Flashback Friday

 I'm enjoying my first couple days of break and am excited for Christmas now that I feel caught up with things at home......cookies baked,  presents wrapped,   house cleaned (well almost all cleaned :)
     I'm linking up with Teaching Maddeness for Flashback Friday.

                                             

 I had a good day on Friday with my kiddos. I have the sweetest group of children this year. We wrapped up the last week before break with our Holiday Book Chats. The children brought in something that represented the story to show after they finished telling about their books. My favorite was the stuffed dog with the antler tied to its head to represent Max in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.
  They all did an amazing job. I was so proud of them.

      

            





  

We also finished up ornaments for the parents. The children traced a cookie cutter on Christmas themed scrapbook paper and I hot glued the paper on the back of the cookie cutter. The children glued their pictures in the center and attached ribbon. They turned out so cute! 

 

Have a wonderful break!

 

Friday Flashback:Penguin Life Cycle & Veteran's Day

  I am linking up with  Teaching Madness for the Flashback Friday Linky party. (I know it's Sunday) 

  Flashing back over last week, we finished up our Veteran's Day thank you letters and cards. Our school has a Veteran's Day assembly and parade tomorrow in which will we give the Veterans the Thank You's. It never fails, each year I tear up as the Veterans march up the hallways with the Patriotic Music in the background.

                                     

                                        

    

We also finished up our Penguin Life Cycle projects. This is part of an integrated reading & science unit I created based on the story Penguin Chick in the Reading Street series.  The unit is available at my TPT store. I have a freebie also for download from a previous post. Here it is again.