A Mother's Day Five for Friday

I had the most fantastic week, and I can't wait to share it with you! :)

This week was filled with preparing for today, when we hosted Muffins with Mom.

We made special hats for our mom's to wear for the occasion- the hats were a HUGE hit and amazing for pictures! They were SO easy to make. All you need is coffee filters, construction paper, string, tape, scissors, a stapler, a water bottle and markers. The students cut out the hat template and used a marker to draw "band" on the hat. Then the students colored a coffee filter any way they liked and used the spray bottle to spray it with water. After the coffee filter dried the students crushed it together to form a flower and stapled it to the hat. Last with the tape we attached a string to use to tie the hat on...VIOLA! 

We made a little recipe card holder for a little gift for our mothers. We used medium size paper clips, a picture and a recipe card. Keeping the "muffin" theme, I took each student's photo and place it inside a muffin template. Each photo read "Happy Mother's Day 2013 From Your Little Love Muffin". Then The students created a "Recipe for a Great Mom (Aunt or Grandma)". We just attached the muffin photo to the paper clip and then placed the recipe card in the holder. 

My mom was such a HUGE help getting ready for this event and even serving as "mom" for a few students whose mothers were unable to attend today. She is the best mother EVER! :) I am so blessed to have her...she has always been my biggest cheerleader and in all my failings she is always proud of me! I don't know what I would do without her! Isn't she gorgeous! LOVE HER!

This week we did a mini science experiment. I was so fascinated by this activity! We took a head of red leaf lettuce and cut it off at the bottom. We placed the bottom root portion, in a cup of water. After just a few days, the lettuce started to sprout and regrow! Yes, the lettuce grows again! I have thrown away so many bottoms, who knew that I could have had lettuce growing!

This week I was so spoiled for Teacher Appreciation Week. I feel like I don't deserve all that I was given. My students are too much! I forgot to take a picture, but my favorite gift this week was a "Love Jar" filled with Love Notes from my students! I will treasure this ALWAYS!

Today we received our placements for next year and well, I am sooo happy! I will be teaching...

I hope you had a wonderful week! Only 18 more days for me...how many for you? Go link up!! 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

 

Shopping!, Muffins for Mom & Tacos!

I am about to head out and go shopping, I got to make sure I have everything for the week. It is another busy one!

We will be having our special ladies come in on Friday for Muffins with Mom, so we have to finish up our books, make a movie and practice our songs. I am still looking for a little gift idea that would go good along with our muffin theme...if you have any good ideas leave me a comment! :) I also have to get the supplies for "Tea Time"- muffins and tea! Do you do anything special for your students' mothers?

We started our books last week, here are some of the pages that the kids wrote...

"My mom makes me feel special when she hugs me. I love it when my mom takes me for Menchies."

"My mom makes me feel special when she reads me a special story. I love it when my mom takes me to a special place."

"My mom makes me feel special when she gives me love. I love it when my mom buys me jewelery."

"My mom makes me feel special when she tickles me. I love it when my mom takes me to Menchies."

"I love it when my mom kisses me." *I love this illustration and speech bubble!*

We aren't done with our Cinco de Mayo fun...we HAVE to make some tacos this week! Yum!! We will be making this fun "How To" book to go along with are delicious learning! 

Is anyone else as excited for this TPT sale as I am?! I am running on "E" and I am looking forward to making some end of the year purchases to energize me and keep my instruction engaging for the last 23 days! :)

Thanks to The Wizard of Boz for this Graphic!

I hope you have a fantastic week! Don't forget to join in the Instagram fun this Tuesday! #teachertalktuesday :) @msshopesclass

 

Five for Friday

Perhaps the title of my blog should be Cinco para Viernes! It has been a fun filled week for Cinco de Mayo!

On Tuesday we read the book Chicks and Salsa. Then we made chips and salsa. Do your kids go crazy for anything "cooking"?! My mom went to school with me this day and we had a BLAST making the salsa with the kids. We even had a great plant mini-lesson. We talked about all the different parts of the plant that were going into our salsa. It was so much fun, AND my kids were too cute saying "OLE!". 

This week we also read Cinco De Mouse-o! Then we had fun with piñatas! I usually purchase a piñata for my class to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but this year I didn't. (It rained here every afternoon this week, BLAH! In South Florida a rain storm is like snow. You don't leave your house!) So I improvised and made a piñata. Don't laugh! :) Did the kids care at all? "Goodness no!" (Pete the Cat voice!) They were so excited and we had so much fun! (I feel like I keep saying "it was so much fun", but it really was!) Since it was raining, we did the piñata inside. Everything was all good except I learned a lesson...don't put Smarties in a homemade piñata. Smarties flew EVERYWHERE!

The kids got to make piñata predictions and their own piñata. You would have thought it was Christmas!

How could I forget, we had to wear sombreros for all this fun! The kids were precious! 

 

We started our "A Muffin for Mom" book this week. We will be celebrating the special women in our lives by having "Muffins with Mom" and having tea time. This book will be one of the gifts we give our leading ladies.

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