


How do YOU FIT IT ALL IN? Balanced Literacy, that is!

The “WEE” Little Ones are a’WATCHIN … What time is it?
What TIME is it?
It’s McBLARNEY TIME!
What TIME is it?
…until CHRISTMAS!Â
What TIME is it?
When Irish eyes are smiling,
Sure, 'tis like the morn in Spring.
In the lilt of Irish laughter
You can hear the angels sing.
When Irish hearts are happy,
All the world seems bright and gay.
And when Irish eyes are smiling,
Sure, they steal your heart away.
…kinda gross.
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What TIME is it?
It’s McBlarney TIME!

We get a “Literacy” DO-OVER: Word Work Updates for 2023
And a FREE BALANCED LITERACY Resource to get you started!
Let’s talk Word Work. You know. Word Families, spelling, rhyming words, etc.Â
And a FREE BALANCED LITERACY Resource to get you started!
2023 is the Year of LITERACY!
Because 2022 was so BAD….we get DO-OVER!
We get a “LITERACY ” do-Over”!






Rethinking Literacy in 2023
Keep reading to the bottom of this post for a
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Ready to UPDATE your literacy block?Â
Balanced Literacy: Here is your NEW YEAR’s PLAN!
*DISCLAIMER…Â I know the Science of Reading is the NEW “go-to” for teaching Reading.
I AM NOT AN EXPERT! I am learning. I have been teaching reading to FIRST GRADERS for 30+ Years. AND I AM ALWAYSÂ LEARNING. SO… I hope YOU are open to new ideas & “reusing” OLD ideas to help our “littles” learn. If this helps YOU – Yeah! ( Jan. 2022).Â
The Why? The What? and The How?
This Week:Â Word Work
Balanced literacy has been defined as “an approach designed to help individual students learn how to process a variety of increasingly challenging texts with understanding and fluency.” (Fountas & Pinnell, 2001)
It is an approach to teaching. NOT a curriculum. It is HOW we teach our students to be independent readers and writers. It is NOT what books we use to teach them.
Balanced Literacy has been defined in “components” or “pieces” of literacy instruction.
This series will focus on the components of a complete BALANCED LITERACY program. We will focus on clear and concise definitions. Definitions that educators can discuss in collaboration.
A “common language” where we can learn from each other and with each other.
The 8 components we will focus on are:
- Read Alouds
- Shared Reading
- Guided Reading
- Independent Reading
- Modeled / Interactive Writing
- Shared Writing
- Guided Writing / Writer’s Workshop
- Word Work
Each week we will focus on one area of Balanced Literacy and share experiences, teacher tips, and resources to support and expand our Balanced Literacy repertoire.
BALANCED LITERACY
This week:Â Â WORD WORK!
You can’t THINK of Word Work without thinking …
Sight Words, High-Frequency Words, Word Families, Spelling, Phonics, etc…
Before we start…
WHAT IS WORD WORK?
During Word Work, students experiment with spelling patterns, memorize high-frequency words, and develop a genuine curiosity for and interest in new and unique words. As a result of playing with words, word patterns, word families, prefixes, suffixes, and so on, students hone their knowledge of words and increase their speaking and writing skills.



