In case you haven’t heard there’s a HUGE sale going on at TpT May 7-8. It’s a Teacher Appreciation Sale! (I can’t think of any better kind!!!) My store will be 20% off and TpT is throwing in another 10% off on top of that! WAHOO! Just use the code TAD13 when you check out.
Here are some of my units that will be on sale. Click on any of them to head to my store! YOU ARE APPRECIATED!
When I was in about 5th grade my mom decided to go back to school to get a college degree. There she was, a mother of 5 (4 boys and me!), heading back to the college scene. My mom studied hard, went to school, worked part-time and still took care of us kids in the evenings!
Looking back, I remember it as such a noble and heroic decision that my mom made. She really wanted to have a full-time career to be able to help support all 5 of us kids financially in our education endeavors. What’s more, is that she completed a four-year program in three years, going to school all summer every summer… Just WOW! Any guesses as to what she went back to school to become? Yes, a teacher!
My mom is my HERO! I know that her courage and amazing teaching abilities greatly influenced me to choose Elementary Education as a degree. I am so proud of my mother, and I know she’s not the only mother out there who has shown courage, strength, passion, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness or self-control.
Moms everywhere need to know what amazing heroes they are to their children. My “Mom, You’re my Hero!” Mother’s Day Craftivity stemmed from my own mother’s heroism and I wanted to share it with you to pass on to your student’s moms as well.
In this Mother’s Day Craftivity, your students will engage in comparing “real-life heroes” with “super heroes”, writing what a hero mom looks like and does, and make their own hero mom to give as a gift to their mother! I’ve also included writing pages for the spelling alternative “mum” and grandma, with generic pages as well to meet your students individual family needs.
Inside you’ll find:
– “Let’s Compare” Real-Life Heroes vs Super Heroes Venn Diagram
– “My Hero Mom” Can Has Is Brainstorm
– “My Hero Mom” Bubble Web
– “Mom, You’re My Hero” Craft Templates & Writing Prompts (includes Mom, Mum, Grandma and Generic)
(All writing prompts include Primary & Secondary lines)
I hope your students enjoy this fun-filled and encouraging Mother’s Day Craftivity! You can purchase it by clicking here: Michaela Peterson’s TpT Store or by clicking on any of the craftivity photos above!
I absolutely love Earth Day! It is one of my favorite times of year. From learning about recycling to digging in the dirt, Earth Day activities emphasize taking care of our earth. My husband and I help run a community garden at our church and are big on sustainable living. We LOVE to LOVE the Earth.
It’s even more exciting to get kids involved in caring for the earth and taking ownership of their little piece of it. I wanted to create a unit that would engage kids with fun characters that explain some different aspects of caring for the earth. It’s created around the 5 R’s! I’m sure you’ve heard of the 3 R’s growing up (Recycle, Reduce, Reuse), but the 5 R’s adds 2 new R’s to the mix.
The 5 R’s include: Refuse(What you do not need), Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot (Compost)!
In this unit “Earth Day Fun with the 5 R’s Team” students will dive in to the 5 R’s with the 5 R’s Team. Each mini-book features a different character that explores the 5 R’s on a level that children will enjoy and understand!
5 posters are also included with this set so that students can have visual reminders of each “R” and what they can do for each.
Students will bring their thoughts together in one place as they make their own 5 R’s mini-book to remind them about each R and what they can do for each to make a difference.
Did you know that the whole month of April is Earth month? Don’t feel like you can’t do these activities if you missed April 22. Remember, you can study about how to take care of the earth every day of the year because “Every day can be Earth Day, when you care for the earth daily!”.
Congratulations to all of the winners! You will be receiving your amazing prizes over the next few days from some amazing TpT sellers! Let me know what product you each would like from my store as well.
A HUGE thank you to all of the TpT sellers for participating in this giveaway as well as to all who entered!
As a thank you, I’m putting my entire TpT Store on sale (20% off) through tomorrow, March 26.
Wow!! I’m so excited to announce that I have reached over 300 followers on TpT. It has been so much fun creating products and helping busy teachers all around the world.
As a HUGE thank you I wanted to do something extra special for all of you! Over 75 sellers have come together to offer you a HUGE giveaway (aren’t these sellers just amazing?!?!). I have split the giveaway into 4 prize packs, 3 are geared towards grades K-2 and 1 is just for grades 3-5. Rafflecopter will be choosing one random winner for each packet (so really one lucky person could win all three if they enter each one)!
All you have to do is click on the Rafflecopter under each packet that you would like to enter for and follow the stores that meet your personal classroom/homeschool needs! While you’re there feel free to follow any of these amazing teacher’s blogs and check out all of our freebies (there’s at least one freebie at every store)!
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Hello Everyone!! I will be throwing a 20% off Sale for Sunday, March 17th only, at my TpT Store. Head on over to stock up on some things in your wish-list. I’m linking up with Mrs. Wheeler who is also having a sale along with a lot of other teachers (she created the CUTE graphic for this giveaway too). Head on over to her blog to see who else is having a sale!
Wow! I can’t believe that I have gotten so busy that I didn’t get a chance to share about my 7 Habits #5 before I finished #6. I guess that just means that we get a 2-for-1 on the blog today.
Just the other day I was on my computer in the evening and my husband came over and asked if he could talk to me. I said “of course” and he jumped right in telling me all about…???. A few minutes into it I had to jolt myself and sit up, intentionally look at him and close my computer screen. I had been zoning out on my computer and honestly hardly heard a word he had said (sorry hon!). For me, true listening can be a struggle and I know it can be hard for many others. It’s really something that most of us have to practice to be good at.
