Fantastic Turkey Song/ Dance/ Video for Primary

I just had to share this Turkey Video I found this week! My kinders loved it AND they learned about turkeys in just a few minutes - total win win. The Heading says it is a "content rich" song and it actually is - complete truth in advertising.

Give Thanks - Beautiful Fall, Thanksgiving Bulletin Board

This board couldn't have been easier! Brown paper and my white Chalkboard Pen and 15 minutes later I am done for November!!

Favorite Character Pumpkins in the Library!!

What a turnout this year! I have created a Flipagram to document our pumpkins this year, it's a quick tour of the amazing pumpkins that are filling our Library right now. Just click on the picture above!

The Best Keyboarding/ Typing Resources in One Place

Whew! We are working on being a 1:1 school, we are a STEM school, we have a abundance of technology in our Elementary School. What do we NOT have? Proficient typists.

This morning I spent some time on the phone with Kevin from Sunburst and we discussed a quote for Type to Learn 4. TTL is one of the best keyboarding resources out there. At the initial rate of 899.00 with a 100.00 renewable annual fee, however, TTL is not in the budget.

I hit the web running and was delighted to find so MANY differentiated, fun, effective resources at www.abcya.com! TBH, before this morning I viewed abcya.com as one of those sites to hit when you need a "holiday" theme web assignment but I hit the jackpot for keyboarding resources.

Below are links to the keyboarding "games" I found at abcya.com. The list goes from K - 5.

Spookalicious Halloween Library Bulletin Board

Dark Lord Funk - Awesome for all of your Harry Potter fans, new and old!

I came across this parody last spring as well - unlike the Unread Book Parody, I only show this video to 4th and 5th Graders. The best thing I heard after showing this in the spring was from one of my best readers: "I am reading all of them again!" If you even enjoyed Harry a little don't miss this video:

Bruno Mars Library Parody - Unread Book - Don't Miss This!!

I came across this in the spring and my kids have requested it again in the fall! I LOVE this video put out by Pagona Creative and the Orange Public Library. Kids love looking for their favorite characters and it is very well done. I also like that I can show it to K-5.