Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Groundhog's Day {freebie!}

Hello friends! I don't know about you, but we are now on our 5th snow day. If we ever make it to school, here is what I plan to do for Groundhog's Day.



Here are the morning messages I will start this week whenever we make it so school.
We'll be doing lots of brainstorming and graphing with these; and of course writing.


Here's my freebie unit on groundhogs. We'll be writing, collecting data, and graphing.
Just click on the picture to snag it for free. 

When I first started teaching, I wondered how teachers ever said they have too many books. Now, 5 years into it, I kind of understand. It's getting to where I have more books for each thematic unit than I really have time to share and do activities with. 
Here are the ones I like to share for Groundhog's Day:
{All of these are linked to Amazon.}


This one is my favorite:


I  only share parts of this one to my kinders. It kind of gives away of the magic about Groundhog's Day with all of the facts. 

And while on Amazon, these kind of made it into my cart...




We are foodies in my class. I don't think I've ever had a class that wasn't foodies. ;) We all love a good, surprise snack. I've found these on Pinterest, but haven't decided which one to do yet. {Maybe it's a good thing I'm snowed in and can't make it to the grocery store.}

 I have a student with a peanut allergy this year, so I have to be careful about what I bring in. Seriously, conversation hearts aremade in a factory that also handles peanuts. WHY!? 

So, back to the snack. I think I'm leaning towards the doughnut. Very simple, cute  and peanut free {I think...I'll be checking labels}. 

Happy Groundhog's Day!
Classroom Freebies Manic Monday

8 comments:

  1. Thanks for all of your wonderful ideas!! I saw you mentioned about having a student with a nut allergy. THis is my third year of students with nut allergies. Last year my student that had it was so severe she could not let it touch her skin but I learned A LOT!! Here is what I learned for Valentine's Day. Brach's and Sweet-tart small-sized hearts that come in bags are NOT safe. The large-sized hearts and the individually packaged boxes of the little hearts are safe. I hope this helps you out. I also discovered that Skittles(regular) are a safe go-to candy. So when you want to do M& M sorting/graphing friends with allergies can do Skittles instead. We are on our 5th day off of no school due to extreme cold in MN. Smiles - Kim schneiderk@stillwater.k12.mn.us

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    1. Thanks for the tips, Kim! I'll have to find some of the hearts that are good to go. They are so much fun to use in math. :) This is my first year having a student with a nut allergy. But, I'm lucky that her grandmother teaches at my school and her mother teachers at a school in my county, so they are both easy to get a hold of if I have any concerns.
      Stay warm in this crazy weather!

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  2. Thank you for the wonderful ideas! I also have a peanut allergy kid AND a wheat allergy kid. Then I have a kid who doesn't like sweets (even chocolate)! REALLLY?? so food is really tough but I am going to try some of your ideas for Groundhog Day.

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    1. Bless your heart! That would be very hard to have food in the classroom. And really, no sweets?! No fun. :(

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  3. What fun activities you have planned Lindsey! Thanks for the Freebie!
    Elyse :)
    Proud to be Primary

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  4. The surprise snack is adorable--love them both!

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  5. Thank-you for sharing. Looks like I'll have to wait until next year to graph, but we might do some writing tomorrow. Hopefully Phil is wrong, and you can stop having snow days!
    Deb
    Not very fancy

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  6. Thanks for sharing! Hopefully Phil is wrong and you can stop having snow days!

    Deb
    Not very fancy

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