What is WORD WORK?
Word work is a hands-on time to explore the spellings and/or meanings of words (vocabulary). Making time for word work is vital because it helps patterns and words move into long-term memory. Word work can help our learners become better readers, spellers, and writers. Depending on our learners’ developmental stages, they might use this time to focus on letters and their sounds, read and spell words, or work on word meanings. At the same time, learners have time to explore sight words.
When or HOW do I teach WORD WORK?
New for 2022…Â Â Science of Reading
I am not an expert! Check out these “experts”:
Christina Winter – Mrs. Winter’s Bliss (TPT)
To begin, here are a few suggestions:
1. Before a Small Group Reading Lesson – Before small group reading lessons, I review a previous word study, based on my learners’ word work needs. Beginning sounds, short vowels, ending sounds, etc. The key to these is that they should be quick and easy.
2. Spelling word practice. During our guided reading lesson, I might focus on our spelling words for the week or the word families we have reviewed in previous lessons. I always start with what the kids know…and then add new information.
3. A Small Group Lesson – Frequently I have strategy lessons just to focus on a particular phonics or spelling strategy, especially if we notice several learners struggling with the same thing.
4. Whole Group Instruction – I recommend a simple phonics lesson for all learners in the classroom each day. This isn’t a long lesson (10-15 at most) and covers phonics material that is on grade level. I have a district required curriculum. I use the curriculum phonics as my MORNING MEETING lesson. I can expand on it during my small group time.
I incorporate word work mini-lessons into my writing lessons, when appropriate. If we are working on multi-syllabic words, we will edit our writing for those words, also. Â
Always be on the lookout for opportunities to support your students! When we are doing interactive writing, we incorporate MANY literacy practices!Â
Balanced Literacy does NOT isolate skills and strategies.
Best practices are integrated throughout the entire school day.
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Word Work can be integrated from ANY curriculum and ANY resource.
Use science, social studies, reading, writing, and ANY vocabulary experience to support your WORDÂ WORK studies.Â
These literacy posts may help in YOUR Balanced Literacy journey.
These Word Work resource books for TEACHERS may be helpful for YOUR reading.
Let’s Go Fishing for Sight Words
So…Leave me a comment… What does Word Work look like in YOUR classroom?
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We get a “Literacy” DO-OVER : Shared Writing Updated for 2023
And a FREE BALANCED LITERACY Resource to get you started!
2023 is the Year of LITERACY!
Because 2022 was so BAD….we get DO-OVER!
We get a “LITERACY ” do-Over”!






Rethinking Literacy in 2023
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Freebie for Followers
Ready to UPDATE your literacy block?Â
Balanced Literacy: Here is your NEW YEAR’s PLAN!
*DISCLAIMER…Â I know the Science of Reading is the NEW “go-to” for teaching Reading.
I AM NOT AN EXPERT! I am learning. I have been teaching reading to FIRST GRADERS for 30+ Years. AND I AM ALWAYSÂ LEARNING. SO… I hope YOU are open to new ideas & “reusing” OLD ideas to help our “littles” learn. If this helps YOU – Yeah! ( Jan. 2022).Â
Why? What? and How?
The elementary classroom Balanced literacy model has been defined as “an approach designed to help individual students learn how to process a variety of increasingly challenging texts with understanding and fluency.” (Fountas & Pinnell, 2001)
As a result, It is HOW we teach our students to be independent readers and writers. It is NOT what books we use to teach them.
Balanced Literacy has been defined in “components” or “pieces” of literacy instruction.
This 8-week series will focus on the components of a complete BALANCED LITERACY program. We will focus on clear and concise definitions. Definitions that educators can discuss in collaboration.
A “common language” where we can learn from each other and with each other.
The 8 components we will focus on are:
- Read Alouds
- Shared Reading
- Guided Reading
- Independent Reading
- Modeled / Interactive Writing
- Shared Writing
- Guided Writing / Writer’s Workshop
- Word Work
Each week we will focus on one area of Balanced Literacy and share experiences, teacher tips, and resources to support and expand our Balanced Literacy repertoire.
BALANCED LITERACY
This week:  Shared Writing.
Week 1:Â We discussed Read Alouds.
Week 2: We discussed  Shared Reading.
Week 3:Â We discussed Guided Reading.
Week 4: We discussed Independent Reading.
Week 5: We discussed Interactive Writing.
This week we jump into SHARED WRITING.
Let’s talk about Shared Writing.
Before we write, we read, discuss, preview new vocabulary, and make connections about our thoughts and ideas.
Shared writing is an instructional approach to teach writing to students by writing with them. The idea is to teach writing through writing. The process of writing is demonstrated by the teacher through a ‘write aloud’ process. The teacher acts as a scribe while the students contribute ideas.
Effective literacy teachers present the demonstration, explanation, and models needed by naïve writers in order for them to understand how and why to incorporate genre and text structures (and such transcription skills as punctuation and spelling) into their own writing behavior. ReadWriteThink.org
First, we will discuss Shared Writing. The teacher transcribes the entire text while engaging students in a rich discussion about how the text should be composed.
- Shared writing is taught to small groups or a whole class in briskly paced, 5- to 20-minute lessons.
- Plan lessons for types of writing that present particular challenges to your students.
- First, develop and extend children’s background and language knowledge on a topic or experience of interest.
- Establish a purpose for the writing and an intellectually engaging opportunity for students to apply new learning.
- Write the entire text yourself in front of students (using chart paper or document viewer) while requesting input from students regarding aspects of the writing where they most need to expand their expertise.
Stop for a moment and VISUALIZE what you have read.
- During the writing, model processes needed by your students. Have a small whiteboard available, for example, to demonstrate to students how to say a word slowly and write sounds heard into “sound boxes” (Clay, 2006) before writing a phonetically regular word into the text for them.
- Demonstrate in-the-moment revision during shared writing as necessary to construct a strong draft. Reread the text to students from time to time to discuss what needs to be written next or to monitor whether or not the text conveys information clearly.
- Do not deliberately make errors during shared writing. Model the immediate construction of a high-quality draft.
- Read the completed text to students.
- Post the text in an accessible spot in the classroom, and provide opportunities for students to read or use the text multiple times over the next several days or weeks.
Some tips to keep in mind for shared writing:
- I use large paper that looks just like the paper the children use during writing workshop. I write on chart paper or perhaps a SmartBoard so the whole group can easily read it.
- The children are engaged and involved in telling the story (or essay, song, poem, or other kinds of text).
- I restate/scaffold children’s language by modeling rich language and coach them when they are the storyteller.
- Over time, children see each step of the writing process modeled:
- Coming up with ideas
- Planning across the pages, rehearsing how the text will go
- Drafting words and sentences
- Revising
- Editing
- Publishing
- Over time, children see qualities of good writing modeled:
- Meaning
- Organization/Structure
- Genre
- Detail
- Voice
- Conventions
- TwoWritingTeachers
Tools that may be helpful for shared writing:
Teacher Books that may help with Shared Writing:
These literacy posts may help in YOUR Balanced Literacy journey.
So…Leave me a comment… What does Shared Writing look like in YOUR classroom?
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Spring is Coming! WHAT? The eggs aren’t HATCHING!
Spring. Bunnies. Chicks. Eggs. Shamrocks. Sunshine. Rainbows.
Feel it? Smile. Spring is COMING!
As a first-grade teacher, I attempt ( repeat ATTEMPT),
to bring Spring to my students in a
HAPPY, POSITIVE way.Â
And then there is REALITY!



