Ff Freebies, Knitting and Hannukah!

Hi Friends! Hope you had a great week! We have been super busy around here! We have been making ornaments and treats for parents! Don't worry we will be posting pictures of finished products very soon! And just for the record, academics are still our main priority. We are lucky to have great assistants who call our kiddos one at a time to make their ornaments/treats. This allows us to continue on with our regular routine!! Helps with behavior too!!

Cristy is still baking away and well, I have taken up knitting. I know, old grandma, but I really am not quite 40 yet. I won't hit that milestone until July. We had our Kindergarten Christmas party last night and there were lots of yummy treats to eat and drink :). While we were there we visited, played Dirty Santa gift giveaway and yes, I knitted an entire scarf :). Check out some that I have made :).

Also, tonight is the 7th night of Hannukah! Presents, presents and more presents. The kids are having a blast. Before we turn around it will be Christmas. I love the holidays, but they are hard work. That Elf on the Shelf has been pretty busy too at our house :).

Page's silly boys lighting candles on the 3rd night of Hannukah.

Like I mentioned earlier in this post, we are still rollling with our Cafe and Daily 5. Check out our fabulous word work freebies for the Letter Ff. If you like the freebies, you can check out our entire word work pack.

Have a great weekend!

Cake and Elves!

So...first it was cookies!  Now it's cake!  I was not even playing when I said "Christmas has really arrived in the Fogle house when the baking begins!"  This week it was homemade, from scratch...the all the way kind, the REAL DEAL... carrot cake!  Oh my word!  My diet has SO gone out the window.  There's always January, right! :)

Anyway, we have been really getting all festive at school this week too.  We had our 3rd grade Christmas play (my kiddo was a reindeer with the line "Yeah...we even let in that weird reindeer with the red nose."- LOVED it!), our chorus Christmas program, AND our little elves were busy applying for jobs in the North Pole!!!

That's right...you are never too young to go to work!!!  If you missed our last post, Freebie Elf Application, then check that out for all the details.  Basically each kiddo applied for one of 3 jobs in the North Pole.  We then let them make something to represent the kind of quality work they would create in their new job.

We hung the applications, persuasive writing pieces, and art in the hallway for a really cute Christmas display. Let us know what you think.  Hope you enjoy!

You can pick up your own copy here!  Freebie Elf Application

Freebie Elf Applications!

Oh...my...goodness!  What a beau-ti-ful day it is here in Georgia!  I know some of our Northern friends are looking for snow, but here...not so much!  

So to get us in the wintery mood amidst this heat wave, we just created a cute freebie for you guys!  It's an elf application!  We have seen a few out there already, but we hope this one is a little different.  We read a new story The Littlest Elf that we got with our last Scholastic Book Order.  It's a cute little book about the tiny elf in the family who has to find the right "elf job" for him.  So our application lets each of your "little elves" apply for the job that they think is right for them, whether it's in the toy workshop, elf bakery, or gift wrapping!

Your students will get to draw a picture of just what they would create for their particular job (maybe a fancy holiday tiered cake, or the coolest new toy, or maybe a present wrapped in zebra print with a red bow!)  Who knows!  Just let your kiddos' imaginations and creativity flow. 

Then they can write a persuasive/opinion piece that will help them "get the job".  To add a little incentive, we always have each kiddo read their writing and the class decides if they should be hired!  They get a little treat if they are!  But alas, it's Christmas, so they also get a little treat even if they aren't hired!  But it's still tons of fun!

As an extension, you could also let your kiddos use a variety of materials to bring their ideas to life. That's our plan! Then we can hang their awesome writing a long with a really creative piece of art for a one of a kind hall display!

If this sounds like a winner of an activity, then click the link below to take you right to your own printable copy!  There is one application and 3 different writing papers depending on which job each "elf" is applying for! 

Hope you enjoy! 

Coooookies!!!!

Christmas has officially arrived when the baking begins!  

I (Cristy) retired from cookie decorating a year ago!  I absolutely LOVE to bake and decorate! But I swear I know I seriously baked over 5,000 cookies over a 2 year period.  For REAL... not exaggerating even one little bit!  And people...I tell you... I slap got burnt out! 

So I shut down the old oven from cookie baking (to hear my hubs tell it, I shut it DOWN... from all baking...well...from all cooking in general...poor thing!)  

