Happy Friday! Although it was spring break for me this week, I uncharacteristically took a bunch of photos the week before break so I’m back with another Five for Friday post sharing with you 4 new subtraction ideas and a writing freebie! 1. ROLL AND SUBTRACT MINI BOOK I already had a similar mini book…
Hi guys! Today I wanted to share with you some Valentine’s Day themed activities we have been exploring! I hope you can use some of them next week! 1. HEART WAND PATTERNING A twist on an oldie but a goodie. I just twisted pipe cleaners to make a loop on one end and then formed…
Hi guys! I’m here to share a few activities from our classroom this week! 1. NUMBER MAKE IT 2 MATS Our kids love play dough but I wanted new play dough mats that were a little bit harder and worked on some of the skills we had been working about recently. So over the winter…
Hi friends! Welcome to another Five for Friday where I share 5 things from my week! 1. I Like Myself Writing My teammate shared this activity with me and I knew we had to try it too! My kids loved looking at the mirror and drawing themselves. I set out the book “I Like Myself!”…
Hi! I’m here to link up with Kacey from Doodle Bugs Teaching and share 5 things from this week! 1. READING STRATEGIES Our reading board is finally coming along! We started with our “3 Ways to Read a Book” chart, learned the sight word song (sang to the tune of Old MacDonald Had a Farm)…
Hi friends! I’m linking up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching to share five things from our classroom this week! 1. MY BOOK OF THANKSGIVING WORDS This week I introduced them to these thematic word booklets! Although I always have free choice (blank paper and half blank/half lined paper) available at the writing centre I…
Hi guys! I’m linking up with Tara from 4th Grade Frolics for her Monday Made It linky to share some things I made this week! Desk Organizer Now I don’t know if this really counts as a made-it… because I didn’t do all that much lol but Michaels had these for 40% off and I…
Hi guys! Long time no blog! Actually I just checked and it has only been 2 weeks, but for some reason it feels like it has been forever since I last blogged! With report cards, case conferences and permanent teaching postings closing yesterday (for those of you who don’t know, I am a LTO) I…
Hi guys! I’m linking up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching to share 5 random things from this week! 1. Pinecone Observation Paintings My kids are still loving these water colour observational drawings/paintings. Some of the items we have been looking closely at and painting include pinecones (pictured above) and caterpillars. We often put magnifying…
This is my third year raising caterpillars in the classroom! It is always such a neat experience for the kids. Here are some of my favourite activities/ways I encourage observation and wonderings. PRE-ARRIVAL: This year we read the book Katy Duck Is a Caterpillar to activate our schema about spring. It is a fiction text…
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