This is a cute activity where ESL students have to draw monsters based on the description of the body parts on the worksheet.

It's getting into my favorite months of the year! I LOVE fall! I'm linking up today with a few fellow bloggers and Aileen Miracle from her blog here. This post is about "Three Things" that worked for me and my students this week. Enjoy! #1. Our family went apple picking in the mountains of NC this past weekend; a little over a 2 hour drive from home. I love seeing the mist rising from the mountains, and driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway; those mountains really do look blue!! So many varieties of apples but we were in luck as Honeycrisps were being picked! We got a bunch and this week I am beginning the song "Apple Tree". I posted about this here with a free pdf you can get by emailing me at [email protected]. I love the game that goes with it and you can choose to make yours a more melodic direction activity or a rhythmic activity. #2. Hula Hoop Activities I have a TON of things I do with hula hoops (and you can get them at Dollar Tree, hurray)!. I lay 4 on the ground, put drums inside one, shakers in another, wood instruments in another and metals in the final one. While we are learning about the percussion family, or during songs where specific instrument sounds play it is helpful to be able to have students together and a place for them to pick up instruments from and put them back into when they are done. It makes organization and clean up easy, also. I also find it helpful to put more instruments than students in each grouping; if there are 5 children at each hoop, I place 6-7 instruments inside so there is still some choice. Y'know they've gotta have choices! :) This week my littles (Junior Kindergarten y'all!) I decided it was time to break them out into some extra movement time; they were SOOOOOO wiggly!! I put several hoops on the floor and tell them they are magical islands. They can only go into the island when I stop the music. Play something fun and fast and let 'em go.. well, I give mine a few additional directions, but do your thing! A big rule - we MUST travel (they are in a transportation unit), they can fly, walk, skip, hop, run (carefully), be a train, etc. Voices OFF! I also do this with other grades and we have a dance party! Once the music stops I call out a body part; pinkie finger. ONLY pinkie fingers may go into the island. They have to go to another island the next time. When the music starts, off they go again. Vary the "body parts"; head (really funny to see how they problem solve it), elbows, knees, big toe, belly button (yes, really!). It's a great Brain Break, also, and really gets them into following directions. #3. My fourth graders really love "Boom, Snap, Clap". We use the song, "Chester" (from Action Songs Children Love, vol, 3) to go with it. This is a great collection of action and substitution songs for older kiddos. Boom, Snap, Clap is full of body percussion and once you've learned the words to accompany the motions, you can perform it with body percussion alone. I like to pair it with Chester; half the class performs Chester, half Boom, Snap, Clap. The song isn't as long as Boom, Snap, Clap so at the end everyone gets to perform Boom, Snap, Clap with both hands. Boom, Snap, Clap will be in my next volume of Hand Clapping Songs coming out hopefully next spring! Here it is now: You can also watch it on youtube:

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Addition with Regrouping worksheets. Double Digit addition worksheets with introduction to regrouping for kids. Two digit addition with regrouping equations

Since masks are becoming part of their day-to-day activities, an art teacher from Tennessee school district, Cassie Stephens, introduced this brilliant mask self-portrait art project.

I l.o.v.e.d the 2nd grade version of this packet that I created, that I went ahead and adapted it for grades k-5 to meet the needs of buyers! Hands down, this has been my favorite packet to do the first few weeks of school. You can grab all grade levels 20% off for Thursday...

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Small groups are an essential piece of every elementary classroom’s reading block. My first year teaching, small groups were not part of the instructional model. We taught whole group and then worked with individuals who struggled with that day’s lesson. I was brand-new to teaching. My students learned. I saw growth. Their fluency improved. …

Help your students learn their shapes with these fun Jack-O-Lantern shapes worksheets! These fall themed shapes coloring pages will help your students not only get familiar with shapes, they will also help with color recognition and fine motor skills! Jack-O-Lantern Shapes Coloring Page With Color Coded Key

So I’ve been talking a lot about Task Analysis lately. I have shared how amazing it is for teaching Functional Routines in the classroom. That’s how I started using Task Analysis back when I was potty training a student in my first year of teaching. It wasn’t until a few years later that I realized ... Read More about Using Task Analysis to Teach Subtraction

Hi! Today, I wanted to share some of my favorite crafts to use for teaching digraphs. I try to make my blog posts useful for teachers in the classroom, and […]

Let's learn about the human brain! This fun printable puzzle activity is a perfect compliment to your homeschool science curriculum or anatomy unit study. Construct the human brain, label each part, and use the brain anatomy vocabulary page to learn more! ::: I N S T A N T ♥ D O W N L O A D ::: **This is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. No physical items will be mailed to you.** After purchase you will receive an email receipt  with a link to download your purchase.  You will receive a PDF file for printing on regular 8.5”x11” paper. I recommend printing on heavy cardstock and laminating for durability.  ::: S H O W ♥ O F F ::: I’d love to see you and your little ones enjoying your new learning activity! Be sure to tag me @arrowsandapplesauce and use #applesaucemama. ::: T H E ♥ L E G A L ♥ S T U F F ::: This printable is intended for personal use only. Not for resale. You may not copy, alter, or share these digital files. Thank you! See my shop policies for more info.  Book in pictures: Look Inside Your Body, Usborne

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Kids absolutely love these snap cube number and pattern activity cards! They are such a great idea to use to help teach numbers and patterns, as well as gross motor skills. Snap cubes make an excellent addition to all centers, and are fantastic boredom busters!

I have a new freebie set ready this week! This set has three puzzles all about bunnies! Not quite in time for Easter, but it's generic enough for any time of the year. One puzzle is a maze in which solvers have to help the mommy bunny gather up her baby bunnies from around the garden. Another puzzle teaches students about bunny related words while they find them in a word search. And the last puzzle challenges students to help a bunny across a river to find her pile of veggies! This puzzle is a new puzzle for me, and I'm excited about it! The solvers has to follow a pattern of shapes, hopping along each shape 'stepping stone', to get to the other side. My kids and I enjoyed doing these! (You can find more of these puzzles in my All About Shapes puzzle pack too!) All About Shapes is available in my TpT store for $4.00 and contains 20 puzzles for young solvers. These puzzles are geared towards kindergarteners and first graders, but pre-schoolers should be able to handle many of these puzzles with help from their parents. This pack contains 3 dot-to-dots, 3 river crossings, 3 mazes, 3 word searches, 4 coloring pages, 2 counting riddles, a sudoku, and a crossword! It's packed with fun ways to practice shape recognition and even learn some new shapes! You can download the Cub Corner or purchase All About Shapes at my TpT store! UPDATE: I no longer have the Cub Corner sets in my store. Just click on the picture to download. Also, the All About Shapes set has been retired, so you can download a free copy by clicking on that picture. Enjoy!