A Lil' Bit of President's Day with some Valentine's on the Side

So the past week has been CRAZY with weather - snow and ice...mainly ICE.

 Last week was one of those weeks that you just survive. 

We were out on Monday for President's Day, out on Tuesday for weather (ice), school on Wednesday, delayed start (ice) AND in-house professional development on Thursday, and early dismissal (ice with a TINY bit of snow) on Friday.

Needless to say, all of the fun activities that I had planned for President's Day didn't happen. :(

We did, however, find the time on Wednesday to read the book Duck for President and talk about what we would do if we were President. (I intended to copy all of their ideas down onto a cute anchor chart to display, but time was not on my side!) Time did allow for a little flag craft and discussion!

We first examined the flag in our classroom and counted the stripes and stars.

Then, we made our own!

We added a little writing activity (of course!) to our flag and then displayed them in the hallway.

(I think he has the right idea!) 

So that is all that we accomplished for President's Day. 

Before I go, let me share some of our Valentine's Day boxes. I got the idea from Simply Kinder! You can check it out {here}. 

I have to say I was VERY surprised at how well these turned out! This was the first year that I have done anything like this. We usually just decorate white paper bags and call it a day. :)

All of them were WONDERFUL! You can tell that a lot of thought and time went into making them.

 Here are a few of my favorites:

I will DEFINITELY be doing this again! Thanks Jennifer from Simply Kinder!

One more thing....

can't leave out our BEE-utiful bees from Jennifer at First Grade Blue Skies!

I hope everyone has a Happy Monday! I will be enjoying yet another Snow (ICE) Day!

Valentine's Day!......better late than never ;)

After being gone from school for FOUR DAYS last week because of SNOW (this is Alabama people!), we came back today and began our Valentine's festivities. We played Valentine's Day themed math games and made a Valentine's Day craft. Tomorrow we will exchange cards and eat SUPER SPECIAL Valentine's Day snacks. :) Here are some pictures from our day!

 

First, we made these SUPER CUTE hats from First Grade Parade. The kiddos thought that they were the greatest thing! :) Super easy & Super fun!

 

Then, we played math games from a pack that I purchased from the Moffatt Girls. It is awesome! I just love print and go packs. :-) Click here to pick up your own copy!

 

Figuring out number bonds

 

 

 Measuring with a strip of hearts :) such a great follow-up to our unit on measurement!

 

 

 

Making use of my wonderful Wal-Mart find! Roll a couple of dice, add them up, and color the sum!

 

 

 

 

 Filling in Valentine's Day themed tens frames with teen numbers

 

 

My kinders had a blast today! Thank you ladies for your wonderful ideas. :)