Today's post is a really short one:
I think this activity was one of my favorites so far this year. We did a snowman making words lesson, but we also made a snowman! I have done the making words part of the lesson for years, but my fabulous new teaching partner, Annie, made this cute snowman pattern, and I just had to do it too! The kids really enjoyed making their snowmen, and once we finished making the words, they got to glue the letters onto his hat. Here are a couple of pictures of the finished products.
Wow! It's amazing to me how time flies when you are staying busy! I cannot believe how long it's been since my last post, but the holidays were super busy for me. Hopefully I can slow down some and post more in the upcoming weeks and months.
I wanted to share a super cute New Year's activity we did this week. I can't take full credit, because I got the idea from a fellow blogger. Her blog is called The Sharpened Pencil, so check it out if you get a chance! Anyway, we made these little faces with party hats, then added a party horn. On the hat we wrote our New Year's Resolutions. First, we discussed what resolutions are, and many of the kids had heard their parents talk about them. We have been working really hard at my school this year on increasing our vocabulary, so instead of writing, "My goal is...", we wrote, "I resolve to..." Everytime we use big words in our school, we all say, "WORD!" and hold up 3 fingers to make a "W". It's been really neat to see their vocabularies increase, especially in kinder. Our favorite word by far in my class has been "savvy." Everyone just loves this word and they use it in their writing almost daily! Ok...so I diverted a little...back to our projects. I am going to post several pictures so you can get an idea of how they turned out.
My bulletin board out in the pod...
Carter said, "I resolve to be a better basketball player."
Neil said, "I resolve to be a better brother."
Adam said, "I resolve to not lose a puzzle piece."
Calah said, "I resolve to be the best tiny titan in the school!
It's kind of hard to see the background of the hats, but I used scrapbook paper, and the hats were really cute. I hate that you can't see the prints very well...
My next post will be a super cute making words activity we did this week. Stay tuned...
