100th Day Hooray!

We celebrated our 100th Day on Friday.

It was so much fun!

We completed a challenge of writing 100 words!! 

Created art with the number 100.

The students LOVED drawing what they'll look like when they are 100 years old. 

So funny!

We also wrote about things that we would want 100 of... 

footballs, dollars, hamsters, penguins, puppies, unicorns, and more!

Here are some things we would NOT 100 of...

bananas, bees, spider, and snakes. 

We loved wearing our 100th Day hats around school. 

The students couldn't believe they could wear them to lunch! ha!

We also did some dancing, counting, and cooking a special 100th Day Snack (pretzel rod and mini bagels). 

Super proud of my kindergarten friends who have grown in so many ways this year!!!

Need more 100th Day inspiration?

Check out my 100th Day board:

Scrapbook Turkeys

I {love, love love} these scrapbook turkeys and the little turkeys who made them!

I will never forget how excited I was when I came up with this idea a few years ago...

 and the project never disappoints! 

{super cute turkeys of all different shapes and sizes, strutting their funky feathers!}

It is impossible to walk past these turkeys and not smile! 

Click {here} or {here} or {here} to see these funny birds over the years...

A variety of turkey signs are included in this pack:

Check out some other ideas I have pinned for November. 

A my name is ...

The students loved creating these scrapbook portraits. 

They turned out SO cute!

We have been practicing our words  my and is...

So we added this writing to the back.

K Friends,

Read these sentences to your family! 

Love, 

This digital slideshow made with Smilebox

Mrs. Rider 

WOW! I just adore these...

I am so happy that I have had the chance to read Of Primary Importance. It is a wonderful book about Writer's Workshop... and classroom community. I have also had the chance to learn from the {amazing} author, Ann Marie Corgill, first hand at a literacy workshop, through conversations, and during a recent webinar she hosted. 

If you have not read her book -you MUST check it out here.

I love that Ann Marie focuses on creating a community of writers and putting CHILDREN at the focus of our teaching :)

One idea she shared in her book was making self-portraits that hang in the classroom all year. I absolutely love watching my students as they create these. I also love walking into my classroom and seeing their gorgeous faces! A reminder of what is most important- THEM!!!

We make these portraits by drawing with soft pencil lines, outlining in black Sharpie marker, adding color with oil pastels, and filling the background with liquid watercolor paint. 

CHECK OUT EACH STUDENT'S SELF-PORTRAIT BELOW:

Free digital slideshow made with Smilebox  Ann Marie Corgill has two blogs that I love to read: Corgill Kids AM Literacy Learning Log She also recently hosted a GREAT webinar. Check that out HERE!!!