Educating With Heart

We are on Day 2 of our Reindeer fun in our classroom. We introduced our reindeer pal, Rodney. Rodney was a big hit yesterday! This is how we introduced him!

The students thought it was hilarious that he was reading a book! We told the students that he flies to the principal at night to report about all the learning he sees! We had journals made up and ready to go for the kids to do a little writing. Our students were so excited to write! Even my struggling writers were motivated to write! #win

You can download a copy of the journal here.

This pack also includes a cover for a Penguin journal.

The kids had so much fun! They were so excited to name him and to write about him. It is such a fun way to encourage writing!

I am linking up today with my friends at I Teach Second!

An InLinkz Link-up

What a lovely week! We had 2 wonderful family thanksgivings full of cousins, family, laughter, and great food! I can't even begin to list all of the things I am thankful for, but a wonderful family is at the top of my list! Having a job that I LOVE and being a part of my students lives every day is also pretty high on the list! We celebrated Thanksgiving with our students on Tuesday with a traditional Charlie Brown Thanksgiving! The popcorn was cooked to perfection and the jellybeans were the right combination of sweet and chewy! #charliebrownthanksgiving

The 2nd best part of Thanksgiving? BLACK FRIDAY! It has been a girl's tradition in our family to shop, and even though my mom's recent health hasn't been great, we still were able to go! We did wait to go until 8 AM. :) We got tons of great deals! I will admit to doing a ton of on-line shopping on Thanksgiving morning! I am excited to get all our packages delivered this week!

Today has been cleaning and lesson planning! #funisover

My students love using songs as practice for reading! They keep mini-books in their book boxes and pull them out during silent reading.We will highlight our word wall words and there is a writing prompt at the end of each song. You can click on the picture to take a look!