A Birthday Card for Dr. King!

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday is right around the corner. Each year I have my students make a birthday card for him with some kind of thank you statement written in with the B-Day wishes. You can get your free birthday card template by clicking the image below.

Check out what else my kiddos did for Dr. King's birthday last year by clicking {here}.

Finally, if you have not seen my sweet Tennessee friend, Erin Eberhart's latest post with her fabulous (and free!) MLK mini-unit, you have got to click on over there! 

Hope you have had a restful weekend and are recharged for another exciting week!

Critters in the Classroom

If you have not been to Erica Bohrer's new blog, Critters in the Classroom, go check it out now! I am so pleased to be a part of this blogs! I love animals and thanks to Erica, I have a new place to share the love! :)

NEW BLOG ALERT!

Hey everyone!  There is a new blogger on the block!  Her name is Sandra of Sandra's Savvy Teaching Tips.  She has some really cute stuff to share.  Click on the picture below to visit her blog and check out her first TPT product.  

Craving Pumpkins and Building Character!

My church is doing a pumpkin patch as a fundraiser right now. One sweet lady brought this wonderful "Pumpkin Prayer" to share.

I would love to use this with my firsties, but since I teach in a public school, I decided to write a "Pumpkin Pledge" instead. 

Download your copy of both {here}!

Science Week- Day 4 ~Activities and Experiments~

We have been learning about properties and how they can be changed by heating and cooling.  Last week we changed old crayons by melting them.

Now ours were nowhere near as cute as the beauties from Holding the World in a Paper Cup, but the kids had a blast making them anyway.  Students chose five different colors and put them in foil cupcake liners.  Then they placed them in an electric skillet.  So sorry there are no pictures, but when heat is involved that is the last thing on my mind!


Tomorrow we will be changing the properties of a liquid by cooling it.  That means we are making ice cream!!  If you click the image below, you will get the instructions for making baggie ice cream and a little writing mat that goes with it.

Check out all the other Science activities and experiments at Learning with Mrs. Parker!

Science Week- Day 3 ~Freebies!~

My science freebie is to help students get acquainted with science tools and their uses.  I created these sheets to be used as a log for students as they rotate through various science tools stations.  In the document you will find station signs, teacher instructions, an explanation for each station and recording sheets.   Click the pic to get it!

 Here are a few pictures of our stations in action.  I missed out on a picture of the timer area :(. 

 Don't forget to check out all the other freebies at TBA!!!

Science Week- Day 2

Tuesday of Science Week is links to your favorite science videos and websites. My favorite is Sid the Science Kid!  Click the image to visit his PBS site.

On his website you will find experiments, videos, songs, and more. This is one of my favorite Sid videos.  It explains how germs are spread!

 

Click {HERE} to head over to Teaching Blog Addict to check out all the Science websites and videos!