I love when it's the time of the year to teach all things plants: parts of a plant, plant life cycle, plants needs, and the parts of a plant that we eat. Plus, you can incorporate other subjects into the standard, such as math! One way is through measurement. Today, I'm sharing parts of a plant measurement activities for kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade. Includes both nonstandard and standard measurement. Grab the Parts of a Plant … [Read more...]
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Fun Plants Activities for Plant Life Cycle Parts of Plant
The past 2 weeks have been all about plants! I want to share several of our plant activities for 1st grade with you all. These could definitely be used in a kindergarten or 2nd grade classroom, too! I absolutely LOVE all things spring so I could NOT wait to get the ball rolling with this unit. We started off looking at seed, identifying their parts, and made these seed flip books. We also identified what plants need in order to grow and made … [Read more...]
Weather Activities and Centers
Learning about the weather is the perfect spring (or winter) theme! It's full of fun, wonder, and there are so many standards you can review (or squeeze in new standards) all while learning about the types of weather! You could have a Weather Day, Weather Week, use all the activities throughout the season, or pick and choose what works for you and your classroom! Here are over 40 fun Weather Activities and Centers for kindergarten, 1st grade, and … [Read more...]
Earth Day Activities Crafts and Directed Drawing
I have some Earth Day activities crafts and directed drawing that I want to share today! I'm also resharing my absolute favorite activities and crafts from previous years. These were all created with kindergarten, first grade, and second grade in mind. Oh, and I have a free hativity for y’all too at the end! Whoohoo! Grab your teammates, planner, and favorite beverage and let’s start planning out some Earth Day activities for the upcoming … [Read more...]
Apple Activities for Apple Week
There's no tired like back to school tired, am I right?? Whew! If you're gearing up for Apple Week, I have lots of apple activities that I want to share with you in hopes that it makes planning out your week much easier! What I love about teaching within a theme unit is that you can cover TONS of standards and skills with one seamless theme! Apple Journal: This journal makes apple learning a breeze because it keeps everything in one … [Read more...]
Apple Activities
Happy September! Goodness gracious it sure got here quick. Next it will be Octnovcember! I'm popping in to share some fun apple activities with you. These apple activities were created with 1st and 2nd grade in mind, but could possibly be used in a Kinder classroom with guidance. I hope that these are helpful to you when planning out your Apple Unit. Let's take a quick look. One of my favorite things about this new activity pack is the … [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...]
Weekly Recap 6
Happy Monday! I'm back today with another IG Weekly Recap. I do not have a freebie to share this week, BUT you can find tons of freebies here. 1. March STEM activities! You can see all of them here. These are simple prep, quick clean up and easy to follow! I don't know about you, but sometimes STEM materials and upfront work can be overwhelming - these are not. If you used my 100th Day STEM activities...these are just like them. 2. H … [Read more...]
Weekly Recap 9
Today was my soon to be middle schooler last day of school! I cannot believe I just typed middle schooler! It goes by way too fast... I'm excited to be back for another Instagram Weekly Recap. I know I mentioned Spring Break getting me off track on these recaps...well, the end of the school year did, too! May-cember anyone?! Whew. Alrighty, let's get started. 1. Last weekend my husband and I made this DIY succulent/plant holder. I'm IN … [Read more...]
Weekly Recap 8
Happy Thursday! I'm back for another round of my Instagram Weekly Recap. If you're new here, each week I recap what I've shared on my Instagram with you all here on the blog ....and most weeks it includes a freebie! Whoohoo! 1. I know May is just about over, but I realized I never shared these May STEM activities here! These monthly STEM activities are quick prep and include a reflection journal for students to complete throughout the month … [Read more...]
Earth Day, Dream Houses, and Suiting Up for Summer!
I wanted to share a few Earth Day activities with you all....I know I am late in the game, but maybe you can pin them for next year. Over the past few years, we have read The Lorax and created these 5W poems to summarize one of the characters from The Lorax story. The Once-ler (who) cut down truffla trees (did what) a long time ago (when) in the forrest (where) to get rich. (why) I let them choose if … [Read more...]
More measurement fun!
Have you heard of the Mouse Math series? They have the most adorable math books. One of my favorites is If the Shoe Fits by Jennifer Dussling. It is a wonderful book to use when introducing appropriate non-standard measuring tools. It has the cutest storyline about two mice that find a shoe and wonder if it will fit in their playhouse. After reading the story, we sorted out non-standard tools on our anchor chart by what would be … [Read more...]
