Teaching Fabulous Firsties Give Away

Well it has been a month of give aways!  I am so excited to be working together with Corinna over at Teaching Fabulous Firsties and a another crew of lovely teachers to help celebrate her 100+ Follower give away!  I have donated my own Bring Your Stuffy to School Packet for the lucky winner.  

So head on over and check out her blog for your chance to walk away with some lovely lessons for your classroom!!!

  

Thought I would also throw my first sale along with the Back to School TpT sale.  Better late than never!!  

Beach Day Reading

After the success of our campout reading day I decided to try beach day reading!  So I asked the kids to bring a towel, sunglasses, and a hat to school.

Next, I set up a little concession stand.  I put down some plastic bags and a wet a few rags for kids to wipe their hands. Then, I began calling up students, who were reading quietly, to come to the concession and have a popsicle.  There was a half for each, encouraging sharing and reviewing fractions.

My students were all comfy so I decided to make it even more authentic.  I found a free sound mp3 of waves crashing onto the beach.

Unfortunately it was raining outside, so I set out a blue piece of felt for our lake inside the classroom.   I had kids take turns hanging out around the "lake".  Some even took a little dip:)

Last, we cleaned up - easy-peasy lemon squeezy!  So fun and a refreshing twist on silent reading.

Campfire Reading and Smores!!

I got this amazing idea to have a camp out reading day in my classroom from another teacher blog.  I sent a note home telling students to bring a blanket and a flashlight to school.  At lunch I set up a pretend campfire and a little "tarp" tent for the kids who didn't bring a blanket.

The rest of the crew draped their blankets over their desks and chairs.  They read until it was time to make s'mores in the other room.

 I bought the cookies dipped in chocolate so it eliminated the chocolate bar that can be a bit messy.  We used a microwave to cook the marshmallows!

Then, they all wanted to sit around the campfire, sing songs and tell stories.  What a great crew.  I even told a "scary" story about a Muskrat and a little boy named Bob.  Happy Camping!!