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...]
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Catching up with Back to School activities
Since I am not one to cook, much less prepare a meal ahead of time, I wanted to catch up on our back to school activities that we have done the past few weeks. Bare with me as I let the pictures do most of the talking. Here are a few of my favorites to do each year. Last week we read If You Take a Mouse to School and completed this text connection. You can find the mouse templates plus the writing stem here and … [Read more...]
Fairytale Freebies
I am back to share a few fairytale freebies with you all. This week we did a fairytale unit and the kiddos have really enjoyed it. We read Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall and wrote what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story on index cards. We just folded them in half to create flips.... We also read The Three Little Pigs by James Marshall. I love how they … [Read more...]
David Shannon
Do you use a basal to guide your reading curriculum? My district uses Journeys, and although those stories are great, my kiddos were ready for something different. After wrapping up our Journeys stories we moved right into my very favorite author study! David Shannon! His books are a hit every single year. We started off with a very well known one. A Bad Case of Stripes. After reading, the kiddos had to make a connection to the … [Read more...]
Inspired!
Something that sets teaching apart from any other profession is being inspired by others. Y'all, there are some amazing teachers out there! Last night I was wide awake! Bright-eyed-and-bushy-tailed! I checked my Facebook and saw this post from Kickin' it in Kinder. I knew tomorrow was going to be a busy day with wrapping up punctuation, working on letter writing parts, and comparing numbers.....so I racked my brain on what supplies I … [Read more...]
We’ve got this!
Reading is all about comparing and contrasting this week. This is such a fun skill to teach. We started off talking about how a venn diagram can help us organize what is the same and different about two things. As a group we compared winter pictures on the board and then broke into table groups to show off our learning. Each table got 2 different winter pictures to compare and contrast. Check out this inventive spelling. It makes my … [Read more...]
First Week Recap
It seems like every year I forget how much energy I use during the first week back. You can bet Sonic got my business every single afternoon! There’s just nothing better than a Dr. Pepper right after school! Our internet is finally back up and running! Thank goodness! When you live out in the country….the internet is few and far between! To recap our first week, we read lots of back to school books and talked a LOT about 3 star coloring, … [Read more...]
Fairy Tales!
This is our first week without our basal this year, so we are living it up with all things fun and fancy! We have been reviewing quite a bit of our reading strategies through our fairy tale unit. We read Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall. The kiddos always giggle with this book! It is just too fun. After reading, the kiddos summarized the story on index cards. While I was out yesterday for doctor’s appointments on our … [Read more...]
Long A and numbers!!
TGIF! I don’t know about y’all, but this week has been super tough to get up and get going! It has been all things rainy, foggy, and cold in my part of Texas…..all those things make it super hard to get out of bed! Yucky weather also makes for a super long school day when you can’t go outside! I knew the kiddos would keep me on my toes, so lots of games, walking around, and creating were on the plans this week!! We worked a lot on long a this … [Read more...]
a little bit of everything
It’s been a BUSY 4 weeks! This eCard describes my past few weeks perfectly! With tomorrow being Monday Two, I am excited to finally have a few minutes to sit down and give you all a peek into these past few weeks. This post is going to be full of catching-up-randomness! Bare with me. Every year I tell myself that I am NOT going to miss Grandparent’s Day. September gets here, flies by, and sure enough, I miss Grandparent’s … [Read more...]