Name Reminder
I also sing. I sing a lot in kindergarten. Try this. “Name on top please (clap) first thing!”
Sunday, February 6
Name please
How do you get your kiddos to remember to write their name? Well, I just recently saw this amazing little trick while blog hopping. I really wish I could remember who posted it. Are you ready for the trick? Get about 4 different colored highlighters and place them near your turn in tray. Before they turn their work in they have to highlight their name. If there is no name to highlight then they remember to write their name. This works guys!
Thursday, February 3
All about penguins
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Here are some of the pages from our penguin books. This was in Deanna Jump’s penguin unit on TPT. We ran out of time so we glued our Pink penguins on the cover instead of making new penguins.
Our tree map helped the kids write their penguin books.
Tacky also helped. Here we labeled the parts of a penguin. Later on we used adjectives to describe Tacky.
Here are some of the pages from our penguin books. This was in Deanna Jump’s penguin unit on TPT. We ran out of time so we glued our Pink penguins on the cover instead of making new penguins.
Our tree map helped the kids write their penguin books.
Tacky also helped. Here we labeled the parts of a penguin. Later on we used adjectives to describe Tacky.
100 years old!
Can I please look this darling when I’m 100! Before we made our masterpieces we talked about what we will look like at 100. During our discussion a little boy said the cutest thing. With his hands he went on to explain bat wings. “And it hangs.”
idea from Mrs. Jump
Wednesday, February 2
Stretchy the word snake
I am loving stretchy the word snake Deanna Jump posted on her blog. I’ve been able to use him in my guided reading groups and my kids love it. The children build words in the boxes. Then they use tiny cars to drive slowly as they say the phoneme. Drive the cars faster to blend the phonemes together. I found the tiny cars in the party aisle at Target.
Same idea as Elkonin sound boxes, just much cuter!
Same idea as Elkonin sound boxes, just much cuter!
Groundhog Day
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Well, apparently Spring is own its way. After this cold spell I am ready for some warmth. Today we read the story Groundhog Weather School.
Here are a few more fun ones to read to your class.
(I love anything by Gail Gibbons)
And here is a groundhog activity you can use.
Well, apparently Spring is own its way. After this cold spell I am ready for some warmth. Today we read the story Groundhog Weather School.
Here are a few more fun ones to read to your class.
(I love anything by Gail Gibbons)
And here is a groundhog activity you can use.
Wake up Groundhog
They also drew groundhog burrows and wrote about living in the groundhog burrow as if they were a groundhog. They came out really cute. Inspired by Cara Carroll.
Monday, January 31
Penguins, penguins, penguins
I love this unit! Penguins are just so much fun. If only we had more time . . .
We read many non-fiction stories about penguins. We learned that a emperor penguin stands 4 feet tall! So we pulled out my yard stick and made a life size emperor penguin. Each child got a chance to compare themselves to the emperor penguin. Thank you First Grader at Last for this idea.
This activity came from Deanna Jump’s penguin unit. I was so impressed with how well my class did on this writing assignment. I let them use their post-it from our new learning as a resource.
This one says, “Penguins have feathers. Emperor penguins are 4 feet tall. Penguins swim. Emperor penguins weigh 100 pounds.” WOW! You go Lilliana.
My kiddos decided they wanted to make rockhopper penguins and emperor penguins. They turned out so cute!
Love this guy inspired by the First Grade Parade and First Grader at Last. My kids freaked when they learned he was a rockhopper penguin.
Every class at our school has to complete a science fair project. EEEK, brings back awful memories of 7th grade. I hated science. I used the experiment from Deanna’s penguin unit. Here is our science fair board all ready for the judges.
We learned that penguins stay warm because they have oil on their feathers and blubber.
Penguin glyph (also from Deanna’s unit)
When I saw this on First Grader at Last I was so happy I had the book Pink! These turned out just darling!
We read many non-fiction stories about penguins. We learned that a emperor penguin stands 4 feet tall! So we pulled out my yard stick and made a life size emperor penguin. Each child got a chance to compare themselves to the emperor penguin. Thank you First Grader at Last for this idea.
This activity came from Deanna Jump’s penguin unit. I was so impressed with how well my class did on this writing assignment. I let them use their post-it from our new learning as a resource.
This one says, “Penguins have feathers. Emperor penguins are 4 feet tall. Penguins swim. Emperor penguins weigh 100 pounds.” WOW! You go Lilliana.
My kiddos decided they wanted to make rockhopper penguins and emperor penguins. They turned out so cute!
Love this guy inspired by the First Grade Parade and First Grader at Last. My kids freaked when they learned he was a rockhopper penguin.
Every class at our school has to complete a science fair project. EEEK, brings back awful memories of 7th grade. I hated science. I used the experiment from Deanna’s penguin unit. Here is our science fair board all ready for the judges.
We learned that penguins stay warm because they have oil on their feathers and blubber.
Penguin glyph (also from Deanna’s unit)
When I saw this on First Grader at Last I was so happy I had the book Pink! These turned out just darling!
Sunday, January 30
Reader’s workshop
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I am a huge fan of There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed . . . books. We just read the story There was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow. After reading the story we sequenced the things she swallowed.
PENGUINS!
I am a huge fan of There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed . . . books. We just read the story There was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow. After reading the story we sequenced the things she swallowed.
I Know an Old Lady
Up next . . .PENGUINS!
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