Chickens hatched in an incubator. Photo of an incubator with eggs and a newborn chicken.
I tried. I followed the directions. I GOOGLED it!
As I walked into the classroom on day 21 of incubation, I walked slowly to the incubator to see the newborn chicks…
Expecting to see 10-12 yellow fluffy baby chicks chirping for me –
SOMEHOW, the incubator had been unplugged …Â
ALL WEEKEND!  NO!
I couldn’t look. All was silent. No movement!
The kids were coming!Â
What to do? What to do?
I covered the incubator with my RAIN JACKET
( Yes, it was raining ),
and told the kids the eggs were SLEEPING!
I was NOT ready to tell them!
We survived the day.
THEN WHAT?
I “cleaned out” the incubator. Went to my LOCAL Farm Supply Store.
AND PURCHASED 8 ( that’s ALL they had ) yellow fluffy baby chicks!
Did my students get to see them hatch? NO!
Did they get to watch the MOMENT? NO!
Were they excited to see and hear the baby chicks for a short time – one week was ALL I could do!Â
YES! They loved it!
Moral:Â Be flexible. Mistakes happen.
And always have a PLAN B.
And if you are hatching eggs…
have your local Farm Supply Store
ON SPEEDÂ dial.
BUT, Spring is COMING!
Let’s get ready!
Helping my kids in the classroom celebrate SPRING, we have LOTS of SPRING practice activities.
Spring Math Fact Families Booklets for Addition and Subtraction to 20
 Robby Rabbit Plants a Garden
Have fun! Enjoy the SPRING!
We in NORCAL are digging out from rain, wind, snow, sleet, and hail…
But the SUN will come out! We will be WARM again!
Smile, hug those you care about, and remember…
KEEP YOUR FARM SUPPLY STORE ON SPEED DIAL! HAHAHA
Happy Spring. Â
More fun for you:
 Wendy

We get a “Literacy” DO-OVER : Guided Writing / Writer’s Workshop
And a FREE BALANCED LITERACY Resource to get you started!
2023 is the Year of LITERACY!
Because 2022 was so BAD….we get DO-OVER!
We get a “LITERACY ” do-Over”!






