Mixed Up Fairy Tales!

This is one of my favorite weeks of the year....the week where we examine all different versions of classic fairy tales. This unit always bring laughter, enjoyment, and creativity! 


We started examining mixed up fairy tales back in November when our weekly reading story fell into the fantasy genre. I had just gotten a new mixed up fairy tale to add to my collection and much to my amazement (to my wallet's disappointment), I discovered that there was a whole set of fractured fairy tales! I called my dear friends at BAM and had them order me the set ASAP. 

My students LOVED THEM! EVERY ONE! Can't say I blame them...they are adorable and hilarious.

They joined our already existing mixed up fairy tale family...

I have others (like 15 more) but I am starting to lose my memory. Hey, it's Monday. So with the idea of mixed up fairy tales on our minds, my kiddos decided they wanted to make their own fractured fairy tales for our new set of class movies. They started today and they are THRILLED! I can't wait to see where these movies take us. 

Now Playing! Idiom Tales!

My students finished their idiom movies about a week and a half ago and I finally got to the editing of these movies today! They worked really hard on this project and had a ton of fun.


You guys are the first to see our class movies. Tomorrow I will show the kiddos and send copies home for family viewing. 

Enjoy!

And learn them and learn them and learn them...

...please excuse the title....I have a song stuck in my head that I used for instructional purposes today, but now I am paying the price. 


Of course as you know, it's idiom week in my class. I had made a Mimio lesson for idioms over the summer. While putting that lesson together and doing "Google searches," I found a song on animal idioms posted on YouTube. THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING!! 

My kids were singing the words all day! Our movies on idioms are coming together nicely. I plan on doing a post on everything we have done this week for our movies. It's been such a delightful experience. 

Off to go snuggle my puppy. :) 

It's a good thing you don't need a voice to blog

Teaching and talking all day + being sick = NO VOICE. I sound terrible, but feel okay. The show must go on! No sick days for me. 

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We started our movie making process today. The kids are EXCITED! I will do another post tonight after dinner to share what we did today. 

Sick as a dog and movie making

I haven't posted in 3 days and that kills me, but in my defense, I'm sick with a sinus infection. This happens every year when Florida drops down to 20 degrees one night but then back up to 80 the next day. My poor little sinus friends can't handle it. Now I'm paying the price...


Apart from not being able to breathe through my nose, I had a great week with the kiddos. Idioms is our skill for next week, so I have decided to make a class movie with the kids. I divided them into groups of 4. Each group has been given "themed" idioms. (sayings about food, weather, feelings, animals). 


I bought this fabulous idiom set from Scholastic a few months ago and I'm so ready to put it to good use. 

ReallyGoodStuff.com also offers this product. If you click on the photo, it will take you to their website. 

This will be out first class movie. I'm excited! I wrote a grant earlier in the year for $800 worth of video equipment and my class got it, so we need to start with the movie making process. I have a very lively group and they should have NO trouble being in front of the camera. :) 

I need to start working on sheets and activities that will help us in the completion of our movie, especially in the script writing step. Stay tuned for future posts about this.