Classroom Helpers

In our classroom, everyone is entitled a job for a whole week. I have the jobs typed on fun paper with a pocket folder stapled to it. I wrote numbers on popsicle sticks to correspond to the alphabetical order of students in our classroom. Each child has a job for a week then at the beginning of the next week we switch jobs. Giving everyone a job holds the students accountable to responsibilities in the classroom. This has seem to work fantastic in our classroom!

Take Home Readers

Every week I send home a "Take-Home Reader" for the students to read to their parents. It is due back every Thursday with a parent  signature on their "Take-Home Reader Folder". When it is signed and brought back on Thursday they receive a sticker to add to their chart to keep track of their reading progress. After six stickers they receive a Pizza Ranch Coupon. So exciting for kids! 

Daily 5

Recently, I introduced the Daily 5 to the students in my classroom. Although we are still working on getting the Daily 5 to fit in our schedule, we enjoy it  when we are able to fit it in. We LOVE it! The Daily 5 allows me to get more one-on-one with my students to improve areas of weakness. As of right now we complete: word work, work on writing, read to someone, read to self, and listen to reading.

The students use the Daily 5 rotation cards to pick their centers. The students begin at the top and work their way down the card. These are nice to remind students where they should be going after each center.

Halloween Party

Our Halloween Party started with making our Frankenstein pudding. All of the students were able to participate in preparing, adding, and mixing ingredients. We used four instant vanilla pudding packets, green food coloring, and crushed Oreos. I purchased clear punch cups then decorated them with Frankenstein faces using permanent markers. The student's enjoyed this yummy morning snack.

We also brewed up some Witches Trail Mix. This included: Corn Chex cereal, Reece's Pieces, Raisins, Candy Corn, and Peanuts. This was a good lesson to teach students how to read a recipe and learn their measuring cups.

Later in the day, we played many exciting games and danced to Halloween music.

Frankenstein Pudding

Frankenstein Pudding

Pumpkin Bowling

Spider Addition

Witches Toss

Mummy Contest

Halloween Doors

Here is our mummy door decoration. I created it from white streamers, construction paper, and bulletin board paper. I was surprised how long it lasted. 

The students walking in the halls loved looking at our Frankensteins. I created the large Frankenstein on the outside of our classroom door and the students created their own Frankenstein hung in the hall. I bought the Frankenstein craft project from TPT by "A Cupcake for the Teacher." They turned out very cute!

Snowman Craft

To kick off our winter spirit, we will be making these cute snowmen made from popsicle sticks. 

Supplies needed:

    -9 Small Popsicle Sticks (per student)

    -Orange Felt

    -Googley Eyes

    -White and Black Paint

    -Q Tips

Procedure:

The first step is to glue the edges of eight popsicle sticks together. Once the glue is dry, paint 3/4 of the popsicle sticks white. Paint the remaining part of the popsicle sticks and the ninth popsicle stick black. When the paint is dry, glue the ninth popsicle stick where the white paint meets the black paint. The next step would be to glue the eyes on the snowman. Then cut a skinny triangle from the orange felt to make a carrot nose. The final step would be to dip the Q Tip into black paint and give the snowman a smile.