January Activities, Read Aloud Books, Didactics Ideas, As Well As Printables For Kids

Oh my gosh it's Jan 1st...2014!

Which agency I am supposed to acquire dorsum to schoolhouse tomorrow. I say "supposed to" because there's a tempest a brewin' as well as my trusty online snowfall twenty-four hours calculator has informed me that in that place is a 99% guide chances that schoolhouse volition hold upwards cancelled. 

I promise not. My ain 3 kids at domicile receive got some serious cabin fever as well as I am absolutely itching to acquire dorsum to my classroom. 

I've been on wintertime pause for almost 2 weeks. I had a illustration of pneumonia that knocked me out for the calendar week earlier that (I literally spent an entire calendar week horizontal on the couch as well as accomplished nothing). My pupil instructor did his receive got over for the 2 weeks earlier that as well as Thanksgiving pause was directly earlier that. To say I am excited to acquire dorsum to my kids as well as our classroom routines is a major understatement.

While I receive got a novel postal service scheduled for this even that volition part my New Year's weblog resolutions, I wanted to part alongside you lot a roundup of some yesteryear posts that showcase a few of the activities I'll hold upwards doing inwards my classroom this month. 

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I only uploaded my latest monthly writing prompt package for January which includes creative, informative, narrative as well as view prompts every bit ane page printables, private chore cards inwards color as well as inwards ink-saving dark as well as white chore cards, graphic organizers as well as a diversity of options for papers to occupation for the entire writing process...did I advert it covers only most every unmarried Common Core Standard for writing for grades 1-5? My kids acquire nuts for these cards which makes my instructor catch happy. They'll hold upwards psyched to view I receive got all novel cards create for them.

I also am putting the finishing touches on some novel packets that volition hold upwards coming before long including: Penguins, Arctic as well as Antarctic Animals as well as Winter Olympics.

Without farther ado hither are some of my yesteryear posts highlighting Jan activities:

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This is a favorite New Year's Writing Project that I've at nowadays done a few times alongside my classes. 

This kit was created to hold upwards used yesteryear teachers inwards grades K-5. The materials are all differentiated for you lot as well as were designed to brand modifications tardily inside your classroom. You tin also occupation it yr subsequently yr fifty-fifty if you lot modify degree levels.

I of late completed this activity alongside my 3rd graders inwards schoolhouse every bit good every bit my commencement degree boy at home. The differentiated pages as well as templates that are included made it a perfect activity for both.

This is a neat activity for the calendar month of Jan every bit it focuses on resolutions or every bit I referred to them alongside my class...goals.

After editing alongside the teacher, the students wrote their finally copies. I e'er endeavor to culminate our writing projects alongside a simple fine art project. These pages include adorable colored clipart, but I opted to impress them inwards dark as well as white, photocopied them as well as allow the kiddos color them in. We hence mounted them onto structure newspaper as well as glittered the edges (because I'm fancy similar that).
Included inwards this 15 page kit you lot volition notice the next New Year's-themed items:

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-a main brainstorming page to collect ideas
-an intermediate brainstorming page to collect ideas
-a 3 item spider web to organize writing
-a unmarried item spider web to organize simple paragraph writing
-primary-ruled draft paper
-intermediate-ruled draft paper
-primary-ruled finally production paper
-intermediate-ruled finally production paper
-a simple judgement activity page alongside infinite to illustrate for our -youngest learners

This yr I hung them on my classroom door because I had some adorable owl writing to position upwards on my bulletin board inwards the hall. I displayed them every bit is, but the yesteryear few years I've done the board shown inwards a higher identify using blowers as well as political party hats. I've also taken photos of the students wearing political party hats as well as using the blowers to display alongside their writing which is super cute too!

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You may retrieve dorsum inwards the autumn I blogged most how I practise a writing projection that shows progress throughout the year? If non you lot can read all most it as well as view pictures here. Well, since the seasons receive got changed (unfortunately non for the improve for us folks hither inwards New England) it was fourth dimension to receive got my friends write most the winter.

This is certainly a writing projection you lot could practise alongside your degree fifty-fifty if you lot didn't receive got them write most the fall. But, since I did receive got my piddling friends consummate a sample of writing dorsum when the leaves were orangish as well as cerise as well as I was consuming to a greater extent than hot apple tree cider than you lot would think humanly possible, I had the added bonus of having my jaw hitting the flooring at the noticeable progress that they've made.

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We began yesteryear brainstorming all kinds of winter-related topics, words as well as ideas to acquire their minds thinking. I hence had them move fairly independently to consummate their graphic organizers as well as compose a draft. I sat alongside each tiddler individually to edit, utter over as well as revise their writing goals as well as hence they were off to occupation their real best handwriting to consummate the finally copy. 

