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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Last Chance to Enter Samson's Giveaway! And some pictures from my week.

Okay, folks, we're coming down to the wire! My Samson's Classroom Giveaway contest ends at the stroke of midnight. Well, not really...it ends when I wake up tomorrow morning! Good news for all you night owls! My students have really been enjoying my free account. It's now officially their favorite computer activity. If you would like to take advantage of this giveaway, please click below for more information.


Do you all play scoot in your classroom? Whenever I tell my students that we're going to play scoot, they literally stand up and cheer. There is something about this game that really excites them. Is it the movement? Is it the fact that I move all my tables into one long line? Is it that every word I say while they are playing begins with an S? Stand, Scoot, Sit, Start, Stop! Do they realize that they're doing work? I don't think so! Scoot really came in handy last week while we were cooped up in our classroom during FCAT testing. Here are some pictures I took of my first graders playing plural nouns scoot.




My version of scoot is not as cute as the one I have at my store.  Today's weather was REALLY bad, so I took advantage of a stay at home day, and cutsied up all my scoot games. I liked them before, but now, wow! I also bundled them to make it a better value. If you are interested in checking them out, please click on the link below to see my bundled game. Once you get to my store, you can find all the games sold separately, too.


In addition to scoot, my first graders were also learning about Earth Day. They wrote expository essays about why Earth Day is important to them. First, we planned our essays on a web and then, after I conferenced with each student to edit and revise, they copied their essays onto publishing paper.









The web and publishing paper are part of my Earth Day Activity Packet. You can check it out here.

The last thing I want to share with you today is a lesson we did on sentence fragments. My first graders needed a little reminder about how to write complete sentences, so I did a group activity where I gave each table a sentence fragment and they worked together to turn it into a complete sentence. They love to write on sentence strips. I don't think this activity would have excited them as much if they had to write it on plain old paper!






Well, that's it for today. I hope everyone has a great weekend!





6 comments:

  1. You and your kids have been very busy. That signature is pretty cute.
    ❀ Tammy
    Forever in First

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  2. Hi, I also live here in Florida and the weather has been yucky by me too so I've spent my weekend procrastinating and blog hopping. I just found your blog today and I LOVE IT!!!. Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas. BTW, your new signature is adorable.

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    1. You are so very kind! Thankfully, today's weather was a lot better. I just joined your blog, too!

      Thanks again!
      Lori (luvyorkies@gmail.com)
      Teaching With Love and Laughter

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  3. Love your cute Earth Day Writing paper!

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    1. Thanks so much! It's part of my Earth Day Activity pack. The children always seem to write better on the "cute" stuff! LOL!

      Lori (luvyorkies@gmail.com)
      Teaching With Love and Laughter

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