But alas, the sweetest little lady asked me if I would bake some cookies for our Golden Age Party at church for our precious little oldies but goldies (70 years or older).  How can you say no to THAT!  You can't!  Really...you can't!

So...I knocked off the oven dust, fired the baby up, and baked some cookies!

We hope your house abounds with sweet smells from the kitchen, warm snuggles by the fire, and peace and joy fill your hearts and home! 

 Merry Christmas!

PS-I'll be happy to share baking or decorating tips if you want to bake your own batch up for the holidays!

Which Door is the Cutest?

Twas a couple weeks before Winter Break

And all through the school,

Teachers were decorating their doors,

In the hopes of being cool!

We are counting down the days until Christmas Break! Are you?
Check out some cute doors around our school. We aren't competitive are we? ;)

Who decorated these doors? Wish we could take full credit, but moms and our assistants were the idea locators and creators!

Of course, where do you think these cute door ideas came from? You guessed it! PINTEREST! 

Do you decorate your door? We would love to hear about your door ideas! If you want, feel free to grab these  ideas and make them your own! They really do brighten up the halls :).

Which door is your favorite?



Cristy and Christie's cute snowman door!

Page and Natalie's shiny present door! Page does love a bow! 

Laxmi and  Sharon's door across the hall! Awesome snowman made from styrofoam cups! Way cool!

Robin's door in 2nd grade! Put up by the same super Mom who made Page's door!

Elaine and Renee's precious penguin door that is in progress! We will repost a finished penguin picture soon :).

Over 100 FREE goodies for EVERYONE!!!

Oh my goodness...say WHAT???!?!?!  

Too good to be true you say!  Well not this time!!!  

Over 70 sellers from Teachers Pay Teachers have joined together to give away over 100 products to EVERYONE! 

The Holiday EBooks are downloadable files that have over 100 goodies all in one place... no searching for hours to hit the jackpot!  

This is just a small way for all of us to say "Thank you" to all of our awesome followers and fellow teachers.  We hope you will each find some super goodies just in time for the holidays!

There are 2 books that will probably be just perfect for most of our followers!  Krissy from "Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business" volunteered to compile the Pre-K-K book and also the 1st-2nd grade book.  Be sure to check BOTH of them out, because there are tons of items from each book that will work great in K, 1, or 2!

We hope you love them as much as we do!  We've already snagged a few goodies for ourselves! :)

If you are interested in the 3rd-6th grade EBook or the 7th-12th grade Ebook just click the links and you can check those out too!

Fabulous FREEBIE Friday!

TGIF!! We love Friday!! I went back to school today! Yay! Ran 4 miles while looking at all the beautiful Christmas lights! Yahoo!! We are headed for a great weekend. GO DAWGS!!!-That was for Cristy!


This is Page, the half of Kindergarten Squared that had to stay home from school for 2 days!! Yikes that was hard work! Hats off to stay at home moms!! I felt like my days never ended and neither did the work. By the way, where is my paycheck for those two days????  Oh yeah!! Not one!! Well, except for the precious time that I was able to spend with my fabulous 9 year old :).


It was really rough though!! Poor Jake had the stomach bug!! Lots of prayers that no one else in the fam contracts that bad bug! Yes, we have been washing hands like crazy, but not sure hand washing can keep that bug at bay!!


Anyway, each week, Cristy and I make Word Work Literacy Stations and Centers for our County. We also post these packs on TPT. These packs are full of FREEBIES! We decided that our blogging friends should have easy access to these FREEBIES! We will try to post them each Friday after we finish a pack! Also we will go back and make the FREEBIES available for previous letters!

If you need the FREEBIES for a particular letter before it is posted, just leave a comment with your email and we will be glad to send it, if we have already created a pack for that letter. Check out Letter Bb Freebies! Let us know what you think!

I better hurry if I want this to be Fabulous FREEBIE Friday! Uh oh!  I didn't quite make it! Technical difficulty. Apparently this blogger program frowns upon copying and pasting pictures into the blog post. I had to try again and well friends, I didn't make it. Let's just pretend I made it! OK?

Click any picture on the FREEBIES below to go to the Letter Bb FREEBIES. 

Click the Word Work Station Picture to Check out the entire Letter Bb pack :).

    

Enjoy the beautiful weekend friends!!