Back to School Peek at My Week

I tried to get pictures of everything

we do the first week of school...

I really did! But... I forgot to take 

pictures of so many things!

Here are a few pictures though,

with some freebies and fun ideas!

I am linking up with 

 Doodlebugs Teaching!

Back to school gift bags:

animal print notepad, pencil, stickers,

bookmark and eraser.

Back to school safari:

Students hunt for mini plastic

safari animals.

Cookies we enjoyed after

reading the Kissing Hand.

Decorating our book boxes

from IKEA.

Show what you know throw!

Students wrote in a friend's name,

crumpled the paper, threw it into

the air, grabbed a new paper and

wrote a new name.  No repeats

were allowed. This was great for

recognition of names!

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Our first story souvenir of the year!

Crayon eraser

Marshmallow fun after

reading the poem
Marshmallow Toes.

It's a freebie from

The measurement activity is here!

Group project!

Building the tallest tower.

I gave each student 5 large

marshmallows and a cup full

of mini marshmallows.  Each group

got a handful of toothpicks and

the fun began!

Sight word head hunt!

     

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Back to school poems that

the students get to "co-author"!

Get a sample page here free!

Click here to check them out!

We enjoyed a slice of cake

from the story to end our first

week of school!

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I posted about story souvenirs on 
Facebook and there was interest,
so I thought I'd share what
they are, in case you haven't heard
of them, and how I give them!

Story souvenirs are little items

that relate to a story that students 

get to keep in a souvenir box until the

end of the year.  If you choose to start

this, students WILL ask you if they can

please take it home...each and every time...

each and every student...no matter how

many times you say no...

until the yucky teeth...those go home!

Penguin eraser

Here's the yucky teeth

Place story souvenirs in a gift bag.

I use craft bags.

Read a fiction and nonfiction book 

of your choice to introduce a new 

theme you are studying.

Have students guess what story 

souvenir is in the bag.  I like to draw it 

out a little...adds to the suspense! 

  

I have students keep them at school 

until the end of the year in their 

“story souvenir box” (pencil box).  

They love going back, looking through 

them and remembering the stories!  

Students can fill out a sheet to take 

home and share with their families.

(Link to the freebie below)

Oriental Trading order!

apple erasers

sheriff badges-careers

(Officer Buckle and Gloria)

witch fingers-The Big Pumpkin

prisms-insects 

(we also do a compound eye activity)

seashell

I've given story souvenirs for quite a

few years.  I recently started a Pinterest

board that you can see here.  It shows 

some of my fiction and nonfiction pairs

with a story souvenir.  I plan to add

the rest of them to the board this year, 

after I've taken the pictures!

 

I created a sheet for students to 

complete about their souvenir.

Get it free here!

*I don't buy all of them myself.

I ask for parents to sign up

to donate some of them.

Thanks for stopping by!

Aliens Love Underpants! and Visualization

    

I created this craftivity to use during our short u week. If you would like it, click here!

The month of September is

our Laura Numeroff author study.

We start with the "What __ Do Best" 

series because we are studying families.

Next we go to Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers

because we start a theme on pets

and do a visualization activity I got from

TpT I believe. They visualize another animal

and what it could wear. Then we read

Why a Disguise? and write an opinion piece

on the best place to wear a disguise.

Our story souvenir is the fun mustache 

and nose glasses!

We read her other books throughout 

the month. Once a week, we read

one of her "If You Give a ___" books

and have the treat from the book.

We have enjoyed cookies and donuts so far!

We are a little behind...we had WAY to many

early outs due to the heat!

Visualization

Click here to get this cute visualization activity for Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers!

Here are two more visualization activities.

The poem is copied on the back.

I pass out the paper with this side up.

NO PEEKING!

I read the poem and they visualize.

They draw what they visualized.

I read the poem again.

They turn their paper over to see 

the "real" illustration.

Both poems are by Shel Silverstein.

Family Trees

Story Souvenir 

for Pet Week #2

Check out my Pinterest

board for souvenirs here!

Thanks for stopping by!