Put a Poem in Your Pocket!

April is Poetry Month and today is Put a Poem in Your Pocket Day!  Ok, I just found out about the poem in your pocket thing today.  I had never heard of it before!

The end of April is also coming, which means May and Mother's Day is right around the corner!  I got a jump on things and created some Mother's Day templates for you to use in your classroom.  You can integrate Poetry Month and Mother's Day.

In the pack, I made sure to include not only mothers, but grandmothers and aunts as well.

There are pages for your students to draw pictures of a special woman in their life.

They can create lists of words to describe their mom, aunt or grandma.

Acrostic poems are definitely my favorite!

You can pick up Mother's Day Poems in my {TpT} or {TN} shops today!

You can also grab Bitten by the Poetry Bug in my {TpT} or {TN} shops!

Happy Put a Poem in Your Pocket day!

All About 2's

I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend!  I certainly did.  In my spare time I made TWO packets for my TpT store!  

One is for Martin Luther King Day, for those of you who haven't celebrated yet (I did with one class, but still need to do it with my second Social Studies class) or for your files for next year!

And the second one is for Valentine's Day!  It will be here before we know it.

Ok, so here's the deal.  The first TWO people to comment on my post (with their email) will get BOTH packets for free!  If you are number 3+, don't fret.  My packets are on sale for TWO days!  (are you sick of the number two yet?)  The Valentine's packet is on sale for TWO dollars (oops, there it is again!) and the MLK one is on sale for $1.  

This sale will only last...wait for it...TWO days!  Then they go back to their original price.  So quick!  Grab 'em while you can.  Just click on the pictures above to get them.

Oh, and my cousin won his basketball game today by 22 points.  Just thought I'd throw that in there.

And, whoa!  I hit 100 followers and didn't even realize it!  There might be another giveaway in the works... 

7-Year Olds and Things that Break

Ok, it's not as bad as it sounds.  But, really?!? The PTF decided it would be okay for our second graders to purchase glass items and take them home on the bus.  Isn't it a general rule that breakable things and single-digit aged human beings should not mix?

Here's the deal.  The PTF sets up a Holiday (politically correct, people) Workshop in the gymnasium for one week during December.  Each class is given a time to go down and the students can purchase crap gifts for their family/friends.  It's all cheap-o things, but the kids love it.  I do really like it too.  It gives the children a lesson in setting a budget, purchasing items, adding money, making decisions, etc.  Usually it's stuffed animals, scarves, school supplies and all those simple things.  Not this year!  We decided, apparently, that large glass items were okay to sell too.  Well, let's just say that not all of my kids "gifts" even made it out of the gymnasium.  I don't want to even think about how the bus rides went...

Aaanndd rant over.

Anyways, as a Social Studies teacher, the holidays are my favorite.  In the past, I've always done Christmas Around the World.  This year I'm working on switching it up a bit.  I'm changing it to a Holidays Around the World unit.  I think that it's important for my students (who live in a town that has very, very little diversity) to learn, not only about Christmas, but other December holidays as well.   As soon I get it together, I'll share!  I've got time, we go to school all the way up till the 23rd.  Yep, you read that right.  December 23 we are still in school.  Needless to say, I'm a little jealous of all of you who are out way before then!