Third Graders Reading To My Kinders!

Students get so excited about summer (don't we all,) It seems each year I have the  funniest and most adorable students ever. They all have a great sense of humor and we really have some fun times. At the end of the year my students all want to tell me what they are doing over the summer break!

I am always excited to hear what my students are going to do over the summer. Some of these things never happen, but it is fun to talk about. So if it's fun to talk about, it has got to be fun to write about!

As a writing 'craftivity,' I always give my students a Summer Bucket List Assignment. First of course, I had to explain what a bucket list was. When I knew they had processed this new bit of information we went on to talking about our Summer Bucket List. They were all excited to write their list, but when I pulled out the buckets and shovels, they were ready to roll!


Here are the products of a 3rd grade class at my current school. I think they did an awesome job!

You can see that some of her students really wrote a lot! I've added some writing papers to this craftivity since Ms. Hobbs did this. I love them!

You can't imagine how proud we were of this child. She really came alive when writing using the craftivity! She was really proud of herself and wasn't a bit nervous when she read aloud to my Kinders.

I taught this student's brother in fifth grade AIG. She was so happy to share her writing!

This is a fun packet for any grade level. My Kinders will be doing this next year and I'll let them write or draw and label! My BF teaching buddy, Jodie Yantachka (a link to her TPT Store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Sugar-Spice-And-Everything-Nice) sent some of her student work down for my Kinders to see! Jodie is the best writing teacher. 

This is from her third grade class!

Have fun!

You can pick this free packet up from my Teacher Pay Teachers store:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summer-Writing-Craftivity-Summer-Bucket-List-705768

Have fun and let me know how the craftivity goes! 

Freebie Linky and Daily 5!

I am trying something new today! I love to share what I make with other teachers, so I am putting up a pdf file of one of the pages from my Winter Math & ELA packet.

My best teacher friend in the whole world, Jodie uses this freebie (at the bottom part of this post) with her Daily 5. She is way ahead of me on Daily 5 since I just started in January!

I know, I know, not exactly a Pinterest worthy anchor chart.... but it worked with my students. We are up to 13 minutes... and they know what the word STAMINA means. That really impressed my Curriculum Specialist. Here are some of my adorable, sweet, lovable students reading silently! and in one place!

They are so sweet reading! They either brought  in a stuffed animal to read with or they are using one of the classroom pets! I am so proud of them.

This is how I have always made my Browsing Bags. This is from the "olden days" as my students say, but it still works. These bags are not the bigger lunch bags and they do not hold the larger sized books. I might make these again next month. We have had these bags the entire year.  They really last if made right.

Oh, I almost forgot the freebie. This is a page from my Winter ELA & Math Printables Pack. 135 pages of really good stuff!

This is in my Google Docs. Hopefully the link works. Please let me know if it doesn't and I will email it to you

Here is how my dear teaching buddy, Jodie at Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice uses this with her Daily 5 as word work.

Students keep their work in a journal. I like the way she has each page glued to an envelope and the student pages inside!

As usual, thanks for visiting! Pam

Happy December and a Freebie!

Hi all,
If you are a TPT fan, you probably know the Annual TPT ebook is out with tons of freebies!
I am so honored to be included in the book this year!

So many great products and tips! Download here!

Also, I just put up another freebie in my Kindergarten Store! It's an emergent reader about a cat and a hat. My students loved it so I thought others might also like to have a copy to put in students' browsing bags. I am starting the Daily Five and need lots of readers!

Have a great week, Pam