Election Fun!

Halloween took all of our love and affection for a good portion of October, which I adored! BUT now that it is over, we have had a chance to leave our candy brains behind and give attention to another topic.

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!!! 

Let me tell you, this has been SO fun! This is the first time these littles are probably going to remember an election. A few weekends back a 2nd grade teacher friend and I were at a relaxing cabin weekend and decided to make an election unit. So here goes...

We have been using our Time for Kids to learn about the candidates. And we watched a video from Scholastic with small bios about them. We learned about their birthday, family, favorite foods, and sports. All the important stuff :) Then the kiddos filled out one of these papers to show me what they learned and I was a happy little teacher to say the least!

I love the drawings here!

"Love you" for both--too sweet

You can get a FREE download of this candidate paper HERE!

Our school did an early mock vote using an online site so we needed to learn about the candidates quickly. Once we finished that, we began to discuss what they would do if they became president. They wrote a little something and then created these ADORABLE signs that were inspired by THIS!!!

Ok, I am off to enjoy my weekend!

Welcome to First Grade!

So I am a bit late to the blog party but better late than never.... Anyways, wanted to share with all of you some classroom pictures. Who doesn't love classroom pictures, RIGHT???? 

Front of the class. You can even see some of Cara Carroll's schedule cards from First Grade Parade that she is sweet enough to give away for FREE!!! I mean absolutely FREE. I am obsessed with her blog and check it every night sometimes :). 

I hang the kiddos work up on this board. They each have a hot air balloon with a clothes pin and their name. It took me FOREEEEVER to come up with a saying to go with but I love "get carried away" and could not stop telling my co-workers about it! ***Please forgive the baby blue walls, it is an old school and has so many unique qualities :)***

 Forgive the word wall, it is still learning some new words :)

The class meeting area with our class calendar. Soon I will be posting a calendar pack that we will add skills to and continue to challenge my little firsties' brains. So be on the look out!

Also have my first product in my TPT store!! WooHoo!!! It's FREE of course! Get it HERE

Be back in a couple days with more!!!