Need some fun snowman ideas to chase away the winter blues? These are the Snowman glyphs from my Snowman Unit. Here's a peek at some of the literacy and math activities included in this pack: Here's the link to view the unit on TPT Here are some FREE snowman downloads! Snowman Poem Homework sheet to go with snowman poem IF YOU PURCHASED THIS UNIT PREVIOUSLY, YOU WILL WANT TO GO TO TPT ... continue reading...
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Wild Thing You Make My Heart Sing!
I love the book, Where the Wild Things Are and we had a lot of fun with this book last week. You can view my unit on TPT by clicking HERE We made our very own Max and wrote about what we do when we feel wild. I love how they all turned out so differently! This is the writing chart we did before we made our Max's. This chart makes a great shared reading piece for the rest of the week. Students love going back to it time and time again. We have a class full of ... continue reading...
Mental Images free download
This is such a fun poem! I love, love it! It is great for mental images and inferring (for a beginning lesson). This poem is from the book, Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? and Other Disasters: Poems Lee Bennett Hopkins (Author), Wolf Erlbruch (Illustrator) I created a response sheet for this poem and My Neighbor's Dog is Purple. (see yesterday's post). Just click on the picture to download. Okay y'all! ... continue reading...
Compound Eyes
We had a lot of fun looking at the world through a bug's eyes! We did the science exploration from my insect unit and then created this anchor chart to show what we found out. My sweet little friends Lucy and Caroline did the drawings for the chart. ... continue reading...
Classroom Tours
Last year on Blog Hoppin' We did a fun linky party where we invited everyone to show off their classrooms. If you are looking for inspiration for next year you might want to check out the post. You can check it out here. ... continue reading...
Postcard Exchange
We can't pack our kids up and go on a field trip to visit other states, but thanks to Primary Graffiti we get to do the next best thing! My sweeties will be so excited to be a part of Primary Graffiti's Annual Postcard Exchange this year! It will be so much fun to learn about the different states and locate them on a map. This is also a wonderful opportunity to teach them about letter writing and research. Thanks so much for doing this Cheryl! Click on over to Cheryl's blog and see if ... continue reading...
Build a Pumpkin Freebie! LINK IS FIXED!
Click HERE to download the file. Last year, I shared this fun activity we did with pumpkins and a sweet friend asked me to upload and share the spinner and recording sheet. So here it is! Just click on the picture to download it. All you need to do is laminate the spinner and add a paper clip and a brad. To play the students take turns spinning the spinner to see which piece they get to add to the jack o' lantern. For the pumpkin pieces you can purchase them at Wal-mart. Make sure ... continue reading...
Debbie Miller: Professional Growth
Thank you Amanda at One Extra Degree for hosting today's Linky!!! Cute graphic courtesy of Miss Amy Lemons! Today I'm linking up with Amanda to share some of my favorite professional development resources. If you've followed my blog or attended one of my presentations then you know that I LOVE Debbie Miller. Reading one of her books is so easy because if truly feels like you are having a conversation with an old friend. Reading with Meaning is the first ... continue reading...
Valentine’s Day Unit UPDATES
Hey Everyone, I just updated my Valentine's Day unit and added the Emergent Reader to it. If you have already purchased this unit please go to TPT and download the revisions. Here's a link to the post about Valentine's Day unit. This Valentine's Day unit will be the perfect addition to your Valentine's Day fun. It includes an original story for Shared Reading picture cards. Also, If you don't have this little packet.... go get it. It is FREE! ... continue reading...
Ants in my Pants and a FREEBIE!
We learned some cool facts about ants.... and played a fun Ants in My pants game to help us practice our addition facts. This is a SUPER easy game that my littles love to play. To play: You need a 12 sided die and each child needs a regular dot die. One child rolls the 12 sided die to determine the sum they are looking for. Then, each child rolls their dot die. The kids analyze the dice and on their white boards they record how many ways they can make the sum of ... continue reading...
Throwback Thursday! Mental Images with a Freebie
Happy 4th of July! I am linking up with my sweet friend, Cara's Throwback Thursday post. I posted this last year and I thought I would bring it back to the top. This is a great poem to read at the beginning of the year when you are teaching your littles that Great Readers create images in their mind when they are reading to help them understand what they are reading. Okay, admit it! You know this made you want to bite into a big juicy apple! :) This is such ... continue reading...
Where’s My Mummy? Fall Book Party
I'm linking up with Ashley from The Teacher's Treasure Chest to share one of my favorite Fall books. Where's My Mummy? by Carolyn Crimi is always a class favorite. Little Mummy doesn't want to go to bed so he begs his Mummy to play one more game of hide and shriek. The events that happen next will have your Littles shrieking with delight. The simplicity of this fun book makes it the perfect book for making predictions and asking and answering questions about key detail in a text. (Common ... continue reading...
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More Read Aloud
Read alouds are a wonderful resource to use in the classroom. They allow students to hear a fantastic story. Additionally, teachers can work on so many literary skills throughout one book. However, a key aspect involves engagement. Students need to be interested in the story to focus on skills, such as characters, vocabulary, and predictions. Thankfully, the I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More read aloud will create excitement in every student! The fun book and the Engaging Reader Lesson Plans will ... continue reading...
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