tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76417020998652036742024-03-14T02:31:50.917-07:00Love Culturalove culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-59553494290120686562012-02-21T21:47:00.001-08:002012-02-21T21:47:38.028-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0FXhK7JCxAZ6u2bjSJbs3t2z-yrCzEvvAGwHS4_NLQwr5ND_bc9mOkev6vIeS0HN0HnutZQrgS9KHwDb2FblUhCvoJzAf23E_8ka-HN8AbyyeA4zbqZQlQL30KiBwDWi3BZ81Cl9RQngj/s1600/ale's+bday+029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0FXhK7JCxAZ6u2bjSJbs3t2z-yrCzEvvAGwHS4_NLQwr5ND_bc9mOkev6vIeS0HN0HnutZQrgS9KHwDb2FblUhCvoJzAf23E_8ka-HN8AbyyeA4zbqZQlQL30KiBwDWi3BZ81Cl9RQngj/s320/ale's+bday+029.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Word Families Display</div>love culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-9103324333404944232012-02-21T21:43:00.000-08:002012-02-21T21:43:04.958-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oga_L_IFdJ32pThsn5QfxbIteuuKEAcFVCMSgZt3v677v7_GURb2myQtL2cgLasfVwPm6_iZGvUXcBQe_O5I5TAOXE5NSRnlJoUKGRTsiRMWvyndSLnp4-jvRd66eHvUKPullLIK_ZOp/s1600/classroom+022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oga_L_IFdJ32pThsn5QfxbIteuuKEAcFVCMSgZt3v677v7_GURb2myQtL2cgLasfVwPm6_iZGvUXcBQe_O5I5TAOXE5NSRnlJoUKGRTsiRMWvyndSLnp4-jvRd66eHvUKPullLIK_ZOp/s320/classroom+022.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center">Graphing Wall</div>love culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-75178831688427728932012-02-21T21:40:00.000-08:002012-02-21T21:40:30.591-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BHxEEkRD11holdrBVOHP58EJlGtCQpC5CvrrcmhTUfmLh22hxhADNpWLTdXT-PklvvTfBv5tJUayPjYbQaRbSoAub4RssUI1nGiUirn5-jdmy5KyfqQI4g_DFogJKaFNCzC5rpsnbLRp/s1600/classroom+023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BHxEEkRD11holdrBVOHP58EJlGtCQpC5CvrrcmhTUfmLh22hxhADNpWLTdXT-PklvvTfBv5tJUayPjYbQaRbSoAub4RssUI1nGiUirn5-jdmy5KyfqQI4g_DFogJKaFNCzC5rpsnbLRp/s320/classroom+023.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center">October Family Project</div><div align="center">Decorate a Turkey Feather</div>love culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-45714846017545585482012-02-21T21:37:00.000-08:002012-02-21T21:37:37.077-08:00Science Center<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am very excited! My students and I just received our materials from Donorschoose.com that were kindly donated to our classroom. We have new magnifying glasses to use for our Science center.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAfNFLSemDJMBhAJV0QTaRKHpKo6e2Q-m8g4fpcVtGqW4wMSFjXFmTN2M-F5SftINQtdGG4cT8XTxiJp-cxpWWGz6u64lyG2BYKtivcSuvuaJisPe5WMJQxoquWocz5sdmnFfCZ_yjrTJ/s1600/Classroom+085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAfNFLSemDJMBhAJV0QTaRKHpKo6e2Q-m8g4fpcVtGqW4wMSFjXFmTN2M-F5SftINQtdGG4cT8XTxiJp-cxpWWGz6u64lyG2BYKtivcSuvuaJisPe5WMJQxoquWocz5sdmnFfCZ_yjrTJ/s320/Classroom+085.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"></div>love culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-55997439252880633562012-01-29T20:37:00.000-08:002012-01-29T20:37:44.812-08:00MLK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO18wAaEaaKwrJFZVNdGbdt7XgQmSAsemSdw87yszRH-II1ebjXh-z2e2BfOmaP8gxUNXff8e0anq0WTaTVZrpVQZulw9zaWJp-bG-NOed6E71vbCuFsUuEQRPlexcSRaiFxrSwf-QPxpF/s1600/donors+choose+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO18wAaEaaKwrJFZVNdGbdt7XgQmSAsemSdw87yszRH-II1ebjXh-z2e2BfOmaP8gxUNXff8e0anq0WTaTVZrpVQZulw9zaWJp-bG-NOed6E71vbCuFsUuEQRPlexcSRaiFxrSwf-QPxpF/s320/donors+choose+006.