These free community helper sort and classify mats are so much fun for kids learning about people who help us! These mats come in two styles, blank mats

Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for Elementary School Students This no-prep, learning resource extends student understanding of traditional Metis travel. Activities include: sorting, classifying and connecting both on 8.5" x 11" pages and 11"x17" pages for younger students. Also included is a mini-book for students to display their understanding. (A perfect activity to take home and read to the family!) Plus... learning video links are included that tell about the Birch Canoe, Red River Cart and the York Boat. This resource, complimented by the other Metis Series Units are perfect for: class discussions, guided reading extensions, individual learning or independent group learning stations. While this series supports beginning and emergent readers, this unit based on the book, can support kindergartens to grade 3. Metis People Travel, is one book in the Strong Reader Metis Series written and illustrated by Leah Marie Dorion and published by Strong Nations Publishing. _______________________________________________________________________ ** This product is featured in my blog: Guided Reading with a Metis Focus. Learn how I use this unit; through guided reading groups and supporting activities!** _______________________________________________________________________ (To purchase the Strong Readers Metis Series book set, you can do so at Strong Nations online bookstore.) Also, check out the Strong Stories: Coast Salish Series Student Response Booklets Also, check out the Strong Stories: Tlingit Series Student Response Booklets

I am suuuppppper excited to participate in my first iTeach Kinder Linky Party hosted by Nicole and Eliceo from nicoleandeliceo.com. This month I'll be sharing with you a freebie from my Lesson in a Snap Series. I created Lessons in a Snap, because let's face it, there truly never is enough time in the day to do everything we need to do. The activities in this series require very little to no prep at all. Just print, cut and laminate for durability. You can use this activty as a center game or during whole group instruction. Either way, I'm sure your kids will have lots of fun! I've included 4 no- prep sheets that are differentiated in order to fit the needs of your students. Just pick and choose the ones that will work best. I've also included a set of blackline images in case you'd rather print onto colored carstock and save on ink. Click the image to grab your free sample from the packet And don't forget to check out the other posts below from the other fabulous iTeach Kinder bloggers! An InLinkz Link-up

This will be my last week of sorting tasks for awhile! This week, I will show you some file folders for sorting items by category. Sorting People vs. Plants Sorting Vehicles that go in the sky, water, and on land. I created a printable version of this task for you to print and use for FREE. Click Here to download.

It's hard to believe there are only 20 days of school left. But if you visited my classroom you would know right away because my little cuties ARE GOING CRAZY! And they are driving their teacher CRAZY too! I loved Reagan Tunstall's post yesterday. Read it HERE. AMEN to all she said about how crazy it is getting. I had one of my little firsties put glue all over another person's chair today. What's with that? Nothing like that has ever happen in my room before. I just keep telling myself- only 20 days, only 20 days. Seriously, I love my kiddos but I forget how CRAZY they get at the end! Anyhow, we've been working on Wants and Needs and I have a little freebie to share. It's a little class sort of some of the things we want or need. I dug around to find pictures and ended up use several graphic artists so here is credit where credit is due- Scrappin Doodles, KPM Doodles, 3 AM Teacher, and Kevin and Amanda Fonts. Their links are on my side bar. Just click on the picture below to grab a PDF copy. Click HERE to download the file. I hope someone can use it! I also downloaded a new packet to my shops. You can check it out too. It's a few of the activities we've been doing with Fact Families. Click on the word for a link to my shops. TpT or Teacher Notebook Thanks for stopping by. I hope you found something you can use in your classroom! Have a great Wednesday.

I'm working a summer reading and math camp and I wanted to set up some fun camp-themed activities! I haven't gotten to all of the centers yet, but I thought I'd showcase just a few! S'more Fun: Vowel Sorting Activity So far my kinders LOVE this center. I printed 2 sheets of the marshmallows on card stock then laminated them. I used sticks and a hot glue gun to attach them to both sides of the stick. To make the vowel fire outs: Camping & Rolling: Sight Word Activity Camping Spelling & Writing Center: Building Words Sight Word Fishing Game Download Camp Kindergarten Packet in my TPT Store by Clicking HERE!

If you ever thought that tattoos are just some pretty pictures and adornments, you couldn't be more wrong. Since the dawn of tattoos in 4 millennia BC, the tattoo designs always had meaning to them. Whether it was religious markings or illustrations about particular humans lifetime achievements, they were always meant to convey a message of some sorts. Skipping forward to our age, some of the tattoo symbols have lost their intended context along the way, but there are still people who like to translate hidden messages and more profound meanings into their tattoo ideas.

I love this time of year, when the leaves start to fall and everywhere is full of colour. We went out this morning and collected as many leaves, sticks and pinecones as we could find. Here are some ideas what to do with them.

The incredible ways women are reclaiming their body hair.