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Valentine Party Pack- A Common Core Aligned Celebration! Plus a FREEBIE!

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!
We had so much fun at our Valentine's Day celebration last year!!! It went so smoothly with the help some amazing volunteers, and I am actually looking forward to celebrating Valentine's Day with my class this week!!! 

Here are some pics from the six stations that are included in my Valentine Party Pack! (All of the activities are Common Core aligned, except the good old fashioned mail delivery station ;-) 

Estimation Station 

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

Measuring with Hearts 

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

Make 100 card game

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

Graphing with Hearts

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

Exploring the Human Heart (this was a favorite station- so fun!!!)

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

We used the Exploring the Heart in 3D app on our iPads! 

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

And last but not least... 
Mail Delivery 

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

The card/candy/treat/sugar passing-out was confined to one little (quiet & calm!!!!) area! It was beautiful! ;-)

I have kids spend about 15 minutes at each station and rotate on through. It takes up the whole afternoon! And with a parent volunteer at each station, I'm able to walk around and take pictures and help out everywhere. You could also do all of these activities with whole group, or small groups, or even at a fun early finisher station! 

Here's a closer look at each station:

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

ANNNNDDDDD......
A freebie for you! 
Just click the pic to download! 
A fun, and learning centered way to celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom. All of these activities are Common Core aligned, and are great to use as small group centers, at rotations, as whole group, or even as early finisher activities. All you need to do is add conversation hearts!

I'd love to hear some of your favorite Valentine's week activities that you do in your classroom! Leave a comment with your email and I'll pick five random comments this afternoon and they'll receive this pack for free! 

I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day week and are surrounded by students and colleagues and people and things you love! 

XOXO

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Which Pet Should We Get?? An Opinion Writing Pack!!!

Always a fun question to ask 24 second graders: 

Which pet should we get???

I have been doing this writing prompt with my class for the past two years, and every year it is by far the most fun we have writing! You can read about our adventures with this project {HERE} and {HERE} and {HERE}! Last year our class ended up getting a hermit crab, and this year I was brave enough to let them have a hamster.

Having a class pet has been one of the best things I've done. It has taught my kids responsibility (because they are the ones that have to stay after school to clean the cage- they even have this fancy schedule figured out), they are the ones that have to figure out who's taking him home on vacations and three day weekends (because I'm NOT), and they are the ones that have grown to love him (I kinda like him too...). Plus, they're the ones that have to console each other when he bites them and draws blood (because I don't- I say, "You're the ones that wanted a hamster...I wanted a fish...")

We researched each pet, learned about opinions, we gathered information, organized the information, pre wrote, drafted, and then did a final copy to try and "persuade" me to let them get a pet. Talk about authentic writing- even my reluctant writers were in this 100% from the very beginning because they were so motivated to let me get a pet. We had some great conversations about the difference between "I want a hamster cuz they are cool" and "In my opinion, I think we should get a hermit crab because they won't distract us while we're doing out work since they are such quiet creatures." 

 Plus, opinion writing is one of the Common Core text types!  

Anyways, my fabulous teaching partner even created a video to share with our district about this unit. You check out the video {HERE}.

Well, after this video got out we got a TON of emails about the resources and QR codes and websites used for the project.

And I was finally able to get my act together to put it all together in one place to share! Here it is!!!



 (Don't worry- if you don't have devices to scan the QR codes. This unit can be completed successfully without the use of the QR codes since all of the internet resources are included!)


 and
Everything you'll need to do this writing project successfully with your class!!! Just click on the pictures to take you to TPT! 

In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, I'll give this unit away to FIVE friends that leave a comment with your favorite writing prompt you've used with your students. :) I'll use the random number generator thingy tonight when I get home! 

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!!! 

And don't forget about the TPT sale coming up this week for teacher appreciation!!!!

Thanks for the cute graphic Beth! 
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Short Vowel { FREEBIE }

Hi friends!!!

I am in an exceptionally good mood today because we are headed to the happiest place on Earth for one last mini vacation of the summer!!!

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Disneyland!!!

Then I PROMISE to get back into my Back-to-School-Crazy-Girl mode!!! (The List keeps getting longer and longer...And longer...)

I have a Literacy Work Station freebie for you!



(Click either picture to download it)

 You can read about how these literacy activities started { HERE }.

 This activity comes with a scoot and a sort- you pick! Teacher directions (for parent volunteers), student directions (for an independent station), recording sheets for both activities, and answer keys (so the kiddos don't have to bug you with "Is this right!?!?!").

 AND it comes in color and black and white!

 AND it's aligned with Common Core. 

 AND I hope you can use it! 

 It would probably be best for firsties, second graders, and even struggling third graders. 

 You can find more FREE literacy stations by clicking the tab on the top of my blog!!!

 Enjoy! 

 Since we are headed to Disneyland, I did some chalkboard art on my chalkboard. 

What do you think??? 
(About the freebie and the chalkboard art!?!?) 

:)

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What Was I Thinking Wednesday

That's what I asked myself around 8:15 a.m. this morning...


Our writing block is first thing in the morning. I found this adorable writing idea on Pinterest...



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And I knew I needed to adapt it to second grade! It goes perfectly with common core opinion writing!!!

I was super excited because I knew my kiddos would be so excited and super engaged with this prompt: In your opinion, which Hershey kiss is the best?

Apparently, though, I didn't think it through when I gave my 23 second graders (who are beginning to suffer from a bad case of Spring fever anyways) four, yes four, Hershey kisses at 8 o'clock in the morning....


We had to taste test them all to get our honest opinion...(I'll know better next time!!!)


At 8am people. Seriously, what was I thinking???? They were bouncing. Off. The. Walls. 


If only you could see the excitement and anticipation in their eyes...oh boy.

Once I threatened them managed to get them settled down, they did some really great writing. 


In my "Notes for next year", I wrote, DO THIS LESSON IN THE AFTERNOON...Preferably 10 minutes before dismissal!!!

Thanks to Johanna

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for the adorable (and very exciting) writing idea! :)

How was your Wednesday!!!??? 

:-) 
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