Christmas Color By Number

Fresh off the printer! These color by number pages will get your students in the holiday spirit AND help them practice numbers and color words at the same time! Each Coloring page comes in two versions. A single digit version and a teen number version to help you differentiate instruction.

Available NOW! Click HERE to get yours today!

Happy Coloring,

Jessie

Christmas Color By Number

Fresh off the printer! These color by number pages will get your students in the holiday spirit AND help them practice numbers and color words at the same time! Each Coloring page comes in two versions. A single digit version and a teen number version to help you differentiate instruction.

Available NOW! Click HERE to get yours today!

Happy Coloring,

Jessie

Oh Christmas Tree!

I saw this super cute cooperative Christmas Tree project on Pinterest and HAD TO TRY IT! It was super easy to set up and gave each student a chance to get creative!

Supplies I used....
1. Three different shades of green card stock paper
2. Ribbon, I used silver and red because that is what I had
3. Glitter Foam (Cut into small pieces for ornaments)
4. Colored circle stickers, construction paper, random sequins from the craft bin

6. GLITTER. SO. MUCH. GLITTER.

The first thing I did was take the 8 ½ by 11 construction paper and cut each piece into triangles. All I did was measure 4 ¼ inches at the top of each page and made a small dot, then connected the dot to the bottom corners of the page. Annnndd whaalaa! Perfect Triangles for this tree! I gave each student a triangle to decorate, went over expectations, and modeled how to use the objects provided. After that, I told them to get creative and make a beautiful tree!

I absolutely love how each student’s unique artistic style is displayed as we all worked together to create one stunning project!

I also LOVED that I was able to fit so much academic “stuff” into this one project! Fine motor skills, colors, shapes, measurement, patterns, team work, and more! The best part, it only took about 50 minutes from start to finish! I highly recommend this project!

What are some of your favorite Christmas Crafts? I’m always looking for fresh ideas!

Happy crafting,

Jessie

Oh Christmas Tree!

I saw this super cute cooperative Christmas Tree project on Pinterest and HAD TO TRY IT! It was super easy to set up and gave each student a chance to get creative!

Supplies I used....
1. Three different shades of green card stock paper
2. Ribbon, I used silver and red because that is what I had
3. Glitter Foam (Cut into small pieces for ornaments)
4. Colored circle stickers, construction paper, random sequins from the craft bin

6. GLITTER. SO. MUCH. GLITTER.

The first thing I did was take the 8 ½ by 11 construction paper and cut each piece into triangles. All I did was measure 4 ¼ inches at the top of each page and made a small dot, then connected the dot to the bottom corners of the page. Annnndd whaalaa! Perfect Triangles for this tree! I gave each student a triangle to decorate, went over expectations, and modeled how to use the objects provided. After that, I told them to get creative and make a beautiful tree!

I absolutely love how each student’s unique artistic style is displayed as we all worked together to create one stunning project!

I also LOVED that I was able to fit so much academic “stuff” into this one project! Fine motor skills, colors, shapes, measurement, patterns, team work, and more! The best part, it only took about 50 minutes from start to finish! I highly recommend this project!

What are some of your favorite Christmas Crafts? I’m always looking for fresh ideas!

Happy crafting,

Jessie

More Than Just a Clip Card

My students LOVE clip cards that are cute and easy to read. In my classroom, we use clip cards as more than just a one student silent work. We get creative and make learning FUN! Some examples of how we use these cards....

1. Standard Clip Card Center - 1-2 students work to clip the correct answer at a center

2. Clip Card Game - 2-4 students work together, cards face down in a stack with clips in storage bin, one student flips the first card over and the first student to say the correct answer gets to clip and keep the card. The player with the most cards at the end of the game wins! 

3. Warm-up matching game -  This is done whole group or small group. I hand out one card to each student face down, and they need to find a student with a card that has the same number of syllables as their card. So if student A has “island” and student B has “taco” then they are a match because both words are two syllables! They stand with their partner at the finish line and then share whole group once everyone has a partner. 

*Added challenge is to play this game with no talking! 

4. Small group lesson - This one is teacher directed. I do this with 5-7 students in a group. I gather them around a table or on the circle rug and I hold up the cards one at a time. I ask the students to count out the syllables from the picture. Then I let them clip the correct number and display it on the board. This is a quick, yet effective, practice activity for your students! 

These awesome cards can do SO MUCH MORE than just one thing. 

What creative ideas do YOU have for clip cards? 

Get this set of clip cards AND printable syllable activities  HERE

Happy Clipping, 

Jessie 

More Than Just a Clip Card

My students LOVE clip cards that are cute and easy to read. In my classroom, we use clip cards as more than just a one student silent work. We get creative and make learning FUN! Some examples of how we use these cards....

1. Standard Clip Card Center - 1-2 students work to clip the correct answer at a center

2. Clip Card Game - 2-4 students work together, cards face down in a stack with clips in storage bin, one student flips the first card over and the first student to say the correct answer gets to clip and keep the card. The player with the most cards at the end of the game wins! 

3. Warm-up matching game -  This is done whole group or small group. I hand out one card to each student face down, and they need to find a student with a card that has the same number of syllables as their card. So if student A has “island” and student B has “taco” then they are a match because both words are two syllables! They stand with their partner at the finish line and then share whole group once everyone has a partner. 

*Added challenge is to play this game with no talking! 

4. Small group lesson - This one is teacher directed. I do this with 5-7 students in a group. I gather them around a table or on the circle rug and I hold up the cards one at a time. I ask the students to count out the syllables from the picture. Then I let them clip the correct number and display it on the board. This is a quick, yet effective, practice activity for your students! 

These awesome cards can do SO MUCH MORE than just one thing. 

What creative ideas do YOU have for clip cards? 

Get this set of clip cards AND printable syllable activities  HERE

Happy Clipping, 

Jessie 

Fa la la la la la la la la

Christmas is in the air with this new set of clip cards! Christmas Candy Counting Clip Cards (how's that for alliteration?) are super fun and will get your students into the holiday spirit while practice their number sense!

Get them here

Happy clipping,
Jessie