Wreath fun

This post fits better in my other blog, but it is under construction for now and will appear in the near future. 

One of my goals for the summer is to become more crafty....actually I should just say crafty because I have not really been a craft person unless you count children's projects. My friend Sarah from work wanted to hang out today so I thought it would be a perfect time to craft. 

The Project: A fun wreath

I got the idea from searching for wreaths on pinterest here http://pinterest.com/search/?q=wreath 

It is not exactly like the others but close enough!

Materials Needed:

 

1 wreath could be Styrofoam or Hay 

Yarn

Straight Pins

Flower

Ribbon

Total Time: 45 minutes (or 2 hours 30 minutes if you're Sarah ;) just kidding) 

Finished Product

So cute

I had a great time making it and it was super simple! I can't wait to try more.

Here is Sarah's wreath..she loves teal and brown.

Culture Day!!

Today was "Culture Day" for my 2nd period class. In case you missed what culture day is all about from my last post here is the gist. The kids work with groups on a country of their choice. They were required to do a three sided poster with specific information I asked for and anything else they wanted to include. They also brought a food dish relative to that country and any artifacts they had. 


I was blown away at some of the projects! They did amazing. Here are some of the best ones and also some of the food they shared...

Morocco (They did an AWESOME job)

This was the food from Morocco. It had couscous and lamb meat....I will tell them tomorrow about that ;) Very tasty!

France

LOL

Puerto Rico (Sorry for the bad pic)

Homemade Empanadas! Yummy

Ireland

Irish Cream Brownies

I am very proud of the work they put into these projects! Hope you like them.

coming soon....Culture Day

In my classes we have been working on a huge project for the last month. I have given them 1-2 days each week for research, printing, and designing their posters. For the project the students are in small groups. They each have a different country and are responsible for making a poster full of specific information as well as info they find intriguing and also bringing a food dish pertaining to their country. Let me fill you in on how it has been going.

•  I  introduced the project-the students were really excited.
• The students realized they had to put the information in their own words and site their sources      (What! Aw Man)
• We did a lot of discussion on what quality information was and what was junk
• The light bulb went off in their minds
• Poster boards went out 
• Information/decorations went on poster boards
• I had a dream that the projects turned out to be awesome
• I went to school the next day and saw how AWESOME the projects were turning out

Next week is culture day for each of my classes. I will be posting some pictures of the posters later. I am proud of these guys. They have shown such growth and creativity!

~Proud Teacher