Scarecrow Magic Read Aloud Activities

Hello!  Its one of my favorite times of year....FALL!  I love everything about it, the colder weather, flannel shirts, hot cocoa, pumpkins, corn maze, and on and on!!!  I love teaching my fall units.  This year, I have added a book to my read aloud collection.  Its called, Scarecrow Magic.  Its a cute story about a scarecrow that turns into a skeleton at night and has a lot of fun.  It has a lot of rhyme in it as well.  Its perfect for primary readers.  I created a mini pack to go along with it.  I want to start focusing a little more on comprehension with my first graders.  So, I have included retell and story element components in this pack.  There is a teacher and student set of retell cards.  As well as, color and black and white teacher versions to choose from.  My students have reading journals, so they will be gluing their cards into their journal.  If you do not have a journal, you can have your students glue on a piece of construction or colored paper.  You can grab this pack HERE. Happy Teaching!!

Johnny Appleseed Craft

I'm hopping on to show you my newest creation.  Its a Johnny Appleseed writing craft.  It is super easy and simple.  After reading/discussing Johnny Appleseed, have them make their own Johnny Appleseed and write an important fact(s) about him. I had my kiddos color the pieces of the hat gray.
You can find it HERE

You can also check out my Apple Unit HERE

Summer Scheduling

Hello all!  It''s officially summer time and I am so excited!! I get so much done during the summer and on my time too!! My boys and I are taking it easy, while trying to keep some sort of schedule.  My oldest will be going into First Grade and my youngest is going into Kindergarten this fall, so we are working on all things Kinder and Firstie related.  I have come up with a "schedule" for the summer.  It is very loose!! ;)

Now again, VERY loose!! This is just a guide for when we are home for the day.  There will be several days of Silver Dollar City, White Water, City Pool, road trips, Adventure Club, etc.  I am trying to keep a little structure so that it won't be so hard come August.  Now, all of the mommas with boys can relate and know that there will be total chaos at times as well!! My boys are 9 1/2 months apart.  Right now, I have 2-5 year olds!! My oldest turns 6 in July.   They are either playing ever so sweetly or rough housing.  I blame some of that on my husband.  SHHH! Don't tell him! Also, if you will notice, at 3 there is a Sonic run...can you tell we love Sonic?? Happy Hour is fabulous!!! We live near Branson, MO and there is a Target/Home Depot and on the way, there is a Panda Express.  I have always said it should have been a Sonic.  So, now my boys say that every time we pass it!  Oops! That might have let the cat out of the bag as to how much I go to Target!  It also has a TJ Maxx right beside it, which is perfect!  I normally get alot of stuff for my classroom there.  Especially their toys/activities.  You always find a good deal on Play-Doh, Melissa and Doug, Learning Resources, and other top brands there as well, at a much better price!  I need to do a blog post on all the deals I find before school starts.  I use a lot of Target, TJ Maxx, and Amazon.  I have Prime which is very addicting!  Speaking of which, I just purchased a new electric pencil sharpener from Amazon that is spot on! I have used alot of brands, and I really like this one.  As teachers, its important that we have a handy dandy pencil sharpener, and I believe I have found it.  

Have a fabulous week!!!

Frog Week

We are about to start frogs this week!! This is one of my favorite units to teach.  You will find my lesson plans below:

Here is the 5 Green and Speckled Frogs video that I will be using with my Shared Reading.  Its super cute. I also have a log/frog template that you can download.

Click here-  Log Freebie

Frog Freebie

Here is my Frog unit that has a ton of activities:

There are a lot more activities than what is pictured here.  There are nine centers, anchor chart activities, and writing activities, and a craft.  Grab it HERE
                                                   

Frog Unit

Hello all!
I have finished my frog unit and have posted it on tpt.  It has a lot of different activities.  You can find it HERE at my tpt store. 


Here are a few pictures of what is in the pack!  Your kids are sure to love this pack.  It has 44 pages of fun!  There are 9 centers, 2 anchor chart activities, frog craft, and writing papers.

Have a great Thursday! 

Weather Week 2 Lesson Plans and a FREEBIE

Hi again!

We only have 30 days until school is out!  I am very excited!! This week will be week number 2 on Weather.  I am planning on going into depth about clouds and rainbows.  I have a couple of experiments planned, but do not have pictures of them.  I will try to snag a pic and update this post when I do.

I love to read It Looked Like Spilt Milk.  The activity that follows is always fun to see the kiddos' creativity.  I just used a cloud template that had the lines already, blue paint, a piece of white paper, and two cotton balls. We will read the book and then spend some time brainstorming what our clouds could look like.  I will use a sentence starter, but have my kids phonetically sound out what their cloud looks like. You could also have them write the whole thing by themselves if your kiddos are ready.

If you don't have a cloud template, here is one that you can use:

Click here for cloud template

Easter Freebie and a Cool Website

Hello all!

I was informed about a pretty cool website the other day.  It's called Education.com.  Ever heard of it?
Its pretty interesting.  It has lessons, worksheets, and resources all on one website.  Here is an example from the website.
Easter Freebie

Go to https://www.education.com/resources/ela/reading/ for more info. Happy Wednesday!!