In the words of my dear friend Junie B. Jones – Wowie, Wow, Wow!!! We made it to Thanksgiving Break! Which can only mean ONE thing…the Holiday Countdown is ON!? Yup! It’s true. We’re off next week and the next time I will see my littles, it’ll be December! Before we officially “go there,” completely, here are a few peeks from my week and I’ll show you how I’m easing into the transition from Turkey Day to Holidays at school…
This is a favorite little Holidays snack I like to “dig” up each year. For those of you who still have a few days standing between you and the big bird, this is an easy treat to whip up! You’ll need: Spoons (shovel) Oreos (dirt) Swedish fish (fish) and Candy corn or popcorn (corn seeds). Also, a little plastic baggie if you want your kids to crush the oreos. I let mine. I give them 3 Oreos each. They use their shovel to dig a hole,plant the seeds, and the fish. Then, it’s chow time! We follow up with an Informative Writing Piece from my Squanto & Samoset lesson. My ultimate goal is to make Common Core as painless as possible for them and for me. This is why I make all these For The Common Core Classroom Units – activities like this are what it’s all about! 🙂
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So…I LOVE the quick time assessment and your Christmas around the world stuff. I love teaching about holiday traditions, but desperately need to update my printables because they are just old Xerox copies I got back when I started teaching. Rather than try to cutify them myself, I think I'll just buy yours! Merry Christmas to me. Thank you!! P.S. I am looking forward to following your blog for more inspiration like this! KinderCoaster
I meant to look at holiday shirts when I was at Target yesterday. I guess I'll just have to make another trip. *darn*
I love that clock assessment.
Brenda
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I know, trips to Target!! Twist our arms, right? 😉 Thanks Brenda!!
Thanks so much Kelsey!! I'm so happy you stopped by! Your comment made my morning!!! 🙂