Fairy Doors and Pete's School Shoes!

I wasn't going to post tonight, but I got so excited about fairy doors that now I can't sleep! My BBF from Chickadee Jubilee shared one with me and then I had to go check out more!

Is that not the most precious thing you have seen? This next one happens to be my favorite because it is inside and I love the window on the books.



You can read more about this door and other UFOs (Urban Fairy Operations) by clicking on the picture above.

Even though my class is composed of mostly fine young men this year, I have to have a fairy door. I am blessed to be married to the most creative, kind, loving, giving, cranky bear of a man. He has agreed to make a fairy door for my classroom. I can hardly wait to see what he comes up with. I've got all kinds of whimsical ideas flying through my brain right now...Thanks Laurie!

As long as I'm here, I've got to let you know that my new class is totally funny. My owlets are an amazing group of creative high fivers. Not too many huggers in this group! I'm going to enjoy their laughter and enthusiasm all year long. I really can't wait for procedure to be taught and the learning to really take off!

Today I was lucky enough to be able to tell them about owl pellets. A room full of boys and owl pellets...They loved it! I'm going to need to get some to dissect before the year is over. Having owls as my theme, how could I not do the owl pellet dissection activity?

For the first day we read
 
These students wanted me to read it again and again. Did I? Goodness no! Of course I did! I'll probably read it again tomorrow. I can't get enough Pete! Here are some Pete inspired shoes...

Many of the boys made "cool fire shoes"! They had elaborate plans for how they
would turn on and shoot fire!

Click on the picture if you would like a copy to use!

The adrenaline from the fairy doors has run down. I can't keep my eyes open any more. Thanks for visiting.

Pete the Cat Linky and Freebie!

When I saw this Linky I knew I had to follow along. I wasn't planning on linking up, but like a bad mosquito bite I couldn't leave it alone! I thought I'd have trouble sleeping last night as ideas ran rampant  through my brain. I was out like a light and overslept by a couple of hours! Maybe it was the song that I used with my music classes to bring music and literacy together that acted as a lullaby and rocked me to sleep. Have you seen this ? It is a wonderful Pete the Cat resource!

Even my eighth grade music students beg to sing "I love my White Shoes". It fills my heart with joy when I hear them walking through the halls singing this song.

I have a confession to make. I don't have any other Pete books. If I don't receive one free in the mail in the next two weeks I'm going to break down and buy them ALL. While I'm waiting I'm going to play this dice game I came up with. I can't wait to find out what color shoes Pete will wear today!

Click on the picture to go to Google Docs. I'll put
it on TPT when they are back up!