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daisy
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This is how much I am looking forward to summer...
When I get back, I am considering doing a paper chain for the last day.
I usually do it in May, but I am thinking I might do it early this year
Summer will be here before we know it ladies!
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Posted 2/24/07 2:53 PM  |
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Blondie805
Life is good :)
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Re: This is how much I am looking forward to summer...
how do you do this? i can't wait either btw 
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| Posted 2/24/07 6:06 PM |
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Re: This is how much I am looking forward to summer...
I do one the day we come back from a break until the next break.
Seems to make the year go by more quickly.
eta - the kids in my 9th period class fight over who gets to tear off the link when the day is over 
Message edited 2/24/2007 7:14:53 PM.
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| Posted 2/24/07 7:13 PM |
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04bride
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Noel
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Re: This is how much I am looking forward to summer...
What is it? Do tell . sounds interesting
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| Posted 2/24/07 8:07 PM |
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Re: This is how much I am looking forward to summer...
It's sooooo simple!
All you do is staple strips of paper togetherlike links in a chain - you probably did them when you were young.
At the end of the day, you tear a link off the chain to represent a completed day. Your chain will get shorter and shorter as vacation comes closer
Message edited 2/24/2007 8:51:08 PM.
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| Posted 2/24/07 8:50 PM |
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Arieschick29
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Re: This is how much I am looking forward to summer...
I think this is so cute....I even think I saw this in another teacher's room the other day and was wondering what it was!
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| Posted 2/24/07 10:02 PM |
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NewlyMrs
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Re: This is how much I am looking forward to summer...
that is such a cute idea!
Making it will kill some of my off periods during the day.
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| Posted 2/24/07 10:20 PM |
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Samlove
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Shari
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Re: This is how much I am looking forward to summer...
We used to do this in camp with a roll of toilet paper
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| Posted 2/24/07 10:41 PM |
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daisy
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Re: This is how much I am looking forward to summer...
Yup, that's all we, do. It takes only a little while for the class to work together to create the chain. One student gets chosen each day to take the link off. It is silly, and it is probably more for ME than for the kiddos, but I love it. (And you can always tie some math problems in there using the chain...like I mark special event days with a different color, so we can do some math adding/subtracting with this.)
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| Posted 2/25/07 9:58 AM |
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Samlove
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Re: This is how much I am looking forward to summer...
How do you make this? I want to make one with my students
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| Posted 2/25/07 11:35 AM |
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daisy
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Re: This is how much I am looking forward to summer...
The chain is like ones we used to make when we were little to count down to Christmas or vacation etc.
I take different colored 9x12 construction paper and the kids cut it into strips about one inch thick.
They then staple the links together to make a chain.
We use different colors for things like Field Day, Field Trips, etc.
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| Posted 2/25/07 2:03 PM |
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Arieschick29
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Re: This is how much I am looking forward to summer...
I just counted the # of days left: 78!!!!!!
WOW...where has this year gone!
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