This year we celebrated Dr. Seuss way earlier than usual. We use the Journey's reading series and this week our story was all about Dr. Seuss, so.... we decided to go ahead and do our celebrating during our story. I didn't get a picture of everything, but I do have a few freebies for you that hopefully you can use during Read Across America or for Seuss' birthday week. We read The Foot Book and worked on antonyms. … [Read more...]
Cooking Up Blends!
Happy Friday friends! I wanted to share what we have been working on in phonics for the past 3 weeks. Now that we have reviewed our vowels and have them down, it was time to start working on beginning blends. We started off meeting Chef Blend and her recipe book for making blends. Afterwards, the students became chefs by wearing chef hats,.... Hat clipart by Krista Wallden .....got mixing bowls, … [Read more...]
Sentences with Mr. Morton
We all know Schoolhouse Rock is the bomb dot com. I STILL sing those songs in my head as an adult! The past few weeks we have worked on building complete sentences and have watched this video just about every single day. After building and sorting sentences all week, my kiddos made these Mortons. You can download the templates here. We still need more practice with complete sentences, but goodness … [Read more...]
Time to the hour
Happy Hump Day! Last week we worked on telling time to the hour. We started off using this number line that I made last year. We talked about how the numbers on a clock are just like a number line except that they are not in a straight line. Afterwards, we put the number line in a circle to create a clock. During math stations, my small groups worked with me on recognizing the hour and minute hand. We used Playdoh in two … [Read more...]
A Spook-tac-ular gift!
I wanted to share a quick and simple Halloween gift that I made for my team and Miss Priss' teacher. It's nothing fancy, but it's cheap and reminds them just how AWESOME they are! The Dollar Spot at Target has the most adorable Halloween buckets.....for $1.00! $1.00 y'all!!! Anyways, I grabbed up a few and a sack of candy and started filling them up. I attached these little tags, put some purple tissue paper inside, and … [Read more...]
Shapes!
It's time for some catching up! Last week we reviewed shapes and worked on identifying their attributes. We started off with these posters that I made from last year. Afterwards, we listened to the book The Shape of Things on You Tube. We made each shape on our geo boards and played Guess My Shape. This game is nothing fancy. To play, I told my students "I was thinking of a shape that had ___ sides and ___ vertices". They had to … [Read more...]
Pumpkins and Bats!
Happy Friday friends! I am home with a yucky stomach bug today. It has hit our family and my classroom! Gross! I wanted to share a few October-y things we have been working on in the classroom. Last week we learned about adjectives. We starting off talking about pumpkins and coming up with words that describe the inside and the outside of them. Afterwards, we used the apple craft from my Get Your Adjectives Here pack to … [Read more...]
Short Vowel Phonics Friends
We have been knee deep in reviewing our short vowel sounds. My kiddos have loved meeting each of our phonics friends. The friends have really helped the sounds "stick" with my kiddos. I wanted to share a quick peek into my short vowel phonics packs with you all. I am going to let the pictures do most of the talking. Each pack starts off with a fun friend to introduce the sound and set the stage for learning. Along … [Read more...]
Non-Fiction Hunt!
Teaching non-fiction text and graphic features can be tricky, especially for the little ones! Yesterday, we dove right in to our Journey's basal story, Lucia's Neighborhood. After reading and discussing the different features, I gave each kiddo a sticky note and told each table group which feature they had to look for in their book. Afterwards, the kiddos had to write the page number on their sticky note where they found their … [Read more...]
Main Idea fun!
This week in reading we worked on main idea and details. It can be tough for the little ones. Especially when we are still learning to read and write. We started off watching this Brain Pop Jr. video to introduce it. Gotta love Moby! Afterwards, I gave each table group a clear bag filled with these picture cards (details). They worked in groups to discuss what the main idea would be. Next, the groups … [Read more...]
Molly Lou Melon
Happy Labor Day friends! I hope you all had a wonderful and well rested 3 day weekend. The husband surprised me with an over night trip Sunday night to dinner and the mall. Um, first let me tell you that I have not been to a mall in over a year. Mmhmm. A YEAR people! Sheesh, no woman alive should ever have to wait that long to go to a mall!! Online shopping is just too convenient! I wanted to pop in real quick and share a quick text … [Read more...]
Teacher Week ’15: Sanity Savers
I swear I could conquer my whole To-Do list if I had more hours in the day! I am linking back up with Blog Hoppin' for Teacher Week '15 for Sanity Saving Tips! One thing I wanted to share with you all that I started doing a few years ago is using washi tape as labels! Y'all. You can write on them and they peel right off. No sticky stuff left over that you have to break your arm trying to get off. It's like Label … [Read more...]
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