My students love to SUBITIZE. Subitizing is like quick images. It is simply the ability to quickly identify the number of objects in a set without counting. Perceptual Subitizing is the instant visual recognition of a pattern such as numbers in a ten frame. Conceptual Subitizing involves recognizing smaller groups and adding them together, for example “I see five dots on the top row and 4 dots on the bottom row. So, that is 5+4 =9. I'll show my students a dot card, ten frame, a domino, etc. for about three seconds because I don't want my kids to count the dots. Then I ask them what did they see. My kiddos come up with answers like "I saw 6 dots, I saw 4 dots on the top and 2 dots on the bottom, I know 4 and 2 is 6, I saw 3 groups of 2, I saw 2+2+1+1, I saw 4 missing, 10-4=6. 2 x 3=6." Yes, even some of my 1st graders are multiplying using this technique. It's amazing how their number sense has improved tremendously. Here are some of the different Subitizing cards that I use in my classroom. If you want to try Subitizing you can pick up this resource here. Thank you for visiting and have a fantastic week!
This writing craftivity is perfect for the end of the year AND the beginning of the school year! Your kiddos will show you that their future is BRIGHT for many reasons. This packet includes: 1. All templates to make these adorable kids: head, hair, hands and sunglasses with pictures 2. Five different writing prompt pages 3. Bulletin board letters to display projects: Our Future Is So Bright! ***If you would like additional bulletin board letters, please check out my Rainbow Chevron Bulletin Board Letters *** *************************************************** If you would like to get updates on NEW & CURRENT resources... Follow me on Teachers Pay Teachers! Follow Bright Concepts 4 Teachers Blog! Follow me on Pinterest! Follow me on Facebook! Follow me on Instagram! **************************************************
A bright and cheerful bulletin board in the hallway is the perfect way to welcome students back to school! Check out these ideas for inspiration to create your own school and classroom decorations.
Here are some bulletin boards that I have done. This is a poster I made to track student understanding during class! This was a project that I came up with where students used the -IN…
Looking for colorful Spanish classroom bulletin board ideas? Check out this post for creative decor that will brighten up your classroom!
A bright and cheerful bulletin board in the hallway is the perfect way to welcome students back to school! Check out these ideas for inspiration to create your own school and classroom decorations.
Great ideas for welcoming kids to your classroom.
Do you want to break up your bujo into sections and need some ideas? Check out these awesome bullet journal dividers for inspiration!
Celebrating the holidays as a family and passing on traditions is an important part of every culture. While your students have likely grown up with traditions of their own, winter is a great time of year to broaden their worldview and explore together the history, traditions, and special meaning behind the various winter holidays celebrated around the world! Photo Source: www.wikihow.com While the bulletin boards we found yesterday offered a hands-on craftivity to engage little hands in the learning process, this bulletin board we found over at WikiHow has some fun elements for creating a more informational bulletin board. What we love most? The three-dimensional elements! The pan of latkas, not only looks cool, but is a fabuous way to tie in the traditional food dish and the colorful dreidels really pop on the dark background! Happy Hanukkah! Background: Dark blue bulletin board paper. Title: "Happy Hanukkah!" or use the the poem from the menorah craftivity {found below}! Border: Silver wavy trimmer. Decoration: 1) The Menorah. While you can create your menorah out of gold wrapping paper or aluminum foil like the original bulletin board, we found this craftivity over at LilTeacher.com and think the colorful candelabrum would make a great addition to the board! Photo Source: lilteacher.com We suggest either cutting and fitting together strips of colored construction paper, pasting them onto a piece of white bulletin board paper, then drawing and cutting a candelabrum shape from the paper, or finding a black and white clip art image online to trace, paint, and cut! Add colorful construction paper candles and yellow construction paper flames! 2) The Dreidels. Find a 3D dreidel template {like this one at Enchanted Learning} to print onto white card stock. Invite your students to decorate the dreidels with markers, stamps, etc., then cut, fold, and arrange around the bulletin board. [NOTE: You could also simply print the templates onto colored paper, cut, and assemble!] 3) The Pan of Latkas. Cut a 12" circle from gray construction paper and 1" strips of gray paper to fit around the edge of the circle, fashioning the 'sides' of the frying pan. Add another 1" by 10" strip of paper to the 'pan' to create the handle. For the latkas, the original post suggests crushing paper towels and stapling or gluing them to the bottom of the pan. 4) The Details. As for the rest of the board, add information cards, pictures of celebrations, pictures of important historical figures, etc. to help your students learn about the holiday!
