A few of my favorite things: In-N-Out, Cat in the Hat and Leprechauns!!!!

Hi friends!  Lindsay here . . .

Well tonight's gonna be a quick one because I have report cards due in THREE DAYS!  Yikes!!  Plus TONS of grading and (most importantly?) the Bachelor - The Women Tell All to watch . . . So you might say I'm a bit busy.

However there is much to catch up on.

Like the end of Ski Week - it was great.  I got to stay home with Baby Jack and just enjoy being mommy for a week.  We went to the little local zoo (twice!) had playdates, went to the park, and . . . shared our first In-N-Out lunch date!  (If you have never had In-N-Out before you will not understand the significance of this event . . .)

Of course Jack had to have his own burger and shake.  Sheesh!

Then last week was Read Across America Week, and the kiddos in Room 17 were busy finding rhyming words, writing the room, listening to Dr. Seuss books, practicing ABC order, unscrambling sentences . . . In fact there was SO MUCH  Seussical goodness that some of it spilled over into this week too, and we are still having fun!  Here are some of our class's favorite things from my Read Across America unit:

Read Across America ABC's  . . . the kids LOVED it! 

 

Looking for rhymes in Dr. Seuss books!

 

And best of all . . . writing about their favorite "nonesenssical" book and WHY they like it! (Insert proud teacher face HERE!)

 

 

To go along with our writing activity, we also did a step-draw activity of the Cat in the Hat:

 



Which then got put into a collage of writing and art for our Kindergarten bulletin board in the main hall!

But alas . . . it is already March 4th (yikes!) which means that the Cat in the Hat is behind us and next up . . . is leprechauns!!!

Today we did a step-draw of a leprechaun and the kids wrote some juicy sentences about their leprechauns. (P.S. The pointy-toed shoes are my FAVORITE!)

And also, in getting ready for all things St. Patty's Day-ish, I have a brand new TPT unit that I can't wait to use with my kiddos: Lads, Lassies & Leprechauns {Math and Literacy Centers for March} - click the image below to check it out in my TPT store!

Here's what's included:

1. Bagpipes & Blarney Sentence Scramble (reading, sight words, comprehension)
2. Over the Rainbow Beginning & Ending Sounds (phonemic awareness)
3. Pot 'O Gold CVC Words (reading CVC words)
4. Luck of the Irish Write the Room
5. Feelin' Green - Rainbow Word Practice (practice of color words)
6. Corned Beef and Cabbage Number Lineup (numbers & sequencing to 50)
7. Magicallly Delicious Math Graph (sorting, graphing, counting)
8. Four Leaf Clover Countin' (counting by 1's, 5's and 10's)
9. Mulligan Stew More & Less (comparing numbers)
10. Merry Leprechauns Making 10's (addition facts with sums of 10)

Whew!  I guess that's about it for now . . . I'm off to claim my cozy spot on the couch and control of the clicker before my husband beats me there!!  (Yes, he watches The Bachelor with me  . . . But shhhh!  Don't tell him I told you that!)

Have a good night y'all!  Chat soon!

Lindsay

Feeling LUCKY today!

Hi Friends! Kerri here...
Lindsay and I are having a "peas and carrots" Thursday (Forrest Gump reference-MY FAVE!) since we both have things we would like to share with you! I'm first!


YES, I still have 6 report cards to do, but in true Miss Procrastination style, I decided to blog instead of buckling down and getting them done. Blogging takes me to my happy place, and so did our leprechaun art today. Check these little guys out!

I mean, COME ON!! Could they be any cuter?? This lesson is from Kaye Espinosa's TLC art Spring Book, which you can get here on TPT!! It is FANTASTIC, girls! If you have not checked out the TLC Art website, you really must. I have made SOOO many of her art projects with my kidlets and they come out great every time!


After we made our leprechauns today, we learned the following poem and my kiddos copied it onto the leprechaun paper I blogged about here. I found it online called "Five Little Leprechauns":

5 little leprechauns on St. Patty’s Day,

The 1^st one said, “I’d like to play!”

The 2^nd one stood beside a rainbow.

The 3^rd  one waved and said, “Hello!”

The 4^th  one said, “Good luck to the bold.”
 

The 5^th  one said, “Just don’t touch my gold!”

They all danced around,

And then ran off with a bound!

I also have a little Shamrock Spelling Scramble activity to share that I created last year for my kiddos to do in centers to practice their spelling words. I have not been able to find cute Shamrock boxes, like the heart boxes I got from the Dollar Tree in February, but I do have NOT-AS-CUTE boxes that will work just fine (MUST STOP OBSESSING OVER CUTENESS!!) 

My kids will choose a numbered box, unscramble the letters to make a spelling word, and write it in the correct shamrock, then choose 5 words and write 5 juicy sentences. Click on the shamrock to get your own copy!

That's all I got tonight! Back to the grind with my last report cards! Lindsay's up next with something FABULOUS!!

Hi guys!  Lindsay here . . .

Well, I guess I will do a little procrastinating tonight too, seeing as how I only have 23 more report cards to do. Oh wait. That's all of them. Dangit!

Well, tonight, I will be brief . . . but I do have something exciting to share!!  Next Friday is St. Patrick's Day Eve and I will be doing one of my favorite kinder traditions . . . a leprechaun hunt!! 

 Every year my kidlets and I have so much fun following the clues and the glittery trail our tricky little leprechaun leaves behind all over school!  This year I decided to share this tradition with you all, so I created the Lucky the Leprechaun Adventure Pack!  Included in this pack are nine pages of colorful shamrock clues to lead your students all around your school, Lucky the Leprechaun writing paper for your students to write about your adventure, and an adorable little recalling/sequencing activity for your students to complete after the hunt.  I even included some tips on how to set up your hunt!   Click on the image below to see the  preview of my "Lucky the Leprechaun Adventure Pack":

Hurry and head over to my TPT store by clicking the little leprechaun below to get your Lucky the Leprechaun Adventure Pack!  Your lads and lassies will adore it, and so will you!  But hurry, St. Patties is right around the corner!

Well, that's it for tonight. 

(Cue ominous music)

I am off to do some report cards!!!!

Good night folks!

Lindsay