Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts

PARTS OF SPEECH SNOWMEN + CURRENTLY

Well, I finally recovered from staying up WAY past my bedtime on NYE.  All of my friends were thrilled that I made it until 1:36!  How was your holiday?  Did you send 20-12 off riz-ite?  We sure did.  Our crew was mellow (I am getting too old to get all crazy), but it was just perfect in my book!  

Switching gears a bit . . . I worked all day on Monday before we left to match up with our friends and managed to get a new packet out.  However, I ran out of time and I didn't' get to show it to you.  


If you liked my Adjective Pumpkin and Bakin' Up Adjective packs I think you'll dig this one too.  This collection takes parts of speech a bit further :)  


I have used this craft with both 1st and 2nd graders and both sets of kiddos really enjoyed it.  The best part is that this little ditty has hidden language arts standards embedded in the activity process - nouns, verbs, and adjectives. (Bwahahahahahahaha . . . it's all in my master plan to make kids smarter without them even knowing it!)  It also makes a cute little learning-based bulletin board that is perfect for any of the winter months!



From a meaningful and cute craft to center games, this mini-pack offers up a great themed review of nouns, verbs, and adjectives for your babes.  Who knew that parts of speech could be "snow" much fun?? 

On that horrid joke, I am quitting while I am ahead.  If you are interested in reading more about my Parts of Speech Snowmen Pack, CLICK HERE.  

Now, on to Farley's Currently!  I am a couple days late, but I am rollin' with it just the same.  You know how much I love me this particular Linky.


Let's see . . . what needs explaining up there??  Uh, well, my latest iTunes purchases are pretty obscure.  I am an Alt Nation kind of a girl so I have been working and creating to the sounds of Gold Fields, Wild Nothing, Metric, Washed Out, Robert DeLong, and Zulu Winter.  Recognize any of these artists?? Hahahahahaha . . . I told you they were pretty random!

What else should I tell you about that little poster?  I don't go back to school until the 7th and my house is in a bit of a state right now.  We haven't unpacked from our NYE trip and I haven't put away the last 4 loads of laundry.  Whoops :) My stomach flu somehow morphed into a snotty mess of a cold and I am SO over being sick.  I want a massage SO bad (think I will call my gal right after I hit post . . . I deserve a treat, right??!!).  My OLW for the month is balance. One of my resolutions was to find that line where my job, blogging, the fam, and myself are all getting the time they deserve.  

Nuff said on this.  Be sure you pop on over to Farley's blog and link up if you haven't already.  I'd love to read all about it :)


Alright my friends.  I am off to create some stuff and maybe (just maybe) put some laundry away.  Thanks so much for poppin' in today.  I'll see you tomorrow with a fun little flash giveaway!!! Hugs y'all :)






BUGS ON THE BRAIN - MATH PACKET + FREEBIE

Are you feeling Bug-A-Licious? I have been in a very "buggy" mood and managed to pump out this insect-themed math packet in record time.  It's in my TPT store!! The rain really helped me focus as did my "out of office" status for tomorrow. I head down to Stanford to check in on my surgery complication. My nerves have been in knots and these insect activities have been my lifesaver! Anyway . . . enough heavy personal junk ;). From buggy fact family and subtraction story art to bug-a-licious time and place value centers, this baby covers oodles of math standards (K-1). Below you will find a FREE art/math project! Just drag and drop the directions and fact family cards.






EARTH DAY UNIT NOW AVAILABLE

Happy Sunday folks!  Well, I finally finished it.  My Earth Day Unit is available for download at Teachers Pay Teachers and will soon be available in my Intelli-Tunes store. Check out this cuter-than-cute art/writing project that's included in the unit . . .
My kids always get a kick out of incorporating a real photo of themselves into their art projects.
I have never really touched on this topic in the past and I was thinking that it would be a great post-Easter Break theme to tide us over until our MEGA open house unit hits.  I packed it with tons of standards-based reading and writing activities as well as a couple of fun independent center opportunities.  We're talkin' a parts of speech sort, fact/opinion center, cause and effect work, friendly letter writing, compare/contrast venn, and so much more.    

This unit even comes with a FREE song.  I teamed up with Ron Brown's Intelli-Tunes and he is offering his Every Day an Earth Day song in his FREE STUFF AREA for a limited time.  (His music has been a wonderful addition to my lessons and themes - it's all standards-based and the kiddos love it.)  On that note, visit Intelli-Tunes to get your copy today (click the link on right side of this blog and visit the free stuff area).  


WHAT GOES WELL WITH A GARDEN FREEBIE . . . ?

Bugs . . . bugs . . . and more bugs. I took a slight detour with yesterday's garden unit, but I just couldn't stay away for long.  Below you will find a few tidbits about my new insect packet as well as that plant FREEBIE I promised!

My Incredible Insect Book is a cute little collection of craftivity/writing projects that you can turn into the best little insect book.  I ran with this in my Kinder class last year and they really loved it.  I must give a shout out to the wonderful Evergreen K Crew for giving me this student book idea.  It was a gem of a notion and I ran with it.  Although I spun it off in a new direction, as a tribute to their generosity it still contains one of the cute buggy pages that they shared with me last year!  

This little ant hill just makes me smile!  There are 4 other awesome
craftivities just like this one in my new packet on TPT!

Thanks to Pink Pueblo for the awesome clip art
and Kevin & Amanda's Free Scrapbook Fonts!

As for that garden/plant FREEBIE . . . here you be!  I pulled a more K-1 friendly game today.  This one targets sight words. (The version on TPT is in my Growing Greatness Garden Unit and it contains a version that you can customize to fit your specific word needs . . . so don't feel left out 2nd Grade!) Simply click on the link below to download.  Last one to snag their copy is a . . . Rotten Tomato!

CLICK HERE TO PRINT ME!
Last, but not least this evening, I just have to share my awesome news.  The doctor lifted my diet restrictions last week and fiber is back in the game.  Take a look-see at what this girl had for the first time in OVER A YEAR.  I have two very delicious words for you.  BEAN. BURRITO. Okay, okay . . . so I had 2 inches of my colon removed 8 weeks ago, but it'll be just fine, right?  Night, y'all!






PRONOUN PATCH - BULLETIN BOARD IDEA

Now that spring is in the air (even though it feels much more like winter in my neck of the woods), I have been dreaming up potential post-vacation bulletin board ideas.  Going along with that whole "gotta hit pronouns" theme from earlier today, I came up with building a PRONOUN PATCH on my walls (or maybe even in my window). 
I am thinking that I will assign each kiddo a pronoun (he, she, it, they, or we) and let them design a sweet little flower for our special "garden."

LETTIN' THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG ON ANOTHER UNIT

Well . . . I finally finished it and it's posted!  It took me FOREVER to figure out how to reduce the file size and jam it into one monster PDF file.  I was so proud of myself - it only took me 2 hours to outsmart my computer :).  I somehow managed to locate the ounce of "tech smarts" that I have hidden in my little toe in RECORD time this evening!
On a more business note, this unit is perfect for KINDER right NOW and will be a great unit in early fall for 1st.  When I was creating this packet, I kept in mind that kiddos fall at many different levels. Therefore, I differentiated (when applicable) to make your lives just a little easier!  Check out my TPT site to download your copy today!  Here are a few of the pages for you to take a look-see at!




Unit Includes:
~You Dirty Rat (card game) 
~Fantastic Project (art activity)
~Watch Your Back (interactive reading game)
~Grab-N-Go (PE infused reading game)
~Fabulous Flip Books (just like it sounds)
~Independent Center Ideas (2 sorts, 2 word family finds, a word dictionary, and a short a story)

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