Happy Monday Y'all! This is a throwback post about another unit that I LOVE to teach during the month of October. BATS!! Oh, my word! I absolutely love bats. Okay. I'll admit that I wouldn't really want to meet one up close and personal but they are fascinating and little ones love learning all about them. If you already have my bat unit you'll want to head on over to TPT and download the updates that I just added to the unit. The link is at the end of this post. We always start ... continue reading...
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American Symbols & Presidents {Includes FREE Download}
American symbols for kids in kindergarten and first grade with a free activity too! American Symbols is one of my favorite units to teach! I took all of the facts about the U.S. symbols and broke them down into fun, engaging lessons. Here are a few pics of some of the activities. American Symbols for Kids: Chit Chat After reading the nonfiction text from my Chit Chat unit we used our newly learned information and context clues to fill in the missing information on our Chit Chat ... continue reading...
Let’s Talk Turkey!
Turkey Trouble reading comprehension activity for kindergarten and first grade. Anchor Chart, retelling, and craft too! Vocabulary study too! Turkey Trouble reading comprehension activity: Informational Text The week before Thanksgiving is a great time to learn about turkeys! We pair fiction and nonfiction texts to keep the kids engaged so that the pre-holiday crazies don't trot in. :) To get started we had the kids record their schema on the Turkey Trouble recording sheet. Then, ... continue reading...
Butterflies and vocabulary
I received a few comments on TPT this week about my units {the buyer stated that the Vocabulary was inappropriate for Kindergarten kids} and it made me start thinking about how different we all are as teachers. We have different philosophies about HOW and WHAT children should learn. Some of us are given teacher manuals and basal programs to teach from {my district doesn't use a reading program} and many of us are given a framework to use to guide us in our instruction. I believe that ... continue reading...
Opinion Writing for kindergarten and first grade
Opinion writing in kindergarten is one of those things, in my opinion (see what I did there) is best done spirally. We certainly introduce writing for a reason as a unit of study. However, we want the students' understanding of opinion writing to grow as their transcription skills grow. Recently Deedee worked in a kindergarten class and tested our new Opinion writing unit! She started by asking the question... Students wrote their opinion on a slip of paper and placed it on the ... continue reading...
Busy Bunnies Directed Drawing and Writing FREEBIE
Spring Directed Drawings free file with a writing activity. These are perfect for Easter! Your kindergarten and 1st-grade students will love this! Shoo!!! Please forgive me for not blogging in a while. I know that I'm supposed to be smack dab in the middle of a book study but my life has been CUH-RAZY the last few weeks. I promise to catch up on all of the chapters that I've missed soon! (pinkie promise!) As a peace offering, I made a quick Directed Drawing/Writing activity and I ... continue reading...
Writers Workshop Helper (Free File)
This writers workshop helper-free file is just for you and it is perfect for kindergarten and first-grade! Let's take a closer look inside! Writers Workshop Helper On the cover, we have a few reminders! We have tips on how to spell words. There is an editing checklist. You will also find a student-sized anchor chart that helps students when they think they are done. Inside there is a sound chart for digraphs and blends. There is a place for a student ... continue reading...
Kindergarten Lesson Plans | Instant, Yet Powerful Lesson Plans… Just Print and Teach!
Kindergarten lesson plans made easy just print and teach! Free file too! Common Core reading lesson plans and writing plans, plus math lessons too! Here are a few things I know about teachers. They want the absolute BEST for their students. They want to employ "Best Practices" in their classrooms. They. Are. Overwhelmed! Occasionally, they want to go home before 5 pm after school AND they would like to spend their weekends with their families instead of planning. Does ... continue reading...
Penguin Activities and Videos for Kindergarten and First Grade
Engaging Penguin activities and videos. Students will enjoy reading and writing about penguins, doing a science experiment, and making a craft. It's Winter... the best time to learn about penguins! What better way to embrace the winter months than to learn about an animal that loves the cold (well most of them). Learning about penguins can be such a fun time in your classroom. Here are a few lesson ideas for you! Penguin Activities Start learning about penguins with books and videos. ... continue reading...
National Talk like a Pirate Day Activities
Did you know that National Talk Like a Pirate Day is this Monday, September 19th? I've got you covered with this Set the Stage to Engage unit all about PIRATES!!! This unit is also perfect for kicking off the year with a pirate theme, teaching -ar, or it can be used as an End of the Year celebration. This unit is packed full of literacy, math, and science fun. Here are some pictures that Holly Ehle took of this pirate unit in action: First, we "flip" the classroom so it looks like ... continue reading...
Stellaluna Book Activities for K-2 | Reading Lesson Plans
Stellaluna book activities that are available in a printable and digital format. Students respond to literature and develop reading comprehension skills. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon is a story about a young fruit bat that is separated from her mother. The baby bat, Stellaluna, discovers a nest of birds and soon becomes apart of their family. This book is a great story to read during the Fall months when you are learning about bats. Here is a read-aloud of the story: Stellaluna ... continue reading...
Reindeer Lessons & Activities! (Reindeer Book Freebie)
Reindeer lesson plans with informational text with a FREE file. Includes crafts, writing, reading and more for your kindergarten lessons or first-grade lessons. Reindeer Lesson Ideas: Reading Informational Texts Here is a peek into what is included in this Reindeer Unit. Last week was a CUH-RAZY week for my little sweeties. In addition to all of the normal holiday craziness we were still trying to practice and get ready for our Gingerbread man play. We performed the play for the ... continue reading...
Spider Informational Text Activities
Spider informational text activities for kindergarten and first grade? You got it! Done and done! Deedee and I were asked for more informational texts in our Guiding Readers units, so we added a stand-alone edition. As you know, these units are week-long close reading lessons that really allow students to dive in deeper. The teacher does the decoding work, but the thinking work sits on the shoulders of the students. Spiders Informational Text We started this unit of study with Spiders ... continue reading...
Making Read Alouds Come to Life: Creepy Carrots
Teacher read alouds are just as important as giving students time to read independently. Read alouds take the student's focus away from having to decode the words and gives students a chance to really hone in and focus on the meaning of the story. I love it when I read a story to children, and they love it so much that they beg me to READ IT AGAIN! It's so important to reread books to children and give them time to: Hear you thinking ... continue reading...
Guiding Readers Units: Planning Made EASY!
We are so excited about the feedback that we are getting about these units. We designed them around the same type of format as our Math Units and Writing Units and many teachers have told us that we've cut their planning time WAY down, that their kids are really mastering the standards and developing a love for reading and writing and we are beyond thrilled! That's what it's all about. We developed our Guiding Readers Units, Math Units and Writing Units with these goals in mind: We want to ... continue reading...
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