Well...I though I might just give you a few ideas for September that are tried and true by the enthusiasm of my past students or ones I have found searching around! (being retired, I have tons of time to search and find!) Who am I kidding?...I have less time now than I did when I was teaching full time! But that is a story for another time!😍
So...some September Ideas that are NOT Back to School Ideas...
🍎 Let's start with a few ideas for Johnny Appleseed!
Let's face it Fall would not be fall without talking about those red delicious apples and Johnny Appleseed. This is a great blog for all book related resources and this blogger is offering some free ideas...Check her out and scoop up some ideas especially this one!🍎 Here is another comprehensive Johnny Appleseed Resource that includes some tasty delights:
Have fun tasting apples and apple treats, reading a math themed book about Johnny Appleseed and MORE...OH and your kiddos will be making a Johnny Appleseed paper bag puppet, too!
🍎 My colleagues and I always LOVED to Dress up for the occasion even if it wasn't Halloween.
This fun idea shows a costume idea to become Johnny Appleseed while teaching about apples. Now this is something I LOVED about teaching!
🍎 Did you Know September 19th is Talk Like a Pirate Day?
Let's bring out the inner pirate in all of your kiddos with some Pirate Jargon and more with these ideas:
You Might also like this cute Parrot Craft. Add some pirate hats and a few accessories and then take a picture fora school memory!
It is always fun to have a story that your kiddos can relate to when celebrating "Talk like a Pirate Day". If you need a few ideas for books to read aloud on this special day, here you go...
Oh and we absolutely need a costume to add a little "Shiver me Timbers" to our read aloud and Shared reading!
🍎 Elephants Never Forget..so...Let's not Forget the Elephants.
September 22nd is National Elephant Appreciation Day!
I have resource that was especially created for this day!
If it is too late to celebrate in next week or so...just celebrate it any time.
Many children find elephants extremely interesting and this packet will definitely spark an interest and love for Elephants!
Even if you simply read a few books about Elephants, have the kiddos write some facts they have learned about this mighty animal and make this easy Elephant craft that is included in the Elephant resource above, they will be sure to have a bit of fun and definitely appreciate elephants!
🍎 And Now for our last September special day to celebrate...drum roll please.......September 24th is Punctuation DAY!
How much fun would it be to write your morning message with different types of ending punctuation to spice it up a bit? Or...maybe write the alphabet using periods, questions Marks, exclamation marks at different spot throughout your alphabet chart! So it might look like this:
ABC! DEFGH? IJKL. M. N. OP? QRST! UV? WX. Y? Z!
OR REALLY ANYWHERE YOU CHOOSE TO PUT YOUR PUNCTUATION!
Here are a few Punctuation resources that might be fun to use and reuse to celebrate Punctuation Day.
You might also want to read a book or two about punctuation. Here are a few of my favorites:
You might also want to read a book or two about punctuation. Here are a few of my favorites:
Why not try some Punctuation Phrase Fluency Bowling? Each sight word phrase is attached to a plastic bowling pin and whichever pins are knocked down, have to be read showing the correct inflection according to the end marks on each of the phrases. This is a sample of Spring Themed Sight Word Phrases, but there are also "Frozen Phrases" that can be used as well! Spring Fluency Phrases for Bowling
So there you have it some fun ideas to celebrate some special days in September. If you found these after the dates, simply save these ideas for next year.
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