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No writing projection would hold upwards consummate without a fun craftivity alongside which to display the writing hence nosotros made the cutest stinkin' snowmen you've ever seen to concord their work. 

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This 35 page versatile packet includes both color as well as dark as well as white ink-saving outlined paradigm pages hence you lot tin pick which you lot desire to use. It includes snowball templates as well as directions for creating a arts and crafts for displaying the pupil writing. It also includes clip fine art to accent your anchor charts when teaching or to display on a bulletin board alongside the finally writing pieces. You tin occupation it to learn writing alongside whatsoever fall-themed topic/assignment. I've aligned it alongside the K-4 Common Core Standards for you. It could also hold upwards used to run across 5th as well as 6th degree standards every bit well. Please also view my FALL writing activity packet.

All of my packets include: brainstorming webs, transcend downwards graphic organizers, draft pages as well as editing pages as well as oftentimes much more! I receive got constitute that using the same consistent format actually helps the students grow every bit writers.

KINDERGARTEN
K.W.1 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, as well as writing to compose an view slice most the winter season
K.W.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, as well as writing to compose an explanatory slice most an trial related to the wintertime season.
K.W.3 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, as well as writing to compose a narrative most a wintertime event.
K.W.4 With guidance add together details to strengthen writing.

FIRST, SECOND GRADE & THIRD GRADE
1.W.1 / 2.W.1 / 3.W.1 Write an view slice most the autumn flavour or an trial associated alongside the winter.
1.W.2/ 2.W.2 / 3.W.2 Write an explanatory slice most an trial related to the wintertime season.
1.W.3 / 2.W.3 / 3.W.3 / 4.W.3 Write a narrative most a winterl event.
3.W.4 / 4.4.4 With guidance, make writing inwards which the evolution as well as organisation are appropriate to chore as well as purpose.
1.W.5 / 2.W.5 / 3.W.5 / 4.W.5 With guidance, prepare as well as strengthen writing every bit needed yesteryear planning revising, as well as editing.

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In improver to the wintertime writing as well as cutie-patootie snowmen that I blogged most yesterday nosotros rocked one additional snowman project inwards my classroom recently.

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I began yesteryear reading the mass all my snowman mass recommendations here if you lot missed them}. It was a perfect way to jumpstart the project, but you lot certainly could receive got them write most what they think snowmen practise at dark without the mass every bit well.

Afterwards I had them brainstorm ideas for what they affair snowmen practise at dark when they are sleeping. I asked them to only pick ane of their ideas to write most hence they could actually focus on the details. My favorite role was the adorable snowman arts and crafts they made to display alongside their writing. I was thisclose to adding glitter snowflakes or stars, but since glitter makes me crazy I skipped it.

I added all the materials including the templates for the snowmen to my store. As always, the packet is differentiated to hold upwards used alongside grades K-5 or alongside a hit of learning abilities inside ane classroom

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Today's postal service won't assistance you lot organize or manage your classroom. 

And, I apologize, but it volition hold upwards of no occupation to all you lot Southern folks. 

But for those of you lot who alive inwards the colder regions as well as know all most what it is similar to practise the snowfall dance, stem the weather condition channel as well as anxiously await that infamous telephone telephone weep upwards that announces schoolhouse is unopen for the day...this ane is for you.

It's only also fun non to share. It's the snowday calculator! After entering your zip code, the # of days your schoolhouse has already been unopen this yr as well as the type of schoolhouse you lot learn at, you lot volition hold upwards given a percent letting you lot know the odds of a weather-related schoolhouse closing.

We're expecting some other BIG tempest tomorrow as well as the figurer tells me nosotros won't receive got school. I can't hold off to view if it's right.

I e'er regret the snowfall days inwards June, but they sure practise experience expert when you lot are domicile inwards your jammies on a mutual coldness wintertime day.

Plus, today is Superbowl Sunday {click the link to snag a complimentary football game printable for grades K-5} as well as teaching on the twenty-four hours subsequently the Superbowl is e'er a challenge ranked correct upwards in that place alongside a total moon, the twenty-four hours subsequently Halloween as well as the twenty-four hours earlier Christmas break. This yr our domicile squad is playing hence I certainly would hold upwards trying to learn fractions to a room total of overtired friends alongside buffalo dip belly aches if schoolhouse were on hence I am Team Snow Day for this one.

And on a related note, hither are 2 cartoon I made for the Facebook page finally year. Feel complimentary to part them.

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