Totem Pole Project

This week, my students turned in their Totem Pole Projects!  They worked really hard on them and they came out AMAZING!  We do a short, 2-page unit on Totem Poles in our Native American unit in Social Studies.  This is easy, fun, and the kids LOVE it!  Here are some pictures on the completed Totem Poles!

This project was not created by me, but given to me by another teacher/friend.  Enchanted Learning has this project, but I am also including what I had out here! 

DOWNLOAD TOTEM POLE PROJECT HERE!  

I will continue to add goodies now and again, so be sure to follow so you get updated!  :)  

Happy Wednesday!

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State Reports

State Reports are done, graded, and stored for our accreditation coming up!!!  I can't wait to put them out to show the team that is coming to look at our school!  They are going to love them!

I found this project on Pinterest.  I came from The Library Patch and it was a huge hit with my class!  I made a form that accompanied the project, that my students used to take notes about their state.  They then used that information and transferred it over to their project.

Once the information was transferred, the kids couldn't wait to start coloring their flaps.  They took so much time on them and they truly looked amazing!!!  I really liked this project because it wasn't your typical state report.  Students had the opportunity to use creativity and work hands on to create something they would be proud of!  We are going to be using these in a smaller scale later in the year to create a book that will be submitted into a book contest!  Watch for that post in the Spring!

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Fall

I am so excited that it's Fall!!!  It's my favorite time of year. I love that the leaves change colors and the weather changes. I also love the colors and the activities I can do with my students!  Last week I worked on a Fall project.  I found this idea on one of my favorite blogs, The Clutter-Free Classroom!  Jodi has GREAT ideas and this is one that I have wanted to try with my students!!   I had the students paint the background in Fall colors and the cut out a tree from black construction paper and glue it on top of the paint. They turned out AMAZING!!!!!!

Here is the bulletin board outside the classroom!  Amazing!!!  Here are a couple of my favorites. 

We are now prepping for Halloween!!!  I can't wait for the projects that come along with that!  :)

  

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New Beginnings in 5th Grade

I have to tell you…I am loving my new class!  They are so much fun!  I spent a good portion on the summer in the classroom, cleaning out closets and filing cabinets (the files are still a disaster) and by the first day of school, my class was as close to ready as it was going to get!  We have done some really fun activities so far and my class seems to be enjoying themselves.

My welcome back bulletin board was a big hit!  I found the idea on Pinterest and decided to take it and run!!!  I went to the Hobby Lobby and bought balloons and spent an hour blowing up 35 of them…yes.  I have 35 students!  My 1 year old nieces pieces helped me put them in garbage bags and get them ready for school.  It was pretty cute.  :)  While I was in a meeting, I showed my assistant (who is AMAZING btw) my inspiration and this is what I came upstairs to….

LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!!!!!  There were bets about how long the balloons would last.  We made it about 2 weeks and then took them down.  I was SO happy with this board and the kiddos loved seeing it!

The next project that went up on the board was their "I AM" projects.  I found this project while looking around on Pinterest on day and I came across The Brave Girls Club blog.  They had done this activity with the girls in their group, and I decided to take it and turn it into a project for my class.  We started off our language arts program talking about self-esteem and this was a PERFECT project!  I gave the class the outline for the project and gave them the long weekend to complete it. Here is a link to the "I AM" PROJECT OUTLINE!  The result was unreal!!!!

 This project turned out so well.  The older grades walk by and stop daily to look at it and comment on it.  The upper grade teachers have asked that I do this project with the 6th-8th graders too!  I am so proud of my class and they exceeded ALL of my expectations.

We have many more projects and activities coming up, so stay tuned!!!!

 

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