Five For Friday! Rainbow Poetry and Leprechaun Tricks!

Happy Friday everyone!!  And Happy Spring Break to meeee!  After a week of parent teacher conference chaos, I was ready for a break!

Since we will be on break during St. Patrick's Day, we celebrated it this week in class.  First, we drew diagrams of leprechaun traps and wrote steps on how to catch them.  Then we used markers and decorated small styrofoam cups to make leprechaun hats.  Take them home and put them in a 250 degree oven for a few minutes, make sure you WATCH!  They will soon shrink into teeny tiny hats that are super adorable!  You can find the instructions at Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business.  When I surprised them with the hats, I placed a few pieces of 'gold' (gold mist covered mini-oreos) on paper shamrocks.  They were in St. Paddy's Day heaven!  

I adore springtime!  It's just around the corner and I thought I'd brighten up the classroom with some rainbows!  Love the clip art from Whimsy Clips!  You can find this FREEBIE in my TPT store.  Don't forget to follow me for more free goodies!!

Loving this sunshine!  My peonies are already budding!!  

If you are NOT an artist, like moi :)  then anchor charts can make you nervous....real nervous!  I adore anchor charts, but I have to work so hard on my art/handwriting!  It can be stressful!  So I've come up with a solution.  Tape your chart paper to your smart board/presentation screen/whiteboard.  Pull up powerpoint on your computer.  Type in what you want to say (heading-wise) and insert any pics you want to use (clipart).  Trace and ta da!!!!  You have a super cute anchor chart!

We are going to KC to see Peppa Pig Live on Sunday!!!  Wish us luck, oink oink ;)  

Happy Happy 100th Day

The 100th day of school is finally here!  It will be here tomorrow, anyways. :)  I honestly can't believe how fast 100 days went.  The kiddos were totally excited for the 50th day...the 100th day is going to be even better!  



I created a few FREEBIES for my sweet teacher friends to use.  At this time of the year, I'm a little shell-shocked at how much I spend on TPT items.  I mean, I buy what I really really need and my mouth still drops at the tax deductible total.  Wowza!  

Enjoy these 100th day freebies my friends!  And check out my doorway decorations and baggie toppers for the big day. :)

Baggie Topper FREEBIE!

                        Happy 100th Day!!

Five For Friday! Galaxy Bottle Experiment FREEBIE!

Meet Otis, our newest fur baby at the Baker house!  What a sweet little chocolate lab pup he is!  He's quite a snuggler.  I have a feeling he'll be getting plenty of love.

Just a pic of our Arctic Volcano that erupted yesterday...no students were harmed in this icy experiment. ;)

I am so happy to see my unit flying off the presses at TPT.  Makes me excited that other teachers like my work. ;)  You can check it out here.

GOOOOOO CHIEFSSSSSS!!!!!!

I came across the coolest website called Imagine Childhood.  They have awesome kids activities, from gardening to engineering kits.  We ordered a brick construction kit and a basket weaving kit.  Just a few 4H projects. :)  The products are so cool, check it out here!

And finally, a FREEBIE for my science experiment GALAXY IN A BOTTLE!

This experiment is so quick and easy and best of all, the kiddos get to take it home!  

All you need is: an empty water bottle, water, food coloring, baby oil, and glitter if you'd like some stars. :)  Check out the freebie below!

Click HERE for your freebie!  And if you'd like a closer look in my SCIENCE NOTEBOOK: PLANETS unit, check it out in my TPT STORE!!

Happy Weekend!!