Habit #5 is “Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood – Listen Before You Talk”. With this craftivity your students will learn how to be ALL EARS as well as listening with their eyes and heart. What a valuable skill to learn while they are young!
In this packet you will find: – “An Understanding Listener” Original Poem – “An Understanding Listener” Labeling Poster – “An Understanding Listener” Student Labeling Sheet – Emotions/Feelings Game (Includes 2 variations) -2 Writing Prompts and Brainstorm Web (primary and secondary lines included for each) – “I’m ALL Ears!” Craft Templates
Habit #6 is a great follow-up to being an understanding listener. It is “Synergize-Together Is Better”. In this unit students will concentrate on teamwork and being a good team player. They will learn to focus on other’s strengths as well as their own and learn that Together Everyone Achieves More!
In this packet you will find: – “Together Is Better” Original Cheer/Rap – “TEAM” Poster – “Teamwork” Brainstorm Web & Comparison T Chart – “Together Is Better” Craft Templates & Writing Puzzle Pieces
I have to tell you that the “Together Is Better” Rap/Cheer is so much fun! I even tried to do a little “give me a beat” while doing it. It would be equally great if your students did a little “knee, knee, clap” like the “We Will Rock You” song. Ha!
Hey Everyone! I had the privilege of guest posting over at Teacher Mom of 3 today. I had so much fun doing a book review on one of my favorite books “The 7 Habits of Happy Kids” by Sean Covey. Head on over and show some love to one of my newest bloggy friends, Lauren.
Whoo’s ready for Valentine’s Day?!?! I just think this Valentine’s Day Owl Themed Party pack is a HOOT! It was so much fun coming up with the Owl Bag that you just have to attach to a brown lunch sack and you have an inexpensive but fun Valentine’s card catcher!
I’m also a huge advocate for healthy/healthier treats at school when possible (I know some schools are banned from having treats at all). If you are allowed to bring food here are some of my favorite Valentine’s Day healthy snacks!
Our healthy valentine’s treats are strawberry smoothies, valentines chex mix and heart-shaped fruit skewers.
My kids always love the strawberry smoothies we even tried to cut strawberries in half one year and stick them on the side of the cup so it would look like a heart…that didn’t exactly work out too well for us, but hey it might for you!
If you’d like the recipe to print off for your students or to use in your classroom just click the picture below. This recipe serves 2 so if you are making a batch for your whole classroom you’ll have to adjust it accordingly. Enjoy!
Click on the picture for a free copy of this recipe to share with your class!
The chex mix was gluten-free and had special gluten-free red m&m type candies in it. YUM! Then our fruit skewers were suppose to be watermelon, but for some reason that didn’t work out (maybe they weren’t in season in our area?) so a creative room parent came up with cutting strawberries to look like hearts. Notice how the orange slices are shaped like arrows!!
I have two Valentine’s Day packets to share with you today. The first one is my newest “Whoo Will be My Valentine? {Owl Themed Party Pack}” I included several options and colors where necessary to give the option for boys as well as the girls!
Inside You’ll Find: *Owl Paper Bag Valentine’s Craft {use for collecting Valentine’s} {templates & directions} *”Whoo Will Be My Valentine?” Headband *”Owl Always Think You’re Sweet!” Snack Bag Toppers {3 styles} *Whoo Loves a Good Book?” & “Reading is a HOOT” Gift Bookmarks *Owl Themed Valentine’s Cards (4 styles) *Owl Valentine Pencil Toppers or Cupcake Toppers *”Whoo Loves a Good Book?” & “Reading is a Hoot!” Bookmarks (3 styles total) *Happy Valentine’s Day Banner/ Pennant
For a great lesson in having a thankful heart check out my “Give Thanks with a Thankful Heart” packet.
Oh and of course a picture of my little model showing off the Valentine’s Day Headband!
The 100th Day of School has been one of my favorite days of the year. There’s so much excitement about this day from kids bringing in their collections of 100 items to dressing up and doing 100’s of activities (not to mention it marks a place on the calendar to remind you that you’re over half-way through the year, exciting for students and teachers alike)!
I love to go all out on the 100th Day and I found these amazing ideas on Pinterest to share.
1. Build a 100 Cup Structure How much fun would this be? You could even have two stations set up and have a little competition to see who could build a structure first that doesn’t fall over.
2. 100 Snack This looks like a tasty treat to pass out to your kiddos using Chips Ahoy and Vienna Fingers. Yum!
3. 100 Hands Heart This is such a neat idea especially being so close to Valentine’s Day!
4. 100 Number Art I have done this for the last few years and love it! We had a die cut machine last year which made it really easy. It’s so interesting to see what the kids come up with.
5. 100th Day Door Decor I love this! The kids would be so excited to come and see something like this hanging from your door when they first get to school.
6. 100 Fingers Art This is a great activity to practice up on skip counting and to get a little messy!
7. 100 Years Old I just love all of the art you can do with kids that have them imagine themselves when they are 100 years old.
One other favorite activity I’ve done is to flip the idea of dressing up as a 100-year-old (other classrooms did this in my school and I was wanting to change it up a little) and to have the students dress up like it was 100 years ago.
Aren’t these two the cutest? They are dressing as if they were in 1912. So darling!!
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