100 Day Posters

I have a big blank wall in my room that is waiting for some computers to be delivered {woo hoo!}. 

While we wait I've been using it as a giant bulletin board which I love. 

Since Thursday is the 100th day of school, this week I put up some posters for my kids

 to add to with our goal being 100 items per poster. 

For them to add something it has to be unique and it's been super fun to see the neat things they add! 

Here are the posters we have up:

• 100 Things We Love to Eat
• 100 Things We Hate to Eat
• 100 Different Animals
• 100 Different Things That Are Round{ish}
• 100 Different Books We Love
• 100 Things That Make Us Angry
• 100 Things That Make Us Excited
• 100 Things That Make Us Sad
• 100 Things That Make Us Scared
• 100 Things That Make Us Happy

Here are some of my favorites: 

{Love Fat Albert}

{the bookroom was written by a teacher :}

Here are the headers if anyone would like them! 

100 Different

Fun with Punxsutawney Phil

Below are some interactive sites, printables, videos, and treats
 to help you celebrate Groundhog Day with your students this week! 

Groundhog Day Sites:

A great talking storybook by Mighty Books here. 

Groundhog Day Story by Starfall

Whack a Groundhog Game

Official Website of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club

Groundhog Day Games 

Online Groundhog Day quiz here. 

Groundhog Day Songs here and here.

Groundhog day Smart Notebook files to download here and here. 

Groundhog Day Printables:

• From ABCTeach here. 
  
  
• Groundhog Day Quiz from Education World here. 
  
  
• TONS from Enchanted Learning here including: puppets, masks, follow the instructions worksheet,  spelling worksheets, word hunts, alphabetical order, word search, analogies, poems, quiz, code, fractions, books and MANY more!

Groundhog Day Videos:

There is a great Groundhog Day slide show from the New York Times here. 

Here are some fun YouTube Groundhog Videos:

Groundhog Day Treats:

There are also some SUPER cute little groundhog day treats I found recently on Pinterest. 

How cute is this one from Sweetology?

Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons has several cute groundhog day treats here.

Family Fun has these adorable groundhog cupcakes! So fun!

Before you Facebook, TXT, Tweet, or Blog.... THINK

I started thinking today after getting a comment on my

Before You Speak: THINK posters that our kids today 

{and many adults too}

 really need to heed that same advice before posting 

things on Facebook or texting or Tweeting or blogging.

I big puffy heart technology but the immediacy of it can truly be a serious danger. 

It's so easy to pop off and say something without thinking when 
upset or angry or excited without pausing to consider if it's wise or hurtful.

So I made a new sign just to remind us all!
{myself included}

Before You Fb Txt Tw or Blog

Before you Speak: THINK {again}

I'm pretty sure the Before You Speak: Think 
poster is the most printed one I've ever made.

It's pretty bright- which isn't everyone's cup of tea- 

so this morning I decided to do one in black/gray 
for anyone who finds that one just a tad too much. 


I also made one in my typical primary colors for those that like that better. 

Such wise words we all need to remember.....at home, at school, at work- always! 

                      

If you have any trouble downloading these, just right click on the image, 

save it, and print it as a JPG!

Before You Speak Think-3 Before You Speak Think2

Consider the Source

If I had a dollar for each time I said the words "Consider the source" 

I'd be able to take my family on a super snazzy vacation.  

I say it often to my students, to my sweet daughter, and to my friends. 

 I found myself saying it often on Friday to a sweet friend who 

was very upset by something someone had said to her.  

In our conversation I kept reminding her that this person who said the hurtful things

 was someone who was known for causing trouble- 

who in fact seemed to actually enjoy upsetting people.  

I decided I'd like to have this hanging in my classroom as a reminder 

to me and to my students that before we assign value to something someone has said 

we need to consider who it is doing the speaking.  

Here it is in case you also need the reminder! 

          

Consider the Source

The 100th Day of School

The 100th day of school is quickly approaching.
How is that possible? Didn't we just start school the other day?

 Below are some fun sites to use with your kiddos that 
I posted about last year as well as a few 

new ones to help you celebrate this special and fun day! 

100 Owl Grid is a fun interactive game from ABCya.com.
 Children must help the Owl to find his friends. The Owl will tell you a number that represents where his friend is hiding in the number grid. Click on the correct square. 
Be careful...you only have two chances or you will lose his friend!

100 Snowballs is a fun interactive from ABCya.com. Simply touch and drag the snowballs to create your own image, as long as you use 100 snowballs. If your class is reading 100 books, add a snowball as a way keep up with how many books the class has read throughout the day.

Give the Dog a Bone is a fun game that works great on the Smart Board. The object is to find 10 hidden bones on the 1-100 number square in less than a minute. A fun challenge for the 100th day!

Starfall has a cute 100th day of school book that would 

be great to show to your class on your Smart Board.

Mathwire's 100 Days of School activity page is full of fabulous math activities.  One of my favorites includes the 100 ways to represent 100 activity.

This fabulous People in Order video includes 100 different people

 who are arranged according to their age, starting from age 1.

{wouldn't it be fun to make your own?}

Count Along to 100

Splat Square

Below are some 100th Day of School Printables

From ABCTeach

• Jellybean Graph
• Hundreds Board Apples
• Writing Prompts
• Board Game
• Bookmarks
• 100th Day Poem

Printable Book from Enchanted Learning

100th Day of School Book

100 Animals book

100th Day Poem

From Starfall

• 100th Day Dot-to Dot
• Fill in the numbers 1-100

From Scholastic

• Printable Book 
• 100th Day Glasses

100th Day of School Songs

Books to read on the 100th Day of School

Find tons of great links to 100th Day of School boards on Pinterest here! 

Kid Resolutions

Last week in each of my classes we discussed resolutions. 

It was a fun discussion where we talked about how resolutions were basically a goal- 

something people wanted to do {like exercising more} 

or wanted to stop doing {like biting their nails}. 

After a long discussion about realistic goals, 

each of my students chose a goal for 2012. 

Below are a few of my favorites:

I'm going to not blame my sister.

To not hit my brother. 

Get ripped. 

{A 4th grader getting ripped? So funny!}

Not get annoyed by Brandon. 

{I don't know Brandon but this cracked me up!}

I would like to stop messing with my mom while she's working.

This is my favorite! 

My resolution is to sometimes follow all the rules at home. 

I love my kids!

Relationships

I was recently contacted by a sweet blog reader who is a principal {Hi Kathy!} 

and is writing a book and wanted to include some of my quote posters. 

{How cool is that? Seriously.....like bucket list cool!}

I've been working this weekend on a few additional quotes for her book 

about relationships and thought I'd share them.  

If there is one thing I've learned in my 20 years of teaching is that

 building relationships with your students is key!

No Significant Learning

Relationship Are All