Sunday, May 13, 2012

It is never too early to start thinking about college! (FREEBIE)

I am so excited about this pack! I can guarantee your students' parents will be very impressed if you sent this home! I would love to see what my son thought about college and all of his future expectations and this pack has it all! 


These persuasive letters will be very amusing to read 
as they try to convince the college recruiter to accept them! 



This pack includes: 
My Persuasive College Entrance Letter
I am a College Student Writing Activity
(primary and ruled lines included)
Adjectives Graphic Organizer
College Venn Diagram
What is a major? Graphic Organizer
College KWL Chart
My College Application
My College Mascot Activity
Graduation Cap craft
Graduation Cap Page Topper
Color My Own College Book Cover to combine all activities as a keepsake!

This pack has the cutest activities for your little ones to start thinking about college. It will get their minds racing and get them excited about it! No need to wait until they get into the upper grades why not start now?! The best part of this pack is when they have completed the whole thing you can combine all of the activities and send it home as a keepsake! I would love to show this to my son on his college graduation day! How cute would that be?
Be sure to grab your freebie here! 
Can't wait.... get the whole pack here!

We started off this pack by reading Oh the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss! This is my favortie book! We took a quote from the book and discussed how it relates to real life and the kids wrote their thoughts on it. These turned out really good! I explained to them how part of this book was read at my college graduation and how it is not only a kid book but an adult book! I should them pictures of my degree and the college that I attended- The University of Tennessee at Knoxville. GO VOLS!!!!


Next ,we completed our KWL Chart. We discussed things we did know, things we wanted to know and things we learned. These questions were HILARIOUS!

Some questions were:
Do they have centers in college?
Is there a field fay in college?
Do they have silent lunch in college?
How old do you have to be to go to college?

I answered every single question and the kids were so engaged! It was awesome!
Some of the students had no idea what a college was! Not anymore!!!

Then we worked on our college entrance letters, I was very impressed with these!
They really did a great job!




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67 comments:

  1. I really like this idea. I've been looking for a way to get my second graders focused on the future!

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  2. What a cute way to get them excited about college!
    Staci

    Going Nutty!

    misssquirrels@yahoo.com

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  3. This is so cool! Always enjoy your things and this will make the next two weeks easier!

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  4. My school is part of the No Excuses University program so we talk about college all the time. Each classroom is a specific college, we learn the fight song and all about that particular college. This pack would be awesome to add to what I already do!
    Jennifer
    loularkin@comcast.net

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    1. Oh wow that is awesome! I love that your school is so involved!

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    2. We are too! What school are you at? I am from Mitzi Bond Elementary School in El Paso, TX.

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  5. This would be an awesome addition to my counselor's lessons for lower elementary.

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  6. Love this!! ~Hannah

    hshirley@my.centenary.edu

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  7. How cute. When I taught kindergarten they each made a time capsule to open when they graduate from high school. Now that I'm teaching 4th grade I've been trying to come up with another similar type of project. This is perfect!!! I love it!

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  10. This is so cute. I am thinking it would tie in great with the counselor's lessons on growing up.
    Bobbi
    Bcapwell@ccisd.net

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  12. What a great idea!! Would love to use this!

    Aimee
    aimee@vanmiddlesworth.org

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  13. What a way to start motivation for college early.


    Denise
    Yearn to Learn Blog

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  14. Cool idea, never thought of mentioning college to my first graders! Thanks for sharing.

    Here is the link to my facebook https://www.facebook.com/#!/suzzanne.horton I shared it my facebook.

    Suzzanne
    Suzzanne_horton@yahoo.com

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  15. I love this idea! This ties in so well to the rigor of the CCSS.
    ☺ Tanya
    fantabulous1stgr@aol.com
    First Grade is Fantabulous!

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  16. This is a great idea! I'm switching to a new school next year and the new principal has been talking about having the kids in "college-mode." This would be a great way to get them thinking and meet her expectations at the same time!

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  18. Looks great!
    imgoingfirst@gmail.com

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  19. Very cute pack! I remember when I was in TK1 my teacher was talking about college and from then on I always told my parents I wanted to go to college. My dream was to go to University of Michigan, which never happened, but I lived my dream through UCF!
    Brian
    tigermagic@bellsouth.net

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  21. This is such an adorable & creative idea! I would love to win this!

    Lisa
    fsuteach81@yahoo.com

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  22. How fun . . . I am going to share this with my staff since we aren't doing Career Day this year. Thanks SO much!

