HAPPINESS IS WATERMELON SHAPED!: Massachusetts in the American Revolution

Happy Tuesday from sunny Delray Beach, Florida! In addition to enjoying a wonderful vacation, I'm linking up with Forever in Fifth Grade for:

http://foreverinfifthgrade.blogspot.com/2017/04/show-tell-tuesday-its-testing-season.html

Flamingo Love

Before I loved watermelons, I was obsessed with flamingos. While walking down scenic Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach where I'm currently on vacation, I spotted this in a store window:

If I used an umbrella, I would definitely want this one!

Click here to see LOTS of flamingo gifts! These would be great for Mother's Day gifts, too!

Using Canva to Make Covers for TPT/Social Media

Yesterday was an official holiday in Massachusetts and Maine only ~ it was Patriot's Day ~ to celebrate the start of the American Revolution. I'm also in the process of developing a new TPT product centered around this major event, and I made this cover product on Canva.

Worth Sharing

I do love my Instagram (click here to follow me). This post by Guide~Teach~Inspire touched my heart so I wanted to pass it along:

In closing...

Today we're going on an airboat tour of the Everglades ~ this will be my third time going ~ have you been there?

Thanks for visiting today ~ have a terrific day!

Just think ~ if you lived in Massachusetts or Maine, you would have an official Monday holiday to observe Patriots' Day to honor the first battles of the Revolutionary War. In Wisconsin, schools are supposed to educate students about this important event in American history. I'm feeling lucky to live in Massachusetts these days.

I'm also lucky to link up with Doodle Bugs for:

http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/2017/04/five-for-friday-april-14th.html

Morning Messages

This week we continued on with suffixes and Douglas Florian poetry:

On Display in the Hallway

The kids made these adorable cloud/fraction crafts (you can check this activity out here):

To supplement, I cut out my Doug Florian poems from my Morning Messages ~ adorable! Special thanks to Mrs. Borselli for hanging out the clouds!

Student Authors!

A few weeks ago I read New Nonsense from the North ~ a book written by third graders:

My students - Isabella, Sierra and Paige - loved this book so much that they made their own version at recess, no less! I thought it was so original and creative that I had to feature it here!

Massachusetts in the American Revolution

We have started learning all about the reasons for the American Revolution like the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party:

I'm in the process of making a new Powerpoint to accompany this new chapter in Social Studies.

Amazing You Tube History Videos Using Legos!

Thanks to my students who have their very own You Tube channels, I decided to investigate myself and came up this perfect video about the Boston Massacre: