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<p>I&#8217;m just finishing up my Valentine&#8217;s Day Mini Unit.&nbsp; I&#8217;m so excited about it that I couldn&#8217;t wait.&nbsp; So I&#8217;ve decided to give you a FREE sneak peek.&nbsp; In a few days I&#8217;ll post up the link for the whole unit.&nbsp; But for today, here&#8217;s a FREE 3 page sneak peek. This lesson also includes &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/valentines-day-freebie/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">abo

<p>Yup, it&#8217;s Groundhog day. This is just a quick post today.&nbsp; Check out the FREE printables over at activity village. Click here to go get your freebies!</p>

<p>Well we finally had a bit of Winter here in Vancouver.  We actually had a week of snow.  Although we are in Canada, most of the Winter Sports, here in Vancouver, are done inside; especially ice skating.   At my school, every year the kids go skating. We go 3 classes at a time, and 3 &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/skating-booklet-freebie/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Skating Booklet</span></a></p>

<p>We made another set of Inchies last week.&nbsp; This time it&#8217;s Winter Inchies Click Here to check out my post on our Fall Inchies. I got the idea from a fabulous Art Teaching Blog by a fabulous Canadian Art Teacher.&nbsp; Go check out That Artist Woman. Of course my lesson was modified to fit the &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/winter-inchies/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Winter Inchies!</span></a></p>

<p>Here on the West Coast of Canada we have a lot of immigrants from Asia.  This means that there are a lot of asians in Vancouver.  There are many big Celebrations for Chinese New Year.  Some people prefer to use the more inclusive Lunar New Year, as many other countries in Asia, like Vietnam, also celebrate &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/chinese-new-year-lesson-ideas/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Chinese New Year Lesso

<p>Check out these adorable Cardinals.&nbsp; My students made them the last week before Chrismtas so that I didn&#8217;t have to take down EVERY piece of art and send it home.&nbsp; It was nice to come back in January and not have blank walls all over the classroom.&nbsp; I must confess that this is not my &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/winter-cardinals/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Winter Cardinals</span></a></p>

<p>Wow &#8211; has it really been two months since my last post???  Well, things have been very crazy at my house.  A few days after my last post, our basement flooded and it&#8217;s been a nightmare.   My crafting room is in the basement &#8211; need I say any more?  If you are curious, check out &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/im-baaaaaacckkk/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about When your home floods&#8230;</span></a></p>

<p>This unit plan includes two big books, a shape book, a pattern book, and a finger play poem with language and art activities. This unit is language based, and includes lesson on reading, writing, singing, fingerplays and art. There are basic vocabulary lessons for Fall, Thanksgiving, and colours. There’s 35 pages of instructions and blackline &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/new-unit-plan-for-sale/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text"

<p>Friday, November 11, is Remembrance Day here in Canada.&nbsp; Like Vetran&#8217;s Day, in the United States, it is a day to remember those who have fought for their country.&nbsp; Poppies are the symbol of remembrance for many countries. &nbsp; In our class we made&nbsp;two art projects this week. Both of these ideas came from Gail, &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/in-remembrance/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about In Remembr

<p>I stumbled upon this great story on bullying and I want to share it with all of you teachers out there. A teacher was teaching her class about bullying and gave them the following exercise to perform. She had the children take a piece of paper and told them to crumple it up, stomp on &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/i-stumbled-upon-this-great-story-on/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about A Great Lesson About Bullying</span></a

<p>I&#8217;m sure you all know the story Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.&nbsp; It was always one of my favourite stories as a child.&nbsp;&nbsp; Remember I told you that I work in an amazing school?&nbsp; Well yesterday, I walked out of my classroom to find this amazing bulletin board.&nbsp; It was put together &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/wild-things/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Wild Things!!!</span></a>

<p>Do you think that studying grammar is important in early literacy???&nbsp;&nbsp; I think it definitely has a place. For my own grade two class, which is highly ESL, I find that these kinds of exercises are really good for them.&nbsp; They are old enough, and have 2 years of English schooling, in order to understand &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/simple-halloween-freebie/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about A Simple Halloween

<p>I happen to work in a fabulous school.&nbsp; I feel very lucky&nbsp;to&nbsp;not only&nbsp; have a fantastic group of kids to work with, but&nbsp;also a phenomenal staff to work with.&nbsp; I work in a wing that has four classrooms and this year we have two grade one classes and two grade two classes.&nbsp; The four teachers &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/haunted-silhouettes/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Haunted Silhou

<p>Well I&#8217;ve gotten myself organized and I&#8217;m posting my first  download.  I&#8217;m using Teachers Pay Teachers. Click on the photo above or click here for the link This little download has 4 mini books about falling leaves and signs of fall.  It&#8217;s perfect for your 4 levels of guided reading in a grade 1 class.  &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/my-first-free-download-and-its-free/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">ab

<p>Welcome to my newest blog.&nbsp; My latest addiction these days is following other teacher&#8217;s blogs.&nbsp; It may have taken me awhile, but I finally decided to take another leap into blog land.&nbsp; So here&#8217;s it is.&nbsp; Ta-DAAAA!!1&nbsp;&nbsp; Welcome (again) to Sandra&#8217;s Savvy Teaching Tips.&nbsp; Today I&#8217;m&nbsp;sharing&nbsp;a wonderful art project called INCHIES.&nbsp; I found the idea &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/cute-fall-art