Rethinking Literacy in 2023
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Ready to UPDATE your literacy block?Â
Balanced Literacy: Here is your NEW YEAR’s PLAN!
*DISCLAIMER…Â I know the Science of Reading is the NEW “go-to” for teaching Reading.
I AM NOT AN EXPERT! I am learning. I have been teaching reading to FIRST GRADERS for 30+ Years. AND I AM ALWAYSÂ LEARNING. SO… I hope YOU are open to new ideas & “reusing” OLD ideas to help our “littles” learn. If this helps YOU – Yeah! ( Jan. 2022).Â
The Why? The What? and The How?
This Week:Â Writer’s Workshop
Balanced literacy has been defined as “an approach designed to help individual students learn how to process a variety of increasingly challenging texts with understanding and fluency.” (Fountas & Pinnell, 2001)
It is an approach to teaching. NOT a curriculum. It is HOW we teach our students to be independent readers and writers. It is NOT what books we use to teach them.
Balanced Literacy has been defined in “components” or “pieces” of literacy instruction.
This series will focus on the components of a complete BALANCED LITERACY program. We will focus on clear and concise definitions. Definitions that educators can discuss in collaborations. A “common language” where we can learn from each other and with each other.
The 8 components we will focus on are:
- Read Alouds
- Shared Reading
- Guided Reading
- Independent Reading
- Modeled / Interactive Writing
- Shared Writing
- Guided Writing / Writer’s Workshop
- Word Work
Each week we will focus on one area of Balanced Literacy and share experiences, teacher tips, and resources to support and expand our Balanced Literacy repertoire.
BALANCED LITERACY
This week:Â Â Guided Writing / Writer’s Workshop
This week we jump into Writer’s Workshop!
You can’t THINK of Writing without thinking …
LUCYÂ CALKINS and others.
During the writing workshop, students are invited to live, work and learn as writers. They observe their lives and the world around them while collecting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing well-crafted narrative and expository texts. Students receive direct instruction in a minilesson, during which the teacher explicitly names a skill proficient writers use that is within reach for most of the class, then demonstrates the skill and provides students with a brief interval of guided practice using it. Students then have time to write, applying the repertoire of skills and strategies they’ve learned, while receiving feedback through one-to-one conferences and small group instruction designed to move them along trajectories of development.
The four components of Writer’s Workshop are:
- The Mini-Lesson
- Writing
- Conferring
- Share
Let’s discuss each part.
1. The Writing Workshop Mini-Lesson
 The mini-lessons are short, focused, direct. They typically fall into the categories of classroom procedures, the writer’s process, the qualities of good writing, and editing skills. The lesson is 5-10 minutes of directed instruction. Start off your writing lessons by brainstorming ideas. This lesson will help set the stage for a year of writing by giving students a place to find ideas to put in their future writing pieces. If you use interactive notebooks or writing folders, each student needs a place to put ideas, writing pieces in process, and finished works.
Teaching with Crayons and Curls
2) The Writing in Writer’s Workshop
In my first grade classroom, my students have a folder, a journal, and a Pictionary ( pictures and words ). At the beginning of the school year, we practice writing.
Our routines include:
-  First, they draw a picture with your PENCIL. ( No crayons, yet )
- Next, they write the words. After one month of school, we are now beginning to write 2-3 sentences. NO— THEY ARE NOT PERFECT—-Â We are just beginning the process.
- Last, they may color their picture …unless they would like to ADD MORE. And then they can ADD MORE words to match the picture!
- I like to play classical music while my students are writing. I FEEL it helps them focus on their writing and gives them a quiet, calm atmosphere to create.
Right now our writing stamina is at about 10-15 minutes. As we become better writer’s, our stamina will increase to about 30-40 minutes.
3) Conferring during Writer’s Workshop
 CCSD102
4) Sharing During Writer’s Workshop
We call it the AUTHOR’S CHAIR.
My students are placed into 4 groups. 10-15 minutes before we dismiss, we ask the 6 team members if they would like to READ or PASS. If they choose to READ, they get their journal and come to the big “TEACHER CHAIR”. They choose 1 story to share with us. Our emergent readers can tell us the story and then they show us their picture.
Later in the year, we will give one compliment and ask one question to the “AUTHOR”. They LOVE this! It is important to discuss “beginning writer’s” and “advanced writers”, ahead of time.
No hurt feelings and EVERYONE’S work is appreciated!Â
Writer’s Workshop is a planned time during the day when students can create writing of their own.
During this time, guided writing small groups may be meeting with the teacher or individual conferences may be happening. Whatever your choice, embrace the attempts. The successes and the failures will make them better readers and writers. We learn from our mistakes. Hold them accountable. Quality work is always our goal.
These literacy posts may help in YOUR Balanced Literacy journey.
These Writer’s Workshop resource books for TEACHERS may be helpful for YOUR reading.
Launching the Writing Workshop
So…Leave me a comment… What does Writer’s Workshop look like in YOUR classroom?
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How Calendar Time Starts MY Day!



