Teacher Appreciation Sale

Aloha friends!!! It's teacher appreciation week.  Time to enjoy some fun discount, sales and hopefully a few treats from your staff or parents.

I am joining in with a few bloggy buddies to share out some of our favorite products that you can snatch up at bargain prices.

I have some fun items that are great for the end of the year.

Aloha Welcome To Hawaii-A Fun Unit All About Hawaii

Down By The Sea-Literacy Centers

Let's Luau-Math Centers

Social Studies Interactive Notebook Bundle

Blushing Pink Lesson Planner

Click on the picture or any of the items to take you to my TpT store.

Enjoy your week and I hope you are pampered and loved more than usual this week!

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2 for Tuesday

Aloha sweet friends!  It is the 2nd week of my vacation and I am loving all the time I have to lounge, read and surf!  I am heading out today to find some material to make some seat sacks for this year. Wish me luck on finding the perfect colors!

Today I am linking up with my sweet friend Cyndie over at Chalk One Up For The Teacher.  She is having a 2 For Tuesday linky.

Two items in my store will be on sale only for today.

My Hawaii Unit and my Mint Lesson Planner will be on sale today only!

Head on over to my shop to check it out!

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Happy Mother's Day and a Language Lesson

Aloha everyone!  I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday especially if you are a mother!

I hope you are able to spend time with your kids and your moms :)

Today I wanted to send a big Mahalo to all of you who have purchased my Aloha unit!  It is something I had planned to make for quite awhile and am so happy that I did.  I am in no way an expert on Hawaii, but having lived here for 10 years I have learned a lot!

I received a nice picture from a fellow teacher in Arizona who had a multicultural fair recently.  She had purchased my unit and added some of her own flair to it.  She is originally from Hawaii :)  I am so honored when I receive such sweet feedback!

I love the foods that they tried-Kalua pork, haupia (coconut pudding), pineapple and macadamia nuts.

Today I am posting my first tutorial!  It is a little language lesson for those of you who may not be as familiar with the Hawaiian language.  I included the pronunciations in my unit, but sometimes it is helpful to hear it.

The next video is one I found that you could show to your students to help them learn and memorize the colors in Hawaiian. 

I also found this DidiPop video that is basically what I just posted but more fun ;)

Our Hawaiian studies teacher used lots of songs to teach our students the Hawaiian language and that is how I have learned too!

I plan to list some resources over the next month to teach more about Hawaii since it is so close to summer and we could all use a little break from our regular curriculum :)  

This week is going to be a busy one for us.  Friday is our annual May Day event and it is a big deal.  Here is my post from last year.   May Day 2012 

The students have been working hard on their dance and all the songs that they will sing.  Here is a sneak peak.  Makua (Our Hawaiian studies teacher) has a beautiful voice and is a talented musician.  She taught me how to play the ukulele and we are so lucky to have her teaching the students.

It's hard learning a song all in Hawaiian, but I know it will be wonderful.

We have to get costumes finished and fine tune all of our dance steps.  I am learning a new hula myself to dance with the teachers.  Wish me luck!

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Shave Ice Is Da Best

Aloha friends! Today I wanted to share a favorite treat of most people in Hawaii.

All kids in Hawaii love Shave Ice.  If you have ever traveled here you know that this is a must have!

This is our favorite place for Shave Ice.

On a warm day it is always crowded!!

There are tons of flavors to choose from and the price is right for what you get.

My daughter's is the  purple cup.  She chose the Sour Pucker.  Mine is the blue, which is the tropical mix.  Kids LOVE Shave Ice, so I created a little activity to add to my Aloha Unit.

I know my class will love making this and writing about Shave Ice.  I have included several writing templates to include kids who may have never tried it, or kids who live in Hawaii who love it!

If you are crafty you can whip up your own version of this, but if you want to grab this along with lots of other fun Hawaiian activities stop by my TpT store.  If you have already purchased this unit, then please stop by and download again.

I am linking up with Mrs. Wheeler's First Grade too!

Stop by and check out all the great posts!

I really want to do this activity with my kiddos and am hoping I have time in the next few weeks.  If not I will have to save it for the beginning of the year.

Have you ever had Hawaiian Shave Ice?  I would love to hear when, where and what flavors you chose!

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Winners!

Mahalo everyone for stopping by and leaving me some Aloha:)  And the winners are...

Check you email ladies!!  Don't forget to check back this weekend for some

fun activities for lei day!

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Aloha Welcome To Hawaii

Aloha friends! I am in the final countdown to the end of the year.  Can you believe I only have 24 days left!?  I know with the end of the year we get a little busy and stressed out, so I am planning ahead.

I have been wanting to create a new unit to share a little about Hawaii with you and this seems like the perfect time of year.  I put together some fun activities and printables to use in your class. 

I tested this little craft out on my daughters, and lets just say I have Aloha Kids all over my house!

I think this will be great for those last few weeks of school to get the kids excited about summer.

I would love to give away a few copies to my fantastic followers.  If you are interested please leave me a comment below and I will pick three people to send this to on Wednesday evening.

You can also pick this up right away in my TpT store if you are interested.

Next week is May 1st which is Lei Day in Hawaii.  I plan to post some fun tutorials and crafts over the next few weeks to get you in the mood for a tropical vacation!

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