So, on the last day of winter break we had a little GRINCH day. It was a last minute idea and my team couldn't find ANY Grinch attire....we searched everywhere! So, we tried our best with a green theme. I do have green on under that black coat - promise! :) I thought I would share a couple of activities we did with you. I found this adorable directed drawing from Art Projects for Kids. It was just PERFECT! I love how they all turn out so different! Some of them weren't happy with theirs at first, but once they began coloring them I heard things like "Mine is just perfect!" and "This is my best drawing ever!" I think those smiles tell you how proud they are of their work. :) Of course, I always create one right along with them and they just oooh and ahhh over my work. They think I should become an art teacher (HAHA) but what they don't realize is that I'm just as amazed as they are that I created something that somewhat resembled the Grinch! :) But, they always think the teacher's work is golden. So, I use that to my advantage. I like to "auction" mine off at the end of the day and let a student take it home. This time of year, you can even use that as a little behavior management technique and let them earn "tickets" into the auction. (Hey...we need all the help we can get the week before Christmas break, right??) We're currently working on learning to use dictionaries and thesauruses in our classroom, so I knew I wanted to get some green paint strips from Lowe's. I write an adjective describing the Grinch at the top of each strip and students worked with partners to find synonyms in a thesaurus. They had to be able to pronounce their chosen word and use it in a sentence to share with the class. They loved learning new Grinchy vocabulary! <3 Next year, I'll be ALL SET for Grinch day! Today, I received a snail mail package from Jen over at Teaching in the Tongass - a Grinch shirt, water bottle, and flash drive FULL of clip art sets from her shop! I won a contest she hosted - Merry Christmas to me!!! I LOVE Jen and use her amazing clip art on a ton of my products. Go visit her shop - you'll love her work!