So I have found a new love this summer. Hiking! This totally shocked me because I don't really consider myself an outdoorsy person. I have been fairly athletic the past five years but I tend to stick to the treadmill at my gym! Here are a couple pics from the hike! (P.S. I don't know why my iPhone took all my pictures in this weird filter...it may have been lighting).
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| Creepy but really cool swamp! |
Another cool place I've been spending a lot of time at is this little family cafe near my house. The pastries are UNREAL and the coffee is ridiculous! I'm a bit of a coffee snob now! Look at how pretty it is!
One last thing before that freebie. I joined instagram! Now I am not really a huge user of social media but I realized how many picures I was sending back and forth in front of people, so why not share some of those gems? My instagram is @teachingkati and you can see my images in the upper left hand corner of the screen. :) Fancy!
Now for that freebie! I took the time (and this one didn't take much time) and made comic paper! Kiddos can write captions and thought/speech bubbles to help explain their story (a lesson on graphic features, anyone?) It's really simple but the kids love it! A longer, more complex version of this is coming for older grades or to swap out for late in the year when the kids are ready to make their stories more complex.
Use this for your writing center, as a part of your literacy centers, or for early finishers! The kids may beg you to let them write comics!
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| Click the picture to download! :) |
Teaching Kati Lesson: Instagram widgets are really easy to install. Phew!
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