making them answer the question What do snowmen do at night? Here are some pictures showing how they turned out, what they show, and some of the ways the students answered the question. 

                        

                  

Word Family Tree

We have a spelling test each week and our spelling tests consist of words from the word family of that particular week. We discuss how if you can spell one word with that ending you can spell any word that uses that ending. It can also help you with reading because you can use those word endings as chunks that you already know the sound to and no longer have to sound out each individual sound. This is the word family tree I have made and displayed in the hall way. Each week I  Place the new word family on a leaf and add it to the tree! 

Parent Gifts

My students had a great time making gifts for their parents! I saw the original idea on Pinterest and then adapted it to what my students could do and what I had in my classroom. I found the blue ornaments at Walmart for $2.50 a pack and I needed three packages. They are snowmen using the students handprint in white paint. They then were able to use other paint colors to add details to their snowmen the following day once the white had had time to dry. 

After making ornaments the students wrote a message and signed cards that I had purchased at Walmart for .99 and I needed two packages. I also made santa beards and santa hat photo props and took their pictures in front of the tree and had these printed and placed inside each card. 

The kids made reindeer gift bags to put everything in also! Clothes pin antlers and scrapbook paper noses on brown paper lunch bags all which I had on hand.