Daily 5 activities for summer,

1-2-3 Come Do Some End Of The Year Writing Prompts and Craftivities With Me

Since yesterday's article on having current students make something for your next year's kiddos was so popular, I decided to make one with an owl-theme, as owls continue to be really popular.  I know I love them. 

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Run off the templates on a variety of colors of construction paper. Students choose and trim.

Print the facial pattern, trim and trace on an old file folder.  Trace once and cut 3 to 6 eye pieces out at a time.  If you want your beak to be 3D, cut on a fold.

Place and position wings, poke a hole with a protractor at the top and insert a brass brad so they “fly” open. Choose your grade-level heart template and run off on a variety of colors of construction paper. 

Explain to students that what they will be making will be given to your new kiddos in the fall.  They write why their current grade was a hoot.  What a nice surprise for your incoming class to find on or in their desk.  These could also be put up on a bulletin board.
To make it even more personal, have students glue their school photo somewhere.

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As with the "tree-mendous" packet yesterday, (scroll down to the next blog article to take a look), I also made a keepsake craft for your students to make for themselves.  This packet is called "School Was A Hoot."

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Open up 2 file folders. Glue the right side of one to the left side of the other.  You will now have a left flap, middle section and right flap.  Use the pattern to trace the wings and then trim.

I used a third file folder for the head, but you could also use a sheet of construction paper.
Students can draw their own face, or you can use my pattern.  You could also cut these pieces out of construction paper and have students glue them on.

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Brainstorm with students about all of the things they did that year that were a hoot.  You may want to jot these on the board to help with spelling.

After students have written a rough draft, they rewrite their final thoughts on the writing prompt page that will be glued to the middle of their owl.

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Make a sample of your own to share with your students.  I’m sure they’ll enjoy hearing about their teacher’s favorite things and why (s)he thought this year was a hoot. 

“A picture is truly worth a 1,000 words” and will help you explain what you want your kiddos to do.  Click on the link to view/download the file folder School Was A Hoot packet. 

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"No matter how much you think you hate school, you'll find that you'll miss it when you leave." -Unknown

1-2-3 Come Read With Me

Are you looking for some easy readers with a summer theme?  Well, you’ve come to the right place.

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Students get practice tracing and writing words and use picture clues to read the sentences.

Children also get cutting and gluing fine motor reinforcement by matching the numbered picture to the box in their booklet.

There's a graphing extension and a set of 10 word-wall word flashcards for the seasons and senses as well as a certificate of praise.

Click on the link to view/download the My Summer Senses easy reader booklet.

At The Beach is another easy reader where students enjoy cutting and gluing the various things that they can do at the beach, matching the pictures to the sentences.

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I’ve also included a certificate of praise, 36 word-wall word cards that can be turned into an Itty Bitty booklet, and an Our Class Beach Book writing extension.

Click on the link to view/download the At The Beach easy reader booklet.

In The Colors of Summer easy reader, students trace, write and color the color words as they use picture clues to read the words.

They practice their cutting and gluing skills by matching the numbered pictures to the appropriate boxes in their booklet.

There's a math-graphing extension, 40-word wall word flashcards, and a certificate of praise + two color-word worksheets.

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"When you look at a field of dandelions you can either see 100 weeds, or 100 wishes." -Unknown