Whenever a holiday approaches, students get extra excited. From Christmas to Valentine’s Day, students love being able to celebrate with classmates. Therefore, teachers put a lot of pressure on themselves to create the perfect celebration. However, there is not enough time in the school year to create day-long celebrations. Due to the number of standards to get through, teachers need to utilize every minute possible. However, there are ways to embed a holiday with a ... continue reading...
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K-2 Reading Lesson Plans for December | Seesaw and Google Slides
Reading lesson plans for December are here! Digital response activities for your favorite Gingerbread and December stories! Reading Lesson Plans for December December is certainly one of my favorite months for teaching! In addition to the excitement in the classroom, there are so many fun learning activities for the holidays. Now, of course, it's important to keep students learning during this time. Our Engaging Readers units offer just what you need to keep the teaching going, but have a ... continue reading...
Students Practice Making Inferences as Inference Detectives in K-1
Making Inferences is fun while you lead your inference detectives through the investigation. Students use clues to rule out suspects and solve the case. Making Inferences When students are making inferences, they are drawing conclusions based on the given evidence. Inferring does require higher-order thinking, so it can be quite difficult. With explicit instruction, inferring can be taught. In the inference detective units, students have fun using clues to solve the ... continue reading...
Elf Capades: Writing Lists
Christmas time is the perfect time for Elf Capades Writing Lists and these little elves fit the bill perfectly! I used scrap paper rather than construction paper to give them a festive, holiday feel. This unit is packed full of learning fun! You can click on the cover to view the unit on TPT. ... continue reading...
Ideas for a Kindergarten Earth Day Lesson Plan
We know how much kindergarteners love holidays! We can almost feel the excitement in the room as the calendar inches closer to holidays like Halloween or Christmas. However, there are other holidays that our young kindergarten students likely haven’t heard of before. Earth Day is one of these important holidays! I’ve put together a list of ideas for a kindergarten Earth Day lesson plan to help you introduce this holiday to your class. What is Earth Day? Earth Day is celebrated every ... continue reading...
Happy Holidays FREE emergent reader
Here's the emergent reader I promised! It goes with the big book from my Christmas unit. :) ... continue reading...
Gingerbread Fun and Freebies
Gingerbread Fun Classroom activities for kindergarten with a free file. Math, literacy, crafts, and more! Kindergarten holiday play ideas too! Gingerbread Glyphs These are our Gingerbread glyphs. Aren't they cute? I love activities that incorporate reading, math AND fun! The kids cut all of their own pieces so they all turn out unique. This is the book that goes along with the glyph. Glyphs are a great way to incorporate collecting and analyzing data. NOTE: Some of the pictures ... continue reading...
Test using Google Docs
I'm not a very "techie" person so the only way for me to learn how to do certain things is just by playing around with it and hoping I don't mess something up and create a big 'ole mess in the process! I'm trying to figure out how to start including some of my activities in my posts so that you can download them and use them in your classroom. So I'm attempting to use google docs to see if it works..... fingers crossed! If it works then I will upload some of the activities we do for word ... continue reading...
National Holidays for August and September
Students always love to celebrate holidays with their friends. Typically, this includes holidays like Valentine’s Day, Halloween, and Christmas. However, the fun doesn’t have to stop there! There are countless quirky, and even strange, holidays that most of us don’t even know exist. I love to use these national holidays to create extra excitement and engagement in the classroom. In this post, I’m going to share national holidays for August and September that are perfect for celebrating in the ... continue reading...