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoL4ctcoVgzeXjeoMO9mF6cshaSitXpFccIqBjscPWGgdjiSuH4a7P4Z3fYG8uskUSpsUZ_wkODy5vEYcjmsp3p-OmqWXMbOkA4yCx-5YzBpJP4UaEOWE2h_EKymqwuz_wQDwSANtxFErc/s1600/donors+choose+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoL4ctcoVgzeXjeoMO9mF6cshaSitXpFccIqBjscPWGgdjiSuH4a7P4Z3fYG8uskUSpsUZ_wkODy5vEYcjmsp3p-OmqWXMbOkA4yCx-5YzBpJP4UaEOWE2h_EKymqwuz_wQDwSANtxFErc/s320/donors+choose+007.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Students created a portrait of Martin Luther King and wrote a sentence about how they can make the world a better place.</div>love culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-83131371708234526862012-01-29T20:30:00.000-08:002012-01-29T20:54:29.843-08:00Chinese New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">GUNG HAY FAT CHOY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddZgOmOtJWYi6JzTRVeyEekgDUWukciAZpy8U2dCkf0HGc0BSKTSJSOGFPs3o_Aua8Q0DWVI9Ar5V4xJzxWYA-TlOD3MqdYrApiv9k8ez9mKRipcuvt-D-34jL0kRJclRMp1Z3FHli0kR/s1600/donors+choose+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddZgOmOtJWYi6JzTRVeyEekgDUWukciAZpy8U2dCkf0HGc0BSKTSJSOGFPs3o_Aua8Q0DWVI9Ar5V4xJzxWYA-TlOD3MqdYrApiv9k8ez9mKRipcuvt-D-34jL0kRJclRMp1Z3FHli0kR/s320/donors+choose+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I love celebrating and teaching about Chinese New Year. My Kinder students are always excited when we read about Chinese New Year. Here is a picture of our Social Studies bulletin board dedicated to Chinese New Year.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCb08309A8txKDVuWuarDQDQaO7tisHe1ECPjdBhSlA2MWqBJdUMpVbS3FPgVIYo4Ifng9inyHGyxjFSszqY4WmoLOkjhqmEku5JkL0aQ6XJXB8V1K0dC8nMr_ah8DS8YjZVIlTooFOp_/s1600/donors+choose+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCb08309A8txKDVuWuarDQDQaO7tisHe1ECPjdBhSlA2MWqBJdUMpVbS3FPgVIYo4Ifng9inyHGyxjFSszqY4WmoLOkjhqmEku5JkL0aQ6XJXB8V1K0dC8nMr_ah8DS8YjZVIlTooFOp_/s320/donors+choose+003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">Students learned about the Chinese Zodiac and what animal represents the year they were born in.</div><div align="center">The sentence frame we used for this project was "I was born in the year of the _____________"<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCsBKe3SPbD7rtDwn6g_fFQhe2uSU_jB0QsUsDenIgIQLyNxWANVNLX6uPAIlCmVxmoM4Sfhoj3jiZzq6U8VVjtKZoOBWctEphInFXjY7TSAaG4prbKOZl3iyoBiWGT45wCmbF8T5nwS5/s1600/donors+choose+014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCsBKe3SPbD7rtDwn6g_fFQhe2uSU_jB0QsUsDenIgIQLyNxWANVNLX6uPAIlCmVxmoM4Sfhoj3jiZzq6U8VVjtKZoOBWctEphInFXjY7TSAaG4prbKOZl3iyoBiWGT45wCmbF8T5nwS5/s320/donors+choose+014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I try to make my own student name tags every month. For the month of January I used a red dragon to represent Chinese New Year. Students wrote their name with a red marker. I think making this name tags has saved me some money :)</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIUC1ir-_AjVNtLQMdM6upZPLqSgsKcTAm-Ly9U9dzcFblUeJM9iT5Z2-i4scTxqwmShmjiPObRT97Mrlg2Zc_GpfoHIgEQnnWiiIBFZWyjf9j57vholzYWlXck-XrkhGjw9E15-PKdk_/s1600/donors+choose+012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIUC1ir-_AjVNtLQMdM6upZPLqSgsKcTAm-Ly9U9dzcFblUeJM9iT5Z2-i4scTxqwmShmjiPObRT97Mrlg2Zc_GpfoHIgEQnnWiiIBFZWyjf9j57vholzYWlXck-XrkhGjw9E15-PKdk_/s320/donors+choose+012.