I had so much fun rounding of my favorite Santa and reindeer books, that I'm back for more! If you missed that post, click HERE. Today I am rounding up my favorite Christmas books about Christmas trees and the Nativity. Christmas Tree Books Y'all. These books below are some of the BEST Christmas books out there. They are meaningful, beautiful, and have rich story lines. The Carpenter's Gift, The Great Spruce, and Red and Lulu all center around the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. The Christmas Eve Tree tells the story of a little fir tree that is taken in by a boy who is homeless. Pick a Pine Tree, … [Read more...]
Christmas Picture Books Part One
Over the years I have collected MANY Christmas picture books. You may have seen in the past where we open Christmas books every day in December... well that has made our collection rather large! While we love them all, we definitely have our favorites that we go back to year after year. I thought it would be helpful for you if I gathered all of our favorites and divided them into categories. Today we are going to start with our favorite Santa Claus and Reindeer books. I'll also share some fun activities that can be used as well. If you want to see ALL of my favorite books in one place you can click HERE! I also … [Read more...]
Preteen Girl Gift Ideas
Shopping for a preteen can be tricky. They may not be into toys that much anymore, but they also aren't full on teenagers yet. Clothes are great, but some preteens don't consider that to be a "fun gift" yet. Anyways, It was HARD for me to come up with ideas for Joelle, but I finally got the ball rolling. I thought I would show you some ideas we came up with PLUS some things that she already has and loves. Here are the links to the things we love: VSCO girl shirts (Etsy) - You can also find these on Jane.com occasionally.Guess Who? GameUno AttackBlack and White Checkered VansHoodies from American Eagle (watch … [Read more...]
Solve To Create a Turkey
Teachers, I have something that I think you are REALLY going to love. My sister--in-law, Olivia, and I created an activity for your students where you get to mix HOLIDAY FUN with solving WORD PROBLEMS. How it Works Here's how Solve to Create a Turkey works: Students get into groups of 6. Each group starts at a different word problem. The group works together to solve the word problem. These can be put into Task Folder Envelopes, but that isn't necessary at all! When the groups get to a task, they read the word problem as a group. The word problems come in strips (that can be glued into a spiral for … [Read more...]
November Picture Books
With only a few weeks until Thanksgiving, I thought it would be a good idea to share some of my favorite November Picture Books for the classroom (or at home!). You can see all of my book picks in one easy click HERE Turkey Picture Books Y'all. I've read every stinkin' Turkey book out there. There are a lot of cute books, but these are by far my favorite ones. If you only read ONE turkey book this year... it must be Turk and Runt! Hands down my favorite book of all time! Turk and RuntTurkey Trouble10 Fat TurkeysA Turkey for ThanksgivingA Plump and Perky TurkeyRun, Turkey, RunA Very Stuffed … [Read more...]
Teaching Tips: Character Traits {with FREEBIES}
In most grade levels students are expected to describe characters, identify character traits, explain character development, or something similar. Today I have some teaching tips that can apply to many different grade levels. For this blog post, I am using the book Amazing Grace (from our 1st grade Rooted in Reading unit), but all of these activities can be done with ANY fictional story. Color-Coding BME This may look like any regular anchor chart, but I want you to notice the colors that I used. Assigning a color to each part of the story will help your students to always associate the sequence with a color. … [Read more...]
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