Here's what we've been working on so far!
Dots Around the Country
My son and I like to trace and we've created this tracing workbook that features sights from all of the 50 United States! We are calling it "Dots Around the Country" since there are dots embedded into each one of the pictures. We use a metallic Sharpie marker to complete each dot picture as well as the handwriting ruled title for each. There is also a small caption at the bottom of each picture that describes it in some way.
It's a rather simple idea but my son and I have not found nearly enough tracing practice out there on the World Wide Web and very little that appeals to him as an eight-year-old getting ready for third grade. He loves travel and helped me choose the locations!
Dots Around the Country is available on my Teachers Pay Teacher's Web store for only two dollars! That's like 4 cents a state.
SUMMER WRITING JOURNAL - It's all about ME!
I wanted to create a summer writing journal that was handwriting ruled but also had prompts that I felt would engage my son as we moved through the summer. This 33 page collection has opportunities for him to talk about his pets, his neighborhood and his favorite movies and music of the summer. We both agreed that personalizing the look of each journal for different users would make kids more likely to want to write in them So we came up with four different themes: Galaxy, Grass, Wood and DISCO!
There are additional pages in the back for both different prompts and also REVISING some entries along the way.
CUTTING WORK - Cut and Fold : Paris
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Cut and Fold : Paris |
I had a fun time creating "Cut and Fold : Paris" because it gave me a chance to research the ten locations that I featured in his pop-up map so that we could talk about them as he was cutting. I've added a brief explanation of why each location is so important!
I had so much fun, I might just have to complete another one on another major city.
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