Five for Friday and Funny Kid Friday

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday and with Kidpeople Classroom for Funny Kid Friday!  My summer Fridays are really winding down,
                                        
 so I am trying to take advantage of my moments- cause this feeling will be coming soon...
                                    
I've been going into school a lot and getting ready.  I already love my class, and they are just on paper right now!  I'm excited to meet them and make us a school family.

Earlier this week I wrote a post about this book, the OK book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.  I LOVE her books.  I also posted about some of her other books.  This one is fabulous for Writer's Workshop- similar to Ish and The Dot, with a little Beautiful Oops thrown in, too.  It just says to me, teachers, adults, kids, "Go ahead, be OK at things that you try. You don't have to be perfect!  In time you will find different things you want to do better, so you can go after them.  Meanwhile, it's great to be OK!" (That wasn't really a quote from the book- that was just me quoting AS the book...Sometimes I like to pretend I am a talking book, I guess-)

She also has a book trailer to go with it that I posted.  I cannot wait to use this book.

I made a simple writing activity that I'm going to do with my class. Click on the picture below if you would like a copy.

                               

I also included a page with just lines under the picture box, because "I am ok at" are all great words for the children to write on their own, if I decide I want them to try to write a sentence.  

I  made this little Draw and Label book to use early on for Writing. If you'd like a copy, just click the picture below.

                            

It's simple, but will give the children a chance to be creative, draw with detail, and begin to learn to label pictures.  You can print out and use only the pages that you want- you don't have to use all of them! I made quite a few- I think 19, but I'll probably choose five pages.  I made it so you can just double staple the side and cut in the middle to have two books.

I thought this was a great quote to go along with all the "I can" statements we live with!

Our "I can" poster is one of the first things we make in the classroom. 

I liked this "I can" poster, too:

I feel awful because I don't know where I found this. I had just saved it as a picture- with no link- and I can't find where I got it.  I'm sorry! If it's yours, please let me know, because I love it- and I'll put your link right in here!

It would be lots of fun to make this chart after reading Eric Carle's book From Head to Toe.

My sister's Kindergarten classroom made an adorable class book that she shared with me. I love how she made the pictures  look Eric Carl-ish!

Don't forget, if you want some FREE ELA and Math "I Can" statements to use in your classroom, I have some HERE  at my TPT store!

           

I found these fabulous things in Walmart!  They were $1.97- and will be great handy for math, high-fiving sight words,

and I love yous! Plus LOTS more fabulous things, I'm sure. I bought 2 packs, just because I knew I should.

I made some bulletin boards for the end of our hallway.  This one was my favorite.

This was my other one.

Here are some other Friday Favorites...  I LOVE this little saying. What a comfort!

I also love these guys (Paul Sirimarco and Tina Cleveland)!  I just smile when I watch them sign the songs. I think it's because I really would love to be able to sign that beautifully.  Love them! I watch every single video they make- and it makes my day.  HERE is their Youtube channel, in case you want to smile, too.

      

                                                 

      I am also linking up with Kathleen, from Kidpeople Classroom,  for Funny Kid Friday!

      Here is my Funny Kid Friday for the week.  

      This little boy will turn out to be a great negotiator of  some sort.   Three children wanted to play  with  one boy's truck.  So he said, "You can be first.  You're second. You're third."

 So the 3rd boy said, "So, I'm last?"

   

      Without missing a beat, the boy with the truck said, "No, you're THIRD. That's still a good place.  If  you were 6th- THAT would be bad." 

     Have a happy, happy weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

    

The OK Book... is PERFECT!

I found another FABULOUS book from Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld.

I'm linking up with Mrs. Jump's Class to share it with you if you haven't seen it!

It's perfect, perfect, perfect for your perfectionists who are afraid to try something and not be just perfect at it.  It's OK to be OK! Not perfect.  (Note to self- remember that...)

Here are some of the sweet pages so you can see what I mean, if you haven't seen the book yet:

She has a book trailer on Youtube that's just great!

I made a simple writing activity that I'm going to do with my class. Click on the picture below if you would like a copy.

I also included a page with just lines under the picture box, because "I am ok at" are all great words for the children to write on their own if I decide I want them to try to write a sentence.  

Together, we are going to do a little guided drawing activity to make our "OK" person like in the story, so they can each add their special twist on what they are ok at to the picture.  I can't wait to make our OK Class Book!

The OK Book reminds me a little of Ish and The Dot by Peter Reynolds. These books are just so important for children to hear so they are brave enough to try new things and know they will make mistakes, but WHO CARES! That's how you grow.   

Another favorite is Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg, because this one shows that even those mistakes can be masterpieces!

I love everything by Amy Krouse Rosenthal,  because her books are not OK... but PERFECT for teaching.  She knows what clicks with children.

I posted about several of her books:

This book is my favorite book to use for Writer's Workshop to focus on punctuation marks. It uses the punctuation marks so the kids GET it. I posted about this book HERE.

Cookies is the sweetest life lessons/character education book- just precious.  What a great gift this would be for someone with a plate of cookies. I posted about this book HERE.

 

Everybody can relate to One of Those Days. It's a great conversation starter, and great for Writer's Workshop ideas. 

                                             

I posted about Yes Day HERE. This is another PERFECT one for discussions, dreams, and writing ideas.

                                            

Fortunately/Unfortunately, I also found some other books that I actually DON'T have - but may NEED to have- because I can just tell they're what I will love. 

                                         

 This is going to be a class gift before Valentine's Day.  I just decided.

My Amazon Wishlist reminded me of this book, which is also fun for Writer's Workshop- but not by Amy.  

"Fortunately, I  found lots of new books I want to buy.  Unfortunately, I found lot$$$ of new book$ I want to buy."

(This is from Amazon.)

Fortunately, Ned was invited to a surprise party.

Unfortunately, the party was a thousand miles away. 

Fortunately, a friend loaned Ned an airplane.

Unfortunately, the motor exploded. 

Fortunately, there was a parachute in the airplane.

Unfortunately, there was a hole in the parachute. 

What else could go wrong as Ned tries to get to the party? Readers will cheer as Ned's luck turns from good to bad to good again, while clever illustrations tell the story of his wacky adventure and narrow escapes.

Sorry if you found some new books to buy.  I hope you found some fun new books and ideas!

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a BETTER than OK day!