Plans for a very short week!

It's true.
God spake saying all teachers deserve a break this Halloween...
at least the teachers in my district!
Woot!
I don't even care that my "fall break" is only two days...
because one of those days is Halloween and the other is the day before Halloween!
Can you hear the angels trumpeting?!
PTL People!!

But we still have 3 days, so here's what we're up to! You'll see lots of practice with rulers...because we really need lots of practice holding and using them! I always forget how hard it is for 7 year olds to handle rulers!

This year I stuck strictly to pumpkins-no bats, no owls, no spiders... not that I didn't want to teach those things, we just have no leeway in our day this year! Right now the only reading instruction is during groups and we have required programs for that time, so pumpkins it is! Which is perfectly ok! I have used the heck out of my Pumpkin No Prep printables!
But you can see I am throwing in a little Frankenstein tomorrow for some extra measurement practice! I snagged a pile of paint chips tonight at Lowe's to make these little guys and figured I could fit some more measuring in!

(source http://parentables.howstuffworks.com/slideshows/nesting/13-frightfully-fun-halloween-crafts-make-kids/page/10/)

I'm also using an activity from my Nightsong book companion tomorrow in science. I love this game! I partner the kids up-one's the bat, the other is the moth. The bat is blindfolded and the moth makes clicking sounds. The bat has to guess the direction the sound is coming from...it really is fun, and hard!
These peter pumpkin eater activities were a hit and hilarious! If you follow me on Instagram, you've seen the interesting writing! haha!

and this work of art as well! Wow! 

I'd love to see what you're doing, so link up with Deedee too!

Things that go bump in the night! A HUGE giveaway!

October is the time of year when the creepy crawlies come out!!! Kids are fascinated to learn all about these creatures!! It's the perfect time of year to dive into a little Non- Fiction palooza with your crew. A few of us are teaming up to  bring you some our very favorite resources we've created  to help you teach all about bats, owls, and spiders this month!

Check out the amazing packs we're offering up below!

Eeeek!!! Spiders!

All About Bats & All About Spiders 

Bat Science & Stellaluna Book Study

Nightsong Book Companion Pack

October Fact Files

Little Owl's Night & Whooo Is In The Family

We're keeping this one real easy. You can enter quickly using the Raffeclopter below. We'll each be giving away our packs to a winner and one lucky winner will win them ALL!! The giveaway is open through midnight on Tuesday. We can't wait to see whoooo all our sweet winners will be! :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This week in my class and vote for me!

and here’s this week’s newsletter! New month-new graphics! yay!

and here’s a little rundown of last week-minus our Day of the Dead activities because I keep forgetting to take pictures!!

our precious spiders and more research. They really did a bang up job with the papers! The spiders {also from Amy} are a different story! I feel for some of them! Oh yea-I may have entered our board in a contest! Hey, why don’t you click the picture and pin or like our board!?!

my treammie’s Halloween board. She used pumpkin adjectives pack from Kelley at the Teacher Idea Factory {that’s my middle Lamb’s clever one}

as you can see-I did a good job convincing the kiddos to love bats too! data printables from Cara Carroll

directed drawings of webs from a field trip, spider research courtesy of Amy Lemons, and solid, liquid, gas potions from my pack

Our ESL teacher’s altar for her father

and here’s what’s left after a “candy skulls” cookie decorating party! They squeezed the heck out of the gel!