Five for Fraturday!

Trying to get back in the habit of blogging regularly! This week was filled with a lot of celebrations! So here's my Five for Fraturday! If you wanna link up just press the button below:

Can I just say I LOVE California weather(sorry I'm not sorry east coast peeps)! All of President's Day weekend weather was beautiful! I just had to photograph these signs that spring may be coming early here on the west coast! 

Like I mentioned on my last blog post my mom moved back to Louisiana for work. That is where my mom's family is from so being Creole is part of my culture. Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is a BIG deal down south. So I was so jealous that my parents got to enjoy Mardi Gras down south that I decided to bring Mardi Gras to my school. We talked about the colors and traditions. Then they got to pick a mask and bead necklace, they loved it! I caught all of them wearing their beads and mask throughout the day! Wednesday they got another (bigger) bead necklace sent from my parents in Louisiana to my peaches. Only thing missing that day was some Gumbo!

 

Of course we also had to celebrate President's Day! Luckily I found this awesome freebie from Mrs. Rica's Kindergarten! I had so much fun coloring my example! The peaches had a lot of fun too making their books! 

My second grade peaches story this week was Ant by Rebecca Stefoff. I found many additional book resources. We kicked things off with a KWL chart and the What I Know section had me cracking up! I love this story because we get to delve into this very interesting insect! After learning so much about ants I've decided that we will be doing All About Ant books next week. My favorite part was teaching them the ant life cycle, by the end of the week they were all experts!

We also learned about r blends with my firsties! I found the most fantastic resource from Miss Giraffe! I really thought first graders couldn't do crossword puzzles but she has proven me wrong! I loved he R Blends packet! My kiddos were able to use these four worksheets to guide them through their homework! It was an amazing resource for my peaches! It was easy using the worksheets and can't wait to continue using them next week. I also used  a freebie from Lavina Pop! 

 

We also celebrated the Chinese New Year on Thursday during art! We talked about the traditions, the Chinese zodiac and zodiac race, and then made these cool Chinese dragons from First Grade Blue Skies Chinese New Year Close Read and Make a Dragon Unit! I had them work in teams to make the dragon and the results were very creative! They really loved finding out what zodiac animal they were and what place they finished in!

 

Bonus: 

I love finding pictures lying around my room when the kiddos go home. I have a few little illustrators in my class and I always enjoy their drawings! So here is a cute little picture about Mario, Peach, King Koppa and other characters. A little translation for Mario: "I love princess" Koppa: I love everybody" Hmm... who should Princess Peach pick!