Halloween Sun Catchers

Since the weather is once again cooperating and feeling like Fall, I decided that we needed fun Halloween decorations for our windows. My thoughts were to hang them in the living room where the sun sets great, but my girls wanted them both in their room. These sun catchers turned out great and were a lot easier to make than I had anticipated!

I started by gathering all the materials. I had to make a trip to Target for the clear contact paper. FYI, it is found in the kitchen section for lining cabinets. I expected it to be in the school supply area. 

You will need contact paper, scissors, construction paper or card stock and tissue paper. The tissue paper is cut into squares so scraps or wrinkled sheets are perfect. I initially cut the tissue paper but then the girls wanted to help and it is actually great scissor cutting practice because the pieces don’t need to be perfect squares they can be any shape. 

Next, we decided what shapes to make. The girls decided on a pumpkin and a ghost. I freehanded them. They’re not perfect but they work. I cut the initial shape out then bent the paper to cut an outline out, so that only the outline remained. See the picture below. 

Then cut a piece of contact paper to fit on your shape. Leave the sticky side up so that the tissue paper can stick to it.

 

The tissue paper just sticks directly on the contact paper. Once the shapes are covered in tissue paper take another piece of contact paper and place it on top of the shape so that  both sticky sides are touching each other. Smooth the contact paper out. Then take scissors and cut around the outline. We learned that it is ok if the tissue paper is off the outline because you are going to cut around it. 

I would love to see what designs you come up with.  Please leave pictures in the comments or tag me on Instagram @pintsizedlearning or Facebook, Pint Sized Learning.  Happy Creating!

Theresa

Fall TpT Sale #falldealsprekto1

Happy Wednesday!  I am participating in a sale with some other amazing TpT sellers, we each picked 2 products in our store and marked them down to $1.  I searched before writing this post and there are so many great products out there.  Now is the time to stock up on Boom Card Decks, centers, worksheets and various activities that will help make your teaching life easier over the next few months.  

I have chosen two products that contain concepts that are taught throughout the year.  The Build a Number Sundae asks students to use number recognition skills and one to one correspondence to build a sundae.  The bowls display a number on them and students use ice cream sundae ingredients to build a sundae with the correct number.  

3D Shape Boom Cards are a great review for students to show you what they know.  They are self correcting cards that can be used to review and sort 3D shapes.  Specific skills included in the cards are sorting shapes by their physical attributes and sorting shapes when given two different options.  

Happy midweek shopping!

Theresa, Pint Sized Learning

Fall, Fall Everywhere! Fall Centers, Fall Boom Cards and Fall Google Slides

Happy Fall!  If you're like me you are so excited for the cooler temperature and all the good feelings and vibes that Fall bring.  As a family we have already been apple picking and are enjoying the unseasonably nice fall temperatures here in South Carolina.  Our windows have been opened for the last 4 days and I am loving it!  

While Fall at home is fun, Fall at school is even more fun.  There are so many fun things to do that will help your students learn too.  I loved to make applesauce with my kids.  I would ask each student to donate one apple.  We would make applesauce in the crockpot and the classroom would smell amazing!  The picture is from our applesauce making at home this weekend but I have linked it to a simple crockpot recipe that I used in the classroom.  

Fall in the classroom can also mean fun centers that incorporate fall pictures and words but also learning.  This activity below is part of my Fall ELA Centers and simply has the students doing one to one correspondence to spell words.  It helps them seeing what the individual letters look like, picking letters out from a pile and placing them in the correct order to spell a word.  The beginning and ending sound cards are perfect for assisting student in how to spell various words and also using their letter sound knowledge.  

Letter tiles or magnetic letters are perfect for these centers.  I have created paper Letter Tile Manipulatives that you can download here for FREE.  Each child can get their own set in a sandwich bag and reuse them with different centers.  

If you are interested in a digital set of these Fall ELA Centers they are available in my TpT Store, Fall ELA Boom Deck and Fall ELA Google Slides.  They include syllable sorting, identifying isolated beginning and ending sounds and identifying combined beginning and ending sounds.  

I hope that everyone is enjoying the first day of Fall and continues to enjoy all fun has to offer!

Theresa, Pint Sized Learning

Email List Sign Up and a Freebie

 By now you are through half of the first week (for most) of the first week of school!  I'm sure it has been an adjustment and learning process for both you and your students.  Do you need help figuring out something for your virtual students to do if they are early finishers while you are working with small groups or individual students?  

Well look no further, I have created choice boards that are differentiated for you to give to your students.  They are available by subscribing to my email list.  They will be available as a PDF file individually as well as jpegs to make it easier to share with your students.  All you have to do is confirm your subscription and the choice boards will be sent to you.  

Being a member of my email list will have LOTS of benefits!  You will be the FIRST to be informed of new products that are posted, you will receive at least one freebie a month and there will be giveaways too!  What more could you want?!