FUN FRIDAY: End of the Year Poem and BEE CRAFT FREEBIE:)

Welcome Back to FUN FRIDAY!  We have been working on "Our Busy Year" Poem which is about the end of the year.  We read our poem a few times and then we put the pocket chart poem cards in order.  My kiddos decided to put their bees on the chart after we used them to recite the poem.

One of my gals said,"Mrs. Beckner, the rhyming words are red."  I loved that she noticed that before I even asked them about that:)

Here are my kiddos holding up their cards, ready to put our poem in order.

Here are a couple of my guys starting to put the poem in order.  They all get so anxious to place their 

cards in the chart.

We highlighted the rhyming words in the poem.  My kiddos love the highlighters!  This is also a good time to remind the students that sometimes words that rhyme don't have the same ending letters.

Then we illustrated our poems.  You could also add a class photo or an individual photo at the bottom instead of drawing pictures.

I love how this student drew the bee "buzzing in the teacher's ear."

Then we made our bees to use to recite our poem with.

This cutey pie decided to use her bee to "buzzz in the teacher's ear!"

As you can tell, that was the favorite line of the poem.

Some of my gals decided to add props for the bees.

You can grab the poem and bee craft for free:)  If ya'll do download it, please rate and leave a nice comment.  We are trying to get in the TPT newsletter and really could use your help.  THANK YOU SO MUCH!!  We also hope ya'll will consider following our store so ya'll will know when all of our new products are posted.  We try to have them 50% off the first two days:)

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Thanks for stopping by!  

We hope ya'll enjoyed FUN FRIDAY!  Make sure ya'll come back on Sunday to see our Math centers.

Organizing Your Work for the Week

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The first thing I do to organize my student's work for the week is copy my sheets and put post-it notes with what day of the week I will be using the sheets.  

Then I place them in the correct folders.

I put the folders in the correct box and then I am ready for the week:)

I ordered these from Lakeshore and I  love them!  I also put my books in these boxes that I want to read for that day or other resources I may use.  You could also label  the boxes with subject names instead of the days of the week and just place all of your reading materials in the red box, math in the orange box, etc.  You could label the folders Mon, Tues. etc.

It is one of the best organizational tools I have ever purchased!

If you can't get your school to purchase this for you or you can't afford to pay for it yourself, you could make a set with boxes that sets of books come in to your school.  I know we get samples of reading materials or math that come in these boxes where the books are standing up like a magazine holder, usually bigger.  You could also check the dollar store or Target for open containers that might work.  It is a great way to keep you planned and organized for the week and the substitute teacher has no problem finding the work for that day.  I also have a folder labeled "Extra Sheets"  that I put in each box for the sub to have if she or he needs them.

We hope this little tip on organizing your papers for the week has been helpful to ya'll:)

We are so happy to be joining this group of great teachers with Linky parties this summer to help ya'll get ready for your school year.   This first one is on organization.  Check them out at Where the Magic Happens.

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FUN Friday: Art Exploration

This activity is a great way to teach your kiddos about primary colors and secondary colors.

Credit for this idea goes to: http://www.sister-dipity.blogspot.com/2012/07/4th-of-july-party.html.  She used the blow art to represent fireworks.  We used liquid watercolors, but you can use food coloring as a safer alternative.

 The kids blow through a straw and "chase" the puddles around the paper.  This would also be a great idea for personalized wrapping paper for Mother's Day, Father's Day, or both.

This is a really great activity, and perfect for some end-of-the-year fun.  Have the kids draw people and use the paint as crazy hair, or add googly eyes to make silly monsters.  More ideas below:

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Hope you have fun and a great rest of the year!

FUN FRIDAY: Goods and Services and get our bundle for 50% off!!

We discussed what producers and consumers  were and these are pictures of what my little producers decided to produce.  This was the first step to our project.  They had to have a plan.

The kiddos brought in recyclable products from home.  They were suppose to think about their drawings and plans and bring in things that would help them to produce their products.

Of course, robots were the favorite.

I thought she did an awesome job matching her plan!  I wouldn't of thought about using toilet paper rolls.

Look how well this little lady produced her drawing!  She actually said that this was going to be her doll.:)

This is a wedding cake.

The last part of our project was to write about it.  My kiddos loved doing this!

This was the culminating project we did with our Goods and Services Bundle. 

This is the little book that is included in the bundle.  There is also a fun and upbeat song that my kiddos love to sing and dance to.  There are print and go sheets along with a daily lesson plan and little books.  Come check it out.

We are offering this 50% off for Fun Friday and as a Memorial Day sale item so it will be on sale through Monday.

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Hope ya'll enjoyed FUN FRIDAY and have an awesome holiday!

twodollartuesday!

I have joined some great teachers who have some awesome products for ya'll today for twodollartuesday, May 20.  Just type twodollartuesday in the TPT search engine.  Come check out some great deals!

 Grab this fun game for a $1 throughout Tuesday, May 20.

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You can also grab this fun Scoot Game for a $1.

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