Blast Off (& FREEBIES for Friday)

Flat Stanley has been hanging around our classroom the entire month of January but it is time for him to BLAST OFF! We started the month with Stanley's first adventure and are finishing up Stanley in Space today. 

My kids are so interested in space and they are sad that our unit is coming to an end. I have a feeling they will be reading from the space book basket for the rest of the year:) Hook 'em:) that's the goal. Our FREEBIE for today is an astronaut craft that we made and added to one of our space bulletin boards. Hope your kids love it as much as mine did.

Click preview to pick up your pattern and then head over for the rest of your FREEBIES.

Last real day off (argggg)

I know I still have the weekend, but today is my last official day off:) Although I am ready to see my kids and my teaching friends, I have not been able to motivate myself to do very much planning. I do have an overview and maybe by posting it here, it will make me get up and actually put it together! My buddy teacher and I are focusing the month of January on the book Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. We have a few standards on the human body that we need to cover and we are going to do that with Stanley. (ie, Can you really flatten body parts?) We will also be working on Persuasive Writing, Setting, and Adjectives. The last 2 weeks of the month our plan is to do Stanley in Space. I'll let you know how that goes.

And now on to your FREEBIE... In language arts we will be working on adjectives. We wrapped up nouns before we left for vacation, so I wanted a quick sheet to see if they remember nouns and to  introduce adjectives. Please grab it if you can use it.

Noun or Adjective?

Be sure to head over to Teaching Blog Addict to pick up some other great FREEBIES!

If you are looking for some great ideas for January, go see Cynthia at the 2nd Grade Pad. She is hosting a linky party and her site is full of great ideas. 

One last thing, THANK YOU to Debra over at Primary in Idaho for featuring me on her blog yesterday! Be sure to hop over and check her out!