We started our day off with the number game during our morning meeting. We counted to 12 and whoever was number 12 had to sit down! We played until only one person was left! Counting. Number order. Fun. Giggles. Common core standards. Smarter not harder.
We read "The Twelve Cats of Christmas" and LAUGHED hysterically. Of course, there were 9 pussycats playing. So that caused some controversy. People, get this book. Read it. Sing it. Your kids will love it.
We brainstormed a list of all of the things we wanted 12 of! Can you guess which one is mine?!?! HMMM Again, we laughed and giggled as we were brainstorming. Isn't that the best sound? The genuine laughter of the monsters having fun and learning?!?!
And of course, we made hats! It is a kindergarten smorgasboard requirement that hats be involved! Our hats were made of 12 tropical holiday pictures! Crabs, flamingos, reindeer in sunglasses and a surfing Santa! These are the cutest! Go check them out! (My clip art obsesssion, Ashley Hughes, created them! Go see them here!)
We worked on our book of 12....we will finish it tomorrow so I will post pictures then!
We also came up with different ways to make 12. We colored palm trees decorated with Christmas lights and used our palm trees to make 12!
And finally, we enjoyed 12 snacks!! And then I sent the monsters home!
What did you do for 12-12-12?
Today it was 27 degrees so my little heater was chugging along trying to keep us toasty. Day 2 of no heat! BRRR!
Tomorrow we celebrate the 60th birthday of our school building. And in case you need more evidence ..my room is one of the original. 60 year old classroom. Someday, the earth that is behind the concrete blocks outside my classroom is going to come rushing through my room and the monsters and Mr. Greg are going to ride the wave of dirt...
And I am moving all of my files to the cloud to keep my laptop running fast. Um, me thinks me have a problem!? Or not!
I also just got this clip art. What should I make with it before everyone goes on break?! HMMMM Yes...Christmas clip art with my favorite...MUSTACHES!
And finally, did you go to McDonald's and get your $1.12 Big Mac?
Be sure to check out these 2 packs for a simple, fun and hands on (common core aligned!) activity for these last few manic days!!
I have twelve things to say about your post
ReplyDelete1. cute
2. your hats are to fricking die for
3. the heater is smart
4. your district admin should have their heat turned of at the distrcit office
5. pom-poms on the ceiling key-you-t
6. the moose is darling
7. what happens when google cloud loses your stuff?
8. can we go shopping soon? I need a "lady- sitter" to be with me and keep me laughing.
9. smarter not harder {love}
10. that's
11. all
12. folks
Well, I love all of your crazy hats so I took your idea of the 12-12-12 hat and made it my own. We glued 12 rhinestones on a die cut 12 and then glued that onto a sentence strip. Students then cut out 12 red and green ovals (Christmas ornaments) and wrote the number 12 on each. Then they counted 12 strips of yellow construction paper and glued the ornaments on the end. And THEN they glued these to the inside of the sentence strip so they flopped out and the number 12 showed on the ornaments. It was such a great activity! My struggling munchkins could tell me at the end of the day how to make a 12. SO EXCITING!!! I might email you a picture (I don't blog). Thank you so much for the inspiration! I love reading your blog.
ReplyDeleteHi Mr. Smedley!,
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog and I'm your newest follower. It's so nice to see a male lower grade teacher. I have always said we need more men teaching in elementary school (my school has quite a few). Kudos to you and keep up the excellent work.
Karen
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Ok I agree with Annie M What happens when the cloud freaks for a day or two, or even a week! I keep my stuff in flash drives and back them up on an external hard-drive cause I have had several of them freak out on me too. I lost all my electronic files last year and I just about cried.
ReplyDeleteOk, back to my regular comment Adorable, with a capital A! :)OMG I love that mustache tree. So funny. I loved the 12 hat, I forgot to make one. My kids did them last year for 11-11-11 and it totally escaped me this year.
Oh how I wish we could have heaters in our rooms. They have been outlawed by the district. :( I am forever cold and well, I've been lobbying with admin to sneak on in but no matter how much I try the answer always starts with that 2 letter word that starts with N. Lucky you.
M