Martin Luther King Jr. STORE-WIDE 20% OFF SALE!

Hi, friends! I am linking up with Sassy, Savvy, Simple Teaching for a Martin Luther King, Jr. Store-wide 20% off sale! Check out everyone who is linking up and I hope you find some goodies!!

Link to my store: Lauren Scotta at Dynamic Duo 1 and 2
Have a great Sunday!
Lauren 

Five for Friday Linky Party! (and prediction freebie for The Snowy Day!)

Happy Friday (and start of a wonderful 3 day weekend)!! I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for a little Five for Friday Linky Party! I always love the kind of "party" where I can be on my couch, in my pajamas, watching HGTV.

My first Five for Friday is to thank A Year of Many Firsts for the most adorable freebie craft! It is perfect for our Cleveland, snowy weather! Look how darling these are!!

Now, on to a little freebie to go with this craft....

We read the story, The Snowy Day, and have been working hard on predictions. Here is a little freebie for you! I attached this freebie to the cute craft from above!

I will be thinking Canada this weekend. I am on a committee for a non-profit, Medina Creative Housing, and our big event's theme this year is CANADA, eh! I am working on the center pieces....any advice/ideas!?

This week, we started this cool writing contest from Scholastic. One of my parents actually e-mailed me about it and turns out...she is in submissions to be a children's book author! How awesome is that? She is coming in to our class for the next 7 weeks to be our "project coordinator" and discuss the process of book writing! My firsties are BEYOND excited! I keep telling them that I will buying their book if they win and making sure I get their autographs before they get too famous on me ;)

Lastly, T-25 has been consuming my life at 5:30am each day...and I am strangely okay with it. Anyone else doing T-25? I like it...short, sweet, and shaking (from the amazing exercise!) is what I am thinking about it! 

Enjoy your 3 day weekend, friends. Do something just for you -- you deserve it! :)

Lauren

GoNoodle Linky Party with Kickin' It in Kindergarten

Hi, friends! Doing a quick linky party with Kickin' it in Kindergarten on GoNoodle. Seriously...GoNoodle is a lifesaver to get some energy out...especially on the frigid Cleveland days we have had (and indoor recess everyday last week!). I almost couldn't contain my excitement when I got the e-mail last week that they added indoor recess activities! I put it on, and away my kids went...and they got their first gold in one of the Olympics races. This.was.a.big.deal. I could hear them screaming down the hall! Oy!

Favorite GoNoodle Brain Break: I really love the Zumba GoNoodles...I think because I danced since age 3 -- and I like to dance with the kids; ya know, get my moves on, haha! But, after the past week of indoor recess everyday, the recess GoNoodles have taken a quick run to first place. 

My Happy Place: The beach. What I wouldn't give to be in a sunny, warm place where winter coats, hats, and gloves are unheard of. This would be my happy place...Aruba. If you have never been, put it on your list:

My Guilty Pleasure: My guilty pleasure has been trying to get to Pure Barre more often (doubling for two things I love -- pilates and ballet mix workout and New Year's Resolution - win-win!). 

And...I can't leave out Prince Farmer. 

Keep Calm and....drink Starbucks. When all else fails, there is a Starbucks at every corner to help get you through the day! My drink of choice? Chai tea latte! YuM!

Have a great week!

Lauren 

Let's Celebrate MLK Jr. Day Literacy && Craftivities Unit giveaway!!

Happy Saturday, friends! I hope you are staying warm...I am snuggled in blankets on blankets as we are only at 7 degrees right now in Cleveland....brrr. With that being said, it made me want to do something to feel warm and happy --- a giveaway for my newest unit: here!

I will pick 2 winners Monday, January 12th. :)

Have a great weekend!
Lauren 




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Holidays Around the World Event...and giveaway!

Can you believe it...I am writing two days in a row!!! I almost don't believe it, either. I wanted to blog about a project my kiddos did before we left for winter break. During the month of December, we learned about Holidays Around the World and used What the Teacher Wants Holidays Around the World Packets to help us on our adventures! I can't tell you how much fun they had....they loved learning about Santa Claus and how other kids celebrated the holiday (and were a bit jealous that some people got presents for more than one day!). 

After we read and discussed the different countries, students got to choose one to do more research on with buddies. They then created their countries flag, props that went along with their country to hang (i.e. France made the Eiffel Tower, Australia made surfboards, etc.), a speech, and a TV commercial using their iPads. Students transformed from first graders into travel agents during our Holidays Around the World Event and shared their information, showed their TV commercials trying to persuade people to come to their country, and their props to their families and other students in the school. Each person that came to visit our event had a plane ticket telling them which country they would stop at first, second, etc. during their 7 stops around the world. After each person completed their travels, they used their iPads or iPhones to scan a QR code on an airplane that the students made during art class, and chose which country persuaded them most to visit for their holiday. The students had such an amazing time and I loved that it used such real-life applications! :)

Here are a few pictures.....(the students put their pictures inside "windows" on the plane....so cute!)

Stay tuned tomorrow...I will be having a give-away of my newest unit: Let's Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Stay Warm!!
Lauren

Let's Celebrate MLK Jr. Day and FREEBIE!!

Hello friends...Lauren here, after what seems to be forever!! Since I last wrote, I officially moved in to my new place (and the decorating is in full force -- so.much.fun) and have been teaching first grade. I can't tell you how much I enjoy it! I promise I will post before-and-after house pictures soon.

One of my New Year goals is to blog more....well here I am and not only that.....I made a product for TPT, just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day right here! Don't forget about this freebie I posted a while ago, too.....here!

What are some of your goals for this year? 

I know this a super quick check-in, but I am trying to stay snuggled under a blanket in this arctic Ohio weather!

Stay warm, friends!

Peek at my week!

I don't know what I'd do without some amazing bloggers and their wonderful products! Moving to a new grade, it has been such a blessing to be able to find such quality products that hit exactly what I am wanting to teach. 

Once I get into the groove of first grade, I hope to create some products, but for now -- these amazing ladies are helping me more than they know. Thanks so much to Amy Lemons, Hope King, Jodi Southard, Abby Mullins, Cara Carroll, Sheila Jane Teaching Freebies, Kristen Smith, and Sarah Kirby. YOU ladies are helping me be on the right track for the first full week of first grade. 

Click here for a peek at my week: Peek at my week

Have a great week :)