Here is the Polar Express Day photo backdrop I created for our school:

My last minute addition to our campus' holiday door decorating:   

Kindergarten practiced making wavy lines with permanent black markers. After making their lines, they added holiday lights with their thumbp...

To experiment with color mixing and tape resist, the fifth grade students created birch trees. They first added three strips of painters tap...

Using the online program Tagxedo , the students typed words to describe their mother. They chose from one of the heart shapes and many color...

On St. Patrick's Day, the students wrote what they would do if they found a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. They then followed mult...

The students have been working on the strategy of "Making Ten" to help them with larger addition problems. But, in order to do tha...

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. the students wrote at least one "dream" or hope they have for the future. After writing, t...

Using PebbleGo , we learned about the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The students then wrote facts they learned on a Bubble...

From our characters to yours, Merry Christmas!

On our last day before the Christmas break, we had our class party. The students made Christmas trees out of ice cream cones, icing, candy, ...

In writing we researched and compared the role Santa Claus plays in The United States, Germany, France, and Mexico. As a whole group, we cha...

I downloaded and printed these adorable holiday photo props that I found on Pinterest. I took individual pictures of each student for them ...

To quickly review addition and subtraction fact families, the students created Holly Wreaths. They counted how many leaves and how many berr...

The students created elves out of holiday scrapbook paper. They then wrote to describe their elves. They also wrote one thing they would do ...

We read Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto. After reading, we discussed the story elements of the book and charted them on the Promethean Board. ...