It's only December 2nd, but I'm not wasting any time getting in all our Christmas activities!
Check out what we've been up to, and what we still have planned!
Today I had a parent volunteer come and help finish our Snowmen Ornaments. These ornaments hang on our classroom Christmas tree until the end of December. On the day before the break, I send them home with a note as a gift for their parents. I LOVE the way they turn out. They are quick, easy, and very cheap! I always buy the blue ornaments after Christmas when they are on sale, and save them for the next year. You can grab the FREE instructions and notes here.
We are hard at work on our Handprint Calendars. My goal is to finish all the handprints this week, so we can bind and decorate! I love these so much. I've done them with my class every year for the past 10 years. I only missed the year when I was transitioning from a new state/grade. That was WAY too much stress to even go there. You can grab my Handprint Calendars here.
Our High School has a goal to send 10,000 snowflakes to soldiers overseas for the holiday. I thought this was an amazing opportunity for my kiddos to show some appreciation and give some service. They loved it! Our 25 are finished, turned in, and on their way! Only 9,975 left to go! :)
We typed up our Gingerbread notes to send home on Friday! On the day before our winter break, we invite parents to come in and build gingerbread houses with their child. This is one of their favorite activities in all of 2nd grade. On the first day of school, they all talk about how they can't wait to make the gingerbread houses! It's always such a special event! I'll do a more detailed post about those soon, but here's a sample note for you to get started, if it's something you want to do. We make our gingerbread houses around milk cartons. We collect them from the lunch room to use. Parents bring in all the other supplies, so it's cheap and easy for the teacher! :)
Today was day 2 of our time with Elfie. We are having a great time with him! My class definitely calmed down from all the excitement of his arrival yesterday. You can grab my Elf in the Classroom packet here.
This week we are working on persuasive writing. We are writing letters to Santa, convincing his to hire us as an Elf. We are still in the planning stages, but well on our way!
We are using this packet.
When they finish their good copy, they get to "Elf Themselves". I love that Corinna has the templates all ready. So simple! (And free!) :)
Next week we will begin learning about Holidays Around the World. This is another one of my favorite units to teach. I use a combination of Rachelle and Stephanie's packets.
They are both excellent! My students learn a ton, and have a great time doing it!
They are both excellent! My students learn a ton, and have a great time doing it!
Only a few more hours left in the big TPT Cyber Monday/Tuesday Sale! I'll be back later this week to post about what I bought!
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