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August 6, 2012

Make It Monday

I’m linking up with the Tara at the Fourth Grade Folics Blog for the Make It Monday Linky Party.


I worked on updating my curriculum map and making sure my lessons are aligned with the core Curriculum this week. 

 

I made these passes at Vistaprint and I needed a holder for them.

 

Most of the cards will be stored in the file cabinet, but I want to leave some out to encourage students. I thought of making a paper card holder. And here’s what I came up with:

 

Well I didn’t come up with them, Marcus from Digiprop created the business card butler and the mad scientist. I printed them on card stock. It took about 2-3 minutes to cut them out and 2 minutes to fold and tape them. Super easy. 

 

 

 

Then I saw these free printable 3D Letters on Digiprop.

The possibilities are endless (bulletin boards, word walls, word work, etc). My students are going to go crazy over these. All you need is paper, scissor and glue (I like double-sided tape) to make these cute letters.  Don’t worry, there is even a tutorial that is very easy to follow to make these letters. I cut them while watching a movie. Some letters are a bit harder to make then others, but it’s fun. I can see a basket filling up with these soon. I may laminate them before I fold too. 

 

If you do decide to use the alphabet. Be aware that the letter N has a Ninja (with a sword because all ninjas have swords). I wrote to Marcus and asked him if I could have the N without a sword and he uploaded it here. And while I refer to Marcus like I know him, I don’t. I just found his site this week and I absolutely love it. 

 

 

Marcus at Digiprop has a lot of other cute things like these dinosaurs. I love the scientist dino. 

 
 

There is even a very happy Jesus on a dinosaur.  

And Marcus has some cute paper finger puppets (a fox & a crow . I immediately thought how cute these would be with the Fox and the Crow Story (Aesop’s Fable).

 

And there is a sweet dinosaur desk calendar. Marcus has a lot of interesting animals – a sheep, a hippo and a tucan. 

And Math teachers will love the paper tetrahedron. Print, cut and fold.

Time to Put Your Thinking Caps on (thank you Vanessa). Everyone needs a thinking cap! (Materials: printable, card stock, glue, tape and clothespins to hold it while it dries).

There is also a black and white copy for the kids to color too.

 

 I’m up early because we are doing board and batten in the hallway. Installing molding makes me very happy!  Have a great Monday everyone. Can’t wait to see all of your great ideas and projects. 

Hugs,
marlene

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12 Responses to “Make It Monday”

  1. Anonymous Says:
    August 6th, 2012 at 10:19 am

    Marcus is very talented. I LOVE the 3D letters. You are right the possibilities are endless. Thanks for sharing. I am your newest follower. Stop by and check out my blog.

  2. Vanessa Says:
    August 6th, 2012 at 10:43 am

    Great ideas! I love the printable letters. I am going to print the brains now and use them in class – “Let’s Put Our Thinking Caps On”

  3. Elizabeth Says:
    August 6th, 2012 at 11:42 am

    Well, those are just cool. Thanks for the ideas. I’ve never heard of Digiprop and might spend a little time over there today :)

    Elizabeth
    Fun in Room 4B

  4. Jan Says:
    August 6th, 2012 at 11:50 am

    I never heard of Digiprop until now but I am glad I did. I think my printer is going to be pumping out a lot of letters and dinosaurs today. I like the brains and then I saw the comment Vanessa made about Thinking Caps – YES! I love that too.

  5. Andi Says:
    August 6th, 2012 at 10:08 am

    That is a super cool resource. My nephews love 3-D paper guys. We bought them of book of “paper dolls” for Christmas and they went through the whole book in a month. Thanks for sharing!
    ~Andi

  6. Multiage Moments Says:
    August 6th, 2012 at 11:16 am

    Thank you so much for the links! These are fabulous!
    – Michele
    MULTIAGE MOMENTS

  7. Kristin Says:
    August 6th, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    WOW! I am headed over to Digiprop now. Thanks for sharing your great resource! I guess that is why you are the queen. : )

  8. Laura Says:
    August 6th, 2012 at 8:17 pm

    These are fantastic and my students will love them. Thanks Queen

  9. Amanda Says:
    August 7th, 2012 at 2:13 am

    I am loving all those pictures! Especially the scientist dinosaur! How adorable! Really excited to explore that website, thanks! :)

  10. Andi Says:
    August 7th, 2012 at 2:18 am

    These digi letters are AWESOME. I’m bookmarking for later :)

    –Andi

  11. Molly Says:
    August 7th, 2012 at 7:29 am

    Wow, what an amazing resource! Those letters are super cute! I know my students would love those as well!!

    Molly
    Lessons with Laughter

  12. Dee Bibb Says:
    August 7th, 2012 at 11:22 am

    Thanks for all the super cool resource pages! I am so in love with the 3D letters and the Brain Hat!

    My kiddos are going to love this!!

    Dee
    Mrs. B’s Nook

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