Five for Five {Linky Party.. May 10}

Don’t hate me but I have… FOUR days of school left!

The light is shining bright and I can see the end of the tunnel. I honestly feel like I am in survival mode right now.

I made these little photo magnets to give to our special class teachers {music, pe, art, etc..}. It was a perfect little teacher appreciation/end of the year gift. I just printed a class picture and put them on white tiles and put a magnet on the back. We did a Mother’s Day version below.

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Here is a look at our Mother’s Day gifts..

I bought these initial letters at Hobby Lobby and painted them pink. I took a picture of each child with the letters.

We Mod-Podged the pictures onto small tiles.

After they dried, we put peel & stick magnets on the back.

Then we did a little step-by-step gift wrapping.

{not so easy for first graders! HA!}

They took them home and I hope parents will enjoy them.

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We worked on another spring time directed drawing activity this past week.

    

And.. you always have some really great ones. And….. you have some that make you wonder??!?! That is the beauty of a directed drawing activity.

    

You can find these caterpillars and five other step-step drawing directions in my Spring Directed Drawings Pack.

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I have been working on putting some of my Months of the Year ideas and activities together for a unit. One of things we did this week was to spell the months of the year. This is one of the projects on my summer to-do list. I am excited to get started working on it soon!

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This morning I got to spend a few hours with my future first graders for next year. It is always fun to get a little practice time with them before they come to me next year. I had them do a little independent work while I read and did some number recognition work with each one.

I also sent them home with my “Getting Ready for First Grade” summer pack.

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