When I Am Old with You Mom

Here is my new Mother's Day project just posted on Tpt.  It uses When I Am Old with You by Angela Johnson as a mentor text.  It is a story about a boy who tells his granddaddy all the things they will do when they are old together - so cute!  When I Am Old with You Mom comes with a writing project and two craftivities - a perfect gift for moms!

Piggy Banks

This week we started our money unit.  Students always love learning about money.  I bought these ceramic piggy banks for students from Oriental Trading Company.  When I first ordered them I had worried about them breaking during shipping and then being short a piggy bank. However you can see from the picture that they are very well packaged.  For the two years that I have been doing this project not a single pig has arrived broken! 

The first day students paint their pigs a solid color and the second day they decorate their pigs.  They LOVE these pigs and take good care of them.  The part I like best about this project is knowing they'll be practicing counting coins over and over again :).

My friend Mr. Jones also did piggy banks this week.  For more examples head over to his blog at First Upon a Time.

Easter Bunny Writing

Here is a picture of the chart I made to use with my latest FREEBIE.  Writing About the Easter Bunny on Tpt. I like to use sticky notes with my charts so I can use them again.

Writing About the Easter Bunny FREEBIE

This week my students can't stop talking about the Easter Bunny.  I love hearing all about it! It's so fun!!! So I'm sharing what I used today for students to write their little hearts out - all about the Easter Bunny.  Visit my Tpt store to download! Click HERE

Here are some student samples:

I had students draw a picture of the Easter Bunny to put above their writing.  On the left I plan to add a picture I took of each student today.  I had them wear bunny ears while holding an Easter basket and some carrots.  The pictures are SO CUTE. :)

"Eggcellent" Spring Freebie - by First Upon a Time

Hooray for spring!!! I can't wait to do fun spring time activities this week with my 1st graders.  My friend and colleague Mr. Jones over at First Upon a Time just posted a most "Eggcellent" activity.  

First Upon a TimeClick on the link to visit his blog and follow the link to his Tpt store to download.