Family Projects

Each month I have my students complete a family project.  They LOVE them!  It is a great way to get families involved in their child's education.  I also see my students' speaking skills improve throughout the year.

As part of the Common Core standards, students are expected to practice speaking and listening.  I have my students present their projects to the class once they are completed.  They will beg me all day about when we will present.  It is so adorable!

For February, I had my students create a Valentine box or bag at home to use at our Valentine's Day party.  I have to say this was probably one of the best things I chose to do.  We never have much time to complete activities like this in class (even though I would love to), so allowing them to be creative and get into their projects at home was awesome!  I was so impressed with all the ideas! Check out what they did below! 

How do you decorate Valentine card holders in your class? 

Valentine's Day

I sure am spoiled at my school!! I have awesome parents and students in my class.  I was given so many goodies and I am so grateful!  They sure know how to make me feel special:)

We made Valentine bags for our goodies.  I have a pet named Tiki (she's a cat) so we made Valentine kitty cats for our bags! They turned out so good. It is so much fun to see their progress of making things throughout the year.  It definitely helps them with their fine motor skills which then helps them be better writers!