Measurement Vocab Word Wall

Great vocab cards to put on word wall. Uses visuals for students for:
Gallon, pint, cup, foot, meter, ounce, pound, quart. Gives equivalencies.

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Hollywood End of the Year Celebration

Oscar Night- End of the Year Party!

I created "Oscar Night" as an end of the year party for my Hollywood themed classroom. All throughout the year, students nominate other students in the classroom for things that they noticed and appreciate. This develops an intrinsic motivation for students and gets them to think about other people around them. This is a great source of praise since it comes from their peers. Students love nominating other students and even more, they look forward to our end of the year event with families. I surprise them by making a booklet with all their nomination slips that were written about them. 

20 page package includes:
-Description of Oscar categories (helping hands, above & beyond, best listener, team player, most improved)
-6 Nomination slips for each category
-7 Certificates for each category (+1 Most Valuable Player)
-Oscar Night Invitation to send to families
-Oscar Night snack sign up
-Welcome to Oscar Night Banner

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FREEBIE!

Health bulletin printable poster!

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Hollywood FREEBIE!

Thanks to some fellow teachers, I learned how to make this document a pdf file.

(I know, I know, I'm probably a little behind times!)

What would we do without each other? :)

So without further ado, here is a FREEBIE for you!

I use this Celebrity Autobiography writing sheet for open house for parents to see. You, however, can use it however you want! I also thought about using it for the end of the year's Oscar Night event. (More information about that to come!)

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Leave a comment to say how you think you'll use it in your own classroom.

Freebie HELP!

I want to post a Hollywood freebie... something I think you'll all enjoy :) But how in the WORLD do I convert my document from word in to a PDF file? The tricky thing is, any of the free programs I found won't keep my original fancy schmancy fonts! Urg... help please!!

Healthy Recipe- Recipe Linky Party!

So when I saw Ms. Fiorini's Recipe Linky Party, I knew that it was the perfect time to tell you about my sister Katie. She has a healthy website with tons of recipes that she has created to help people still enjoy the {bad} foods that they crave, but in a healthy way! I am the FIRST to tell you that the food tastes so yummy! (I am usually her taste tester!) :)

Katie's Healthy Recipe Website:

www.dashingdish.com

So if you're looking for quick, healthy, and satisfying foods... check out her website! You won't be disappointed that you did! Also, she is coming out with a updated website and MEAL plans for all you busy people out there.

One of my favorite recipes is her Skinny Pizza Rolls. If you looove pizza {like I do}, you'll loveee this! Did I mention it only has 30 calories per pizza roll?!?!?!

This recipe won a Blue Ribbon and was awarded the “Family Tested and Approved” stamp by Just a Pinch Recipe Club! To read more about it click here: http://www.justapinch.com

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• 1/2 cup Pizza Sauce (or Tomato Sauce)
• 20 Turkey Pepperoni’s
• 24 Wonton Wrappers
• 1/8 cup Parmesan Cheese
• 1 tsp Basil/Oregano mix OR Italian Seasoning
• 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
• pinch of sweetener, (sugar/stevia/splenda)
• pinch of black pepper
• *Optional: 1/3 cup Chicken Breast, Diced OR 1/3 cup Light Italian Sausage

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Prepare a large baking sheet with parchment paper, or foil coated with non-stick cooking spray. Gather ingredients.

2. Pour pizza sauce, (or tomato paste), in a medium bowl…

3. Followed by the mozzarella cheese.

4. Slice the pepperoni into quarters, and add them to the sauce/cheese mixture.

5. Stir until combined.

6. Next, add the seasonings.

7. Stir again until everything is well combined.

8. To begin filling wonton wrappers, I find it easiest to create an ‘assembly line’. I did this by stacking my wonton wrappers, and having my filling, and a small bowl of water near by to ’seal’ the wrappers shut.

9. Then, begin filling by placing about a tablespoon of filling in the center of each wrapper. You could use a little more or less, just try not to over-fill them, or the filling will ooze out the sides when you are baking them.

10. To seal them shut, place your finger in the water…

11. Trace two of the corners with the water…

12. And fold the wrapper in half to meet the two dry corners with the two wet corners.

13. Press to seal the two sides together. (Note: the water acts like glue to seal the corners shut!)

I decided to do half of my pizza rolls with chicken, and half without… So I added my chicken to my sauce mixture after making half of my pizza rolls with just pepperoni.

And I continued making my pizza rolls until all of my wonton wrappers were filled. (Note: You may be able to fill even more than 24 wrappers depending on how much filling you use in each one!)

14. When wonton wrappers are filled, give them a light spray with non-stick cooking spray…

15. And sprinkle parmesan cheese over the top of each one.

16. Lay pizza rolls out on prepared baking sheet.

17. Bake in preheated oven (450 degrees) for 10-15 minutes, or until the tops are lightly golden brown.

Serve warm and enjoy!

Enjoy! Love Katie

Servings: 24 Pizza Rolls
Calories: 30 Calories Per Pizza Roll (35 calories with added chicken/italian sausage)

3rd Grade Word Wall? I need advice!!!

So I have been wanting to do a word wall in my classroom... but does third grade have word walls with high frequency words still? I have bulletins in my classroom, one for every subject. I put up all of our vocabulary words for that subject of what we're currently learning. But when it comes to writing, I noticed a lot of my students are still spelling common words wrong. I have a high frequency word list in their writing folders, but I know they don't take the time to get it out to look at it.

I have a Hollywood theme in my classroom, so when I found this, I got excited!

From the Teacher Wife

But now is when I need your help! How do I go about adding the words to the wall? Should they all be up there from the beginning or should I add as I go? The other thing you should know is that I don't have my students for reading or word study since I teach our school's Read 180 (struggling reading program). So the majority of my kids go to another teacher for word study/spelling.

Any advice is appreciated :)
Emily