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Enjoy your Sunday afternoon, teachers!  The writing plans will take care of themselves this week!  Try my new expository writing kit, great for students in grades 3 - 6 (or higher as an intervention tool).  This is an authentic writing suggestion that is ready to print and go.  I hope it will help make your week before Spring Break  academically meaningful with a large sprinkle of fun!

Note that with my new marketing plan, the first dozen downloads of every product are free.  Click the Follow Me button at the top of my TpT store page so that you'll be informed as I post new tools for you to use with your elementary school students.  Also note that the first 10 raters of any product who send a screenshot of the rating to teachingsajoy@gmail.com with the subject Ratings Freebie will receive any unbundled item in my store for free. (This product still has 5 free downloads as of 3:00 CT today!)

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Have a wonderful afternoon!

Sally Phillips

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Jolly Good Deals Week

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

It’s that time of year again, the holidays are just around the corner, now it’s time to shop bargains.  These are the perfect holiday gifts for your colleagues, your children's teacher/teachers, and/or yourself.  Now, I love a good sale., This one will knock your boots off.  That's why I've joined up with a great bunch of Teacherpreneurs to bring you these Christastic deals.  Oh I almost forgot...The sale will last for a full week with different bargains everyday. 

A sale is great, but FREEBIES are even better. You can win a $50.00 gift certificate to Tpt  by entering our Rafflecopter!  All you have to do is fill out the Rafflecopter form below.  I'd really appreciate a store follow., too! Sign up and shop, till you drop! 

Please take a look at the resources that will be on sale at Socrates Lantern's Tpt Store:  Monday is Giveaway Day, enter the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post. Tuesday we have Dollar Deals. Type #jollygooddollardeals .  Wednesday is FREEBIE Day type #jollygoodfreebie,  Thursday is 20% OFF day type #jollygoodbundleday and Friday is 50% OFF day type #jollygoodhalfoff at Tpt.

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Thanksgiving Recipe Swap

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

Don’t you just love the aroma of turkey roasting in the oven? Sometimes I think that it smells better than it tastes. My mouth waters just thinking about it. Since Thanksgiving is the time for savory, mouth watering delights, how about having your class participate in a favorite recipe swap. This will get them ready for the holiday and have some fun while doing it.

Introduce this activity by talking about foods eaten for the holidays such as Easter, Yom Kippur, Chinese New Year,Thanksgiving Christmas, etc. Write all suggestions on the board. After this is finished, let them know that they will be participating in a recipe swap. Ask them to choose their favorite Thanksgiving recipe, write it down, and make up questions about it. I've come up with blank recipe cards as well as question and answer cards. By the way, you should make a copy of your favorite recipe too.

When the anticipated day arrives, they can break into their collaborative groups, have one child read their recipe, and then ask questions about it. Make sure you have enough time so that everyone can participate.

Collect the recipes and photocopy them so that each child has a copy. If this is too tedious, have the children choose the recipes that they like the best and have them copy them on the cards. Once finished, they can be stapled together and put into a little booklet that can be taken home and shared with their families.

As a culmination to this activity, and if time permits, have a tasting party, let each child bring in their favorite dish. if you decide to do this, you can let your class decorate festive placemats for the occasion.

*Turkey image by: Sticky Foot Studio

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