Happy Tuesday! It is finally starting to feel like fall here. This time of the year is so fun in the classroom; there are so many ways to incorporate themes into the curriculum. I'm sharing a new activity to compare contrast apples and pumpkins that can be incorporated now or in October! Compare Contrast Apples and Pumpkins This can be used for prek, kindergarten, 1st grade, or even 2nd grade! Depending on the level of your students, … [Read more...]
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Back to School Friendship Activity
I’m re-sharing a Back to School Friendship activity today. This can be used during those first few back to school weeks to build friendships and celebrate difference or when teaching about comparing and contrasting. I have a whole line of themed venn-diagrams, too! Back to School Friendship Activity Group your students in groups of 2 and have them create their hair and face. They can add their eye color by tracing around the … [Read more...]
Frog and Toad Activity
Frog and Toad Activity Hello Spring! We had beautiful weather this weekend! We spent most of the weekend playing outside. It was wonderful. How is the weather where you're at? Is it feeling like spring yet? I love this time of the year. So many fun thematic things that can be incorporated into learning standards! I’m sharing a new frog and toad activity to compare contrast frog and toads that can be used during your frog life cycle unit! This … [Read more...]
Stellaluna Activities
I have some Stellaluna activities and bat activities to share with you today and the best part.... two are free! Yay! Stellaluna Activities First up is this FREE flip book! Students identify and sort the story element pieces. You can find the flip book and cards, HERE and the bat craft HERE. Next, is this fun bat and bird venn-diagram. I absolutely LOVE these. They always turn out so cute and make for a memorable sorting … [Read more...]
Classroom Community Activity
I'm sharing a Classroom Community activity today. This can be used during those first few back to school weeks to build friendships and celebrate difference or when teaching about comparing and contrasting. If you liked the Winter Animals venn-daigram (and the other themed venn-diagrams), then I think you will love this one, too! Classroom Community Activity Group your students in groups of 2 and have them create their hair and face. They … [Read more...]
Winter Animals activities
Happy Friday! I'm sharing a few winter animals activities today. These activities are great to be used as a follow up to your polar bear and penguin units. These are simple (but fun) ways for students to share their learning! WINTER ANIMALS ACTIVITIES These can be used for prek, kindergarten, or even 1st grade! First up, compare and contrast polar bears + penguins: Depending on the level of your students, they can use the picture/word … [Read more...]
The Recess Queen back to school read aloud activities
One of my favorite back to school read alouds is The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill. It is one of those books that can be read during the first week of school or anytime during the year. It's definitely one to add to your collection. Today, I want to show you some of my favorite follow up activities to use with this book! **this post has been updated to include new activities from the updated resource** Before reading, I always liked to have … [Read more...]
10 Playing Cards Games for Math
If you watched my Instagram Stories yesterday then you probably saw just how excited I was about these large playing cards that I found. They are regularly priced $12.00, BUT if you use your Hobby Lobby 40% coupon on the app, then you can save some money. I found them with the 4th of July decorations. If you cannot find the playing cards at your store, Amazon has some here. Today, I am sharing several playing cards games for math that you can … [Read more...]
Weekly Recap 3!
Happy Friday! It's time for another Weekly Instagram Recap! Oh, and I've got a FREEBIE for ya' at the end! 1. Phonics Friends! They are my very favorite way to teach phonics and I used them for years when I taught first grade! If you've followed my blog for years, then you might already know what Phonics Friends are. If you're new here, you can read about Phonics Friends here and see all of them here. Not kidding; these amp up the fun … [Read more...]
Friend-Diagram FREEBIE
Hey y'all! I've got a fun little freebie for you to use when you teach comparing and contrasting! Friend-diagrams! Pair your students up and have them create their face and hair. They can also add their eye color by tracing around the black circle on the eyes with a crayon or maker. Afterwards, have them write how they are different from their friend on the outside circle of their face and how they are the same as their friend on the inside … [Read more...]
Building Numbers FREEBIES!!!
Last week in math we worked on building numbers to 20. I have several freebies that I wanted to share with you all. I'll link them all at the very end of the post :) We spent the whole week as construction workers while we "built" our number sense. I found construction hats for 99 cents at Hobby Lobby as well as the construction cones. I'm tellin' ya....throw in some real hats and accessories....and your kids attention … [Read more...]
Plants and Measurement!
Now that I am caught up on sharing pictures from the past few weeks, I wanted to show you what we have been up to in math and science. Last week we started our measurement unit, and lemme just tell ya'....it has been my students favorite! Not kidding! I have been wanting to add some mentor texts into my math instruction for awhile now and I finally went for it! I complied four of my favorite mentor texts for measurement … [Read more...]