Valentine's Day- Pinterest inspired

It was a pinterest-y valentines day for my students on Wednesday. They had so much fun!

THE PIN

Brilliant Beginnings Preschool

Student work

THE PIN

Teacher Bits and Bobs

Student work

Hope your Valentine's was as great as mine!

Mrs. Dunn

Five Senses and MY FIRST VIDEO POST!

We are STILL working on our five senses unit in science class, it seems to be dragging on FOREVER, I'm tellin you. 

We read the story "The Black Book of Colors" which is so cool and has words in braille and raised pictures. 

We then talked about what it would be like to not have our sense of sight and be blind. All of the students wrote out their names and then used the "secret code" to make their name in braille. They glued split peas onto the sheet after colouring in the dots to make the bumps.

I then did a lesson on how scientists smell. Sorry it is so choppy and you can only see my face and lovely lights, just keeping privacy of the children in mind! So excited to have my first video up. I was actually inspired by Cara Carroll, she posted a video of her teaching and it was neat to see what a great teacher she is in real life!!

Mrs. Dunn 

Baby You're a Firework!

 Well it's hard to believe that we've been back in school now for over a week already. The kids are settling back into routines nicely and it has been a pretty calm couple of weeks. Just thought I would share some of the activities we completed from my TPT New Years package. 

Students made their cityscapes with grey paper and cut up pieces of yellow for windows. I then put a blob of sparkly paint on their sheet, and with a pointy stick they pulled out to make the fireworks. Here is what the entire bulletin board looked like:

Students also made their New Year's Resolutions on these little people and I hung them beside the bulletin board.

Hope you have lots of fun with your students in the New Year!

Mrs. Dunn

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

It is hard to believe Christmas is already over and 2013 is almost here! I had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends, eating lots and relaxing lots.

If you are looking for activities to do for the beginning of the 2013 school year I have made a package of different games and activities to fill your first days.

New Year Countdown

Wishing everyone a blessed and happy 2013!!

Mrs. Dunn

Polar Express and the World is Ending

Well, yesterday was the last day before Christmas break, WOOHOO! I came down the hallway to hear proclamations of " I saw the meteor, I saw the meteor, I saw it!" and then "Mrs. Dunn, I think the world is ending" 

Oh Dear. Well it looks like we've survived to see another day, what a relief.

On to the Christmas festivities! Thursday was polar express day, so we all wore our pyjamas, so much fun.

The students spent the entire morning at Centers and then watched the movie in the afternoon.

I usually give out tickets and at the end of the day each student gets a bell.

Here are the centers:

CH words

Inspired by Hot Chocolate

Students selected from six marshmallows three that begin with ch.

The first give of Christmas bell. Students make their bell and write on the back what they would get if they had the first gift of Christmas.

 Students listen and watch story book the Polar Express on the SMART board with the earphones.

Five Senses: I had vocabulary cards, and the students drew and wrote about what they could see, hear, smell, taste and touch in the Polar Express.

I found a sight word game the students enjoyed playing here.

I got this idea super cute doubles matching activity from TPT here.

The kids had so much fun!

Mrs. Dunn

Silence for Sandy Hook Elementary

Oh Boy Fourth Grade and graphic by 3am teacher

Christmas Ornaments

Well our room officially smells Christmas-y! We made our cinnamon ornaments and they are looking great.

First we followed directions and checked our ingredients list. We used the five senses to describe our dough as we were making it (except for taste as the grade one's agreed it may not be the best idea to eat glue).

Then the students picked the shape they wanted, and we used a cookie cutter to cut it out. They are now drying and making our classroom smell great. We can't wait to decorate.

You can find the recipe and instructions on my Teachers Pay Teachers Site HERE.

Mrs. Dunn