Freaky Friday- Week 5; Old Lady Swallowed A Pie!

This year there are 5 Fridays in October, so you will be treated to 'spook'-tacular deals for 5 weeks!

The deals started on October 2nd and end tomorrow!

Here is how it works:

Each Friday the participating sellers will select one product from their store to mark down to just $1 for the day!

How will you find these products?

There are 2 ways:

1. Type freakyfriday into the TPT search engine

2. Click the links to the participating stores in the linky at the end of this post and it will take you directly to that store's $1 deal for the day!  

You can also click the first link- it will bring you to all the $1 deals of the day!

So what will you find from me this week?

I am happy to offer one of my favorite Thanksgiving packs:

If your students are anything like mine, they L-O-V-E this story:

by Alison Jackson 

(Don't have it...see below...you can WIN a copy!!!)

So I created a pack to go along with the story to help with recall, sequencing and retelling!

This Pack Includes:
*Listening Response Printable

*Sequencing Printable/Pieces

*10 Full Color Sequencing Cards

*10 B&W Sequencing Cards

*Directions for folding the reader

*Full Color 8 page Foldable Emergent Reader

*B&W 8 page Foldable Emergent Reader

***AND just added 10/15/15***
*retelling/sequencing crown (with assembly and directions for use)

This pack is normally $3, so by purchasing it tomorrow, October 30th, you'll save $2! 

If you and your students LOVE this pack, be sure to check out my entire 'Old Lady Swallowed' series- which is on sale for 10/30 only too!  Valued at $44, you can grab it for $20 on Friday!

When you purchase the bundle you get 'bundle only' retelling bags for each story!

Ready To Find All the $1 Deals for Week 5 (LAST WEEK) of Freaky Friday?

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Now here is your TREAT!!!

I would LOVE to give away a copy of The Old Lady Who Swallowed A Pie to one lucky winner!  (If you already own the book you can enter and if you win, you can choose another book in the same price range from Amazon!)

The only 'rule' for entry is you must reside in an area where Amazon will ship!

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We hope you have enjoyed these weekly deals!

We'd love to have you come back and visit again next year when we 'get freaky' all over again!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Until next post,

Sticker Stories!

Do your students L-O-V-E stickers?!

If so....have them create sticker stories!!!

 This idea came to me while sitting with my boys!  They were putting stickers on paper....one thing led to another and all of a sudden we were writing a story about the stickers we put on our papers!

My son is in kindergarten, so I had him try and write his story and he had so much fun with it I knew it was something that would help spark some creative writing- with a dash of sight word practice- in my kinders!

I had some left over circle (label) stickers from lollipop favors I made for my son's birthday party and thought....AH-HA...I can make my own stickers!!!

I purchased mine from Amazon- but I am sure you can get them from an office supply store too!

They are Avery 8293.

I made a template, printed the stickers and had my kinders get to work!

Each student had a 'story mat' and a strip of stickers.

This particular set was 'Thanksgiving Table' so they were putting food on the table.

They simply put the stickers on the mat...

and then used the 'picture' they created to write a story! 

I mounted the mat and story on 12x18 construction paper... 

And it made an AWESOME hallway display!  We had also done some interactive writing that week listed foods we have on our Thanksgiving table!

You can find this set, complete with the sticker template and mat here: 

And if you don't have the circle stickers, you can print the template on paper and have students cut/paste.  I also provided the pictures in square form for easier cutting/pasting!

And there is also this set to write stories about The First Thanksgiving:

They were so successful, I got to work over Thanksgiving break and created two Christmas sets and a winter set!

Santa's Workshop version:

They use the toy/object/person stickers to create and write about a scene from inside Santa's workshop!  They could write about what is being made for them there too!

Santa's Sleigh version:

They will put stickers with toys/objects on them in Santa's sleigh and write about what is in the sleigh- or even what fell out of the sleigh if they choose to put some out of the sleigh!

And the winter set...Snowy Day! 

This set comes with 3 different story mats so students can decide on what scene they want!  They put the snow fun stickers on the scene and write about what is going on!

I know they are going to have "SNOW" much fun with these sets!

You can find them here:

AND for for today (12/1) through Wednesday (12/3) they are on sale for 20% off!  PLUS if you shop 12/1-12/2 with promo code TPTCYBER you get an extra 10% off!