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dragon Art </div></div>love culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-64503735831121258522011-12-25T19:58:00.000-08:002011-12-25T19:58:37.998-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KZt7dheZXiw/TvfuToyPBoI/AAAAAAAAAJw/cM5xGCKo58Q/s1600/My+classroom+2011-2012+020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KZt7dheZXiw/TvfuToyPBoI/AAAAAAAAAJw/cM5xGCKo58Q/s320/My+classroom+2011-2012+020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I fell in love with these Eric Carle "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" Wall Decals that I couldn't help buying from Target for $9.99. I think the beautiful pictures add pizzazz to the sink area. love culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-27710681343204142011-08-11T22:01:00.000-07:002011-08-11T22:01:34.998-07:00Organizing Math Manipulatives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwvdo9t7rgHNsOrA_nHaZdUdWvktVexH1PehV7uoPnpQAwlUr4MNmnWmAzH7dRsRWbxY8u6I3fKIxEthU3YMHil4QAdDkGq4WBqe1eaCo6pC5bvg_ooD162BCH2vzZqt0sulOEtppXcAg/s1600/My+classroom+2011-2012+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwvdo9t7rgHNsOrA_nHaZdUdWvktVexH1PehV7uoPnpQAwlUr4MNmnWmAzH7dRsRWbxY8u6I3fKIxEthU3YMHil4QAdDkGq4WBqe1eaCo6pC5bvg_ooD162BCH2vzZqt0sulOEtppXcAg/s320/My+classroom+2011-2012+005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. Take pictures of manipulatives.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQbHgwPXbTVgz-ZRjz3xcR0iE9OedT0YYyyRHqcInyrNZoopJAEXqTlwM8j97HBbI2UL64IM3Piba6Kk1m8ZkIY_1NsVsdqnZGIDIzvYTsBuecNDMoQc5zS26oSjg7NWvMu_j3hku8Hfn/s1600/My+classroom+2011-2012+009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQbHgwPXbTVgz-ZRjz3xcR0iE9OedT0YYyyRHqcInyrNZoopJAEXqTlwM8j97HBbI2UL64IM3Piba6Kk1m8ZkIY_1NsVsdqnZGIDIzvYTsBuecNDMoQc5zS26oSjg7NWvMu_j3hku8Hfn/s320/My+classroom+2011-2012+009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. Place picture in the appropriate box with label.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTYRRNeGbsFMwL5hfz0weK5X8iTb56leUaoUH9Be-R5bnuzYtDuvTl-Fm9ne0WtwweGgbi2j-OfKHWUlDfQfwAgyyjlyrzx9CExTlnXrRWiMMEQMNPBdpP-ONvpo2UslK1ZIsl4l5fC8E/s1600/My+classroom+2011-2012+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTYRRNeGbsFMwL5hfz0weK5X8iTb56leUaoUH9Be-R5bnuzYtDuvTl-Fm9ne0WtwweGgbi2j-OfKHWUlDfQfwAgyyjlyrzx9CExTlnXrRWiMMEQMNPBdpP-ONvpo2UslK1ZIsl4l5fC8E/s320/My+classroom+2011-2012+010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>love culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-22233235135667347102011-07-31T19:42:00.000-07:002011-07-31T19:42:16.671-07:00A "crate" storage and sitting solution.<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I am officially a <strong>Pinterest Addict</strong>! There are so many wonderful shared ideas for classroom organization that I wanted to share one of my favorites with you. I purchased crates at target for $3.00 each. I had some left over fabric of my favorite author "Eric Carle" and I purchase a big piece of plywood from Home Depot which they kindly cut for me. 