Valentine's Day!

Happy belated Valentine's Day everyone! 

I hope you all had a fabulous day with your significant other or spouse, but I can tell you that I got to spend my Valentine's Day with my 15 second graders...ALL DAY! :) What an awesome day it was, but oh boy, was I exhausted after?!  

This is going to be more of a "picture walk" through our Valentine's Day in 2nd grade, because on a holiday like this one....pictures are the best way to describe the day! :)

Let's get started!

We started our day with some journal writing, and then moved into a "Scoot" game, where the kids walk around the room and record answers to different questions asked at each card.  This "Scoot" was Valentine's Day-themed and covered different 2nd grade concepts that focused on reading, writing, and math! :)  It was a perfect formative assessment to give the kids on a holiday, but yet they could be up and active while doing it! :)

Valentine's Day "Hoot Scoot!"

We then did our Daily 5 routines, where the students got to play different Valentine's Day-themed games at each rotation!  After Daily 5, we headed to lunch and then the students returned back for math.  After math....it was PARTY TIME!!! And oh boy, they just could not wait! :)  They were asking and asking and FINALLY, it was time!

On Thursday (day before Valentine's Day), we decorated file folders for the student's "mailboxes" to put each other's valentines in.  These file folders were decorated with yarn, marker, and most importantly...GLITTER! :)  (I'm such a cool teacher for letting them use glitter!)  The file folders worked great because they could hang on the back of the student's chairs and were out of the way and weren't taking up any counter space!  Can you say I'm a bit "OCD?"  Haha :)  Needless to say, the students loved the "folder" idea because it was something they had never done before! (Teacher points :)!)

Decorated file folders on the back of their chairs for their valentines!

Once the students passed out the valentines, I gave them about 10-15 minutes to go through their valentines and check them all out!  This wasn't really my plan, but they were so excited to look at all of them...and hey, if a teacher's plans ever go the way they plan them...then there is something wrong!  Teaching every day is not a "perfect plan" as our day is always changing! :)  

And here is my valentine to them...... HOMEMADE chalkboards! :)  We have a chalkboard in our room, and the students LOVE it.  It's so funny because you think they would love the whiteboard, but they actually like the chalkboard more...so that is why I decided to make them a chalkboard for each one of them!  It was a super cheap and easy project to make and they turned out great! (Thanks to my wonderful boyfriend for helping me!)

Homemade chalkboards! :)

After opening valentines, we enjoyed Valentine's Day treats...which included sugar wafers dipped in almond bark and sprinkles (Miss N), sugar cookies with frosting (Joseph), puppy chow (Alexa), and cupcakes (Julian)!  Can you say SUGAR OVERLOAD?!?! :)

Sugar wafers dipped in almond bark & sprinkles made by Miss N! 

Overall, we had a wonderful Valentine's Day in 2nd grade and the students had a blast!  Luckily, the kiddos had P.E. at the end of the day to wear off all the sugar before sending them home to their parents!  And, they even had a gift for their parents!!! :)  Something very simple, but so "toad"ally cute! :)

Parent gift!

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day with the people you love!  I know I enjoyed a wonderful weekend with my new but amazing boyfriend, Kyle! :) Props to him for being the sweetest and most understanding guy during this crazy 2nd grade holiday! :)

My Valentine :)

Thank you all for listening and until next time, stay safe! <3