Teaching With Style: Christmas

Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Hi friends!

Sunday is a day for planning and next week in the last week before winter break.  If you are allowed to do holiday parties and talk about Christmas in your classroom, head on over to Owl-ways Be Inspired to see what I do each year on the last day before break! SPOILER ALERT - It's super fun ;)


Have a great week!



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Thank goodness for TpT's Cyber Monday and Tuesday Sale! It's the perfect time to stock up on fun holiday products!

http://www.starrspangledplanner.com/
Thanks to Jillian for this adorable image! 


If you are looking for a fun way to integrate science and ELA, check out my Snow unit!

If you want to take your kids for a Gingerbread Hunt around the school, look no further! 

Teaching subtraction can get tricky, but not with this Hot Cocoa craftivity! 

Add these lessons from the Philippines to any Holiday Around the World unit! 

And don't forget about Christmas in Hawaii with this book study!

What fun activities do you have planned for December? 

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I love giving and receiving gifts - most people do! This year I am participating in 5 different gift exchanges.  It's a lot! And some of the people I've never bought gifts for before, so I'm not entirely sure what they would want.  I could go the easy route and choose something off their Amazon Wish List, have it shipped to their house, and call it a day.  But I don't like the easy route! 

 When I'm buying for someone that I'm not too sure about what to get them, I either do one of the following:
  1. Buy them something unique, like from Etsy, the Museum of Modern Art, or Uncommon Goods
  2. Buy them something unique to Maui, where I live
  3. Buy them something I would want, like a makeup set from Sephora or a scarf from Anthropologie
  4. Or make them something
My "make something" repertoire isn't that amazing.  I like simple projects that don't take a whole lot of time.  And I LOVE using materials I already have on hand.  That's bonus points in my book.

Here are some real gifts I've made for people.  They are functional, pretty cute in my opinion, don't take forever to make, and are fairly easy.  
 Cloth napkins

Coffee Cozy

Cork frame

Silhouette ornament of a friend's dog

Oven mitt - this one was probably the hardest, but I've gotten better at it.

Simple tote or reusable shopping bag

A painting I'm working for a friend this year! Can you tell what it's going to be?


But what if you are still stuck on what to get someone? Luckily, Coupon.com's blog The Good Stuff has 3 gift guides:
  • Budget-Friendly Gifts 
  • Gifts for Enthusiasts
  • Hostess Gifts
And while you're checking it out, you can enter the sweepstakes that's running from today until December 25th! There will be one $100 winner per week and one $500 grand prize winner! 
The Good Stuff 2014 Holiday Sweepstakes


What are you planning to give this holiday season? 

Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Coupons.com.  However, all ideas and opinions are my own.  



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This is my last week of school for 2013 and it's a full one!

For reading, we are traveling around the world with Globe Trotting Scott: 

This week, we are using Lynsdey's pack to travel to Uganda, Australia, Mexico, and the US, along with throwing in the Philippines and Hawaii from my two units:


During writing workshop, I am finishing up my DRA testing, so the kids get to do some fun Common Core aligned projects!

Parts of speech practice from Kelley:

Narrative writing from Jamie:

Some Polar Express fun from Tonya:

And some persuasive writing from Hope:

During math we are finishing up our chapter on double digit addition with regrouping.  We are doing Blair's fun activities in our math journals:

Along with that, our classroom elf, Sam, will be having some fun with passing out nice notes and maybe some more coal! (Find this is the same pack of Hope's that I linked above!)  We'll be writing nice notes to each other, and having a pajama day with the Polar Express on Friday!
Our elf arrived from the North Pole.

His first hiding spot, high up on a bookshelf.

Some kids weren't really listening last week, so Sam the elf told Santa to send them coal.

It's really rice krispie treats made with Cocoa Krispies.

Luckily Sam left a letter telling the kids to be better.  I *think* it worked!

We've also been using Susan's bucket-filler type stockings.  It's so fun to get sweet letters!


What are you up to this week?

I'm linking up with Deedee's Peek at My Week Linky!
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I teamed up with my favorite Hawaiian teacher bloggers to bring you a special giveaway!

You could win seven different holiday/tropical goodies, plus a fancy new pencil sharpener from Classroom Friendly Supplies!  Click on the images to check out their descriptions on TpT {and to add them to your wishlist in case you don't win!!}








Good luck!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
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I'm linking up with Hope King's super fun All I Want For Christmas linky!


I would love a new iPhone 5.

Some scuba equipment, since hubby and I got certified last spring and haven't dived since!

I like to sit in bed to do school stuff and blogging, so I think an upholstered headboard would be really nice!

A Nutri Bullet for my morning shakes.
A Hawaii Home book - I gotta figure some stuff out, like the fact that my leather purses will mold if kept in a plastic container.  Oops!!

Some pretty, bright-colored pillow covers for my living room.  I've been slowly updating our decor to be more in line with bright Hawaiian colors and motifs.  These would be perfect!

Anything Roxy, Ripcurl, Volcom, or Billabong.  I love surfer girl style!  I should probably learn how to surf, huh?

I think this would make a very cute, beachy school bag!
I don't actually need any of this stuff, but a girl can wish, right?  I'm actually feeling really blessed with life right now.  I'm healthy, have a happy and healthy family, and we live in beautiful Hawaii!  If all I got were salt dough ornaments from the kids, I would be happy! :)

What would you put on your ultimate wish list?
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