The Joys of Power Point, my New Favorite Game and Scaredy Squirrel!

Good afternoon everybody!

I am excited to announce that I have recently fallen in love.... TWICE! Once with Power Point and then a second time with I have who has!!

1- POWER POINT!!! It was about time I realized Power Point is for more than presentations! Up until recently, I was using Word to create all of my documents. And it took forever!!! After seeing a few TPT sellers write that they were using PP I figured I would give it a try. And boy am I happy I did! Creating stuff is so much faster and there are some great features that Word doesn't have. So I'm hooked! :) And if you check out Amy Lemons blog, she has two video tutorials that are really helpful!! Thanks AMY!!

2- I have who has!! As I'd mentionned in an earlier post, I've only recently found out about this game. I've been  playing with my students for the last two weeks and we are all in love with this game!! My students get really excited (in a good way ;) when we play! We try to beat our time everytime (that's a lot of times!;) and when we do, the kids feel so proud! It is so cute! So far, we've played I have who has for time and for contractions.
If you would like a copy of my I have who has for contractions, click here!

Now I would like to introduce you to an other love of mine... just not a new one ;)

SCAREDY SQUIRREL!!!

Scaredy Squirrel is a character created by Canadian author Mélanie Watt. He is the most amazing character ever! The series follow the adventures of little Scaredy, an extremely fearful squirrel. Scaredy is both funny and charming and the books have a sarcastic tone you are sure to love. I simply am obsessed LOVE Scaredy Squirrel and so do my kids! My kids are in grade 6 and they love story time with Scaredy! As you know, my kids are second language learners so these books were not originally made for grade 6 kids (even though they really enjoy it!) so your younger kiddos would probably really like him!

My favorite book is Scaredy Squirrel at Night:

 I would love to know if you know Scaredy Squirrel!! And if you don't I highly recommend you grab a copy of one of the books.... and let me know what you think!! :)

Last but not least, I have a word wall question.... Do you guys use word walls in your classroom? If so, do you have word walls for themes or do you work by teaching new words with patterns?
I've always done with patterns... but I was curious! I love the idea of have thematic word walls.... but I also feel like learning words with similar patterns is amazing! Or maybe you have a word wall for the words of the week that they need to study and then a second wall for a theme? I would love your input!!

Until next time,