FAB FREEBIES FRIDAY!!!

Hop on over to the Fab Friday Freebies!

Who doesn't love finding fun, innovative freebies that you can use with your learners? I know it is an awesome feeling when I stumble upon freebies. Well, you don't have to look to hard this time! Notebooking Nook is hosting a Fab Freebie Friday where you can find fabulous products for FREE!

I am participating in this FAB FRIDAY FREEBIE. The product I have linked up for free is a mini-unit full of math and literacy activities to use with the book Llama Llama Misses Mama. Little ones love this book! I know I have probably read this one hundreds of times with my daughter. By clicking this LINK, it will direct you to my TpT store to download the mini-unit for free. If you like it, please make sure you leave positive feedback. Also, follow my store to by notified of new products that I post as soon as they are posted.

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Happy Fall!

October has arrived, and with it comes the start of a wonderful holiday season. I like the changing of the season, the smell of football (yes, football) in the air, the sounds coming from the high school marching band's afternoon practices, and getting wood ready to build snuggly fires. But best of all, I like that when October arrives, Halloween comes, then Thanksgiving, Christmas, and a brand New Year! I love holidays!

I have several items in my TpT store that would go wonderfully with your fall activities in your classrooms. One is tailored to elementary school (called Fall Activities {Math and Literacy Mini-Unit}), one that is tailored to middle school and high school students (called Halloween Writing Prompts), and one that can go anywhere in between (called Ghostly Nouns {Common and Proper Nouns}).

If you are teaching a special unit on Christopher Columbus be sure to check out Christopher Columbus {Math, Literacy, and Writing}. There are fun activities to use in your classroom that your students are sure to love!

What is your favorite time of year?

The Science Penguin $25 Gift Card

The Science Penguin

The Science Penguin blog is hosting a $25 gift card raffle. Why? Just because it is Halloween! Visit The Science Penguin for your chance to win! Follow the instructions for your chance to win. Good luck!

The Outside City

Welcome to the Outside City

We recently completed our novel study of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. If you have never read the book, it is a must! The students absolutely get into it, and never want to stop reading it once we begin. After reading the novel and completing all of the assignments and assessments, the students created their own "Outside Cities" using the names of the characters as the street names. Each business, shop, venue in their city had to be named using characteristics from the characters in the novel. The students loved coming up with names, and they were very creative, too!

Some of the examples of places of business the students came up with are Bob's Bling Jewelry Shop, Muscles by Dally, Ponyboy's Book Club, Two-Bit's Comedy Act Nightclub, Cherry's Sunset Grill, etc. I had a wonderful time walking aroune the classroom as they worked in their collaborative pairs on this assignment.

Below are a couple of examples of the projects. One is of a group of boys drawing their Outside City on poster board. Let me tell you, they took great pride in their artistic abilities. The finished product was absolutely wonderful! The other picture is of a group who decided to make an edible Outside City. They did a fantastic job, and all of the other students in the classroom loved it!

The Outside City Project is not in my novel study because I got this activity from a former collegue. However, my "The Outsiders" Novel Study Bundle has everything you need to teach The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Included in the bundle you will find the novel study guide complete with handouts and assessments, a "Talk is Tuff" Journal that has a journal prompt for each chapter, a PowerPoint Presentation to use while teaching the novel, and a review game to use prior to giving the final assessment.

CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE NOVEL STUDY



SPOOKY LINKY

If you are looking for some fun, spooky activities to use in your classroom during October, be sure to visit the Spooky Linky sponsored by graphic artist Graphics From the Pond. Here you will find over 45 activities to use. The activities range from early childhood literacy through upper grades literacy and math. Hop on over to see what wonderful activities await you!

Below is the item that I uploaded to the Spooky Linky. It can be purchased for $2.00. It is a wonderful activity that allows the students to practice spotting common nouns and proper nouns. It is called GHOSTLY NOUNS. It works as a center, and it also contains a handout for students to complete individually as classwork or homework. I hope you have a spooktacular time looking through all of the wonderful resources!

Click Here to View "Ghostly Nouns"



"Flipping Through Native American Cultures"

This past week in my 8th grade social studies class we learened about four Native American Cultures: the Paleo-Indians, the Archaic, the Woodland, and the Mississippian. One way that I always use to teach these cultures is to have the students create a flip-book of the cultures with characteristics that go along with each culture. The students enjoy making the flip-book because it is different than just writing down notes from the SmartBoard. It also serves as an excellent study tool! If you have never used a flip-book in your classroom, try it.  Your students will love it! Happy Monday!



Neil Armstrong- A Mini Unit

When I heard the news yesterday of the passing of one of America's most famous astronauts, I immediately went looking for resources to use in my classroom this week. I found a lot of articles, but not many activities to use with my students. Alas, I decided to create a mini-unit. If you are looking for a way to incorporate Neil Armstrong into your lesson plans this week, check out the Neil Armstrong Mini-Unit on TpT.