Groundhog Contraction

We have less than two weeks until Groundhog's Day so I created a quick contraction activity. Click on the picture of the groundhog to get yours!

Christmas Poem Read Aloud

This is actually inspired by my first grade teacher. I can remember memorizing sections of the poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and then reciting it in front of our parents. So I decided to have my students do it as well. I'm not going to make it a whole production with parents, but we are going to recite it for our 4th grade Reading Buddies. I did make a few adaptations, and it's broken up for 25 parts. I have 21 students so a few sections we'll read as a class or in groups.

Click on the picture to grab a copy for your class. All I ask is that you please leave me a comment letting me know if you think you can use this in your classroom.

Turkey Hunting

I told the kiddos to pull out their binoculars and put on their camouflage because they needed to help the farmer catch the turkey. Of course, we wouldn't be harming our turkey, we just wanted to help our farmer friend do his job.

Click on the picture to get your copy.

Thanksgiving Snack Mix

First of all, can I just say that I'm a little bit jealous of you teachers who get a whole week off for Thanksgiving? We have school next Monday and Tuesday, so those days we're going to do all sorts of fun Thanksgiving activities. Thank you to all you who have been sharing your great ideas, since that's where most of my activites will come from!

I found this idea at About.com for Harvest Blessings Snack Mix and I can't wait to make it with my students! I hope you can use it as well.

Click on the picture below for the Harvest Blessing Tag!

Happy Holidays!

Veterans Day Graph

Here's a quick graph that I send home to my students to have them learn more about people they know who are Veterans. Hope you can put it to use!

Click {HERE} to get yours!

Candy Corn Story Outline

You've seen the graphic organizer that has "Beginning, Middle, and End" inside the candy corn, right? I know I have, but I couldn't find what I was looking for, so I made up my own. I apologize if you have something similar that you're selling on TPT... I really did look because I have a nasty headache and really didn't want to go into creative mode. Anyway - it happened so here it is.

Click on the candy corn to get your copy.

The Halloween Spook!

**This idea is not original to me. A colleague shared it with me a few years ago. I wanted to share it with all my fellow blogging teacher friends, but I couldn't find it anywhere on the internet...so I recreated it.

I love the idea of anonymously leaving treats for other classes. My students really get a kick out of it too. Basically, you just leave the note and the ghost in another teacher's room when they aren't there (you do it for 3 classrooms). Then they copy it and do it to three more classrooms. If you're at a small school like you, then it only takes a few days to get everyone. Who doesn't love a halloween surprise?!?

Click on the ghost to get your copy!

Happy Halloween!!!