Valentines from the Teacher

Hi everyone! It's Angela from Hippo Hooray for Second Grade! Valentine's Day is just a week away. Do you celebrate Valentine's Day in your class? In my class, we have a Healthy Heart Party, where we snack on healthy foods. They'll be getting enough candy and sugar from their classmates, so I don't need to add fuel to the fire!  We also watch a short movie, and during the movie, I let my kiddos pass out their valentines. Once they're all passed out, they can eat two of their sweet treats, and they take the rest home.

 Do you know what you're giving your classroom sweeties yet? If not, I have an easy, FREE idea that your kiddos will LOVE!

Oh I remember the squeals and the "are you kidding?" comments I got last year when they discovered these gems in their valentines boxes! They're super simple to make: I just printed these onto white copy paper, cut apart, and glued them onto pink card stock. Then I signed my name at the bottom. No Homework Passes are WAY cooler than heart pencils!

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How do you celebrate Valentine's Day in your classroom?

Student Christmas Gift Idea

Hi everyone! It's Angela from Hippo Hooray for Second Grade. How many days do you have left before Winter Break? We go all the way to December 23rd, and there is SO much to do from now until then! I alway seem to be in panic mode a few days before we leave to get my student gifts together. I always give my kiddos a book from Scholastic, but a few years ago, I upped my game and gave them this as well:

It's a box of crayons and a note pad tied together with a little sign I made that says "May your days be merry and bright!"What kid doesn't love new crayons and a little notebook? I was thinking ahead this year, and I scooped up all the crayons and notebooks I needed during the Back to School season, so I only paid $12 for a class set of notebooks and crayons! NICE!! This year I revamped the label I'm going to put on all my gifts, so now they'll have this on the front:

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Only 2ish more weeks until Winter Break. Hang in there, Friends!!