Sunday Savings: Thanksgiving Edition!


Hi friends! I'm super-excited to link up with All Things Apple in 2nd for this week's Sunday Circular. I have some brand-new Thanksgiving products to share with you!


My Turkey Trouble Math Tubs are 20% off this week! These centers cover addition and subtraction strategies (doubles, double +1, 10 partners), number stories, place value and <,>,=.
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Trouble-November-Math-Tubs-CCSS-TEKS-Aligned-1532359

My kiddos have been using these tubs for the past week

  

I also have 2 brand new products that are 50% today! I'm so excited to use them this week! (Click on the links below to see them in my TPT store.)

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Even-and-Odd-Turkeys-Thanksgiving-Fun-1545244

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Talk-Addition-QR-Scavenger-Hunt-1545693

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Talk-Addition-QR-Scavenger-Hunt-1545693

Thanks so much! I hope you have a GREAT week!






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Holidays Around the Blog: Winter Wonderland


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Back in December, Ashley and I had visions of sugarplums of starting our teacher blog. I really wanted to blog about my absolute FAVORITE winter holiday craftivity and bulletin board display, but sadly, there was no blog. Sooooo... when I saw this Holidays Around the Blog Linky Party from Mrs. Labrasciano, I just had to link up!
I give you... Winter Wonderland. (Sorry the lightning in our hallway is terrible.)


We turned this into a math/social studies lesson. For the social studies part, we discussed what you would find in a community: businesses, homes, parks. schools, etc. We discussed different holidays that people celebrate in the winter, and we listed activities that people do in the winter/holiday time (not easy since we live in Texas, but they came up with some good ones.)

 Here they are sledding, skiing, making snow angels, and singing Christmas carols.
Those snow angels kill me. So darn CUTE!
Yes, these are pics of my kiddos. They brought in "winter" outerwear one day because it's not that cold here. They chose the activities they wanted to do, and I had them pose and then printed out small pics.
They turned out so sweet. I just cut out little pieces of construction paper for the sleds and skis.
 Next we have our ice skaters, snowman builders, and our shoppers.
(That's my co-teacher and me having a blast as we leave the candy shop!)
For the ice skaters, I printed out little ice skate clip art.
 And, of course, we had to have a snowball fight!
 Finally we have some kids skiing and choosing Christmas tress. If you live in Texas, you KNOW we had to have our favorite grocery store: HEB! And seriously, how precious is that church?



Okay, so now to HOW. We started by brainstorming the buildings that we would need in our community, and then I gave the kids measurements for each building. This is the math part. It worked out perfectly because we were right in the middle of our measurement unit.

 This is the fire station. You can see the measurements and the ruler because this is serious business! The kids had to sketch their idea before they were able to start with the  construction paper.
I also told them everything needed to be cut out. I mean...it's cuter, right? Plus, once it was all finished they were able to use my SUPER-SPECIAL oil pastels to add details like Christmas lights or Hanukah menorahs in the window. This is quite the privilege (because they are smeary and you must be very mature to use them), so they were super-excited about this part!
 I kept having to say, "Less is more, people. LESS IS MORE."
Sorry I don't have a pic of that part, but you can see the details in the final product pics.


There you have it! So fun! The key is making sure to incorporate the holiday traditions of all of your students. It is truly one of my absolute favorite projects. Thanks for stopping in!
 Let me know if you have any questions about this project.

Head back to Mrs. Labrasciano to check out the rest of the blogs!


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