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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My first sewing project.</div>love culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-43478966975009901862011-06-22T11:43:00.000-07:002011-06-22T11:43:22.016-07:00Sorting activity for little hands<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the beginning of the school year I like to spend time teaching colors. I took a trip to Walmart and found this cute set of plates for $2.95. I love them!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyagDgz2xbDSSXTh7jkPHK9MoSnH6xeaec4_i_l-flFCk7YI_qHiusdqtTjM73kaIavuOn0eLlnTGQXkE-xE25H0yVnkyH1ZK59o2F7C8eb3WhnDkrAszLDV7guvaF0VeMGgEA4S6lRvYC/s1600/learning+at+home+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyagDgz2xbDSSXTh7jkPHK9MoSnH6xeaec4_i_l-flFCk7YI_qHiusdqtTjM73kaIavuOn0eLlnTGQXkE-xE25H0yVnkyH1ZK59o2F7C8eb3WhnDkrAszLDV7guvaF0VeMGgEA4S6lRvYC/s320/learning+at+home+002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think this is a wonderful activity to teach colors and sorting. I brought them for my 4 yr. old and she loves sorting her toys in them. She began to group her little toys according to color. You can use crayons, fruit, vegetables, M&M chocolates, and just about anything with color.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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This book explores the many different ways that lines are used. Definitely one of my favorite art books.</div></div>love culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-82038734655344337472011-06-17T19:51:00.000-07:002011-06-17T19:58:01.032-07:00Preparing for a New School Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdiIOokybmxyKzYzjb-h8dQD1EaF8akXeUgfLaROXpIV9uSdDPhdJ7pgAJ93SEoQ7o2SwW_E23HhyphenhyphenvPBjtBFZvNfiXWr4MKZ0u5oB1Qin6EbyURLU3dphLgzrIi8MK56rTaBL1RP1XtrW/s1600/my+classroom+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdiIOokybmxyKzYzjb-h8dQD1EaF8akXeUgfLaROXpIV9uSdDPhdJ7pgAJ93SEoQ7o2SwW_E23HhyphenhyphenvPBjtBFZvNfiXWr4MKZ0u5oB1Qin6EbyURLU3dphLgzrIi8MK56rTaBL1RP1XtrW/s320/my+classroom+002.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last day of school!!!</span></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk235n70oYFJflHk7MGe4KBbm7NvW2_Zgf_W60SSAmRtmqmH_i4hUdnwr9reso-eAkXJlAp-7tY_Y1I7ACCmgsj4AFhwfdssyRfkUEcSGxW2MSU10pXjArcgVfap7QtF3mGHQq6LHW3j58/s1600/my+classroom+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk235n70oYFJflHk7MGe4KBbm7NvW2_Zgf_W60SSAmRtmqmH_i4hUdnwr9reso-eAkXJlAp-7tY_Y1I7ACCmgsj4AFhwfdssyRfkUEcSGxW2MSU10pXjArcgVfap7QtF3mGHQq6LHW3j58/s320/my+classroom+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Now it is time to reflect, plan, prepare, and make 2011-2012 another successful year.</span> </span></div>love culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-75360462607742636902011-04-23T13:05:00.000-07:002011-06-18T21:04:42.508-07:00Huichol Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Huichol Indians of Mexico are known for their beautiful yarn paintings. Huichol Indians place hot melted wax over a board and adhere yarn to create a beautiful and colorful image. Our Kinder interpretation of this project was made by using glue and coloful yarn to outline a picture drawn by</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the students.