Oh, my gosh Y'all! We have had so much fun learning about Dinosaurs! The week before our unit started my dog found (wink, wink) this egg in my backyard. We made inferences about what we thought was inside it based on its appearance. The kids noticed that, "it looked really old" and that it was "Huge". We charted their guesses on the chart below. I told them that I had peeked inside the egg and that I already knew what was inside it. I gave them one clue at a time and we made the ... continue reading...
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More zoo unit pictures
Here you'll find more zoo unit pictures. We made alligator pie and then used Interactive writing to create our How To chart. Our fun poem. This was written by a Canadian poet by the name of Dennis Lee. I'm told there are a few more verses to the poem...but this was just enough for us.. we love it! YUMMY! Alligator pie The kids wrote their own How To during Writer's Workshop Our alligators and nonfiction alligator writing. A close up 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...
Aliens Love Underpants!
We love the book, Aliens Love Underpants! We made aliens and wrote about what we would do if an alien came to visit. The kids had some cute answers. This is a song I wrote. We put it together in the pocket chart and at literacy centers they put the poem in order and drew an illustration to go with it. This is one of our math journal prompts. Alien Bubble Map A mixed up sentence using some of the words from ... continue reading...
Ocean Unit of Fun!
We have been learning a lot about ocean animals. We learned all about different types of sharks and we decided that we thought the Great white Shark was the most interesting. We labeled the parts of a shark. This is our schema chart based on an idea from Debbie Miller. We made sharks and orca whales and then sorted the information we learned by using a venn diagram. A close up of some of our shark and whale ... continue reading...
More Back to School Fun!
You can download the survey sheet for free by clicking here. You can download my Free book, What Do Scientists Do? by clicking here. Okay, Friends... I know y'all are losing your patience with me. When are the updates to Pete the Cat going to be ready? I promise I am working on them. If they aren't ready by Wednesday I will ground myself from Sonic coke (which I must have every day) for a solid week! If that isn't motivation I don't know what is! Have a ... continue reading...
Farm and Apple Fun!
My husband would say that he's glad there's only one of me. But, I can't tell you how great it would be if I could clone myself during the first 9 weeks of school. I am sure you guys feel the same way! Once the first 9 weeks are over and the kids know all of the routines it is smooth sailing. I can't wait for the day that I don't hear little voices calling out, "Mrs. Jump" 100 times. I told my little sweeties that I was going to change my name and one of them said in a worried voice, "But ... continue reading...
Where’s My Mummy? activities and freebies
Where's My Mummy? We did a character analysis of Bubby Mummy. We discussed how he looks, how he feels, and what he does. I typed up some statements that were true and some that weren't true. If the student's said that the statement was true for Baby Mummy then they had to give evidence to support why it should go on the chart. This activity really helped my little ones think about the characters in the stories we read. Click here to download the tree map ... continue reading...
Polar Express Unit
I've received numerous requests asking me to create a unit for this awesome book. I'm working on it and will have it ready by Thanksgiving. If you have a particular skill that you'd like to see represented in this packet you can send me an email at [email protected] Happy Friday Y'all! ... 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...
Happy Holidays FREE emergent reader
Here's the emergent reader I promised! It goes with the big book from my Christmas unit. :) ... continue reading...
Walruses and Writers Workshop
Common Core Standards Posters and Essential Questions So.... many of you have asked, " How do you get your kids to write like that?" So, here's your answer. First of all, I am totally in love with the Philosophy behind the Workshop Model. I teach my kids to write by doing a quick mini lesson where I model the writing process. I think out loud as I write in front of them, Then, they have the opportunity to practice what I've just modeled. They turn ... continue reading...
Arctic Animals Fun!
Comparing and Contrasting Polar Bears & Walruses using a venn diagram. {All of the directions for the crafts and the venn diagram strips are included in my Arctic Animals unit).EXCUSE the fact that it says, live in Antarctica! Mercy! I didn't even realize I had made the mistake until a sweet person told me. Ya know how your brain just kicks into auto? As a class we read these together and we read, lives in the Arctic. (didn't even notice the mistake). ... continue reading...
Mental Images and Zoo
This is the lesson that I posted about last year. We will be doing it this week so I thought I'd go ahead and post it again. I read the first part of Jack Prelutsky's poem and then stop and have them draw their mental images. Here's a close up of their cutie patootie dogs. Then, I read the last part. They LOVE finding out that it is a crocodile! Close up of their crocodiles. This poem is so much fun and it also leads to lots of good discussion and opportunities for ... continue reading...
The Easter Bunny’s Assistant Read Aloud
As Easter nears, students are getting more excited to hunt for eggs and Easter baskets. Therefore, it may be a little harder to keep them focused in the classroom. However, creative planning helps avoid behavior issues and off-task work. One of the best ways to do this involves interactive read alouds. Thankfully, The Easter Bunny’s Assistant will keep students on the edge of their seats with each hilarious page! Best of all, amazing lessons in The Easter Bunny's Assistant Read Aloud are ready ... continue reading...
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