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<p>So here&#8217;s a quick and easy activity that we did in my class the day before Spring Break started.  I wanted to come back to a classroom full of bright, happy, Spring-like images.  So why not rainbows? So here&#8217;s how this activity worked. First they wrote their names vertically down a page of their journal. &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/rainbow-name-poetry/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Cute Rainbow Name Poet

<p>I have a secret obsession.I don&#8217;t know why, but I absolutely love post-apocalyptic plot lines.Anything post-apocalyptic.I&#8217;m talking natural disaters, alien invasions, zombie apocalypse &#8211; you name it, I LOVE IT.My favourite TV show is the Walking Dead.My favourite movie of recent times is District 9.You understand?  It&#8217;s not totally logical, but for some reason I &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/i-have-secret-obsession/" class="more-lin

<p>I have updated and expanded a great product.   This is a great unit for working on basic Math skills  with a variety of primary aged children.     CLICK HERE   to get your own copy.   Playing card games involve Math skills. This is obviously inherent in the fact that there are numbers printed &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/teaching-math-with-playing-cards/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Teaching Math with Playing Cards<

<p>I have revamped my St. Patrick&#8217;s Day unit.       CLICK HERE to check out your own copy.   My original freebie is still available HERE   I&#8217;ve included the full-colour class book in my new unit, PLUS a blackline master version for your students and&#8230; tons of activities for ELL. like&#8230;   making &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/st-patricks-day-unit-now-available/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about St. Patric

<p>Aren&#8217;t these flowers cute?&nbsp; They were motivated by my need to clean up all of my leftover scrapbooking paper. I have thousands of sheets left over from my days as a Stampin&#8217; Up! demonstrator. Over Christmas I cleaned out my crafting room and took a ton of supplies to school. We&#8217;ve been working on the &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/learning-about-color-wheel/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Learning

<p>I hope your day is great. &nbsp;We have a party planned for today. I just wanted to share with you all this fabulous bulletin board that my colleague put together last week. &nbsp;You can click here to check out her blog with instructions. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!</p>

<p>Totally cute right??? I whipped up this little creation today. And it&#8217;s available today in my store   CLICK HERE   to get your own copy.    </p>

<p>It&#8217;s taken me 3 years to put this product together, but I finally think it&#8217;s ready to share.   This little program is an excellent way to teach story writing skills to Primary aged children.  And it doesn&#8217;t even matter if they know how to write yet.  I have used this method with Kindergarten to &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/super-simple-story-writing/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Super Simple Story

<p>So here are some cute and bright heart plaques we made. I glued the popsicle sticks together with a glue gun first. Then the kids painted them. &nbsp;I really like the rainbow effect. Then they glued down various little hearts I had. The smaller ones I made with a punch, and the larger ones are &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/blog-post/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Rainbow Heart Art</span></a></p>

<p>I&#8217;m super excited to introduce my latest unit. Everything you need to teach about Chinese New Year. CLICK HERE to get your own copy . This is a comprehensive Social Studies Unit for Primary Students. Scroll down for detailed images of all the pages.  This unit contains tons of activities and lessons which are not &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/chinese-new-year-everything-you-need/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Ch

<p>This is a female Snowy Owl. This is a male snowy owl Here are the owls we drew as a class. First the kids drew the owl in pencil &#8211; there are instructions at the bottom of this post. Then they traced the image with a sharpie. Next they used crayons to add a bit &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/drawing-snowy-owls/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Drawing Snowy Owls</span></a></p>

<p>I revamped an old unit of mine just in time for Valentine&#8217;s Day     This unit has tons of Language Arts activities for Valentine&#8217;s Day.   Lots of songs and poems A classification activity Story starters Making words Secret messages A pop-up card activity Valentine&#8217;s phonics More valentine sentence starters Blank writing forms Primary &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/valentines-day-is-coming/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-r

<p>First off, I must apologize for the terrible quality of my photos. One of my colleagues did these really neat firework photos last week and I just had to share. The kids drew a skyline on black construction paper with chalk. Then they cut it out and turned it over. Next they glued it to &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/super-quick-and-easy-firework-fun/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Super Quick and Easy Firework Art!</sp

<p>I&#8217;ve posted up my Social Studies program about Social Communities.  You can purchase each section by itself, or get the whole bundle. There&#8217;s even a set for Canadian and a different set for American communities. CLICK HERE for the Canadian Bundle CLICK HERE for the American Bundle Click on the photos below for the individual packages.</p>

<p>Here&#8217;s some hallway art I found at my school last week. &nbsp;This art was done by a Grade 1 class with their Grade 6 buddies. &nbsp; CLICK HERE to go to the original tutorial. &nbsp;It&#8217;s super easy and really effective. Thanks for stopping by today!</p>

<p>Aren&#8217;t they cute?????? Yeah, I now that I&#8217;m a few days late with this one. But this is how my students wrapped their presents to their parents this year. I know these have been all over pinterest in the last year.  But I made my own template. and it&#8217;s free!!!! CLICK HERE to get your &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/paper-bag-reindeer/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Paper Bag Reindeer FREE</span></a></p>

<p>We hope you all had a fabulous holiday no matter what you celebrate this time of year!</p>

<p>Here&#8217;s some more hallway art I found around the school this week. &nbsp;This was made by a Grade 2 class. &nbsp;All you need is blue construction paper, white paint, a sharpie, and maybe a bit of yellow paint for the moon. Paint the ground paint the tree Thumbprint owls Add falling snow Add moon let &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/quick-and-easy-snowy-winter-owls/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Quick and Easy Snowy

<p>&nbsp;Here&#8217;s a super cute, and easy to prep activity for the last week of school this December. &nbsp; My Grade two &nbsp;class were able to do the coloring, cutting and gluing activities very easily, and I twisted the arms and legs for them. &nbsp;It would be an easier activity with older students.&nbsp; And just look &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/super-cute-and-super-quick-santas/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about