Let's Get To The Point: Edible Pencils!
Even easier than the “Owl Miss You” gift for students, is this pencil treat.
I first saw it last September on Pinterest as a back to school lunch box tuck in, as well as a teacher gift.
So if you are looking for a teacher appreciation gift, or wanting to make something for all of the volunteers that helped you, this would fit the bill for that too.
Again, I saw it pinned about a dozen times, tweaked in different ways, by different people, being used for different things, so if this was your original idea, please let me know and I will give you credit and link to your site.
I too, am tweaking it, to be used as an end-of-the-year gift for your kiddo’s, and adding a poetic note that you can attach.
The above people all used Rolo’s, but I found that there are several other rolls of things that you can wrap with yellow construction paper to make the pencil.
I used Sweetarts, because I found them at Walgreens on special 2 for $1.
You can buy the 2 different flavors of Mentos as well as Rolo’s by the box at Sam’s Club too.
If you use card stock instead of construction paper and pre-make the rolls instead of wrapping a candy roll, you can really cut down the cost, by dropping 7-8 Hershey kisses down the tube, or bubble gum or whatever other candy you find on sale.
If you do use a roll of candy, measure your candy roll so that you can wrap it.
Leave enough room at the “pencil writing end” to insert a Hershey’s kiss. The eraser end will simply remain open.
Cut strips of pink construction paper for the eraser part and glue the strip to the end of the pencil BEFORE you wrap the candy.
Snip off the flag of the kiss and put it at the other end of the pencil.
Just an FYI, when you are making your rolls, make sure that you are not wrapping them too tightly around the roll of candy, otherwise the kiss will not fit in the end.
I had a hard time shoving my kiss into the point after I wrapped the sweetarts.
The Mentos were a bit wider, but still not as wide as a kiss. You also don’t want it too loose, or the kiss will drop out.
I ended up adding a glue dot to the end to make sure the kisses stayed put.
For a bit more pizzazz, print off the U R Sharp! labels. Put a sheet of Avery (30-on-a-page) labels in your printer. Trim and press on the pencils.
Run off the notes, sign them and tuck everything in a Baggie. You may even want to include a real pencil.
I also made "You're sharp!" 10-on-a-page praise cards that you can cut 2 slits in and insert a pencil. This is the sweet clip art of Laura Strickland from My Cute Graphics.
Click on the link to view/download U R Sharp Candy Pencil Gift
Do you have an end-of-the-year gift that you give your students? I’d enjoy hearing from you! diane@teachwithme.com or post a comment here.
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Owl Miss You! Sweet treats and special end-of-the-year student gift ideas...
Are you looking for a quick, easy and not too expensive little something to give your students at the end of the year?
I designed an “Owl Miss You” themed-packet of items I think you might enjoy.
I really like playing with words, and when I was surfing the net for owl clip art I came across that cute saying about a dozen or so times.
I like to give credit where credit is due, so if you are the originator of this sweet saying, let me know and I’ll post your name as well as link up to your site and whatever idea you had that you used it with.
In the meantime, candy is always a big hit with students and since I have a membership at both Costco and Sam’s Club I can buy in bulk and save.
The Dollar Store is also a great place to get goodies as well as Walmart. Simply watch ads for Dollar Day Deals all spring and summer long too.
Buy a box of Hershey’s milk chocolate candy bars.
Run off my “Owl miss you!” candy bar wrapper on tan construction paper, leave it as is, or add some color with markers or crayons.
Personalize them by writing your students’ names on the heart balloon.
Wrap the bars and seal them shut with a large heart or smilie sticker, or print off my owl labels by putting a sheet of large, Avery (30-on-a-page) labels in your printer.
These adorable owls on the labels, are from Laura Strickland's My Cute Graphic's clipart collection.
For added pizzazz, choose one of the owl bookmarks and tuck one inside the candy bar before you wrap it.
I also like to send home a variety of “Don’t forget!” kinds of things that my students can have fun reviewing over the summer.
I’ve included owl-themed traceable skip counting cards by 2’s, 3’s, 5’s and 10’s as well as counting cards from 1-30.
There are also cards for the alphabet, ordinal numbers, days of the week, and colors.
I've also made a note from the teacher as well.
Click on the link to view/download I’ll Be Missing You! Owl-themed packet
Scroll down for article #2, another end-of-the-year, easy gift idea: You’re A Sharp Student.
Thanks For The Memories…
Are you looking for a nice keepsake for your students or an interesting end-of-the-year writing prompt?
How about making a keepsake booklet? This makes a nice Daily 5 activity, or do the booklet as a whole group for your writing or reading block.
You can also send it home to be worked on during the summer.
Whether you send this home for students to work on with their families, or do a page or 2 each day during the last week of school, this booklet is sure to make a wonderful keepsake of the year your students were in your grade.