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1V95_mGzigjJhx3L8-bMZ581ZTEOqHQQYkBnYuxXCBjYz-eebQVop6opQA19SM1eEGh9eohEMYrcEO2XZZwbYqOE5bAfY9HidMM4gNHMjVzZ2aS2Bh32rVTxUCDYRIc9yWKtjikeofLlS/s1600/phone+pictures+025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1V95_mGzigjJhx3L8-bMZ581ZTEOqHQQYkBnYuxXCBjYz-eebQVop6opQA19SM1eEGh9eohEMYrcEO2XZZwbYqOE5bAfY9HidMM4gNHMjVzZ2aS2Bh32rVTxUCDYRIc9yWKtjikeofLlS/s400/phone+pictures+025.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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We love Eric Carle! My students were very excited to learn about author and illustrator Eric Carle. We created a graph to find out which Eric Carle Book was our classroom favorite. <br />
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Another of our activities while learning about this wonderful author was creating a picture using same techniques Eric Carle uses to illustrate his books.<br />
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</div><div align="center">I made these Very Hungry Caterpillar goody bags for my daughter's 4th birthday party.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEGuUA9sZDnYHg5NeAHHVMPGX9WyaY2-hVuJWKB4ZVP4xvnlA9PsAdRWQiDDi2fhvCMlXc0jCKfnlr4gK3M8LN5fs3nWkVsrHdFSbEy95eQ03D_LDjKqaOAjSto6seVqZ-KO9vmDsBv9B/s1600/my+classroom+033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEGuUA9sZDnYHg5NeAHHVMPGX9WyaY2-hVuJWKB4ZVP4xvnlA9PsAdRWQiDDi2fhvCMlXc0jCKfnlr4gK3M8LN5fs3nWkVsrHdFSbEy95eQ03D_LDjKqaOAjSto6seVqZ-KO9vmDsBv9B/s320/my+classroom+033.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She likes them so much that she uses them to carry her snacks and school supplies. The Very Hungry Caterpillar fabric was purchased from </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fatquartershop.com/Eric-Carle-Andover-Fabrics.asp">http://www.fatquartershop.com/Eric-Carle-Andover-Fabrics.asp</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYLCWLt1jKJLlk4Ndq_W2ExRimbL_lTHrj_6g2fKzswLdA3j5vxoY4lJorfISbZAMudmjSo2nuMT8GF4-llPW6A2cC8qL6nJmfDyrTUawT3R2Y3wrjeZqJ2CNSnQYhkFtoiG0kbr1Kw8S/s1600/my+classroom+034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYLCWLt1jKJLlk4Ndq_W2ExRimbL_lTHrj_6g2fKzswLdA3j5vxoY4lJorfISbZAMudmjSo2nuMT8GF4-llPW6A2cC8qL6nJmfDyrTUawT3R2Y3wrjeZqJ2CNSnQYhkFtoiG0kbr1Kw8S/s320/my+classroom+034.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A delicious red velvet cupcake decorated with an apple lollipop and a gummy caterpillar to celebrate. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEOCgs1A6oRjWovWTMzNrRvkhqDIblLIB3kfXenUhWqWRknPg8EZMbIk_95c5liorGPcZAUguBU3Y9oqELSB05H-caVJUU_iAY259oH3CDakFOe-oG8ZoC3Vp_RhrysIGtH8IjO75Lhn56/s1600/my+classroom+024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEOCgs1A6oRjWovWTMzNrRvkhqDIblLIB3kfXenUhWqWRknPg8EZMbIk_95c5liorGPcZAUguBU3Y9oqELSB05H-caVJUU_iAY259oH3CDakFOe-oG8ZoC3Vp_RhrysIGtH8IjO75Lhn56/s320/my+classroom+024.