Hey, You're Great!

This is a little throw-back post from over 2 years ago... yet it's one of my favorites. ;)

I know we all love the book, "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?"!  It's such a great book to encourage our little ones to fill others' buckets and in turn fill their own bucket.  If you want to see more, go {here}.

Well, I've found another amazing book to help 
with your students' self esteem. 

The book is:

Amazon

This book is so cute! It's about a grandma teaching a lesson to her grand daughter.  Back in her day, Grandma felt the pressure to fit in. She bought her clothes from the Hap {like the Gap, but not}, worked out at Silver's Gym {get it? Like Gold's Gym...haha} and tried to be just like Mallory Emma McBane. Until Mallory started acting like Laura LaVan. This is such a fun rhyming book about the importance of being yourself and LOVING YOURSELF! 

Ok, I'm pretty partial to this book since a great friend of mine wrote it . 
It really has a great message and I like it so much
 I made a mini-unit to share with you for FREE! :)

Here are some of the activities to do with your students:

Student mini-book {just staple in the corner}:

They add a piece of tin foil to this page to act like a mirror!

Some writing activities too:

Whole class chart:

Whole class sequencing chart to go with the book:

Head over to Amazon, pick up the book and help your students feel good about themselves!

Frames courtesy of http://www.deliciousscrapshop.com/

Clipart &/or fonts copyright and used with permission by DJ Inkers

Are you a bucket filler?

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A teacher on my grade level introduced me to this FABULOUS book. Then, I started googling (it's a verb) away! I found multiple ideas and much inspiration from Mrs. Walker's Class,  The First Grade Parade, and this cute video on SchoolTube .  I wanted to know how to implement a "Bucket Filling" system in my class. I think it's so important for all of my first graders' buckets be filled to the brim.  I love to see my 1st graders laugh and smile. It's almost as important as learning. But no worries folks....

we laugh, smile, AND learn!

Read the book,  "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?".  Talk to your kiddos about how to be bucket fillers and how to NOT be a bucket dipper. I made it into a chart because the utter lack of space!  And...I'll probably be a rotating classroom next year.  I would love to buy actual buckets for each of my kiddos, but where would I put them?

Each student has their own bucket. 

These are made from library pockets and scrapbook paper.

First person to guess where I got this bucket gets a gold star!

 A student can fill another students bucket by filling this out:

Tips:
*Students may NOT look in any one else's bucket (this is a private thing)!
*We will get any notes from our bucket on Friday's and if you want to fill a bucket, you can do it during any independent time.
*We talk about what happens if our bucket is empty (sometimes this happens, but we just keep filling others buckets). And, this doesn't mean that our inner buckets aren't full.
*I even have a bucket and I know I'll be so excited/happy when mine is full too!

Have you filled a bucket today?

Click {here} for 3 cute *free* downloads for Bucket Fillers that I made especially for Y.O.U.!

Clipart and or fonts copyright Diane J. Hook and used with permission. www.djinkers.com