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Check out some of my winter crafts from the past, and download my plan for this year!  Please comment if there is something you like, have tried, or would like directions to try yourself!!

Gingerbread Week Outline Plan 2014 - Includes poems and links

 

DAY 1

Time for some fun!  Wooden ornaments and supplies for snow globes.

DAY 2

I have very creative kids, below are just 2 examples of some clever decorations.  I told them they have to do a good job so the Gingerbread Man sees them and keeps coming back.

DAY 3

Gingerbread Baking Day

 Salt Dough cookies with cinnamon make great smelling ornaments!

 

The cookies still needed to be decorated, BUT look at my ADORABLE gingerbread cookie carrying box :)

DAY 4

Sneaky little guy hid his note in the whiteboards and calendar bookshelf!

DAY 5

Gingerbread bath salts for moms nicely kept in mini zipper bags with a cute sticker!

Day 6

Book Exchange - students pass the wrapped books in a circle every time they hear Gingerbread from a Gingerbread Man Story.  Not all participated, but I just couldn't cover for the left out kids this year.

Google Image - I forgot to take one this year :(

Students earned their own Gingerbread Button for completing Gingerbread Man Week and getting all of the crafts done!!

Thanks JCPenny for your button promotion 2 years ago
and donating the extras to my class! 

And of course, Gingerbread Thank You Cards for those kind Co-Workers and Students who brought me gifts.  Co-workers will get them in their school mailboxes, students will get them in their home mailboxes!

--------------------------Years Past --------------------------

Note and Items left by the Gingerbread Man for Cookies

Note and Items left by the Gingerbread Man for Snow Globes

 

Note and Items left by the Gingerbread Man for Gingerbread Bath Salts

Tree Decorations with leftover cereal and beads

Snow Pictures with Chalk

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Health and Fitness

Family Fitness Fest at the University of Arizona

December 6, 2014

With a free code and fancy bus many families at my school were able to participate in this special event.  We are very lucky to be close to a university that supports the local schools and the community.

The events our families registered for were the 1 Mile Fun Run or 1 Mile Obstacle Course.  Some of our kids did both!!

This 5th Grade Teacher Loves Fall

Lots of booths to promote healthy families.

1 Mile Fun Run Start Line

Start line for the 1 Mile Obstacle Course 

Our Wonderful P.E. Teacher Cheering on the Kids

 

  

Our Tech Guy had a great time with his family too!

                        Wilma the Wildcat was there, but I got this picture..

Our Nutrition Teacher from the UA was there!

The event was tons of fun for everyone, 

and we all got t-shirts and medals to show off!!

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We celebrated Tucson Fitness Day on 11/21 with our PE teacher setting out different equipment across our field and basketball courts.  It was a lot of fun for the kids, and  as usual even more fun for the teachers who played with them.

The weather was in the low 60's and cloudy.  In Tucson when we drop from our highs of 90's to the 60's we are FREEZING and jackets are required for all students :)

       

       

   

  

 

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October 2014

Well this last week was exciting to say the least.  We had spirit week leading into Halloween, but NO costumes allowed at my school. This is a very touchy subject at my school because most of the staff and parents say YES and we are all vetoed by the principal.  What do you all think?  Is crazy hair any less distracting than a themed costume day?  Since favorite book character didn't sell her, I'm thinking I'll try "when I grow up" for costumes. Oh well, I'm exhausted from having so much spirit :)

On top of spirit week I had my formal observation... madness is trying to be extra professional while wearing pajamas!  I think it went well and the principal knew what to expect as she was in PJ's too.  The lesson she viewed was an introduction to the second half of our life cycles unit.   The first half was all about butterflies and we used Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly to guide the lessons.  This book is a very cute story to introduce vocabulary and explain the life cycle of a butterfly.  To help with Halloween madness and to finish learning about butterflies I found this crafty project!

Butterfly Life Cycle Craft

Materials: T.P. Rolls, Clothes Pins, Pom Poms, Coffee Filters, Googly Eyes, Liquid Glue

   Caterpillar --> 

    Chrysalis --> 

                               Butterfly

 Healthy Halloween Treat - Fruit Candy Corn

 And if that wasn't enough fun I read 4 Pumpkin and Halloween related books and the kids all got to make their own healthy candy corn snack.

Ingredients:
White - 1 Swirl of Whipped cream
Orange - 1 Cutie/Mini Orange
Yellow - 5 Pineapple Chunks

 

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