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Sunday, December 22, 2013

8th Day of Christmasm from me to YOU!

So have you collected all of your freebies yet for days 1 through 7?! I sure hope so... Now it is time for your lovely 8th day of Christmas freebie...whoop whoop!!!

I had to prewrite this post since it's going live at 12:00am my time (11:00pm your time) and I am or will be boarding my plane at that time headed south for the week. I CAN NOT wait to get away from this cold. I just got out of my car like 15 min ago which is 3:15pm mountain time & it said -25 Fahrenheit!!! AHHHH! This weather is killing me. I am anxious to see if the 60 weather in Mississippi will be hot to me since I've been in this cold or what. I packed mostly pants so hopefully I don't find it too hot. When I ask all my friends about the weather they just say it's cold.

You can head over to my Lovely Literacy and More Facebook Page to grab your 8th day of goodies and yes that's right I said goodies with a S so that means you get an extra freebie.

This product is filled with over 200 pages and is generally $10 but you get it for FREE today only!!!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Lovely-Literacy-And-More

If you checked out my earlier posts than you saw how we used my Christmas Around the World notebook to help reinforce how other countries celebrate Christmas. Every morning my students would open their Christmas Around the World notebook and color the page of the country we would be "traveling" to that day. After they colored the day I would read to them the description on the page for that country. Some students would even circle words or sight words they recognized. I like this little book because it allowed the students to show their parents the countries we visited when they brought it home after all our adventures.

Click on the image below to grab your Christmas Around the World notebook.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7JdrEIk0yOyNmxYam5ibHlhdXM/edit?usp=sharing

I included the United States in the Christmas Around the World notebook for y'all even though my class went to Canada since I now live in Canada. So you will see 2 sets of maps, one with Canada included and the other with the U.S. included. The descriptions of how Canada and the U.S. celebrate Christmas are the same since their traditions are very similar.

I hope you enjoy your freebies and are enjoying your Christmas break.

Friday, December 20, 2013

Five for Fri. & 5th Day of Christmas

Well I'm missed a few on these or possibly 3 months worth of Five for Fridays... Just possibly (wink wink) but who can blame me Fridays can get a little crazy. Thanks to Irene for getting me back on track with our 9 Days of Christmas. She is so fabulous for putting all this together fyi.

So why not let #1 be our 5th day of Christmas brought to you by the lovely Amanda over at Mrs. Pauley's Kindergarten. Head to her Facebook page to grab your freebie.

This was our 1st sentence scramble so I kept it simple but they rocked it! :) These can be found in the Santa's Workshop (Literacy & Math centers). FYI- You can get this product of over 250 pages for 50% off as of today for the weekend.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Santas-Workshop-1005395

The whole school sang Christmas carols in the gym today.

Who's that crazy teacher that let the kids outside without a coat while it's snowing and in like 5 degree weather? This gal... but they literally ran to right outside the door for like 5 seconds and ran back in. They thought it was fun!

Hey it made for a cute photo for our Pajama day. :) If only I didn't have to scratch out their faces so you could see how cute the photo really did turn out.

At the end of the day after making reindeer antlers, reindeer food & watching the Polar Express we enjoyed our Christmas Around the World celebration. Students brought in a dish that represented a country we "visited" through out these past 3 weeks. I wish I would've taken a photo of our 2 tables covered in food... but instead a did get a photo of our of my lil reindeers with a plate FULL of treats.

Some of the food included- pigs in a blanket, perogies, meatballs, waffles with honey, Christmas tree cookies, carrot cake, cupcakes, Russian gingerbread biscuits, cheese. crackers, fruit, star cookies, and chips & salsa. It was delicious and the kiddos just loved every bit of it.

As for me... well I have been in bed since 7:30pm and am going to bed after this post since I have been sick all week. Me & the hubs are leaving for Mississippi on Sunday at midnight for a week so I may be MIA for a little bit. I am excited to spend Christmas with my family this year, see all my friends that I miss so much, ESCAPE the snow and MOST OF ALL ESCAPE this weather that is like -15... Yikes! I hope all of y'all had a fabulous last week of school before Christmas break or better yet just survived.

Thursday, December 19, 2013

4th Day of Christmas

It's that time for the 4th Day of Christmas freebie!!! Whoop whoop! This one is coming at ya from Brenda at Primary Inspired. Head over to her Facebook page to grab your freebie. You can also get the freebie from my Facebook Page.

These Christmas goodies just keep getting better and better. Stayed tuned every day for these freebies, especially on Day 8 when you get a duo of goodies from this gal right here.

Check out a glimpse of our Christmas Around the World.... The kiddos are just loving learning about how different countries celebrate Christmas.

You may or may not be able to grab these Christmas Around the World booklets on the 8th Day of Christmas (wink wink).

Each student created a suitcase which is where they are keeping their craft from each country, along with their plane ticket.

Russian star ornament

Boot to represent a Slovakian tradition. Students left their boots outside the classroom door and after lunch they found goodies in their boot.

St. Lucia hats to represent Sweden.

Students wrote about how Santa got stuck in the chimney. This was a cute craft.

That's too much milk fyi... He drank too much milk... LOL!

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

3rd Day of Christmas

Sarah from Sarah's First Grade Snippets has a freebie for you!

Head over to her Facebook page to grab your Christmas goodie!!!

Speaking of goodies.... I just have to share with you one of my kiddo's favorite math activities for this time of year. Amanda at Mrs. Pauley's Kindergarten has this great Holiday Math Centers pack that my kiddos really enjoyed. At the end of the day one of the boys from my class said "Mrs. Weidlich that math activity during centers was one of my favorite!" Oh, I was so happy when he said that.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Holiday-Math-Centers-Pack-417922

This was the first time I introduced Write the Room with this class. I have done Write the Room with letters and sounds every year but never a math write the room and it's my favorite too!!! Thanks Amanda for such a fun activity!