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Just go to my store.  Click on the link to the right.

Campfire template now available at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Merrissa-Peralta (use the link on the side of this blog).  Free for a limited time only!!!!

A great story about just wanting to stay in bed for the day.  I recommend this book for a read aloud on a rainy day!  Great for k-5.  It is an easy reader, which makes it great for younger students.  3rd-5th graders will easily connect with the idea of not wanting to get up.  Laughs for everyone!

I love to cook and bake!  More than the cooking, I love to eat delicious food.  That being said, it is really hard to cook great meals during the work week.  My solution...cook several meals on the weekend that can be put in the freezer.  Then all that needs to be done during the week is pull out your meal and stick it in the over.  See my Facebook page for some of my favorite meals.  Feel free to post some of your own favorites that can be frozen!

The View At The Zoo by Kathleen Long Bostrom is a fun read.  Great for a point of view lesson.

Story Sharing Campfire

This is a fun way for students to share the stories they have written.  Set up a campfire and have class sit in a circle around it.  I even turn the lights off and stick a glow stick or little flashlight in the center of the fire so that it glows.  Students can then read one story they have written (I allow my students to pick a work in progress).  Students always love this change in pace from the regular routine.  A template for this activity will be coming soon on my TPT website.