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Valentine’s Day is just two weeks away! I just finished making my valentines for my kiddos and I thought that I would share! This year I decided to give crazy straws, jump ropes, and rulers. Below are the finished products. If you would like to purchase any of the downloadable tags for your own valentines,...
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The Super Bowl is this Sunday and if you’re anything like me, you will be cooking (or at least consuming) a variety of appetizers, finger foods, dips, and desserts! I love the Super Bowl… primarily for the food, commercials, and half time show. So while everyone else is paying attention to the game,...
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What exactly is a “stick head?” Stick heads, as I call them, are tools that I use as one strategy for grouping students or calling on students in class. Many teachers write students’ names on popsicle sticks and pick them out of a jar. I think that this is a great idea, but I wanted to make my...
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My Student Council usually collects tickets for some portion of each of our events. I decided that we needed something better than the little pails that I usually give the students. I decided to make a ticket jar during lunch today! I used an old animal cracker jar and cut out two strips of scrapbook...
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Yesterday was my Student Council’s 2nd annual Warm Your Heart Day! This is probably my favorite event that we put on each year. For the month prior to Warm Your Heart Day, the officers deck the school out in anti-bullying posters. They also write and deliver announcements each morning over the PA system...
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This year my Student Council had adopted the theme “Be a Buddy, NOT a Bully!” I wanted to share two of our bulletin boards that we created to go along with the theme. The first bulletin board said “Bully or Buddy?” The officers created creatures that were holding pieces of paper with descriptions...
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Before leaving for Christmas break, one of my colleagues alerted me to an opportunity to show support for the Newtown school community. The Newtown PTA asked people around the world to send them paper snowflakes in an effort to turn their school into a winter wonderland. We got back to school on...
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“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” – Albert Schweitzer My Student Council organized a service opportunity that families could participate in over break. Eighteen...
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