THROWBACK THURSDAY: Student Christmas Gifts

Say what? Christmas??? But it's July!

Exactly!

Thanks to Cara over at The First Grade Parade for throwing this fantastic linky party!
Originally posted December 20, 2012... yes, ONE DAY before my students left for Winter Break!
Every year I use my Scholastic bonus points to "buy" my students a Christmas/Winter book for Christmas. WEELLLLLL... this year I TOTALLY forgot to submit my order until LAST SATURDAY! I was convinced there was NO WAY my order would be here in 6 days (two of those days being weekend days...). I waited and waited, holding out hope, with no back up plan, and today... SURPRISE! My package arrived! YAY!!!

I was opening the box after school, taking out the books so I could take them home and wrap them, when my teammate stopped in my room to say goodbye. She saw what I was doing and suddenly said, "Is that the book with all the swears in it?" Wha wha WHAATTT?!?!? She read the back cover to me, and it was something about the kids beating each other up, lying, stealing, smoking cigars and swearing! And I was going to send this home to some of my sweet 2nd graders??? I don't think so! I was SHOCKED that Scholastic even sold a book like this. Have you heard of it?
Now I actually have never read the book, so I don't know if it's as bad as it sounds, but I'm not about to chance it. I ordered it in the first place because I noticed it was a higher level (P or Q I think?) so I thought it would be a good read for my high kids. Yeeaahhh, not so much...

Now I was REALLY in panic mode! Tomorrow's the last day of school and I have NOTHING!! I wandered around aimlessly at Walmart tonight for 45 minutes, wracking my brain. Then the light bulb went on! I ended up with this:


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? I don't know if I can take full credit for this. I may or may not have seen something like this on Pinterest or another teacher blog, but I honestly can't remember. If it's your idea or you know where it came from, let me know :) I am very happy with how they turned out, especially on such short notice.

I'm sure you are all ahead of the game and already have your Christmas gifts put together, so keep this in the back of your mind for next year. Maybe even around the Back to School season. You could buy the school supplies for cheap then and just store them for a few months.

One more day! WE CAN DO THIS!!

So why am I bringing this post back now? Because of all the Back to School sales going on! I haven't checked on crayons, but my Walmart has a pack of those mini notebooks; 4 for $0.88! I think I paid a dollar each in December! I will be stocking up this summer and storing the supplies until Christmastime :) If you want a copy of the labels I made, click here

14 comments

  1. Hey Angela!

    I don't want to bug you but I would love to have the template to make the "Back-to-School Night" flip book! Did you get a chance to send that out? It's awesome and I'd love to use it! :) We go back in 2 weeks. EEK! Thank you so much!

    ~Wendy
    sdwd727@gmail.com

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    1. I just sent it tonight! Let me know if you have any questions :)

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  2. I also do the crayons at Christmas. I love your note you made for it. Would you be able to share it? Thanks! Susan

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    1. I just added it to my Google Drive and posted the link above :)

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    2. Thanks so very much for sharing! Have a great year! Susan

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  3. I would also like the note you gave at Christmas. I think that is such a great idea!

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    1. I just added it to my Google Drive and posted the link above :)

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  4. Our church did that Christmas play (the book above) and it was AWESOME!

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    1. If a church did the play, it can't be THAT bad! I'll have to dig it out of my storage closet and read it :)

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  5. What a great idea! I'm 'stealing!' Thanks!

    Pinning to remember!

    Crystal

    Teaching Little Miracles

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    1. If you want the label, I just added it to my Google Drive and posted the link above :)

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  6. I remember reading that book as a class when I was in elementary school. I learned this year that it is part of a series. One of the fourth grade teachers in my school uses the series as a read aloud throughout the year.

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    1. Good to know! I know I judged a book on its cover, but given my time constraints, I had to nix it... I should probably read it to make a final decision!

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  7. Thank you! I just printed out the little cards to put in my December binder and will check out the sales.
    I asked for the Back to School flip book-I noticed you said you sent them out last night. Would you double-check for me please?
    Thank you for everything you post :)

    Sheri
    sherii at cfl dot rr dot com

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