Body System Fun!

So, I was thinking back to my first year teaching and remembered a fun activity that I did and wanted to share!

I had drawn each of the body systems and then we copied them onto transparencies ( man that was a long time ago huh? Now I'm dating myself :)

As the kiddos learned about the body systems they received their clear transparency version. We had them use sharpie markers (already a winner when they get to use sharpies) to color the different parts.

Then they would layer the body systems onto one another so they could see how they fit together. Leave a small place on top of the head to staple so they will stay together. Maybe shape it like a hat? lol :)

The kids had a lot of fun and it made for a really cool parent open house showing!

Feel free to free hand the different systems to make a copy but it you are not in the mood you can always download my body systems clip art which has the blackline (which is perfect for letting students color in) and the colored version if you don't feel like tackling markers in class. Click here!

You're Invited to a Poetry Party!

Okay, so I opened this product up and my eyes were delighted by bright colors and adorable graphics. At that point I didn't care what the content was... I was sold! But, there is also some amazing content to be found... BONUS!

Introducing...
Poetry Party! A poetry unit for kids by Christina De Carbo

 

Take a look at this Table of Contents! Are you kidding me! That is awesome! It covers all you could ever need to teach poetry and then more!

 

My kids loved these activities. I heard oohs and ahhs over the graphics and several times I heard, "This is fun!"

The activities are well planned out, easy to follow and understand, and fun for the kids to look at. It keeps their interest while focusing on a difficult skill for students to comprehend and eventually master.

 

When it is all said and done, students will have a poetry book that they will remember and can always refer to as a useful resource.

Here is what happy customers are saying!

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I am very pleased with this comprehensive poetry unit! I really like the rough draft pages that are included. Each page is visually appealing as well as user friendly. I can hardly wait to get started!

Snarky

So organized and complete! Love all of the different types of poetry and the planning sheets! Thank you!

melissajenkins

This was an absolutely wonderful unit that I started with my last year's class in the spring. This upcoming year, I will begin it within the first grading period. My students loved it and looked forward to poetry time!

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Click here to get her amazing poetry unit! (Oh and btw... because of this spotlight she has it on sale today and tomorrow... you're welcome) :) 

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Bob the Builder would love this Powerpoint!

It is so nice to run across a product that is focused toward the upper grades and teaching something as basic as the sentence. So many times, teachers seem to just assume that students come to them with this basic knowledge and don't provide their students with an opportunity to refresh and grow in their knowledge of sentence structure.

This quality PowerPoint contains four great lessons for teaching the structure of the sentence. The lessons are clear and well put together so that even struggling students will be able to easily understand and learn this basic and so badly needed concept!

The four lessons are:

 This seller has also created a FREEBIE to go along with this product. We all know that students hate to write notes and half the time we lose our teaching time waiting for them to copy all of the information we wish for them to have access to! She has created notes to go along with the PowerPoint so that students spend more time listening and less time copying! Students simply fill in the important parts as the lesson keeps moving!

You can find the freebie here.

Read what buyers are saying about this sentence product!

This is perfect to teach my squirrelly 8th graders about sentence structure. They love that handout that is available to free with this ppt

 This goes right along with what we are doing in 4th grade!

This ppt will incorporate my construction theme AND our 5th grade work with compound and complex sentences. Thank you for your hard work!

 Seems from 4th grade all the way to 8th grade you can't go wrong with this product!

Click here to download this 4 star product!

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A Thank you to you and a new feature!

Teachers are amazing aren't they? They put their students before themselves despite the hardships that government or your district may place before you. They are always striving to find new and meaningful ways to show their students that education is a good and positive thing.

Thank You for all that you do!

If you scroll all the way to the bottom of this blog, you will find a new feature set up just for you!

It is the Thank You Product of the Week. Each week I will be choosing one product from my TPT store and marking it down to $1 for the entire week! Just another way to help out those awesome teachers out there and a way to say thank you for following me!

Check each Sunday for a new product!

A fun and super easy photo editor online!

Okay so I ran across this photo editor and I love it! It is so easy to use!

Go to http://www.pixlr.com/express
The site looks extremely simple... and it is! For this, I am going to click on collage to show you how to make a collage of pictures. See the box on the far right that says collage? Click it!

 It will then pull up the default for four pictures but there are a ton of different layouts to choose from! See where I have clicked the box "layout" below and all the options come up? Click the up and down arrows on the bottom right of the box for more!

So I chose a three picture to make it look like a photo booth print out... wouldn't that be fun for your students??? When you put your mouse over a box, a + will appear. Click on the plus sign.

By clicking on the + it will send you to your computer files to choose a picture! I have chosen three down below! See the check mark with the word Finished in the bottom right corner? Click on that when you are done!

It will pull up some new boxes for you to play with! 

The effects box gives you play with the color. When you are click on a box, more options show up for that category.

The overlay box... well... overlays an image over your pictures. Again, these are categories so clicking on a box will bring up several options.

The border box again gives you tons of fun options

Stickers are by category as well. If you click on Halloween... it will give you a bunch of Halloween stickers you could add.

 You can even add text!

When you are done, click save in the top left of the screen and you will be given the chance to name and save! The files are not huge, but big enough to play with. Especially, if you have your students working with blogs and things of that sort. Wouldn't it be fun to let them make a collage of their work to display to parents?? So many ideas! Post a comment below about how you could use this in the classroom!

Freebie Candy Witch Activities

Have you ever read the story The Candy Witch by Steven Kroll? It is a fun picture book that lends to some great thought-provoking activities! If you don't own this book, try to get your hands on it!

I have created a fun freebie to use with this book! Check out the activities below and then click on the link at the bottom to download your free copy as a thank you for following this blog!

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Jack-o-Lantern Halloween Synonym Activity

So I was browsing the Target dollar bin (something I love to do) and came across these foam pumpkin cutouts and decided to do a little activity with the for my class (and you good ppl as well!)

So here is a picture of the foam cutouts.

 I drew a simple Jack-O-Lantern face onto the pumpkin. There are tons of options here! You can do them or if you teach an older class they can do the work!

 Then I cut them out using my scissors (an exacto knife would work to), and then glued a sheet of paper behind them. Yellow paper would be super cute too... but alas... didn't have any and didn't have the time to make some! Then, I colored in the mouth and tadaa!

 Have the students choose (or assign them) an overused word and then let them fill in the paper shapes with synonyms! Enjoy!

Looking for more Halloween fun?

Don't forget to grab this Math Freebie! Click here!

Check out this math Halloween activity for Factors and Multiples!