Fall themed close reading passages to teach your primary students how to annotate a text. Your students will love this color-coded method using DOTS! Close Reading Passages Close reading is all about reading to uncover the text to deepen comprehension. Students engage with the text and focus on the information the text provides. With these close reading passages, students will dive into the text and learn about some fun Fall topics. Read about how you can use this resource in your ... continue reading...
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Insects Unit and a FREEBIE!
I will admit that I was kind of sad for my spring break to end. I LOVE being able to sleep in just a little bit and it is so much nicer to wake up without having an alarm clock buzzing in your ear. But today we started one of my favorite units so that made going back to school a little easier, Insects Unit. This Insects Unit can be used with an Insect Animals theme or as stand-alone Reading and Writing lessons and activities. Here is how I plan out my Insects ... 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...
Pirate Fun! Ahoy Mateys!
Oh, my word y'all we get out of school in two weeks and the kids are CRAZY ready! I am trying my best to keep them engaged in learning and not pull my hair out. :) We started our pirate unit last week and I was amazed at the change in behavior. They LOVED this unit and their behavior was AWESOME! This has by far been my favorite unit! The kids have been so excited about reading and writing stories about Pirate adventures. There are so many great children's books to read with this ... 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...
RAWR! Dinosaur Dig Day! Dinosaur Unit
My Dinosaur unit has been posted to TPT... Click on the T-Rex picture above to view my dino unit on Teachers pay teachers. We made Paleontologists using our pictures. The book inside tells about what we did during our Dinosaur Dig Day. Sorry... It's hard to see how adorable these are since I had to blur out the faces. Our shirts that we made for our Dinosaur Dig Day. On our Dinosaur Dig day the kids got to see ... continue reading...
Valentine’s Day Unit! UPDATE
UPDATE: The unit has been finished and posted. Here's the link if you're interested! I hope everyone is staying warm and cozy! VALENTINE'S UNIT We had a snow day here in Georgia and we have another one tomorrow! Yee-haw! I've been working on my Valentine's Day unit for about three days and it is almost finished. I hope to have it finished and posted tomorrow. I'm happy to have another stay home day but I'm ready to get to school and get ... continue reading...
America Unit is Finally Finished!
Mercy! This unit took me FOREVER! My class started our America unit this week so I will be posting pictures soon! Here's the link if you're interested. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE UNIT ... 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...
Polar Express Unit and Free Song Download
I uploaded my Polar Express unit to TPT last night. I still have some more stuff that I want to add to it but a lot of you were emailing me that you needed it NOW! :) I will let you know when I finish updating it. It is on sale until Friday. :) You can click on the picture to view the unit. Linda McCardle put the song I wrote for this unit to music. You can get the song by clicking on the link below. Thank you so much ... continue reading...
October Resources and FREEBIES
Hey There, This is a THROWBACK post to hi-light some of the resources you might want to check out for October. My NEW Pumpkin unit will be finished by this afternoon!!! But in the meantime... The Frankie Friend book and Free Downloads can be found in this post. Frankie is included in my Halloween unit which can be found here. I will be adding a few new things to this unit in a few days! I plan on adding a black and white emergent reader to accompany the free, Frankie Friend ... continue reading...
Spider Unit Fun!
OOPS! Excuse the apostrophes above. Geesh! I wish I had noticed my mistake before I took the screenshot. :) My spider unit is available on TPT for only $5.00 I will be adding some things to it within the next few days. If you have already purchased it check back next weekend to get the new goodies! The Spider experiments and many more are available in my best selling, Simple Science Volume 1 unit. I will be working on Volume 3 just ... continue reading...
Writing Lesson Plans for Kindergarten & First Grade
Writing lesson plans for the entire year! Complete writing units to help you teach writing in kindergarten and 1st grade. Writing Lesson Plans Teaching writing can feel quite overwhelming! Writing instruction should occur daily in the classroom. However, you may find yourself asking, "Well, what exactly do I teach for writing?" That is a question I often hear from kindergarten and first-grade teachers. Deedee Wills and I created the perfect solution for you! We spent countless hours ... continue reading...
RAWR! Dinosaurs Unit
To view all of the fun filled learning ideas and activities that we did from my Dinosaurs Unit click HERE and HERE to see our charts, pictures and activities. Here are a few new activities that we did this year.... We read, Can I have a Tyrannosaurus Rex, Dad, Can I please? and wrote what we would do if we had a T-Rex. I want a T-Rex so he can take me to the movies. He would pick me up from school. He would clean up my room. (I love all the labels she ... continue reading...
Frankie Friend Glyph and Free Downloads
The Frankie Friend glyph and activities are part of my Halloween unit that is available on TPT. It includes lots of fun activiites including, The What Will You Be? shared reading text. Click on the book cover below to see the unit. Planning ahead? Click on the Thanksgiving picture below to view my unit on TPT. FREEBIES!!!! Click on the following two images to download the "BINGO" songs and the Frankie Friend ... continue reading...
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