Five for Friday (a day late)

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Five for Friday Linky.

Here are my 5 random happenings from the week.

1.  We went fishing for syllables!  This was a sample lesson from one of my professors in college.  However, her lesson included a magnetic fishing pole and magnets on the fish. Visualizing a pond works just as well.

2.  In my after school art class, we finished up our snowflake paintings.

3.  Every grade is required to complete a school wide performance.  We started learning a few dance moves to Toby Mac's "Me Without You." My favorite part is when I shout "Freestyle!"Their dance moves are AWESOME!



4.  We learned about Martin Luther King, Jr. and made a super fabulous timeline from Falling into First. If you are planning any MLK activities for next week, be sure to check out her MLK mini unit on TPT.

5.  We finished up our graphing unit.  I think graphing the color of Skittles was probably one of their favorites!

Friend Venn

I had so much fun with my kids yesterday! They were fairly quiet, probably because they were tired! 

I always have the students complete an activity about resolutions for the new year. This year we made these foldables.

They had to write a school, home, and personal resolution. Since I teach at a private school, we also added a resolution that regarding our relationship with the Lord.

Some of my favorites were:

• I will not chew my nails.
• I will have a new hairstyle everyday.
• I will run a marathon.
• I will sleep more.
• I will invite Heather over to my house everyday.
• I will deepen my relationship with the Lord.  (Yes, a 7 year old wrote that!!)

We started our graphing unit by making Friend Venn Diagrams.  I found the idea on Just Add Clip Art.

You can get the prewriting activity and Venn template here.

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