I've included cover pages for pre-school, young fives, kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades, + a blank page for others to fill in their grade level.
Add photographs of students and their best friends to make the booklet even more special and allow time for children to pass their booklets around to gather autographs.
To expedite things, why not run off an extra copy of the master autograph pages and have everyone, including yourself, sign the page and then simply run off enough copies for each student to include in their booklet.
Click on the link to view/download School Memories Keepsake Booklet
I hope all your memories were marvelous!
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Learning With Owies!
It’s that time of year to haul out the Band-Aide box as children are coming in from the playground with scraped knees and elbows and a variety of other boo-boo’s.
It’s also a nice time to review all of the letters of the alphabet to make sure your students are retaining what you’ve taught them.
What better way to do that than with Band-Aides!
I made a boo-boo alphabet, using that “must-have” first aid equipment that a teacher simply can’t be without, and decided to turn the letters into an alphabet booklet that would reinforce parts of the body, which is a Y5 report card standard.
I had to get a little creative with some of the letters, but I think you’ll find this unique ABC book interesting and fun.
Simply make one for yourself as a teacher’s copy, and read it to your students or use them as flashcards, or print off copies for your entire class and use as a whole group writing/reading center.
It’s also a fun activity to send home for the summer.
Click on the link to view/download Band-Aide Alphabet booklet
A great companion to this is My Owie booklet.
Students cut and glue the matching numbered pictures to the correct boxes in their booklet.
This is a nice way to review parts of the body.
It's also a cute booklet to send home with a child who has gotten hurt on the playground.
Also includes:
- A graphing extension
- 3 skill sheets
- Dr. Simon Says Game
- 2 songs to review body parts
- 9 word-wall word flashcards with 7 picture cards and a cover-card to make an Itty Bitty booklet
- An Accident Report-form letter to send home to parents +
- An art Band-Aide activity to make, to use as a manipulative to use with the songs and game to learn/review parts of the body.
Click on the link to view/download My Owie booklet packet
Thanks for visiting. Do try and pop in tomorrow for more ideas and tips. How do you handle boo-boo's when they happen in your class? I'd enjoy hearing from you! diane@teachwithme.com or feel free to post a comment here. Thanks in advance for making the time to do that.
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Until next time may all of your boo-boo's truly be healed with a kiss and hug!
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In The Good Ole Summer Time
When I think of summer I think of sunglasses.
I found this cute clip art and I thought what could I do with this?
As Dr. Seuss would say, A few “thinks” later, and I had several new things for you to do with your students!
My Sunglasses is an easy reader where students trace and write the color and number words, circle the number in the sequence and then color the sunglasses.
Number 10 has a twist. I’ve also included a graphing extension.
Click on the link to view/download My Sunglasses.
Do a few of your little ones still not have a handle on those 3-D shapes, or have you just begun to introduce them for next year’s kindergartners?
Then Seeing 3-D Shapes Through My Sunglasses is perfect for you.
Click on the link to view/download Seeing 3-D Shapes with sunglasses!
Next, there are a variety of ways you can use 20-Summer-Sun Compound Word Sunglasses.
You can run off and laminate the puzzle cards and have students put them together as a center.
I’ve included directions for a variety of games that you can play with them such as Memory Match Concentration or “I Have; Who Has?”
They are great as worksheets. So that you can program the glasses with other lessons, to reinforce more report card standards and practice other skills, such as skip counting, subtraction or addition equations, shapes etc. I’ve included a blank set of sunglasses.
Have students cut the sunglass pages apart, put them in alphabetical order, trace the words, collate the pages and make a booklet.
Click on the link to view/download Summer-Sun Compound Word Sunglasses
Finally, ABC Sunglasses are traceable upper and lowercase letter pages that can be made into a booklet or used as separate worksheets.
Again, there’s a blank set of sunglasses so that you can program your own skillsheets. i.e., Write only the uppercase letters in and have students fill in the lowercase letters, or write in the lowercase letters, and have students fill in the uppercase ones.
I’ve also made the sunglass letters into puzzles. Color the sunglasses, laminate them and cut the pieces apart on the puzzle lines.
Besides a puzzle center activity, I’ve also included a list of game ideas you can use the pieces for as well.
Click on the link to view/download ABC Sunglasses.
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Do you have an end-of the year activity you do with your students? I’d enjoy hearing from you: diane@teachwithme.com or leave a comment here, especially if you use one of my ideas. Thanks in advance for taking the time. I hope these activity sunglasses are fun for your students, and your remaining days with them are made in the shade!
For your convenience, I reposted 3 of my visitors "favorite" articles from last year:
Let's Have A Pet Parade, Sweet Summer Dreamin' Pillowcases, & Thanking Volunteers.
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