Winter

Well it's been forever since I posted much.  I have found that blogging is harder than I thought.  I have still been posting on TPT if you follow me.  We have been busy in the classroom with our winter units.  Next week we will begin our Polar Animal unit.  I used to call it "Arctic Animals" but then I got a ton of comments that I was technically incorrect- that penguins are not in the Arctic- so I quickly changed everything to "Polar".  Oops.  Here are some of the new products in my TPT store and some freebies!

I also have a bunch of winter centers that you can pretty much print and go:
This one is a freebie!

I'll try blogging more now.  I've really been slacking taking pictures of all the fun things we have been doing in the classroom-so my camera comes back to school with me on Monday.

Fall...

So it's been a while, I have found the blogging takes time, and I haven't had a lot of that lately.  Mainly because of the Cardinals doing so well.  I have been watching every game.  Tonight I'm going to catch up some... after a great night of trick-or-treating with an adorable firefighter and monkey:

I've been doing some fun pumpkin activities this week as well. 

I found this great free unit from Mrs. Ricca.  You can get it at the TPT store-- again it's free!

After we cut open t he pumpkin we did this project with our seeds:

 

It has some great pumpkin ideas.  We have done many of them:

This comes with sequencing cards that the students can put in order.  It also come with a small reader that goes through the lifecycle of the pumpkin.  We did both of them.

I added this to my dramatic play pocket chart center.  I did not include the recording worksheet, my students don't seem ready for that yet.  They just match up the color words to the right color of pumpkin.  It was a big hit for the students to play "school".

We are doing pumpkin colors for one of our centers.  We are also doing some centers from Mrs. Ricca's free pack.  I will include some more pictures of them soon.

Zero the Hero

I made some new coloring pages for Zero the Hero.

Syllables

 

So I made these syllable sorts- 2 for fall.  Click below if you want them!

New products at TPT store!

FREE:

 

 

 

There are a bunch of other arctic centers.  Be sure to check out all my products- and freebies- in my store!

 

 

 

Rosie

Last week we continued farm and make this Rosie's Walk book to go along with the story:
Here is the cover.
We made a pocket on the barn door that we could put Rosie in.
I gave out Rosie on the last day-- It was the most exciting part.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like the words for this book click here

 

I don't have the story pieces as of right now, but I'm looking into finding some like these.

 

I read the book but also have the pieces in sentence strips:

 

The kids loved the story.  They were acting it out.  Even with the pumpkin spice playdoh they were making the story pieces.  I was impressed:

 

 

On a side note, my nephew was sick- but he's home and better now.  Isn't he adorable?!

 

 

 

We also took James to the City Museum, a great place to take your kids if you are ever in STL.  This is my husband and James when we arrived, and when we were leaving.  Do Not skip a nap to go there!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Numbers

Freebie I just created to numbers 1-10.

Chicka Chick Boom Boom

Here are some of our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom projects from this week.  The snack was a huge hit.

You are supposed to have alphabet cereal but I don't know if that is even made anymore.  I could not find it.  We just wrote the letters in of our name on the plate.  Someone later suggested scrabble Cheese its, if they are still making them.  Any other alphabet food??

 

The Chicka Chicka bulletin board turned out much better than I thought it would!

 

This also went along with out class book:  Here is what it looked like and click the blank document to download and print your own!

 

This page is different from the ones I used today.

My students loved this activity- it was our first class book.

 

 

 

Fall Centers & Freebie!

Check out my new fall centers in the TPT store.  There are tons of great math and literacy centers for your small groups.

 

These math and literacy centers are great for your fall unit (37 pages)

Includes:
Write the room: place the word cards around the classroom, have your students walk around with a clipboard recording the words

Count the Room: Place the ten frame cards around the classroom or in a box. Have your student count and record the number next to the corresponding picture.

Spin and graph: Cut and laminate the wheels. Have your students spin the wheel and record onto the recording worksheet.

Roll and Graph: Cut and laminate the picture cards. Add the pictures to a large dice. Have your student roll the dice and record the results. They can then complete the comparing portion of the recording worksheet as well.

Vocabulary Cards: Great for your writing center or to display anywhere around the room

Ten Frame game: This is another ten frame recording game. Put the number cards in a box. Have your students draw out a card and fill in the corresponding ten frame box.

Pumpkin sequence 1-10. Cut and paste to sequence numbers.

Acorn Beginning Sounds. Copy acorns on 10 different colors. Add picture to each card. Have student fill out the recording worksheet.

Acorn Beginning Sounds Matching: Copy Cut and Laminate the Acorns. Have students match letters to beginning sounds pictures.

Acorn Popcorn Words: Copy acorns on 10 different colors. Write a popcorn word on each. Have student fill out the recording worksheet.

Race to Trace: Roll a dice, have the student trace the number they rolled. First to fill wins!

Spinners: Copy on cardstock and laminate to play race to trace.

Here is a freebie from the centers pack:

Brown Bear FREEBIES!

Well I forgot to mention along with my color unit we read and do a book study on Brown Bear Brown Bear by Eric Carle.  This students  love this book because they can easily learn to "read" it.  I got the bulletin board set so we are going to act out the story, sequence the story, and do many other Brown Bear activities.
Here are some of the Brown Bear games I have found and use.

This is a freebie by kinderglynn that I loved.  You can get it at the TPT store.  Click the picture.  It is awesome for math centers!!

 

This freebie is by doodlebugsteaching and is great for sequencing or colors.

 

Have fun in kinder has this freebie math center in the TPT store that I use:

 

 

And in my store I have a freebie ten frame and a write the room ($1)

 

 

 

 And How can I forget Brown Bear BINGO?  FREE AGAIN!

We also have a first painting project in the art center where students paint a brown bear.  I add pencil shavings to the paint to make it have a fur like texture.  The kids love it.