Holidays Around the World Plans 2020

 

Here is the new BUNDLE (1, 2, 3)

This bundle has 20 countries included

Countries and their corresponding holidays included are: 

• Netherlands- Feast of Sinterklaas (Clog Craft)
• Israel- Hanukkah (Dreidel Game)
• Italy- Day of Epiphany (Broom Craft and Poem)
• Mexico- Las Posadas (Poinsettia Craft)
• England- Christmas (Stocking Crafts and Card Writing)
• Germany- Christmas (Gingerbread Man Craft and Writing)
• Australia- Christmas (Koala Craft and Writing)
• Sweden- St. Lucia's Day (Candle Craft)
• America- Kwanzaa (Bead Bracelet)
• France- Christmas (Game)
• Greenland- Christmas (Santa Craft and Letter)
• India- Diwali (Lamp Craft and Writing)
• Brazil- Christmas (Sandpaper Snowman)
• South Africa- Christmas (Bead Christmas Tree)
• China- Chinese New Year (Fireworks Painting)
• Saudi Arabia- Eid al-Fitr (Lantern)
• Russia- New Year's (Nesting Doll Craft)
• Greece- Christmas (Sailboat Craft and Writing) 
• United Arab Emirates- Ramadan (Moon and Star Craft)
• America or Canada- Christmas (Christmas Eve Craft, Christmas (Rudolph Craft, Mad Lib, and Writing) *America/Canada is included in each pack

Something else I've wanted to do FOREVER is make informational slides for each countries that I teach about in Holidays Around the World. There is just not much information out there for so many of the countries/holidays. I have taken what I know and what I've researched/read and put the information in slides with graphics.  There are 20 countries included and 4 slides per country (1 slide with the country's flag and 3 slides with information). 

If you buy Holidays Around the World Bundle (1, 2, 3) you get the informational slides FOR FREE as a bonus! (You can also buy it as a stand-alone product)

I know you're spending your own money on this and I want you to make the most informed decision. Because of the updates I've made the past year, I feel like this product has everything we need to teach Holidays Around the World and not get sick of it each year (there are SO many options, guys!).  Want to know more? I've made this video to describe pretty much everything in the pack so you can see exactly what's included. If you purchase the NEW bundle, you get 20 countries instead of 13! 

If you own Holidays Around the World Bundle (Part 1 and 2), but you still want more countries, Part 3 is the stand-alone pack so you can still get 8 more countries!

• Brazil- Christmas (Sandpaper Snowman)
• South Africa- Christmas (Bead Christmas Tree)
• China- Chinese New Year (Fireworks Painting)
• Saudi Arabia- Eid al-Fitr (Lantern)
• Russia- New Year's (Nesting Doll Craft)
• Greece- Christmas (Sailboat Craft and Writing) 
• United Arab Emirates- Ramadan (Moon and Star Craft)
• America or Canada- Christmas (Ornament Watercolor) 

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Websites and Apps for K-1

I just wanted to share my favorite websites and apps with you for K, 1 (and even 2nd grade- actually..many of these I now use in my 6th grade classroom)! I'd love to do a series this summer where I highlight a few of these apps and websites and how I use them in my classroom! That is wishful thinking. I'll first share with you this download and you can explore these websites/apps on your own and hopefully I'll be back to show you how you can implement in your classroom and/or into your distance learning.

You can click HERE to download this list for FREE!



Have a great week!

Small Groups Reading Instruction (AKA Guided Reading)

So you've got your guided reading books and you read the book with your group. Now WHAT?  Do you need some games and activities to target certain reading skills? I've got you covered for grades K-3.  Each pack comes with over 50 games, activities, graphic organizers, and teaching tools. There are games and activities for comprehension, vocabulary, fluency and phonics.

Kinder and 1st Grade

Here are a few items included (remember there are OVER 50). 

2nd Grade

I am a first grade teacher, but I use everything in the 2nd grade pack as well because I had some really high readers this year! Some of the items overlap with K/1, so please be aware of that. 

3rd Grade

I had one of my favorite teacher-friends Brittany help me create a pack that is perfect for 3rd graders. I use this pack with my highest readers and it's helped me teach skills to them that I would not have even thought to teach (#firstgradeteacherforlife). The games that help reinforce the skills are fun, effective and the students love them! 

Spring Activities for Your Elementary Classroom

I miss teaching the littles (but I am loving 6th grade), so I thought I'd repost this post form a few years ago!

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I've got some math tubs ready for next week so that I can pull my guided math groups. Also so I can keep my sanity before a very late spring break. We just finished with our time to the hour and half-hour unit and I want to meet with some groups to re-teach and enrich. I also want to throw some review of ALL THE THINGS because, spiral review. ;)

My kiddos love memory/matching games for place value and this one is from my

 Springtime Math Centers Packet:

I feel like time is so fun to teach! It's awesome to see the kiddos telling you what time lunch starts {only if they raise their hand, of course!}. They are loving this game, "Rock Around the Clock" from my Telling Time Packet:

You play music and the kiddos dance around the classroom, when the music stops, they find a different desk and write any time {whatever time you are working on} they want {digital}. Then, I start the music again {they dance} and when the music stops, they find a different seat and draw the analog clock time to match the digital time. I check them off, they erase their boards, and we play again. :)

The mats are laminated and we use dry-erase markers on them.

This one is also from my Telling Time Packet. Why are kids so obsessed with spinners?  They spin the spinner and make that time on their analog {Judy clock} clock. If you don't have a set of Judy Clocks, you can use the DIY cardstock clock that I provide in the packet.

Here's one of the most popular games that my kiddos loooovvvee to practice time!

Here is a game for teaching/practicing time! I have left the clocks blank so that all grade levels can insert the times that they are working on. In partners, each player takes a turn drawing a card. Then, they write down the digital time on their recording sheet.  Watch out for that fly in that pile! If you pick one, you lose a turn!  The first player to fill up their sheet is the winner!

Click {here} for the game!

Also, don't forget about St. Patrick's Day!

Next week is time to pull out my St. Patrick's Day Unit! 

Here are some of my favorite activities...

This is a differentiated opinion writing:

 This missing addend math game is a HUGE hit!

 The leprechaun application makes me laugh every.dang.time. It is also differentiated!

This estimation math lesson is fun and educational!

This HUGE pack {91 pages} is full of fun, meaningful activities!  It's available in color and black/white! This Common Core aligned St. Patrick’s Day Unit has everything you need to integrate this fun holiday with math and literacy! Each activity has variations to meet the CCSS for kinder, 1st, and 2nd grade.