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnHVp5hJvp-JGEBdQgv8jyWNW6_xMGAHimXvOjfdzIMIxGi11C6Z8uOh7qifkrvg-1TdlHL8eJPzLJ2lK4b5V42yBPl3c5jcmARx1j9SncGNQnRjmmuA5pkZYAFo-_0eXK4eFZQorZJOU/s1600/phone+pictures+021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; width: 231px;"></a> </div></div>love culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-70244524240759102802011-04-23T12:37:00.000-07:002011-04-23T12:37:36.109-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All About Animals </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>Roosters</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8nP4gC7O-PfF3EPa-Sbp3z3FSMfIbcZxcmp843cWLjpTpKbocZ5tDXhv9zDZiSidAz0TsQRWMGpOgtNyUW8mpkxIjYVw_gEV_c2JcB4QfirCVJDG7Zkjf4Z1xVJb4AJqEIbHdLGuOkZm/s1600/phone+pictures+013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8nP4gC7O-PfF3EPa-Sbp3z3FSMfIbcZxcmp843cWLjpTpKbocZ5tDXhv9zDZiSidAz0TsQRWMGpOgtNyUW8mpkxIjYVw_gEV_c2JcB4QfirCVJDG7Zkjf4Z1xVJb4AJqEIbHdLGuOkZm/s320/phone+pictures+013.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Students had fun creating a full-body portrait of themselves to welcome parents for our Open House. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>love culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-21255142303328402122011-04-23T02:01:00.000-07:002011-04-23T02:05:49.425-07:00Word Families<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqzDFf8SBC1JuoqOQGEv1kUaOU6ZoZxjZN9Y7ijX07GYuAJ5ub38qKf3-fWV-l3dMN3X6fLxn33IGToTO3uhCZGT2jqM8qvJLEGIhJ1PyXmZwWKdSESc_yfeFBny-IwC03smWfvGn1nxE/s1600/ale%2527s+bday+029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqzDFf8SBC1JuoqOQGEv1kUaOU6ZoZxjZN9Y7ijX07GYuAJ5ub38qKf3-fWV-l3dMN3X6fLxn33IGToTO3uhCZGT2jqM8qvJLEGIhJ1PyXmZwWKdSESc_yfeFBny-IwC03smWfvGn1nxE/s400/ale%2527s+bday+029.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Students use picture clues to review previously taught short vowel sounds and word families.</div>love culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-34244028144806138672011-04-23T01:43:00.000-07:002011-04-23T11:44:14.981-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHyfY3Fg3lB-TJ195zqN5uA-0MdSxNzXM6bQO9LhLIr-L7LTm8zJBIGSsW6JDeOLd1qgSuDtn-trIw3lcW_dhimGbPZXm8ld57NxuipY_OgJ749H_qNF6iIuP_PBbAu6_Bg7FNpAU2kmP/s1600/what-makes-rainbow-pop-up-betty-ann-schwartz-hardcover-cover-art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHyfY3Fg3lB-TJ195zqN5uA-0MdSxNzXM6bQO9LhLIr-L7LTm8zJBIGSsW6JDeOLd1qgSuDtn-trIw3lcW_dhimGbPZXm8ld57NxuipY_OgJ749H_qNF6iIuP_PBbAu6_Bg7FNpAU2kmP/s200/what-makes-rainbow-pop-up-betty-ann-schwartz-hardcover-cover-art.jpg" width="178" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a beautiful and colorful story about a curious rabbit who wants to find out what makes a rainbow. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The big surprise in the book is when a rainbow of ribbons appears with the turn of each page as the rabbit asks all his colorful animal friends. This is a great book to teach colors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_H_funWkGstmC666G_d4QWNmrBL0sHcp8UQ4A4VH8jRyuLv9KeQiZyLX1Xn7xtuf3Q5g8-YQ1zNRrUqPaio-UkPoH5gpI9tl1L_o5JZfpLxnJuEugQLhR1cY-W60KxDYNPbddYFLoZyP/s1600/Bower%2527s+museum+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_H_funWkGstmC666G_d4QWNmrBL0sHcp8UQ4A4VH8jRyuLv9KeQiZyLX1Xn7xtuf3Q5g8-YQ1zNRrUqPaio-UkPoH5gpI9tl1L_o5JZfpLxnJuEugQLhR1cY-W60KxDYNPbddYFLoZyP/s320/Bower%2527s+museum+002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Students