Apple themed grammar centers for Fall

Crisp cool weather will soon be on its way. Welcome in Fall with some fun reading workshop centers. My students love interactive rotations so this fun common and proper nouns activity is just perfect to get them excited and engaged during workshop.

Monster Valentine's Day Holder

Many of you are looking for ideas for your Valentine's card exchange, So I wanted to share one of my faves. I just love everything about these Monster Valentine's Card holders. They are perfect for a Valentine's Card exchange, and super fun to make. When I taught first grade I struggled to come up with a fun card holder year after year, they either fell off of the back of the chair or the students struggled to fill them and Valentine's ended up everywhere!

This Holder is made from the new Paper towel holders from Kleenex....

If you haven't tried them they are quite fabulous. We found ours at Target and emptied the box (saving them of course to use in our bathroom.)

They are tall and sturdy and the prefect size for a Valentine's Card holder. The opening is great for little hands to drop their Valentines Cards in and they sit perfectly on a desk without falling over or needing to be tied down.

To decorate the one below we used felt pieces from our local craft store.

 I cut the large hearts and my little one glued them down and added the stickers.

For the classroom the expense of felt might not be practical so substituting construction paper is just fine. In our Primary Valentine's Day Activity Pack you can get the templates and directions to make these with your class.

For any of you last minute planners out there (....like me) Take a look at our FREEBIE Candy Hearts Math activity. We hope you enjoy your Valentine's Day with your students!

Click HERE for the FREEBIE

 

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Halloween themed kits for the classroom

We are so excited to share with you our latest creation for the classroom. It is absolutely Spooktacular! 

This colorful kit is filled with spooky writing and grammar fun. Review nouns and adjectives and get your student's creative spirits going with this hauntingly cute kit!
This kit contains 73 pages of resources for the primary classroom
Spooky Grammar: 12 pages Students use adjectives to describe Halloween theme pictures, and write sentences identifying the nouns and adjectives.
Graphic organizer: writing beginning, middle and end
Writiing journals/ story starters: 8 prompts
Word wall display: 16 pages Header and Halloween themed word wall cards, including blank ones you can personalize
Pennant banner for bulletin board or class signs 34 pages
letters A - z and Halloween themed graphics on four alternating patterns of orange, green, black and purple.

To create our Halloween inspired display we used black and white polka dotted wrapping paper (Hobby Lobby) trimmed with orange and white polka dotted ribbon. Ribbon is great for storage, stays bright and is easy to put up...on of my favorite ways to brighten up a classroom)

We used Halloween decor found around town. Finding items at After Halloween sales will help keep costs down and your seasonal classroom decorations up to date. Our Favorite sales are at Target and Hobby Lobby each year!

A bubbling cauldron is the perfect way to display your seasonal word wall words. This kit uses cute 3x5 cards to introduce some spooky vocabulary words. Use the ones provided or create your own using the blank templates in the kit. The font used is smiley monster

 The colorful pennants are a must have for today's classrooms. Long gone are the days of simply using die cut letters from construction paper. Just print, cut and laminate. They store flat, I like keeping all of my pennant kits in clear plastic page protectors in a 2 inch binder. You can store by theme or colors and can flip through to easily find what you are looking for.

For simple hanging hole punch both sides and thread a 1/4 inch ribbon through the entire set of pennants. Cute picture pennants ( bats, haunted house, ghost, jack o lantern) are the perfect way to bookend your Halloween Bulletin Board Banners.

The journal pages and grammar pages in this kit are the perfect way to add a simple review into your daily routine while keeping it fun and engaging. Use these grammar sheets as a way to introduce and review nouns and adjectives. Teach students how to stretch their sentences by including their describing words. Have your students use their new grammar skills to create Halloween themed stories, that they will be dying to share with their classmates!

 While this kit was designed for primary teachers, it can really be used for any grade. 

Intermediate teachers we haven't forgotten about you we have just what you need as well to keep your little pumpkins engaged while perfecting their grammar skills.

 Check out our kits that are now being featured in our store, get them now while they are on sale! 

Our Fall Sale ends Sunday!

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