Five For Friday!

I'm linking up once again with Doodle Bugs for Five for Friday.  Please read all the way to the bottom for a freebie!

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We wrote journal entries about our field trip to the Burnaby Village Museum.

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We decorated paper t-shirts with anti-bullying quotes. In case you missed my Pink Shirt Day post, you can read more HERE.

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We practiced a reader's theatre play about pioneers.

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We celebrated the 100th Day of School by discovering what happened in BC 100 years ago! The students were excited to learn that the Vancouver Millionaires won the Stanley Cup in 1915.

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The students chose goals to share with their parents during Parent-Teacher Conferences. If you're interested in my Pioneer goal-setting template, I've uploaded it to my TpT store and it will be on sale through tomorrow.

I also posted a freebie flower-themed goal setting template. If you download my freebie,  I'd love it if you'd leave me some feedback!

Have a great weekend!

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TpT Sale Extended!

Clicking on the photo will take you to my TpT store.

If you're anything like me, you're still hemming and hawing over what to buy. I've made several purchases (my entire last month's revenue to be exact), but I still have lots more that I'm contemplating. I'm so happy to have one more day to decide!

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Pink Shirt Day 2015

Credits: Borders by Krista Wallden / Fonts by Kimberly Geswein

Here in Canada, we celebrate anti-bullying day in February. Everyone wears a pink shirt to symbolize that we won't tolerate bullying. Here's a great video that explains everything in kid-friendly language.

Pink Shirt Day began in Nova Scotia when a ninth grade boy wore a pink shirt on the first day of school. After he was bullied for his choice, two other boys went out and purchased pink shirts for their classmates to wear.

Yesterday, my third graders worked in groups of four or five students to write poems from the point of view of the Bully, Bullied, and Upstander. We borrowed this idea from Jen Runde of the blog Runde's Room but chose to focus on Upstanders, rather than Bystanders. We also searched online for anti-bullying quotes and copied them onto pink t-shirt templates. 

The highlight of the day was watching this amazing video, created by our grade 5 students:

I leave you with one question: How Would YOU like to be remembered?

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Teachers Are Heroes TpT Sale

You may have already heard about the Teachers Pay Teachers site wide sale. In case you haven't, many sellers (myself included) will be listing everything in their store for 20% off this coming Wednesday, February 25th. In addition to that 20%, TpT is offering an additional 10% off. This means you can save up to 28%!

In my past experience as a buyer on TpT, the site gets very busy. Here's what you can do to prepare in advance:

• Go window shopping and move items onto your Wish List.
• Leave feedback for prior purchases. This earns you credits to use toward future purchases. You can even complete a transaction on the day of the sale, leave feedback, and then use those very same credits the same day to purchase more sale items. It doesn't get much better than that!

I have way more on my Wish List than I could ever hope to afford and I'm still undecided on what my final choices will be. However, these are some of the items I am leaning toward:

Products from a few of my favourite clip artists...

Krista Wallden of Creative Clips

&

Susanna of Whimsy Workshop Teaching...love that she's a local British Columbian!

Plus, these items, too:

And, of course, you can never have too many of these...

Please check out my store for some great deals! With the discount, you can purchase my best-selling Canadian Money Scoot! Game at a fraction of the cost!

Happy Shopping!

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Five for Friday!

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs for Five for Friday and Teaching Blog Addict for Freebie Friday. It's hard to believe we're more than halfway through the current school year. Each week seems to fly by faster than the previous one!

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My grade 3s made digital book reports with their grade 6 buddy class. We're in the midst of a school-wide reading challenge, so I had each of my kids review a book from the reading list. They typed their book reports into a QR Code generator and glued the code onto the front of their projects. I love the way they turned out! If you're interested in giving it a try, I've uploaded the Digital Book Report to my TpT store and it will be free until Saturday evening. All I ask is that you leave me feedback if you download my freebie!

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 We visited the Burnaby Village Museum for the Tools & Fuels workshop. 

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I hosted the final round of the Canadian Geographic Challenge in our school library. One student was named "School Champion" and is eagerly anticipating the arrival of his medal and Canadian Geographic subscription!

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I don't have any solid plans for the weekend and I'm looking forward to a lazy Saturday with my husband and daughter.

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My Planet Trading Card freebie is being featured on Becca the Science Girl's Super Science Sundays!

Happy Friday!

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Piece of Cake!

We've been busy learning about fractions in grade 3. I know that my American teacher friends start fractions in grade 1, but here in BC we do things a little bit differently.

We started by watching this video TWICE! The second time around, the students had to jot down what they were learning. I was amazed by how much more they retained just by taking notes on a table mat.

My co-teacher found an amazing little packet of fraction worksheets and a readers' theatre play. She found it here, but I have a feeling it wasn't meant to be posted online...

We also played the Fraction Game and Tic Tac Toe. For Tic Tac Toe, I had the students draw the visual on a mini whiteboard before they were allowed to cover that fraction with a BINGO chip. 

Finally, we made fraction pizzas and fraction puzzles as a formative assessment. Both of these craftivities came from my supplementary basic fractions unit, which is on sale until tomorrow evening. Clicking on the photo will take you to my TpT store.

Fractions: Games, Posters & Craftivities pack includes:

• Fraction Game (two versions) 

• Fraction BINGO

• 8 Tic Tac Toe Boards (with student cards)

• Fraction Posters

• Fraction Pizza Craft

• Fraction Puzzle Craft

What are your "must haves" for teaching fractions in your classroom?

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Go Fishing (limited time FREEBIE included)!

My toddler is only slightly interested in learning the alphabet. Not what you'd expect from a teacher's child. While she'd probably prefer to play Starfall or Teach Me Toddler on the iPad, I did manage to entice her with a game of Fishing for ABCs. This is something I used to play when I taught PreK many years ago, but my game cards needed a serious makeover. I've uploaded the revised game to my Teacher's Pay Teacher's store for $1.50.

What You'll Need to Play:

•Plastic fishing rod 

(I couldn't find one anywhere, so I made my own with ribbon and a wooden whistle)

•Strong magnet to attach to the end of the ribbon

•Paperclips to tape to the game cards

•Fish-shaped alphabet cards 

How to Play 

Spread out the cards (paperclip side up) and go fishing. When you catch a fish, identify the letter or sound. If correct, put the fish into a sand pail. If not, put the fish back. Play until all of the cards are gone.

Does this sound like something you could use in your classroom? I've made sets for Short A CVC words, Short E CVC words, Short I CVC words, Short O CVC words, and Short U CVC words. All five sets are also available as a money-saving bundle. 

For those of you who've read all the way to the bottom, I'm linking up with Freebie Friday. My Short A CVC Words pack will be free until the end of the weekend! If you download my freebie, I would love for you to leave some feedback at my TpT's store.

Have a great weekend!

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