Calendar Time. I’m NOT sure WHO needs it more..
ME? Â or my students? Â
Coffee?
Restroom Time?
RECESS????
NO!
CALENDAR Â TIME!
I Love Calendar Time.
I Love reading through the MONTH.
What’s happening THIS week
Next Week.
All month!
It keeps my “getting older” brain…
FOCUSED!
It helps my kiddos stay on top of events for this week and this month.
This week we are discussing:
CALENDAR TIME
and
MORNING Â MEETINGS!
My calendar is next to my focus board.
This is where we begin our
morning meeting.
After vocabulary discussions, calendar,
 days of the week ,months of the year, HFW cards..
Working on reading strategies!
All of this in about 15-20 minutes!
Whew!



My calendar is in PLACE VALUE numbers!
I got it HERE.
I also have MELONHEADZ Holiday cards.
LOVE THEM TOO!
I try to “release” the CALENDAR instruction to my students as the year progresses.
By the end of the year, THEY lead the calendar time.
But, I still get to do the READ ALOUD!
I LOVE IT!
Just a quick shout out to
Krista@Creative Clips Papers Collection



This is MY Calendar!
I use it every DAY!
My Preps, meetings, Notes, appointments, etc.
AND  I  GET  TO  USE  MY  FLAIR  PENS!  🙂
One PAD lasts 2 years! Â
I LOVE MINE!Â
I do MATH Calendar after lunch.
We go back to number of days in school, place value, etc.
This begins my REVIEW of math concepts BEFORE we begin anything new!
We count to 120 by 5’s & 10’s ..2’s to 50 at the end of the year.
This is my FAVORITE!



It ALL begins with Calendar TIME.
Check it out on PINTEREST and TPT!
Wendy

We get a “Literacy” DO-OVER : Modeled / Interactive Writing
2023 is the Year of LITERACY!
Because 2022 was so BAD….we get DO-OVER!
We get a “LITERACY ” do-Over”!