Great ideas for welcoming kids to your classroom.
Check out this Spanish bulletin board and classroom decor set with a cactus theme, with bright colors and target language use!
A bright and cheerful bulletin board in the hallway is the perfect way to welcome students back to school! Check out these ideas for inspiration to create your own school and classroom decorations.
A bright and cheerful bulletin board in the hallway is the perfect way to welcome students back to school! Check out these ideas for inspiration to create your own school and classroom decorations.
This post contains my favorite end of the school year craftivities and bulletin board displays that I have used over the years. I love doing creative writing craftivities that help students reflect on the school year and then showcasing their work with pride in our classroom or hallway with a cute display! Parents, teachers, & students […]
A bright and cheerful bulletin board in the hallway is the perfect way to welcome students back to school! Check out these ideas for inspiration to create your own school and classroom decorations.
What is included in this package? - 4 Hot Air Balloons (11x8 each) - 4 kytes (11x 8 e/o) - 4 clouds (11x8 e/o) - 5 butterflies - 6 lines of grass with 3 different green tones (11x5 e/o) - 15 small flowers - Letters with the message: “Dream Big, The Sky is the Limit” if you are not satisfied with that message, I also have this other messages that you can choose from( just text me if you decide to pick up one of these): - “Sueña en grande, el Cielo es el Limite” - “Oh the Places you will go” - “Things are looking up” All the pieces are made out of card stock, high quality, heavyweight and smooth finishes. The board displayed for this picture measures 72 wide and 48 high, but you can adjust the pre-cut pieces to your own needs. Border and Background paper ARE NOT INCLUDED This board will ease any teacher's job! you just have to staple them on the board and get done with the job.
A new school year is almost upon us so I’ve been busy working to put my classroom together. I originally wrote this post two years ago when I first moved into my new classroom space. Since then, I’ve added and rearranged a few things to I’ve added an updated video tour! Next to the door […]
Great ideas for welcoming kids to your classroom.
Description is often accused of being boring. It stops the action of the story in order to give readers a look around. Yes, we could keep description to a minimum, breaking setting details into small…
I know you’ve seen them on your social media feeds. And I know you are thinking, these are adorable but I don’t have a cricut® and I am not going to buy a cricut® and so I will never be able to make these beautiful bulletin board letters. And then you hang your head and […]
Since I typically leave my three bulletin boards up for the entire year, I decided to use PowerPoint to create my letters. See the steps below and
Hello Everyone!! I know Earthday isn't until Sunday, but in our classroom we think everyday should be Earthday!! So I'm going to post about a couple of things we did this week! We decided to make a giant paper earth out of old magazines that would have gone to the landfill. We drew a huge circle, put in some of the continents, and got busy finding and cutting out pieces of blue and green from the magazines. Then came the gluing!! We all worked on this project together...just like we should work together to help the earth stay healthy. We think it turned out great!!! Hooray for the Earth!!! Hooray for First Graders!!! Hooray for working together to accomplish great things!! A treat for working so hard this week was Earthday Cupcakes! We have been working so hard on compound words, with "cupcake" as one of the more fun ones! So of course, we had to make cupcakes that looked like the earth (saw this idea on Pinterest, and knew I needed to do these!). The kids loved them. They had the choice of whether or not to add "clouds" or the "atmosphere" frosting. So yummy! Happy Earthday To You, Happy Earthday To You! We didn't have time today, but we will do a descriptive writing about cupcakes using all of our senses next week! :) Many hands make light work We finally got it done!!! Here's our hallway display! Earthday Cupcakes!! MMMMM Atmosphere Frosting Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!! Next week? Field trips and testing!!! Fun week! ;) Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!! Joyfully! Nancy
