Our week in 5/6B

WOW
What a huge week we had!
But what a great start to my new class and a new school year.

We did a lot of work on our class, and how we need to be working together for us all to reach our goals. I took it pretty easy and tried to get an indication of where I am starting from with each child. Here are a few other things we did throughout the week.

We talked about what we would like our class to be like this year and I had everyone write 5 words to describe it. I compiled all of their words into this cute Tagzedo and it is stuck next to our classroom door for us all to read each day.

We completed a class scavenger hunt. Grab this freebie HERE

They received some "Tools for Learning" from me.

And created some learning spaces they would like in their classroom using a variety of things including playdoh, kinetic sand, whiteboards and paint.

We began planning our Minecraft themed self portraits and then....

began creating them with paper! I cut out the strips and it was up to the kids to cut the squares. I can't wait to share the finished product!

It was a great week :) How was yours?

Snowman! Tuesday Art Linky

Last week we were looking at the letter S. We made this totally pinterest inspired snowman artwork :)

It was a very simple activity which combined cutting, gluing and the a little bit of paint right at the end. Super cute!

And I have uploaded the templates I made for the main pieces for you to Google Docs so you make your own snowman :)

Click the pic to go and grab your templates.

Jack in the Box - Tuesday Art Linky

My sweet friend Mel has a fun weekly link up.

I wanted to share this craft we made last week for our week on 'j'.We made Jack in the Box (es)

It is actually a craft from Mels pack Craft Projects - 26 Fold and Create Paper Crafts

I took the clown template and gave it a bit of adjusting (as all good teachers do).
And taadaaa.......

How cute are they?

Lots of different skills involved including colouring, cutting, gluing, folding and peeling and sticking stickers.

Took us forever but the outcome was totally worth it :)

Deep Space Sparkle

No it isn't anything sciencey - it's actually a fantastic art website!

I know that at times, I struggle with eye catching and easy art lessons but Deep Space Sparkle could just help me (and you) to overcome this!

I thought it was great that they separate the lessons by grade but they also can be sorted by topic or even technique used.

I was introduced to this by a friend who did this particular lesson with me year 2 kiddos but it turned out fantastic, even though it is a Year 6 lesson.

Here is some of our efforts - I was so impressed that I mounted them all and laminated them. Energy and time well spent! Apologies about the glare of the laminated pics.

So go and try Deep Space Sparkle for some new ideas :)