Winter bulletin board ideas for teachers! I have rounded up so fun winter-themed bulletin board ideas for your classroom! These would work great as December bulletin boards or January bulletin boards. Take a look at these wintry bulletin board ideas to bring a little warmth to your classroom or hallway. Winter bulletin board #1 Home for the Holidays This adorable winter bulletin board idea is from Stephanie and Loreal @happilyeverelementary. It would be a great place for students to ... continue reading...
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Tacky and the Winter Games Lesson Plans (Free File)
Winter Games Lesson Plans for kindergarten and first grade. These are perfect to use during the Winter Olympics. Tacky and the Winter Games Don't you just love Tacky the Penguin? My class has always enjoyed this character, so when I saw Helen Lester's book, Tacky and the Winter Games, I knew I had to add it to our Engaging Readers Series. The version of the Engaging Readers one comes with 5 days of close reading comprehension activities: Visualization Retelling Connections ... continue reading...
Fun on the Farm: Learning About Farm Animals
These farm animal activities will make learning about farm animals fun and engaging! This unit is packed full of close reading activities, directed drawings, writing, a craft, and more! Farm Animal Activities Learning about farm animals is so much fun! Students learn about the different animals they may find on a farm with these farm animal activities. Students become farm animal experts through close reading passages, discussions, and investigations. Close Reading Passages/Chit ... continue reading...
How to Start Teaching Writer’s Workshop in Kindergarten & First Grade
Do you struggle with how to get started? Writer's Workshop in kindergarten and first grade classrooms is one of the most powerful components. In Writing Workshop in kindergarten and first grade, students are encoding words that come from their thoughts and feelings, which is a much easier skill than decoding. Successful writers become successful readers! So, how do you get started? The answer is simple. Just jump right in!! I usually start at the beginning of the ... continue reading...
Zoo Animals | Chit Chat Messages & Close Reading
Zoo Animals unit packed full of resources! Engaging and fun activities. Chit Chat messages, close reading passages, crafts, and more! Zoo Animals Teaching about zoo animals is seriously one of the best times EVER! The littles get super excited and stay so engaged in learning. It can be hard to keep their attention at this time of the year, but it sure helps when they are having fun! I just completely updated this whole unit so it's ready to go for your upcoming zoo unit. Find it by ... continue reading...
African Animal Activities and Lesson Plans for Kindergarten & First Grade
African animal activities that are perfect for a zoo unit! Your students will love learning about African animals with these nonfiction book activities. Engaging reading lessons about lions, giraffes, elephants, and meerkats. African Animal Activities Are you ready to begin a unit about animals in kindergarten or first grade? Maybe you are focusing on zoo animals, too? These African animal activities are just what you need to keep your students engaged and excited about an animal unit of ... continue reading...
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...
Arctic Animals
Next week we will be starting one of my favorite units, Arctic Animals! Have a great weekend! ... continue reading...
More Zoo Animals Fun!
So... I ended up getting sick last week and I missed the last few days of our zoo animals fun. :( These are the activities that the sub got to do with them. I know the kids had fun but I'm so sad that I missed out! Note: These pics are from last year. They made alligator pie and then used interactive writing to write about it. Yummy! You know you want a bite. :) Independent writing. Alligators Pocket chart syllable game. Follow up center ... 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...
The Gruffalo Lesson Plans | Reading Comprehension for K-2
The Gruffalo lesson plans for K-2. Engaging 5-day lesson plans with differentiated reading response, vocabulary, sentence study, and a craft for this fun story! The Gruffalo A clever mouse outsmarts some woodland animals who want to eat him with the story of a Gruffalo. Little does he know, a Gruffalo is real and loves to eat mice. Your students will love this award-winning story! Through our engaging lesson plans students will strengthen their reading comprehension skills and have fun ... continue reading...
Lunar New Year
If teachers ask students to name a favorite holiday, responses often include Christmas, Halloween, and the Fourth of July. Indeed, holiday celebrations are a significant focus in the United States. However, students often do not realize how countries worldwide celebrate holidays. As the Lunar New Year approaches, it is the perfect time to show students how a well-known country rings in their new year. The Lunar New Year Packet will be an excellent way to ensure students have everything they need ... continue reading...
Let’s Talk about Books: Give Up, Gecko! Linky
Hey y'all! I love books! I hope you'll join me every Tuesday as I share a new book with you. Hopefully I will pick some that you've never heard of before. :) I recently purchased this book and read it to my grandbabies who are 5 and 7 and they both LOVED it. You know a book is a hit when they ask you to read it again and again! Give Up, Gecko! is a Folktale from Uganda that is retold by Margaret Read MacDonald Y'all this is the PERFECT book to add to your back to school collection ... continue reading...
The Mitten | Reading Comprehension Lesson Plans – FREEBIE
The Mitten lesson plans for teaching reading comprehension skills. Responding to literature through writing, studying vocabulary, and a STEM activity. The Mitten Reading Lesson Plans The Mitten by Jan Brett is a fun winter read aloud. In this story, animals squeeze in a mitten to keep warm from the winter cold. Our Engaging Readers units are full of resources for a week-long book study. Students engage in developing reading strategies and have wonderful conversations along the ... continue reading...
Book Talk Tuesday: Otis and the Scarecrow
Have you met Otis? He is an adorable little tractor and your kids will love him! In this series of books, Loren Long does a beautiful job of showing the students what it means to be a friend. Otis the tractor lives on a farm and the farmer has just introduced someone new... a scarecrow to shoo away the crows. Otis and the animals go out to greet the scarecrow with their friendly smiles, but the scarecrow doesn't return the smile and his frown never leaves his face. Eventually everyone stops ... continue reading...
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