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How To Decorate A Christmas Tree – A Procedural Writing Craftivity

If you haven't figured out from other posts, I am a Christmas fanatic! I love everything about Christmas and the holiday season. I know there are some Grinches out there but for the most part everyone seems more cheerful, giving and happy around this time. This year all of my students celebrate Christmas so I can make a bigger deal out of it than usual.We're working on my, "How to Decorate a Christmas Tree" procedural writing craftivity and my students completed it with their big ... Read the Post

It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!

This is my absolute favorite time of year. All the lights and decorations and snow make me so happy.My family has a tradition that we always put up our tree the first weekend in December and I make homemade caramel corn for us to eat while we decorate. So this isn't exactly educational but who doesn't love a good recipe and a little food porn!So, first off you need 24 cups of air popped popcorn and you should preheat the oven to 225 F.Isn't my popcorn maker pretty?!This is what 24 cups of ... Read the Post

Happy Saturday!

I'm sure most of you have heard about the Cyber Monday Sale that's coming up this Monday and Tuesday, but just in case you hadn't heard:Can you believe it's just a few short weeks until Christmas already? I keeping hearing about people who are all finished their shopping and it stresses me out! Darn Facebook. I have 1 thing for my husband and some new Christmas PJs for my kids but that's it. I better get crackin'!This week we were working on more addition strategies using the Doubles facts. We ... Read the Post

Five for Saturday?

It just doesn't have the same ring as Five for Friday. I really meant to write a blog post last night but I have a house full of sickies and I passed out before I had a chance. So here I am on Saturday afternoon while the sickies all sleep, linking up with Doodlebugs for her Five for Friday weekly Linky.My car saga still continues. Now I can't even drive my car because it's pretty much driving sideways! Not a good thing with the snow we have now. Thankfully it will be getting fixed on ... Read the Post

A Bad Day…or a Good Writing Prompt?

Well, this right here (in the picture below) is the reason you need snow tires in Canada:Yes, that is sadly my car. No, I did not have snow tires on. When I pulled in the parking lot I didn't realize it was a sheet of ice and then when I went to park my car I just kept going...and going. I was pumping the breaks and nothing was happening, well aside from me sliding in the spot and up and over the curb. Thank goodness my back tires didn't go over, it's a steep drop down that hill!So was ... Read the Post

Digital Story Telling

Do you do digital story telling with your students? In the past I've always used Comic Life or other comic creation websites with my students, but this year I discovered a new digital story telling website!It's called Storybird and my students love it! I thought it was going to be too challenging for my firsties and possibly even too challenging for my second graders this early in the year, but I was wrong. Here is a screen shot of the first screen on the website:When students use ... Read the Post