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<p>Memorial Day is upon us.  This is traditionally the start of summer in many American minds.  As the end of another school year approaches, it seems that everywhere you look, at least in teacher circles, there is so much talk about ‘survival,’  ‘exhaustion’ and ‘just getting through’ the end of the year. Personally I have &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/5-year-end-ideas-for-teachers-to-help/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about

<p>I&#8217;ve got some new Earth Day product in my store. First up is my free craftivity. CLICK HERE Next up is my latest addition to the Class Book series. CLICK HERE And finally my Earth Day Mega Unit Over 100 pages of blacklines and printables. CLICK HERE or scroll down to check out the complete &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/earth-day-stuff/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Earth Day Lessons and Ideas for Primary</span><

<p>&nbsp; Last week I did this cute art activity about how to draw a cartoon butterfly. And I&#8217;ve put the lesson in my TPT store for FREE! &nbsp; CLICK HERE &nbsp; to go get your own copy. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I recently posted a complete mega unit about butterflies. This package contains lessons and &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/free-lesson-and-science-unit/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about FREE Lesson an

<p>Here&#8217;s another look at my Spring Poetry project. The image above is from one of my students this year. I used a die cutter to cut out the flowers and the kids made their own leaves.  I&#8217;m really happy with how they turned out. CLICK HERE if you are interested in your own FREE copy</p>

<p>Here&#8217;s a sampling of some of my Easter products. First up, the latest addition to my Class Book series is an Easter book called My Bunny. Here&#8217;s a no-prep class book activity to work on descriptive writing. There are 10 pages of brainstorming templates, and writing frames as well as blank lined pages for differentiated &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/interested-in-easter-products/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">abou

<p>I really love the book I&#8217;m Bored.  CLICK HERE to go to my store and get your own freebie.</p>

<p>Well I&#8217;ve been hit by the nastiest flu in a long time.  I&#8217;ve been pretty much bedridden for the past week.   So I apologize for this short post, but I finally got my St Patrick&#8217;s Day Class Book up in my store and I wanted to share it with you all. This package has &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/my-leprechaun-class-book/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about My Leprechaun Class Book</span></a></p>

<p>Come and check out my newly uploaded set of Powerpoints to teach about Pink Shirt Day. CLICK HERE to grab your own set. There&#8217;s a simple one for K/1 about Pink Shirt Day.  In case you aren&#8217;t Canadian, there&#8217;s one about Anti-bullying Day. And there&#8217;s a longer powerpoint which helps kids identify what is bullying &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/pink-shirt-day-is-tomorrow/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">abo

<p>We had a really busy week this week. We celebrated the 100th Day of School with a day full of fun. We counted to 100 MANY times &#8211; by ones, by fives, by 10&#8217;s. I really like this free online hundred&#8217;s chart by Splat Square. It makes a disgusting wet splat sound when you touch &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/hundreds-day-fun-and-linky/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Hundred&#8217;s Day and more fun stuff t

<p>Here&#8217;s a quick peek at my last week.  February is always a busy month for holidays and special days.We made these Dragons for Chinese New Year.  I don&#8217;t have a photo of the finished product, but they mounted them on black paper and they always look so stunning up on the bulletin board. Here&#8217;s a &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/last-week-in-snap/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Last Week in a Snap!</span><

<p>Just a quick post about my latest freebie.  It&#8217;s differentiated for all primary grades. CLICK HERE to grab your own copy.</p>

<p>Just a quick post about what went on my class last week.  All the kids were super chatty as they were so happy to see one another after 2 weeks apart.  We did, however, manage to get this cute craftivity done for New Years&#8217; CLICK HERE to check out my store for the top half. &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/peek-at-last-week/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Activities and Art for the first week after Winter Break</spa

<p>CLICK HERE Life Science can be a challenge to teach.  Materials and images may be hard to come by.  This package has tons of high quality images of each animal.  There is a simple mini book for each animal with real photos on each page.  This is complimented by several versions of outlines for children &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/my-first-growing-bundle/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Iconic Animals of America: Anima

<p>I&#8217;ve been furiously getting new products ready for this January.  If you are looking for products about new year&#8217;s resolutions, you should check these out.  Click on the photos below!  Scroll down for more information. And check out this FREEBIE below! If you are looking for a cute bulletin board idea, check out this product. &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/happy-new-years-eve/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about

<p>So I&#8217;ve been working a lot on adding science resources to my store.Each of the animals listed below are part of my Canadian Animal research bundle. I&#8217;ve chosen animals which are symbols of Canada to allow for a mix of Social Studies, and Science goals in one program.  You can get each of these animals &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/social-studies-and-science-combined/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Social St

<p>So we&#8217;ve been really focusing on Christmas in my classroom this year.  We spent a number of days putting together these dough ornaments.  My teaching colleague found this idea on Pinterest and we modified it a bit.  We made the dough and rolled it out.  The kids cut out the circle shapes using a glass &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/peek-at-last-week_13/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Christmas in the classroom thi

<p>So this past week we&#8217;ve been working hard on Christmas ideas.  This first one uses the templates from the package below from Little Red&#8217;s Schoolhouse.  I modified the template and added the thick black lines.  Then I used one of the free blank writing papers from Whimsy Workshop.       We also made these &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/peek-at-last-week-2/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Some cute Christmas ac

<p>Well last week was a total DOOOZIE for me.  I have been horribly, horribly sick.  I didn&#8217;t actually make it into school until Thursday, and then Friday was a professional day, so I only spent one day in the classroom this week.   So please forgive me, but I only have this little image to &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/peek-at-last-week_28/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Quick Math ideas and a visit to a First Nati

<p>So it&#8217;s friday again.  Here&#8217;s some highlights from my week. We&#8217;ve been working on number concept.  Today we played blackout.  It&#8217;s a game involving playing cards, bingo chips and 10 frames.  The kids really enjoyed it. Please ignore my ratty duct tape &#8211; it&#8217;s in desperate need of replacing. We did some research on Canadian &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/peek-at-last-week_20/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen

<p>I&#8217;m afraid that I did not have time to take many photos at school this week.  I was really focused on our assembly for Remembrance Day and everything that entails. These gorgeous Poppies were made by my next-door neighbour&#8217;s class.  Click Here to check out her fantastic Art blog. These beautiful poppies were made by &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/peek-at-last-week_13-2/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Remembr