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December 27, 2015 by: Jennifer

January Directed Drawings

Martin Luther King Directed Drawing

January Directed Drawings January Directed Drawings: January’s update includes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, a Snowman, a Fox, a Polar Bear, and a Penguin Directed or Guided Drawing.  It’s been a bit crazy recently, so I apologize for the delay!  I am working on February and March drawings to complete the bundle and I *hope* to have them in the pack before we go back to

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Filed Under: Directed Drawing, New Year, Penguins, Uncategorized, Winter Tagged With: directed drawing, Martin Luther King, penguin, polar bear, snowman

January 18, 2015 by: Jennifer

PENGUINS, 100th Day, Crystal Experiment, and Snow Globe FREEBIES

We learned about penguins this week….we read about them with my Penguin Close Read, we made the cute ones shown below from my Penguin Pack, we did a directed drawing {found HERE for free}  and don’t forget that we watched penguins on the penguin cam, too! But that’s not all we did, we also learned a little about suspensions while we created the most amazing

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Filed Under: 100th Day, Freebies, Penguins, Science, Uncategorized, Winter

December 28, 2014 by: Jennifer

Penguin Close Read, Freebies, & More

I don’t think I would have ever said that penguins were my favorite animal…but they may be my favorite animal to teach about (especially after realizing how many packs I have devoted to them!) My latest? A fabulous (I hope) penguin close read.  I am loving how it all came together! You can find it {HERE} on TpT Of course, I want to share a

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Filed Under: Directed Drawing, Freebies, Penguins, Uncategorized, Winter

December 29, 2013 by: Jennifer

Snowman Glyph and Penguin Freebies

Snowman Glyph and Penguin Freebies Snowman Glyph and Penguin Freebies: Here are some pictures that I took before we got out…I love how the ” glyphs turned out this year! My kids had the BEST time making them!   You can find it {here} on TPT *** I also updated my Penguin Freebie Pack! Grab your copy {here} on TPT!  It includes a penguin directed

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Filed Under: Directed Drawing, Freebies, Penguins, Uncategorized, Winter

January 13, 2013 by: Jennifer

Penguin Week Share and Freebies

It was Penguin Week in my classroom!   This week we learned as much as we could fit in about penguins and my kids  LOVED every minute of it!  This is a directed drawing activity (found in my freebie pack) More pages from my Penguin Freebie Pack which you can find here on google docs! Or you can get it at Teachers Notebook here! I focused

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Filed Under: Directed Drawing, Freebies, Penguins, Uncategorized, Winter

December 30, 2012 by: Jennifer

Simple, but Cute Penguins & a Freebie! Plus Flash Giveaway!

Keeping in line with my recent theme of simple crafts and activities, I created this pack!  These are penguins I made before we got out for the holidays and everyone loved them…not to mention they were SUPER easy!! But the pack is filled with more than just the craft and optional glyph/writing activities…I have included a penguin emergent reader, writing activities (for Tacky and more),

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Filed Under: Freebies, Penguins, Uncategorized, Winter

December 27, 2011 by: Jennifer

Let’s Make a Penguin…Or Three! Glyph, Art, Lit, and Math Pack (and Freebie!)

Ok…I know I have exceeded my daily amount of times I should post…BUT I just listed something new that I am super excited about AND there is a freebie if you go to the TPT link and click on download preview…you’ll get a free copy of the penguin labeling page!  So forgive me, k…pretty please???  TPT Teachers Notebook Here is a preview of what is

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Filed Under: Freebies, Penguins, Uncategorized, Winter

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