A Writing Map-tivity

My students LOVED dancing and singing to Dr. Jean's song, "The Cool Bear Hunt." Every year they get so engaged in the song and the order of events on the hunt. They also have a great time creating a map to the bear's cave, complete with compass rose and map key. Since "craftivity" has become a common word among teachers, I decided to call this a "map-tivity." Who coined the word "craftivity" anyway?

Here are some student examples of our map-tivity:

If you would like to check out this map and writing resource in my TpT store, please click {HERE}. I am adding a collage preview that I didn't have the first time I posted about this activity. 

After the transformation. Isn't that bear so cute?!

I decided to wait on the opinion writing activity for a few weeks while we continue with maps and "Before There was a Georgia" activities like naming the regions and rivers in our state and how they impacted where the Native Americans lived and where the first European settlers decided to live. 

Have a great day!

Carrie

One-Year Anniversary!

Hello! In honor of my one-year anniversary of this blog, I thought I would post a second entry! Pretty impressive, I know!

This time last year, I loved searching Pinterest and Teachers Pay Teachers for helpful ideas and products to empower me as a teacher. (That sounds a little dramatic, but they have both added so much to all of our lives as teachers and as "real people." Can I get an amen to that?) The things that inspired me the most were the cute educational crafts, anchor charts, and Common Core practice pages with clean lines and cute, readable fonts. I have been so inspired and energized in my lesson planning and teaching because of all of those teachers. Thank you to everyone out there for your hard work!

This summer, I still enjoy doing those things, but my main hobby is reading teacher blogs. I like reading about how they use their creations in class, how they got started as bloggers, and how they are connected to others in the blogging community. That is pretty neat! Also, I would like to thank Jessica Stanford for her tutorials that she recorded and posted to help people like me get going in the blogging world. For real, thank you!!

If you would also like to learn from Jessica’s tutorials, please click here. After I watch more of them, my blog will look even better! (I needed to "Just Do It.")

Jessica, you rock!!