Valentine's Day Resources

Can you believe it's almost Valentine's Day?  If feels like we were just celebrating  New Years!

I have some fun resources for you to help make Valentine's Day extra special.

I created these fun bookmarks that you can purchase HERE in my TpT store or HERE  in my Teacher's Dojo store.

I've also created a freebie if you'd like to sample to bookmarks first.  You can download those HERE in my TpT store or  HERE in my Teacher's Dojo store.

I have also uploaded this Valentine's Day signs freebie.  These signs are perfect for book displays or bulletin boards to highlight Valentine's Day books or just books kids will love.  Click HERE to get them from my TpT store or  HERE to download these signs for free in my Teacher's Dojo store.

A fun library activity to use is this red and white call number sorting center, perfect for Valentine's Day or even for Read Across America. Click HERE to get them from my TpT store or  HERE to view this product in my Teacher's Dojo store.

And I also have created this shelf order center that will help students practice putting call numbers in shelf order.  Again, this product would work for Valentine's Day or for Read Across America.  Click HERE to view in my TpT store or  HERE to view this product in my Teacher's Dojo store.

You can also now purchase the bundle of these two centers and save! Click HERE to view this bundle in my TpT store.

Or get it ALL in this SUPER bundle.  Click HERE to view this SUPER BUNDLE in my TpT store.

Do you have anything special planned for Valentine's Day?

Valentine's Day Resources

Valentine's Day is coming up!  Are you celebrating in a special way?

I usually make a display using these Valentine's signs I made a few years ago. 

I've also done a "Blind Date" with a book display for my fourth and fifth graders to encourage them to try something new.  You can read about it HERE.

 You can download them for FREE in my TpT store by clicking HERE.

I also like to put out bookmarks for my students.  This pack of 4 free bookmarks includes 2 different colored bookmarks and 2 different black and white bookmarks for your students to color.  Click HERE to download this freebie.

Or you might want the bigger pack which includes 20 bookmarks- 12 colored and 8 black and white bookmarks for your students to color.  Click HERE to view this product in my TpT store.

I have used these bookmarks  to go with our Valentine Grams purchased at our Book Fair.  You can read more about Valentine Grams HERE.

You can get a copy of the Valentine Gram letter HERE.  You can download it and save it by clicking on the down arrow in the top right corner of the screen.  No need to ask for sharing rights.  =)

Want to see more ideas?  Click on the picture above or click HERE to follow me on Instagram to see all the fun happening in our Media Center!

Valentine's Goodies

Our Book Fair wrapped up last week and it was a big success.  It was the most successful spring book fair we've ever had. I'm not sure what I did differently this time around.  Maybe it wasn't anything I did. Perhaps it's a sign that the economy is really turning around.

Something I've done at every spring book fair is Valentine Grams.  Parents and grandparents can purchase a book on the sly at the book fair, either by dropping by or by sending in their payment and book choice in a sealed envelope.  You can get a copy of the Valentine Gram letter I send home by clicking HERE.

Then I wrap up the book along with a goodie or two which usually includes a piece of candy, a pencil, and a bookmark.  Then on Valentine's Day, I deliver the Valentine Grams.  We had about 40 Valentine Grams this year.  I forgot to snap a picture of the Valentine Grams from this year, but you can see from the pictures above what they looked like in years past.

The bookmarks I put in the Valentine Grams come from my Valentine bookmark packs.

Click HERE to check out this pack of four FREE bookmarks.

Click HERE to check out this pack of 20 bookmarks.

The kids really love them.

Since I was delivering Valentines, it got me in a festive mood.  So I put on my Valentine Jamberry nailwraps.  I don't normally wear jams on all of my fingers because I am super hard on my nails, but these were really cute.

After a week, this is what they looked like.  There was a little wear on the tips, but overall, they still looked pretty good.  I think the foil backing helped.

The jams that are plastic don't wear quite as well on my fingers, as seen in the picture above. This was after a week of  lessons, no parent volunteers and lots of  reshelving of books.  Still, I like the look so I will probably keep wearing them, at least on a couple of nails at a time.  If you liked to check them out, click HERE to go to Jamberry's website.

To keep up the Valentine spirit, I did a fun "Blind Date" lesson with the fourth grade classes. I started off the lesson with a short 6 question quiz to help them discover their perfect genre. I found the quiz on Mrs. Reader Pants' blog.  You can get a copy of it HERE.  Then I book talked several different books in each of the genres and invited them to pick a book within their newly discovered "perfect match" genre.

To make it more interesting, I wrapped some books in bulletin board paper and labeled them with only the book's genre, reading level, and the barcode.  The only stipulations were that they couldn't unwrap the book until they got back to their classroom and they had to keep the book for at least one day.

 I called it a Blind Date.  I got the idea from THIS pin on Pinterest.  All but 2 students ended up being pleased with their choices.

I made some fun signs to decorate the shelves.  You can snag 'em HERE for free.

So that was my Valentine's Week.  How was your?

Sweet on Bookmarks

Valentine's Day is just around the corner, which means it's time for some sweet bookmarks!

You can get a set of 4 free Valentine bookmarks HERE.  2 are color and 2 are black and white for your kiddos to color.

And I also have a set of 20 for $2.00. This set included 12 color and 8 black and white for your friends to color. You can get them HERE. 

I am using these fun bookmarks in my Valentine Grams that I sell at the Book Fair this week.  You can get a copy of the form here.

Hope you enjoy and Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine Bookmarks

So I've been making bookmarks again!  You know my kiddos love them some bookmarks.  It's a good excuse to buy clipart.  =)

Here are some Valentine's bookmarks I've made.

This is a free sample pack of 4 Valentine bookmarks...2 color and 2 black and white.

  You can get it HERE in my TpT store.

And this is a pack of 20 Valentine bookmarks for $2.00 on my TpT store.  There are 12 colored bookmarks and 8 black and white bookmarks for your students to color.  You can get it HERE in my TpT store.

Enjoy!