    Barbara

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  24. This looks great and it is never too early to start thinking about college!

    Ali
    alischepis(at)gmail(dot)com
    An Education Lasts a Lifetime

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  25. This ties in so well with part of our evaluation process! Thank you for sharing!!

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  26. This is a cute idea. This would be a good one to save and look at later in life perhaps when students graduate from high school!

    Teresa
    tmburgess@roaneschools.com

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  27. So going to display these at Graduation for all to see! Thanks for all your wonderful ideas!

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  28. This will be a great activity to end the year with my 5th Graders!

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  29. Thanks for reminding us it is never too early to encourage college attendance!

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  30. So cute! Perfect for the new College and Career Readiness Standards. :)

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  31. What a great idea! Our district has really been pushing for all teachers to talk to our students about attending college. This is perfect!

    Sara :)
    Smiling In Second Grade

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  32. Our school is closing this year so we're making time capsules for each student. They will be opened when students graduate from high school. What a perfect addition to the time capsule! Thanks for sharing!!

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  33. I love this idea!!!
    Jana
    Jprowell11@gmail.com

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  34. Teaching special ed, my students need to know they are capable of anything. This certainly plants that seed!

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  35. What a cute idea. My kids would totally love this!

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  36. Awesome idea! My gifted kids will love this!
    Thanks-Julie Santelllo
    jsantello1@verizon.net

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  37. Love it!

    Can't wait to do this with my K kiddos!

    Kim
    Carried Away in Kindergarten

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  38. it's a great pack,would love to have it

    Lusine
    Enjoy Teaching English

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  39. This is so great! Not only would it work in my classroom, but it would be fun for my own child as well!

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  41. This is so cute! What a great end of the year project! :)
    https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Crayons-and-Curls/232102103535189
    Cheryl
    cener(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
    Crayons and Curls

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  42. I talk to my students about college too! We made pennants of what they are going to be when they grow up and what they'll need to do to get there! This looks like something fun that I could add to it!! Thank you!
    ~Briawna
    bcallahan@usd259.net

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  43. Great idea to talk about 'the future'.
    My Second Sense

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  44. this is great! we wrote a poem this year about how we can change the world after going to college! This would go great with this poem next year!!!
    amelia.cook@warren.kyschools.us

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  45. this is great! we wrote a poem this year about how we can change the world after going to college! This would go great with this poem next year!!!
    amelia.cook@warren.kyschools.us

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  46. Thank you so much for the cute freebie.
    lraines78@gmail.com

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  48. I love this idea!! I already added it to my cart.. so even if I don't win I will certainly be getting this!

    Thanks :)

    Susan
    T.G.I.F.

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  49. Ms. Taylor-StevensMay 13, 2012 at 10:22 PM

    This is a great way to support the NEU (No Excuses University) message of every child will be ready to go to college if they choose when they graduate that my school does.

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    1. Where are you a NEU? I am from Bond Elementary in El Paso, TX!

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  50. This would be an awesome item to include with orientation information.

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  51. I would love this for my 3rd graders!!!

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  52. This is a great idea! Love it!

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  53. Wonderful idea expecia;y since common core standards are college prep. hcarpenter@ebrschools.org

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  54. We are part of the No Excuses University Network and we KNOW that it is never to early to start talking about college! No Excuses University is a network of elementary, middle, and junior high schools across the United States. These schools actively promote a comprehensive model of college readiness to all students the moment they begin elementary school. http://turnaroundschools.com/neu-network/
    This is great information! Thanks for sharing

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  55. This is great! I would love to try it with my students:)

    learnplayandhavefun.blogspot.com
    spencerjb0711@gmail.com

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  56. I know my fourth graders would love this activity, would love to try it with them as an end of the year activity. :)

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  58. This is a precious idea! I can't wait to see what my kids would say!

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  60. This would work great with our new district wide college initiative! Love it!

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  61. I would have never thought of something like this. It is very creative and adorable!

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  62. Perfect for our college readiness school! Love the idea!!!

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  63. Your ideas are so creative! You are one of the bloggers I started following that has inspired me to create and implement new ideas in my classroom. Thank you so much. I have passed on the Lovely Blog Award to you. Check it out on my latest blog post.

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  64. I have this on my wishlist for TPT! My school has a university theme where each class is a different university so the kids are very excited about college. This is going to be great!

    Brandi
    Success in Second Grade

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