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Election Day Fun

Hello Chalkie friends!

All of the 20 fabulous ladies from Primary Chalkboard will be working on a blog post this month for November! You will get to read 20 new blog posts this month from us, then a FUN surprise at the end of the month for a Black Friday celebration. Keep your eyes open!

I'm kicking off this month of blog posts with a fun blog post on Election Day!

My name is Jessica and I am the first grade teacher blogger from First Grade Nest!

This year's Election Day won't be as big of a deal as last year since it isn't a presidential election year, but I still want to teach Election Day and the process of voting to my first graders.

Check out the voting process we did last year.

We started by reading a nonfiction text on voting and Election Day so that students were familiar with the process.

Then, we read three fun Election Day books!

Grace for President

My Teacher for President

Duck for President

I then put students on campaign teams. They must make campaign posters for each book they choose.

Here are My Teacher for President posters.

Duck's posters...

And Grace's posters....

Grab the freebie campaign posters to label your 3 candidates here!

Grab them for free here!!

Then, we registered to vote and went through with the entire voting process.

Both of these documents are FREE here!

I didn't have time to craft up the ballot box into something adorable and patriotic. Please forgive me. You guys know how absolutely crazy October is!!

After our Election Day process, we completed a fun craftivity book!

These books are available at my TPT store:

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I had SO much fun blogging with P.C. this evening! Can't wait to see you guys again in December!

~Jessica~

An Even Flashier Sale! 50% off!

We are celebrating right along with TpT and participating in the FLASH sale. But you know we are all overachievers here at the Primary Chalkboard!!!! We are making 1 item in our store 50% off for Sunday only. Just Sunday! How is that for a flash?

So the 1 item has been reduced by 30% and then the sale takes another 28% off. That means at total of 50% (within a few pennies). The units below are what you can gather up during this amazing sale!

Common Core Nouns Smart Art, Student Recording Sheets, and

Just the {Basic} Facts from Leigh Langton over at The Applicious Teacher

Get your pumpkin math on! Come visit Leslie at First Grade and Flip Flops!

This fun SPIDERS packet includes writing, center activities, science, and math centers! The Spectacular Spiders is brought to you by Marie from The Hands-On Teacher In First

Check out my brand new Common Core Aligned Writing Unit and Craftivity on Pumpkins!

You can grab my You Better Splat That! Phonics Game! It's 244 pages of phonics game fun! Happy Shopping!

This is my BRAND NEW Differentiated Math Task pack for 2nd Grade. It includes differentiated math tasks for EVERY Common Core Standard! This temporary half-price offer is only $6!

My Christopher Columbus Flip-Flap Book is ALL you will need to get your little ones writing about Columbus! Add your favorite read-aloud, make an anchor chart, and they will be BUSY WRITERS!

Common Core Crunch is normally $4....it includes no-prep printables for October that can be used for Word Work, Daily Warm Up/Morning Work, Writing & Homework! Click the pic to get to Crunch - October and I hope to see you over at Growing Firsties!!!

Kids love these interactive Short Vowel Flip Books. They are super easy to put together, too!

Our ABC Letter Sound Dictionary is normally priced at $10 but you can get it for $5. We love this activity because once it's introduced, our kiddos can work independently. Yes-we said Independently!

Hope you love our FLASHier sales today!!!

Monsterous Giveaway Winners!

Thank you so much everyone for entering our Monsterous Giveaway here at The Primary Chalkboard!

We have 4 winners to announce today.

Congratulations to you all. You will receive an email shortly on how to claim your prizes!
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Fire Safety Find, Tally & Graph Freebie!

Hi Folks!

Happy Fall!!!

Lisa here, over from Growing Firsties and I am hoping that your fall has been uber-enjoyable!!! I know we've been loving it here in Wisconsin! Blue skies, colorful trees, football, fire pit, a chill in the air...though I can't quite wear my beloved boots and scarves yet without sweating it up. Still loving it up!

I had to whip up a little Fire Safety Find, Graph & Tally...my class is kind of addicted to them and has been asking for another one...