Rethinking Literacy in 2023
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Ready to UPDATE your literacy block?Â
Balanced Literacy: Here is your NEW YEAR’s PLAN!
*DISCLAIMER…Â I know the Science of Reading is the NEW “go-to” for teaching Reading.
I AM NOT AN EXPERT! I am learning. I have been teaching reading to FIRST GRADERS for 30+ Years. AND I AM ALWAYSÂ LEARNING. SO… I hope YOU are open to new ideas & “reusing” OLD ideas to help our “littles” learn. If this helps YOU – Yeah! ( Jan. 2022).Â
The Why? The What? and The How?
This Week:Â Shared / Interactive Writing
Balanced literacy has been defined as “an approach designed to help individual students learn how to process a variety of increasingly challenging texts with understanding and fluency.” (Fountas & Pinnell, 2001)
It is an approach to teaching. NOT a curriculum. It is HOW we teach our students to be independent readers and writers. It is NOT what books we use to teach them.
Balanced Literacy has been defined in “components” or “pieces” of literacy instruction.
This series will focus on the components of a complete BALANCED LITERACY program. We will focus on clear and concise definitions. Definitions that educators can discuss in collaboration.
A “common language” where we can learn from each other and with each other.
The 8 components we will focus on are:
- Read Alouds
- Shared Reading
- Guided Reading
- Independent Reading
- Modeled / Interactive Writing
- Shared Writing
- Guided Writing / Writer’s Workshop
- Word Work
Each week we will focus on one area of Balanced Literacy and share experiences, teacher tips, and resources to support and expand our Balanced Literacy repertoire.
BALANCED LITERACY
This week:Â Â Shared / Interactive Writing.
This week we jump into Shared & Interactive Writing!
You can’t THINK of Writing without thinking …
LUCYÂ CALKINS and others.
Shared Writing
During shared writing, the teacher transcribes the entire text while engaging students in a rich discussion about how the text should be composed.
- Shared writing is taught to small groups or a whole class in briskly paced, 5- to 20-minute lessons.
- First, develop and extend children’s background and language knowledge on a topic or experience of interest.
- Establish a purpose for the writing and an intellectually engaging opportunity for students to apply new learning. Students might write a letter to a local newspaper or write directions for a new game they have developed.
- Write the entire text yourself in front of students (using chart paper or document viewer) while requesting input from students regarding aspects of the writing where they most need to expand their expertise.
Think about what you have just read.
Ready to expand? Here you go!
- During the writing, model processes needed by your students. Have a small whiteboard available, for example, to demonstrate to students how to say a word slowly and write sounds heard into “sound boxes” (Clay, 2006) before writing a phonetically regular word into the text for them.Â
- Demonstrate in-the-moment revision during shared writing as necessary to construct a strong draft. Reread the text to students from time to time to discuss what needs to be written next to or to monitor whether or not the text conveys information clearly.
- Do not deliberately make errors during shared writing. Model the immediate construction of a high-quality draft.
- Read the completed text to students.
- Post the text in an accessible spot in the classroom, and provide opportunities for students to read or use the text multiple times over the next several days or weeks.
Shared writing is a process teachers use to help children to understand how to write a particular kind of text and to provide them with a model piece of writing to emulate. It involves a teacher producing some text on the board with input from the class. The students ” discuss and collaborate” while the teacher is the scribe.
The main difference between shared and interactive writing is who is holding the pen. In shared writing, the teacher holds the pen and serves as the scribe. The teacher also serves the roles of… summarizer of ideas, questioner, and prompting for quick decisions on spelling and print concepts.
Interactive Writing
Interactive writing is a cooperative event in which
teachers and children jointly compose and write text.
Not only do they share the decision about what they
are going to write, they also share the duties of
the scribe. The teacher uses the interactive writing session to model reading and writing strategies as he or she engages children in creating text.
Through questioning and direct instruction, the teacher focuses
the children’s attention on the conventions of
print such as spaces between words, left-to-right
and top-to-bottom directionality, capital letters,
and punctuation. Clay (1979)
These literacy posts may help in YOUR Balanced Literacy journey.
These Interactive Writing resource books for TEACHERS may be helpful for YOUR reading.
So…Leave me a comment… What does INTERACTIVE WRITING look like in YOUR classroom?
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625 Valentine Cards??? Where do we Put them ALL?
 VALENTINE  CARDS
It’s that time of year when we share Valentine cards!
Kindness cards, Friendship Celebrations, Valentine Parties
Whatever YOUR site chooses to call it.
IT’S Â HERE! Let the Valentine Card sharing begin!
The time of year when we color,cut & glue
to show our FRIENDS Â that WE LOVE THEM!
Pinterest has LOTS ( I mean LOTS )
of Valentine IDEAS!
These are a few from one of my collaborative Pinterest boards



Valentine STEM Activity fro The Trendy Science Teacher
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Valentine Resources
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WE LOVE VALENTINE’S DAY!
But WHAT TO DO WITH ALL OF THOSE VALENTINE CARDS???
How to MANAGE them ALL?
2 days before our “Friendship Celebration”…
*We are NOT allowed to call it a VALENTINE celebration
(separation of CHURCH/STATE thing..)
we make our BAGS!
Now I have done LOTS & LOTS & LOTS of different types of cardholders…
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But I think the MOST important thing to remember is…
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THEM?
If you have 25 students…these take up a LOT of space!
So the choice is yours!
Just remember…
ALWAYS…ALWAYS…make 1 extra!
(That student who was absent on CRAFTY day…will want a bag on PARTY day!)
ALSO….
Have your kiddos write THEIR NAME ONLY on the cards.
One in each bag…PLOP..PLOP…PLOP!
NO need to MATCH their friend’s name to the bag.
One for EVERYONE!
When we open our bags…we say THANK YOU to each person who gave us a card!
MANNERS COUNT!
So good luck.
Check your CRAFTING SUPPLIES.
Find out where you want them to be …they will be there for two whole days.
AND enjoy!
Don’t forget to make one for yourself!
I am sure your kiddos will have “TREATS” for you too!
Do you NEED a few more Centers for Valentine’s Day?



Can You Make 10? Valentine Math Canter



Missing Addends Math Center for Valentine’s Day



109 pages of Math Task Cards for Valentine’s Math Center
Happy Friendship Day!
Wendy