Back to School Tip, Blog Hop, Freebie, & Giveaway!

That's right. It's back to school time again!  Where did the summer go?  I just got back from vacation at the coast.....

 

What am I going to do the first week of school?  Well, one of the most important things to do is to create a classroom community, a sense of "togetherness", and one way to do that is with "getting to know you" activities. 

TIP:
One great activity you can do with your kiddos is have them interview someone else in the classroom, and then write an article about them.  One year we had students make people out of construction paper to look like the person they interviewed. We had them paste the written interview on the "body", then we attached a head, arms, and legs.  We even had them use "google eyes" (Kids love google eyes)!

In order to guide your students through the interviewing process, I have created the following freebie just in time for Back to School!

 

Click the pic above for your very own copy from my TpT store!

This freebie includes suggested interview questions, a paper to write the questions on , and a "final copy" paper that they can write their article on. Students can use the final copy page instead of notebook paper to glue on the body of the person they are writing the paper about. 

And now for the BLOG HOP!!!!

My friend, Laurah The ESOL Odyssey is hosting this blog hop, and I have donated an item that usually corresponds with what is taught in the first month in math: Place Value!!! It's one of my top sellers and it is in a cute safari theme.

You can check it out more in detail at my TpT store by clicking on the pic above.

Blog Hop and Giveaway runs August 12th-17th .

Grand Prize ($122 value)

• Pencil Sharpener in color of your choice from Classroom Friendly Supplies
• Your choice of $25 in products from Tools for Teachers by Laurah J OR A blog design
• 10 units donated by Awesome TpT Teacher-Author-Bloggers (see list below)

2nd Prize ($88 value)

• Your choice of $25 in products from Tools for Teachers by Laurah J
• 10 donated by Awesome TpT Teacher-Author-Bloggers (see list below)

Items donated by participating Teacher-Author-Bloggers:

Elements of Fiction Posters

First Week Back to School Classroom Essentials Bundle

Write with Me Journal (Common Core Aligned)

Latin Greek Vocabulary Through the Year, Set 1

Getting to Know You- A Back to School Math Game for your Class

Place Value Safari

Back to School Icebreaker Pack

Ten Real Life Applicable Area and Perimeter Cards 

Back to school and end of year foldables

Common Core Writing and Editing Checklists

Click on the Back to School Blog Hop and Giveaway pic below to visit The ESOL Odyssy!

Good luck!