Elephant and Piggie Craftivity , a Math Center Giveaway , and Digital Paper Half Off

I received the nicest comment a few days ago regarding my Elephant and Piggie Craftivity FREEBIE.  I was not only excited to hear the thank you from another teacher but it was also neat to hear about the great story that went with it.

 

TPT User:This activity just saved my life. dd's Discount donated 472 books to our school and every kindergarten class received 4 Piggie and Elephant books. I was trying to think of a cute thank you project for the store, and THIS IS PERFECT. Thank you!

 

 

Comments like these are the reason I started blogging!  I love to share the things I make for my own classroom knowing they are helping another teacher save time and money. 

 

If you would like to download Elephant and Piggie just click Here. 

This week I finished a project I started last spring called "Math ANYTIME Centers, Stations, or Pocket Charts".   I will give one of these away to the first person to leave a comment.  I am also having a sale and you can pick up this pack of 10+ Common Core Aligned Math Centers for just $3.80 through the end of today by clicking here.

Finally today I wanted to share with you one of my favorite places to shop on Etsy for Digital Paper and frames.  Robin Sampson from Digi Scrap Delights always has the cutest items in her store.  She is also so sweet to work with if you ever have a question.  She is also having a sale through the end of today.  Did I say I LOVE her cute creations?  Just click to shop and save!!!!

Happy Sunday Everyone!  Here's to another great week!

Alison

Elephant and Piggie SAY WHAT?

Can I just tell you how much my kids this year LOVE writing in speech bubbles????? One of the big books we read during the first week of school used speech bubbles and ever since my kiddos have been adding speech bubbles to ANYTHING and EVERYTHING they write.  So.....I decided to take their interest in speech bubbles and run with it!!!!! We spent last week reading Elephant and Piggie books and learning why Elephant and Piggie are such great friends.  On Friday my kiddos were beside themselves when they learned they were going to make their very own Elephant and Piggie!!!!!   Let me just say you could hear a pin drop while my kiddos were perfecting these adorable little characters! If you would like the template, directions, and speech bubble for Elephant and Piggie you can get them here. 

                                                       

The follow up to our art projects of course was the creation of  speech bubbles on why Elephant and Piggie are such good friends.

Top Left:  You are a good friend because you share with me. 

Top Right:  You are a good friend because you pick apples with me.

Bottom Left:  Piggie you are a good friend because you share your toys.

Bottom Right:  You are my friend because you help me. 

 

Everyone did a great job on writing what made Elephant and Piggie good friends.  These examples are of the various levels of writing students are using in my classroom.   

 

One of our next lessons in writing will be on the difference between Wif and With.  :)

 

Here are just a few of the Elephant and Piggie Books we read last week.  I also used this link to the "Elephant and Piggie" activity guide for teachers. 

 

Did you know that Mo Willems hides a Pigeon in every Elephant and Piggie book?  You can usually find Pigeon in the back cover of each book!  Once your kiddos know this you will  NOT be able to move to the next activity after reading an Elephant and Piggie book until you find the Pigeon, not even if  you have read the book 5 times. 

~Alison