As you may remember last summer I did a linky party called Sunday Smorgasbord. Because I have so much randomness inside this little head of mine today, I thought I’d bring it back just for this week. Â
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RANDOM #1
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Last week we celebrated Valentine’s Day with lots of crazy fun, but my favorite learning activity is also party. Â While we learned all about economics during the week, we ended our unit with our Sweetheart Shop. Â My students started their party with “Cupid Cash”. Â They each had $12.00 to spend in my store. Â They knew they were the consumer and I was the producer. We talked about how I was providing them with goods, so they could create their Valentine bags. Â They also learned the hard lesson of scarcity. Â They all wanted things they either could not afford, or things that were no longer left, because of supply and demand. Â What better way to learn these things than with concrete examples and hands on experiences. Â
 A hot ticket item that taught them all about scarcity.
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RANDOM #2
In addition to learning all about economics, we also read Love, Splat. Â I just love that cat and I’m not a cat girl. Â Who doesn’t love kiddo illustrations. My kids are super talented and smart!Â
Also, we are loving practicing fluency. My kiddos really enjoy timing each other on their phrases.Â
These 3 products are amazing for fluency. Â
We love Cara’s passages and her roll a phrase work!Â
These phrase cards are perfect for practicing sight words.Â
 I’m using Katie’s homework fluency stories as a home to school connection.Â
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Random #3
This week we’ll be reading Duck for President and doing presidential centers. Here are a couple of freebies for you. A write the room center and listening center.
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Random #4
My sweet hubby bought me these pretty earring for Valentine’s Day because he know how much I love Kendra Scott!Â
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 Of course another pair, made me itch for more, so I had to check out Nordstrom’s sales.  They have some great deals right now.  They also have 6% back on Ebates, which to me is like getting free money, so I might just have to buy these things in my cart.Â
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Random #5
My students have been working so hard to become great writer’s this year. Now we just have to add more detail. Â The best way I know to get my kiddos to make their writing more exciting is to add adjectives. I can’t wait to use my friend Hope’s activity Suzie Adjective. Â Her stuff just makes my teacher heart so happy.Â
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