Happy Sticking....Happy Shopping!

I would love to hear how your stories came out...and I am already planning a TON more for the upcoming months, seasons and holidays!

And don't forget to stop by Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Designs Facebook page for the next 12 days!

Each day 3 amazing TPT authors, as well as Zippy herself, are giving away something from their store (or a credit) PLUS you can enter to win a $30 gift card!

Today's gift card is for Amazon!

Be sure to come back on 12/4 where you will find ME...and some pretty awesome authors...and a $30 Starbucks gift card!

 

Until next post,

Gift Crafty for Gift Giving...and...It's Almost ELF Time!!!

I am so thankful for this weekend...it gave me time to....

prepare and finish Thanksgiving gifts for my sons' school friends!

I always like the boys to give their friends a little gift each holiday- not just Christmas.  I didn't want to overload them with candy after we just escaped the MOUNDS of Halloween candy, so I decided on play dough...ok...my original idea was those cute 'Turkey Toes' you see on Pinterest, but since I didn't plan far enough in advance and buy the harvest corn in August when it came out, there was NONE to be found!

These were actually VERY easy to make!

Step 1: Gather supplies!

I used the 'medium' size play doh containers.  I used Educlips Build -A-Turkey clip art to make the printable and some tape!

(Did you see the 'hyperlink' on printable?  YUP...I have it for you!!!)

Step 2: Make 2 tape rolls- one on lid and one on container 

Step 3: Stick the turkey body on the tape. 

Step 4: Center the feathers on the container 

Step 5: Secure each side of the feathers with a piece of tape! 

DONE!  See....so easy! 

 I saved the boxes the dough came in for 'safe travel!'

 They are packed in good and tight!

And about 1.5 hours later (start to finish including cutting) an entire 'flock' of 56 are ready to be delivered!

But my gifting didn't end there...I need to show the teachers, daycare providers and bus driver we are so THANKFUL for them too!  I found these packs of Starbucks Hot Cooca in Christmas Tree Shoppe for $1.29 each.  I whipped up a little tag and they are all set to go! 

I still had some 'spare time'...and you know who will be arriving soon.....

Our Elf!!!

Check out my guest post on The Primary Pack (it goes live at midnight 11/24) which details how to make this adorable Elf Craftivity 

You can download all the pieces to make him, along with an adoption certificate and Magic Elf Dust poem for FREE from my Teachers Pay Teachers store:

I LOVE having the elf do fun things around the house and leave things for the boys...and somewhere between doing laundry, dishes and cleaning this weekend, I thought of having the elf leave them 'Elf Hat Candy!'

Naturally I had to give it a try to see if my 'vision' would work...

So I gathered the supplies...

Hershey Kisses would be the 'hat' and they would be covered with some festive chocolate.  I thought the candy wafers would work as the base, but they were too small, so I improvised...see below!

Unwrap the kisses (you can also 'cheat' and purchase the candy cane Hershey Kisses- throw them in a bowl or on a plate and call then Elf hats- I won't tell that there was another, more time consuming, way!)

Melt the chocolate- if it is too thick, add a touch of vegetable oil to make it thinner!

 Press the kiss into the melted chocolate...

And to make them more festive, dip in sprinkles! 

Be creative..there is no wrong way to make an elf hat candy! 

 

Now to my improvise...I simply 'blobbed' chocolate onto waxed paper!  Add a few sprinkles if you want! 

Before the 'blobs' harden, drop the Hershey Kisses onto the blobs- WALAH!  You have a hat! 

You can add a 'blob' of chocolate to the top as a tip, but not necessary! 

If you are in a rush, slide the wax paper onto a tray and put it in the fridge or freezer to harden.  Otherwise you can leave them out to harden.  

Once hardened, it is time to have your elf serve up a sweet treat: 

And here is a close-up of one of the hats...HOW cute are they???!!! 

As for me....I must now go hide the evidence!  That pic of our elf Rudy was taken down in my basement on the sly...he doesn't make his appearance for another week.... he looked quite upset that I shoved him back in the box and covered him up with stockings and placemats!  SORRY RUDY!  I promise...it is almost time!!!!

Don't forget to download the elf craftivity!

I'd love to hear about some of your elf fun!!!

Until next post,