You’ve Been Booed!

I love doing this.  Cant’ wait for it every year.  If you have never been booed - Here’s the scoop.  If you’re the first person to start- all you have to do is print out the two papers below (a poem about being booed on Halloween and the direction on what to do next).  Grab some goodies and secretly give it to a friend, neighbor, or co-worker.  This will spread quickly and soon enough everyone will have gotten a treat.  If you like to be creative – instead of just printing the directions and poem on plain, boring, white paper.  You could print it on fun festive Halloween papers, stamp Halloween stuff all over your white papers, or even  make it into a card and then send it off.  This year I retyped it to fit in a card I made. 

I upload the documents if you wanted to make it fancy yourself or you could use a few I made (for personal use only please).  Just click the picture to enlarge it.  Save as and print.  Enjoy!

Twilight! Twilight! Twilight!

For the last 3 years I've read Twilight with my students (after CST testing of course). Every year I get so excited and can't wait for my students to enjoy the book as I do. It all started when another teacher from my school (who was also in love the the Twilight series) wanted to incoporate the book into her classroom as part of her reading component. When I heard of this, I begged the principal to allow me to do it too. Oh, I was sooo happy. Thanks to Nou, we sat down and planned wonderful Twilight themed lessons. We used mainly GLAD strategies. Which is all about student motivation and engagement. There were chants, poems, big books and many more. The best part was having a Twilight movie party at the end. So much fun! We also made t-shirts with ironed on pictures of the actors for every student. Below are some pictures from this years Twilight Party in May.

A friend of mine did the awesomely disgusting vampire blood on the cupcakes (thanks Xee).  Below is a scrapbook mini I did to give away as a prize to an excellent student, who participated throughout the whole thing and scored high on all tests/quizes.

I liked this mini so much that I had to make myself one as well.

Below is a Twilight banner I hung in the classroom.

 

Fun folding mini

This is just a fun folding mini that one of my co-worker shared with me a while back.  It was just before Christmas.  So, of course, I made a few little Christmas gifts.  It's a very fast and fun project to make.  It only takes three cardstock papers and some folding.

Mini for a Friend

I made this mini for a SWEET friend's B-Day in June.  I had some chipboard (circle) beer coasters and wanted to do something with it.  So, here's what I did.  Even made a matching gift bag to go with it (using a white paper lunch bag).  Quick and simple.  When I say quick, I mean a week of stressing out.  Thinking if it's good enough for her.  I'm not anal or a perfectionist (couldn't be even if I tried) but man! Things sure take me a long time to finish.