created a rainbow cloud using white construction paper for the clouds and colorful tissue paper for the rainbow. The colors hanging from each cloud are the colors that each student was able to identify. </div>love culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-66645093513823169212011-04-19T22:56:00.001-07:002011-04-22T23:45:48.841-07:00Earth Day Activitieslove culturahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252275612484874041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641702099865203674.post-53428310527802648792011-04-19T22:48:00.000-07:002011-07-11T20:09:37.189-07:00Recycled Crayons<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qqjIOz6FkhtlPdu4qvQ_5RVj3Iwilso4nOXeolbIRy0fS0KRbH95I-Qcs5fDRld0G0W_6hz8S8ZWgFULu8juenH3eN__ZBHh7knFyq8ZZ_af2AcbYzXdyIBxfm9Cm4mQjWIao6Slyv32/s1600/easter+rabbits+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qqjIOz6FkhtlPdu4qvQ_5RVj3Iwilso4nOXeolbIRy0fS0KRbH95I-Qcs5fDRld0G0W_6hz8S8ZWgFULu8juenH3eN__ZBHh7knFyq8ZZ_af2AcbYzXdyIBxfm9Cm4mQjWIao6Slyv32/s320/easter+rabbits+010.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">1. Find your broken, unwanted crayons and place in a mold. The rabbit mold from the pix was purchased at Target .</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimKvkQBLifH4x-zvu7tecmPF9isycYGVxoElHpmFfoj_tZxrZ4yfGUEkUk5VF2CHaZcjOq48CZ6NRqHqR7SQYu1ZvoNsIpKTGDeyFO7P7iQcAoU7FnIpA45s97x-FwSimWCOD-a6zvU5T/s1600/easter+rabbits+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimKvkQBLifH4x-zvu7tecmPF9isycYGVxoElHpmFfoj_tZxrZ4yfGUEkUk5VF2CHaZcjOq48CZ6NRqHqR7SQYu1ZvoNsIpKTGDeyFO7P7iQcAoU7FnIpA45s97x-FwSimWCOD-a6zvU5T/s320/easter+rabbits+002.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">2. Melt them in the microwave for about 3-5 minutes. Please make sure this is done by an adult. The melted crayons are very hot and can burn! Take them out of the microwave and let them cool for about 10-15 min. or until they become solid. If you want them to cool faster, place the mold in the freezer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvWu4TZpwSHhwWW1rZZNY9S8mcn9Hw5I1hyphenhyphent9kcOmaeI1Tx6kj41Axih4iUK_w_mX0ai7QYHIfQqaz97-9_x3_O0lsb1IMjE03KsJLEjgyVVZ4BwIp3Ifv2L9QMLjGGlVtRbGdqEPDXzg/s1600/easter+rabbits+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvWu4TZpwSHhwWW1rZZNY9S8mcn9Hw5I1hyphenhyphent9kcOmaeI1Tx6kj41Axih4iUK_w_mX0ai7QYHIfQqaz97-9_x3_O0lsb1IMjE03KsJLEjgyVVZ4BwIp3Ifv2L9QMLjGGlVtRbGdqEPDXzg/s320/easter+rabbits+003.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pop them out of the mold and decorate them any way you like. Here is an example of the goodie bag we sent to my daughter's first grade class for their spring baskets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCGvi615plJKddmidP8iW7QuXiyN6JG0wm9W2-3UE885kXC1G9zGpxOEwLujRlByqwk4s9NYlowp9sreUsDv8DgeZEeIlbk1XSBQ1KmhgLzFc_I2MRDf-tR2Ev_VXojjIitn9CNNXjDAT/s1600/easter+rabbits+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCGvi615plJKddmidP8iW7QuXiyN6JG0wm9W2-3UE885kXC1G9zGpxOEwLujRlByqwk4s9NYlowp9sreUsDv8DgeZEeIlbk1XSBQ1KmhgLzFc_I2MRDf-tR2Ev_VXojjIitn9CNNXjDAT/s320/easter+rabbits+007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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