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Showing posts with label Holiday Ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holiday Ideas. Show all posts
Thursday, December 3, 2015

Holiday Freebies!


It's December and the calendar is inching closer to Christmas. We are in the spirit of giving, so we are sharing three of our favorite holiday resources. And the best part is, they are all FREE!

This is a game with a "Acts of Kindness" and winter theme. All you need as a teacher is to print the game board (cardstock seems to work best), cut up the game cards, supply a die and some tokens for each team, and then watch the fun!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Holiday-Game-Board-Acts-of-Kindness-Theme-Cooperative-Activity-974382

Examples of game cards are:Have you ever donated food to the needy? If you have, go ahead 5 spaces. If not, stay where you are. Did you give someone a hug in the last 24 hours? If you have, go ahead 3 spaces. If not, stay where you are.


This is a fun activity that could maybe be used as a station during a holiday party or other classroom activity. You can download it by clicking here!


Here is another freebie! Teacher Christmas Gift for Students.
Instead of buying a gift we offer our students a FREE book choice from Scholastic Book Orders. Students are allowed to pick out a free book up to a certain price range. Then, we place the order and have the books before they leave for vacation!

 Download this FREE resource by clicking here.

Finally, a third freebie is our Christmas Student Book Exchange.
Included are: teacher directions on how to do the book exchange, a family letter to send home, and a student sheet to fill out the books that each child wants. No more meaningless presents. Students enjoy this!
 Download this FREE resource by clicking here.

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Saturday, January 17, 2015

Building Friendships on Valentines Day

Hello everyone!  This is Lisa from Pawsitively Teaching and I am excited to be sharing a simple, meaningful idea with you today.  I know it is only January, but I wanted to share one of my favorite teaching ideas for February with you today so, if you wanted to try it out in your classroom, you would have plenty of time to prepare.
Does this look familiar?  Will your room be full of these next month?  Although some of these cards are cute...I like to have my kids create something a little more personalized for their classmates for Valentine's Day that helps to strengthen their friendships.  
I begin by sending home a note to my parents during the last week of January asking them to help their child create a mailbox from a shoe box that reflects their personality.  
Next, we review the format for a friendly letter and I place a sample letter template in our writing center. The students spend the next several days writing letters to their classmates during writing time.  
Here is a peek at a couple of my students' letters from last year.  Once the letters are completed, they are placed inside the receiving child's Valentine box.  The letters are not read until our Valentine's Party.  During the party, the kids have a chance to open and read each letter that was written by one of their classmates.  It is so sweet to see the smiles on their faces when they read the words written about them by each of their classmates.  
If you would like to try out this activity in your class, you can download the template that my students use by clicking on the image above.  

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