Veteran's Day Thank You

I'd like to say THANK YOU to all the Veterans, both those who risked their lives and those who gave their lives, for our freedom. We are truly blessed to live in such a great country! May God bless all the veterans and their families and God Bless America!

Pumpkin Project

This year we had our 3rd graders and 4th graders dress up their pumpkins to look like characters from their favorite books. They also completed a packet describing character traits, and story elements. The story character pumpkins were displayed in the library, and everyone was allowed to vote for their favorite one at our fall festival. Here are a few of my favorites:

This one doesn't have the book with it, but is Mr. Magorium from Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Aren't they great!  I think our kiddos did a fabulous job!

Crazy Fabulous Fall Giveaway at Classroom Compulsion

 

My friend Rebecca at Classroom Compulsions is having a Crazy Fabulous Giveaway!  She has so many prizes that she had to divide them into 6 different giveaways. You can enter just one, or enter them all, but you better hurry, because you have one more day to enter! Just click on the pic above and it will take you there.

Super Saturday You Tube Educational VIdeo of the Week: Division

Hi bloggy friends!  I am posting this a little early as I plan on sleeping in and wanted it to be there bright and early for all of you morning people!  We are learning about division this week,so I thought I would introduce it with a video.  I found this video from GCF LearnFree.org.  It relates division to multiplication and to repeated subtraction. If you are teaching division, you might find it helpful too!

Teachers Help Teachers Affected by Hurricane Sandy!

My friend Laurah at The ESOL Odyssey is heading up a great effort to assist teachers who were affected by Hurricane Sandy.  

How can you help?

You can go to Larah's blog and donate items from your TpT or TN Stores to help teachers who lost supplies, lessons, etc.. 
Click on the picture below to go to her blog to link up. Thanks Laurah for doing this!
 

Teacher's Toolkit Huge 200 Follower Giveaway!

Head on over to Teacher's Toolkits's huge 200 Follower Giveaway! She has 55 products to be won.  She split them into 5 giveaways so you can browse through all the items and enter one or enter them all!   Just click on the picture below to visit Wendy's blog and join in the fun, but hurry because the giveaway ends in 3 days!

Super Saturday YouTube Educational Video of the Week: Simple Machines

This weeks video deals with simple machines.  This video gives great examples of simple machines that can be found in school and at home.  We are going to make a simple machine flip book (from Dinah Zikes), and my kiddos are going to illustrate examples of  each type of simple machine.  I think this video will be very helpful in coming up with ideas for their illustrations.