1-Holidays

** Fall Celebrations **
 * This is a collection of ideas for how we celebrate Holidays/Events at Chets Creek!**
 * October **
 * [|Pinterest-October]
 * Very cute [|pretzel graphing activity] with worksheet
 * Blog: [|Fall Celebration Day Center]

**November** =Thanksgiving=
 * [|Thanksgiving pinecone turkeys]
 * Thanksgiving chapter book readaloud, Magic Treehouse,//[|Thanksgiving on Thursday]//
 * [|Pinterest]

= December = =Christmas= __//Ingredients: //__ 3/4 cup applesauce 1 bottle cinnamon (4.12 ounces) (Dollar Store has cinnamon) __//Supplies needed: //__ cookie cutters straw colorful ribbon __//Directions://__
 * [|great family December project]
 * several cute[| menorah craft projects]
 * making[| Borax snowflakes] with readaloud books to go with the project and an explanation of the Science
 * some winter craft ideas on PhotoBucket.com (password: chetscreek)
 * [|ideas for cards] to make that could be sent to parents or to a Senior facility
 *  [[file:firstgradecce/Best Cinnamon Ornament Recipe.doc|Best Cinnamon Ornament Recipe.doc]] or Cinnamon Ornaments below. The ornaments are easy to make and their aroma lasts long after the holidays are over. This recipe makes 12 to 15 ornaments. Allow 2-4 days of drying //time turning ornaments over daily. Try to make the ornaments a little thicker and a little larger since they shrink just a little bit during drying. Keep extra cinnamon on hand to dust the plastic wrap as I roll out the dough.//
 * 1) Mix applesauce and cinnamon with hands in small bowl until a smooth ball of dough is formed.
 * 2) Using about 1/4 of the dough at a time, roll dough to 1/4-inch to 1/3-inch thickness between two sheets of plastic wrap. Peel off top sheet of plastic wrap; cut dough into desired shapes with cookie cutters.
 * 3) Place each ornament on a paper plate labeled with name.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Make a hole in top of ornament with a straw.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dry ornaments at room temperature. Let stand 1 to 2 days or until thoroughly dry, turning occasionally.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Insert ribbon through holes and tie to hang. May be decorated with opaque paint markers found in arts and crafts stores, if desired.

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ornament directions: //
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:003.JPG width="154" height="128"]]
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cut fun foam to 4X6"
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Copy individual photos on white cardstock and then cut around photo
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cut antlers from brown construction paper
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Glue head and shoulders with antlers to fun foam
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Add red pom pom nose
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Hole punchcircles at the top of the fun foam and tie yarn
 * [|Pinterest ideas]

//Possible Centers for a morning of holiday fun://
 * 1) [[image:007.JPG width="160" height="210"]]decorate cupcake as an ornament (have someone make oversized cupcakes, spread icing, add candy and gel to decorate, add an upside down Reese's cup, a half pretzel makes the hanger
 * 2) [[image:006.JPG width="160" height="210"]]holiday necklaces can inclulde beads, bells, fun foan pieces ready to string
 * 3) [[image:009.JPG width="160" height="210"]]Ice Cream Cone Holiday trees (made with a cone-shaped ice cream cone upside down, iced with green icing spread with a popsicle stick or plastic knife, M&M for ornaments, marshmallow star
 * 4) [[image:012.JPG width="160" height="210"]]Buy Santa face paper plates and invite students to add a label pre-typed //"Dear Santa, I've been good all year, Here is a cookie for you and some food for your reindeer."// In a zip-locked bag make reindeer food with oatmeal and colored sugar or sprinkles. Tell the children that they should leave the plate out with a cookie and sprinkle the reindeer food on the lawn on Christmas Eve.
 * 5) [[image:008.JPG width="168" height="162"]]Make a gift bag using a small unadorned brown lunch bag. Cut handprints from brown construction paper. Bend down 2-3" of the paper bag and glue the hands to the back to make antlers. Fold back the sides of the folded over piece so thaqt they form a triangle. Add two wiggly eyes and a large red pom pom for the nose. Staple the sides after the gift is in the bag.

January = Happy New Year =
 * Make a [|memory string] and then write about it
 * Cute craft and writing [|New Year's resolution]

=** 100th Day of School **=
 * Fill in a [|Hundreds Chart]
 * [[image:100_day.jpg width="320" height="200"]]100th day hats - headband with 10 spider strips - 10 drawn shapes or stickers on each of the 10 strips
 * Blog: [|Happy 100!]
 * Give each child a hundreds chart and a die. The child rolls the die and fills in that many squares in a single color. He then rolls again and fills in the squares the number rolled in a different color. Continue until the entire hundreds chart is filled in.
 * Count/ write by 1's, 5's, 10's. 2's to 100.
 * Work in partners. Clip 100 paper clips together. Measure things in the room, _ __paper clips long.__
 * Invite student to predict how many times they can write their name in 100 seconds and then do it.
 * [|100th day booksmarks]
 * [|100th Day of School crown] or make your own crown with a sentence strip - on strip write by 10's and then glue the numerals100 cut from Elison on top of the sentence strip
 * [[image:100th_Day_003.JPG width="160" height="119"]]100 day snack - Twinkie plus two mini donuts - for a more healthy snack one pretzel roll with two mini bagels with peanut butter
 * [|Pinterest]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:168000_688297095192_25104753_38184891_6197670_n.jpg width="186" height="224"]]Teachers and students dress up like they will look at 100 years old
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[file:100 Words.docx|Write 100 words.]]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[file:100 Words.docx|Write 100 words.]]

= February = =** Groundhog's Day **=

=** Valentine's Day **=
 * Most classes ask students to bring in a [[file:Make your own Valentine box.docx|decorated cereal box or shoe box for students to put Valentines]].
 * [|Pinterest]
 * [[file:1.bmp|Handprint Valentine card]]

= March = = St. Patrick's Day =

= April = = Spring/Easter =


 * a blog of [|eggs-periments]
 * [|jelly bean graphing sheet]
 * [|Pinterest ideas]

= May = = Mother's Day =
 * [|lots of Mother's Day ideas submitted by teachers]
 * [[file:firstgradecce/Before I was a Mom.doc|**Before I was a Mom.doc**]] - Poem to be read at Mother's Day celebration
 * Ma[|llards' 2011 Mother's Day]
 * Postcard Maker

= June = Father's Day >
 * [[file:firstgradecce/father's_day_tie_card.jpg|father's day tie card.jpg]]
 * [[file:firstgradecce/father's_day_bowties_to_decorate_bags.jpg|father's day bowties to decorate bags.jpg]]
 * [[file:firstgradecce/dear dad poem.docx|dear dad poem.docx]]
 * [[image:IMG_0441.JPG width="320" height="237"]]