Fun President's Day activities! Nonfiction reading comprehension lesson plans for K-2. Students learn about Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. President's Day Activities President's Day is a fun time to talk about the great leaders of our Country. This nonfiction engaging readers unit helps you to do just that! Our President's Day biography unit is full of resources and lesson plans about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Students also learn about nonfiction text features. For ... continue reading...
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Arctic Animals: Polar Bears and Walruses
Arctic Animals Polar Bears and Walruses Lesson Plan Ideas for Kindergarten and First Grade! We have always loved learning about polar bears and animals that live in the Arctic. This graphic organizer is an oldie but a goodie! And their learning transfers into their informational writing beautifully! Here are a few throwback pics Comparing and Contrasting Polar Bears & Walruses using a venn diagram. EXCUSE the ... continue reading...
American Symbols
American Symbols are one of my FAVORITE units to teach. There is just something about teaching kids about our history that fills me up with pride. I think it is so important for kids to know about some of the unique statues and symbols that symbolize freedom, strength, and hope. I LOVE seeing some of the projects from my America unit in other people's classrooms and the display above and below took my breath away. These pics were found on the Rainbows Within Reach blog and they are pictures ... continue reading...
Halloween Activities for the Primary Classroom
Halloween Activities for the Primary Classroom October is a great time to add a little bit of kid-friendly spooky fun in the classroom. This Halloween unit is packed full of fun themes and the best part? They all match state standards! Spooky fun & learning, all in one! Halloween Glyph Glyphs are a fun way to teach your students how to create and analyze data. For this Frankie Friend Glyph, your students will build a Frankie craft based on their answers to ... continue reading...
Batty Over Bats!
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...
Five For Friday: A Few of my Favorite Things
I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday so I thought I'd share five of my favorite things. This is my Erin Condren Planner. It keeps me organized and helps me remember where I'm supposed to be and what I'm supposed to be doing. I know we live in the technology age but I still like to have a paper planner rather than a phone or computer version. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my Frixion pens. They are a little expensive but they last a LONG time and the ... continue reading...
Currently and a SALE!
I can't believe that it is already February! The time is flying by! February is a busy month in the Jump house. My daughter, Taylor has a birthday on the 4th and my son, Hunter has a birthday on the 24th so we will be eating lots of yummy (I.DO.NOT.NEED.IT) birthday cake this month! :) Okay, so this is my first time to link up to the currently that Farley from sponsors. It is so much fun to go through and read everyone's responses. I don't know why I've never linked up ... continue reading...
Constitution Day
Constitution Day is observed each year on September 17th. It is a federal observance to recognize the adoption of the Constitution and those who have become U.S. Citizens. The book, We the Kids by David Catrow is a great book to read to observe this holiday. The adorable illustrations in this book make it easy to teach your kids about the Preamble to the Constitution and what it means. The Constitution is a set of rules that Americans live by. We discussed why the Constitution is important ... continue reading...
The Best Science YouTube Channels for Kids!
Science videos for kids to use in a primary classroom. My favorite YouTube Science channels to find educational videos for kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade! Science Videos for Kids Starting your new science topic with a fun video is a great way to get students excited about learning. Using science videos throughout your study can help reinforce what you're learning and lead to better student comprehension. Here are a few of my favorite YouTube channels that have a variety of science videos ... continue reading...
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
School is out for the Summer! Woot! Woot! I am really looking forward to not having to set the alarm for awhile. :) I have several conferences to get ready for (HINT: Big giveaway coming soon! Vegas anyone?) but I also plan to spend a little bit of time floating in the pool and playing with these little sweeties. Anywhoo.... Here's how we spent our last week of school. We had lots of fun reading different versions of The Three Billy Goats Gruff Here are our ... continue reading...
Bats, Bats, Bats! Bats Math and Literacy Fun and what’s coming up….
My sweet friend, Erica Bohrer told me about this song on YouTube. You can click on the picture to view it. My kids LOVED it! Click on the dice in dice picture if you are interested in purchasing them. They come in a set of 72 so you could easily split the cost with another teacher. Here's what's coming up in my classroom. Veteran's Day ... 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...
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...
Fun Name Activities for Early Learners | Crafts and Interactive Charts!
Name activities for early learners. Students will have fun practicing their names with these math and literacy activities that are great for back to school! Name Activities Is it back to school time for you? Well... are you (at least) thinking about back to school? These fun crafts and interactive pocket chart activities are perfect to practice names and have fun doing it! They also make ADORABLE bulletin boards for the first few weeks of school! Here are a few math and literacy ... 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...