FREEBIE FRIDAY: President's Day

February turns us to hearts and roses and sometimes President's Day sneaks up on us. If that happens to you, I have an easy writing/drawing printable that requires no prep work.

Just print and give them a prompt (or not LOL).

The pack comes with lined and unlined choices

so they can be used for writing or picture drawing.

Either way, they would make for a cute bulletin board.

Just click on the picture and pick up your FREE copy.

Noah's Ark

Who doesn't love the story of Noah?

You know the cute part with all the sweet animals 

floating along happily on the boat?

Do you think it was really like that?

Can you imagine?

The true sounds and smells of so many animals

all together in one place?

I don't know so much about the cute and sweet part,

but I do know that Noah was obedient to God

even when God asked him to do something strange

that would mean something awful for so many.

When teaching the story of Noah in class,

I certainly use the cute and sweet images,

but it's important to get students to the reality of what

was truly going on.

Genesis 5:32-10:1

If you are ready to teach Noah, 

your timing is just right for my updated learning packet

(and a FREEBIE).

It's a HUGE packet with over 90 pages and 16 activites
including reading, language arts, math, science, etc.

One of the activities is a memory verse puzzle

The verse is Genesis 6:22.

It's a fun way to help your students learn the verse.

 

Here's a sneek peek at the whole packet.

And now the FREEBIE....

It's a making words activity that practices "ar" words.

Click on the preview below to get your copy.

I hope you find something helpful here

as you get ready to teach the story of Noah to your kids.

Fun (and FREE) with Johnny Appleseed

I LOVE all things Fall and for me,

it gets kicked off with

Johnny Appleseed Day.

(Yes, I have taught with a pot on my head.)

Since September 26th will be here before we know it,
I just updated all of my old Johnny Appleseed activities.

And....if you scroll through all of them,

you will find a couple of FREEBIES at the end of this post :) 

If you made it this far....

here are the FREEBIES.

APPLESEED ADDITION

JOHNNY APPLESEED WORD BUILDING

Hope you found something that you can use with your students.

Happy Independence Day & Let FREEdom Ring #4

If you're stopping by today,

Happy Independence Day!

Today comes with gratitude for the men and women

who give of themselves (and their families) to protect and defend

the United States of America.

We salute you!!

Let FREEdom Ring #4

Today's FREEBIE comes to you from me :)

Click on the picture to grab your copy.

Happy July!

Jump Into January Blog Hop

Here's hoping you all had a fabulous holiday!

I'm sure the last thing you want to do is think about going back to school,

but you know as well as I do that it's going to be here before we realize it!

That's why my bloggy friends and I have put together some things to help you out.

It's a blog hop where you can pick up no/low prep FREEBIES!

Welcome to stop #2!

My no prep FREEBIE is a sample from my WINTER WRITING PAPERS.

The FREEBIE includes the lined and unlined sheets. 

Just click on either picture to get your FREE copy.

If you like the sample, here is a look at the complete pack.

Now that you've picked up my FREEBIE,

click on the NEXT STOP button and pick up the rest.

Be sure to catch the surprise at the end of the hop over at THE TEACHING TRIBUNE.

Best Year Yet Blog Hop

Have you decided on a New Year's Resolution?

Or have you decided not to make one at all?

I always recommit to my exercise and diet plan.

Trying to destress my life.

We probably all want to improve our teaching in one area or another.

Well, whatever you are thinking, we're here to help you out.

I'm teaming up with my favorite blogger friends to bring you

The Best Year Yet Blog Hop and Giveaway!

From New Year's Eve until January 2, you can hop around our blogs and grab a FREEBIE from each of us. Be sure to go all the way around and enter the Rafflecopter at The Teaching Tribune for your chance to win one of these fabulous prizes.

I am offering the product below as my freebie.

Click on the picture to take you to my store to download your copy.

(this product will only be free through January 2)

While you are at my store you may also want to check out these products that will be great for your first few days back at school.

Be sure to continue the blog hop by clicking the button below.

We truly hope that 2014 is your 

BEST YEAR YET!

Cloudy with a chance.......

Our month has been sooooo busy, as I'm sure yours has too.

We are just finishing up a weather unit so I wanted to share a few things.

No weather unit is complete without reading....

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.

It's so funny that they kids all yell, "hey, that's a movie not a book" lol

We wanted to make a bulletin board of the 

town of Chewandswallow,

so we broke up into groups and each group made a house, store, business, etc.

to contribute to the town.

We had a "Toys R Us,"

a hospital,

a school (and many others).

After making buildings, they individually made food of all kinds.

We had all of their food "raining" from the sky over the

town of Chewandswallow.

This board is in the hallway outside my classroom and right next to the restroom.

I think it has provided a lot of conversation for kids waiting in line:)

In writing, we were working on informational writing and 

we decided to do it inside a friendly letter.

We had already gone over letters, but felt they needed a good review.

If you have not seen the writing packets that were done by Martha over at Primary Paradise, 

then you are really missing out.

I have both of her writing units and they are FANTASTIC.

That's what we used for letter writing.

First we went over her diagram, to help them remember the 5 parts

and where they go in the letter.

This is sooooo cute and helpful.

Next, we did her cut and paste activity to make sure they had it down.

Then came our class model.

Together we wrote a letter to Ms. Paula (our Science Lab teacher).

I told them that a cyclone hit our town last night and I wasn't sure if Ms. Paula

knew what that was, so we would need to tell her in our letter.

Here is our example.

After modeling, I left them all choose the kind of storm they were interested in.

We had a lot of nonfiction books from our library to help us gather facts.

After spending some time in the books, 

we completed a 4 square paper to help us organize out thoughts.

We then turned our facts into a letter to Ms. Paula.

The writing packets include papers for you to do a draft and then your final copy.

If you haven't already, go take a look at the writing packets.

You'll be glad you did:)

Hope you found an idea that you can use.
Thanks for stopping by!