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Spirit Week 2015

Rockstar Day!

Pajama Day!

School Spirit Day!

Crazy Day!

Storybook Character Day!

The Magic School Bus kids!

The Magic School Bus In the Arctic

and

The Magic School Bus Goes Fishing

Word Hunt and Writing Activities

Sight Word Hunt

Students wore sight words on their foreheads and had to roam the classroom to located each sight word on the list. Before they could connect the student name with the sight word, they had to read the sight word out loud to each other.

Such a great activity to build listening and speaking skills along with confidence in their sight words.

Class color day and the student on the right got into the spirit with his face paint! To create the worksheet, I made 2 columns on Microsoft Word and on one side typed the students in my class and on the other typed relevant sight words. Super simple and very fun!

Sticker Writing:

Each student was given 1 sticker to stick on their paper. Then, they had to come up with a creative picture that incorporated their sticker.

Students had to write a list of nouns and verbs from their creative picture. Finally, they created sentences using the sentence frame to match their picture. A rubric was included on the worksheet to give them accountability for their writing.

Writing Worksheet freebie!

Sentence Puzzles:

Each student wrote a sentence using Noun + verb + finisher.

Then, they cut each piece of their sentence apart.

(it was pajama day!)

Once the sentences were cut, we bagged them, and mixed them up. The students read through a friends sentence and had to create a complete sentence.

Fall Welcome Sign

Being in the Autumn Harvest spirit and Hobby Lobby fall decorations were 40%-50% off, I decided to make a "Welcome Sign" for the front porch.

When I am in Hobby Lobby, I feel like I am transported to another world full of magic and wonder and I wish I could just make myself a pallet on the floor and live there!

I was searching for a pumpkin that said 'Welcome" but couldn't find anything that matched my vision. So, whenever that happens, I find the right pieces and make it myself - if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself! :)

I bought a wooden pumpkin, paint, and a burlap bow (ingredients for success). I like to take a bunch of different ideas from Pinterest and combine them together to make the ultimate craft.

Nothing beats a $5 (50% off $10) pumpkin!

The wooden pumpkin was painted with "burnt orange." I love the rustic look to it as opposed to the bright orange color that most Halloween pumpkins have.

Hunter green paint was used to make the stem and some cute swirly vines.

To write the "Welcome," I google searched different welcome signs and welcome calligraphy until I found the perfect one! I free hand drew it on the pumpkin - with pencils - the eraser was my best friend!