Reading challenge and incentive featuring a fun WILD About Reading theme! Get your students excited about reading with this reading promotion and challenge. Readers earn prizes for reading: The Bee's Knees (bookmark), Go Bananas (picture on the WILD Wall of Fame) and Hear Me Roar (Animal Crackers). This product has everything you need (except Animal Crackers) for this fun and EASY reading program. Don't like the prizes? I have included a template with editable prizes. This challenge can be used for the whole school or a single classroom. Students earn coupons for reading which they turn in for the prizes. The product is editable and also includes items for both Accelerated Reader schools and non-Accelerated Reader Schools. Includes: Detailed directions and tips for a successful promotion Coupons (black and white and color) Flyers for family and promotion (black and white and color) Letters for the Wall of Winner editable spreadsheets Bookmarks (black and white and color) Book summary sheets for K-1 and 2-5 Thank you!

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Hello friends! Can you believe it's already Friday? These pictures are from my friendly monster week... we finished these activities up...

This week in our preschool ocean unit we looked at Baleen whales versus toothed whales. After reading Whales: Wild Reads as a read-aloud, we took an idea from the SeaWorld teacher’s guides I mentioned last week. We talked about how toothed whales like killer whales have teeth to catch and tear their food. Baleen...Read More »

Honestly, I love all of the fun topics to teach in October! Between the cool weather, spooky bats, and fall festivals, there is always something special

Have you been following our Getting Ready for Kindergarten series? While there are lots of non-academic skills kids need to know {like putting on their own jacket}, our focus is on academics. Last week, we talked about how learning to rhyme is such an important part of learning to read. This week, our focus is ... Read More about Counting Syllables Activities

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We were treated to another over-the-top week full of appreciation, love, and fun surprises from our parent community. Come along and see what the parents did for us teachers this year. Welcome to Teacher Appreciation Week - Wild West Style.

Wow. So I'm already failing at my resolution to keep on top of this blog. It's been over a month? Where did the time go? The first wee...

These Wild Animal Pattern Block Mats build visual and spatial skills. Well, if you read my post last week, you know I was planning to make more play dough

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Wild Thing Book Activities! This unit is fantastic for Maurice Sendak's book Where the Wild Things Are. Writing worksheet and craft included. Perfect for kindergarten or first grade!

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Wild Thing Book Activities! This unit is fantastic for Maurice Sendak's book Where the Wild Things Are. Writing worksheet and craft included. Perfect for kindergarten or first grade!

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If a trip to the African savanna is out of the question, just bring the animals to you with this cute Classroom Safari Tour!

Last week, in episode 109 of my unschooling podcast, I was chatting about radical unschooling. This week, I'm interviewing Sophie (16) who is a radical unschooler. If you're unsure about this way of life, perhaps our conversation will reassure you that radical unschoolers aren't wild and irresponsible! This is a very lively interview. I hope you

Saddle up the horses and put your hat on! The Cowboy Yoga is the perfect addition to your cowboy theme. Your kids will love this and so will you! With your purchase you will receive a downloadable PDF file. Read more details below.

Spur up excitement with these Wild West math activities! Hands-on activities build essential skills for our preschoolers while learning through play!

I LOVE the Olympics! I have always loved the Olympics, and I get very excited when it's an Olympic year. The summer Games are my favorite, especially the gymnastics and swimming. The Olympics is also a high-interest topic for students. The summer Games are a perfect theme for the end or beginning of a school year, and it's a great theme for summer school, as well. When I have a theme that I'd like to teach but is not in my curriculum, I always start with guided reading. I am very lucky to have a Reading A-Z subscription through my school district. On the Reading A-Z site, there are several different books that are leveled and perfect for an Olympic theme. My favorite is titled Summer Olympic Events and is available in levels H, K, & Q. In my Gold Medal Literacy resource, I have two mini books that I also use: The Summer Olympics and Where in the World is Rio de Janeiro? They're perfect, because students can highlight and write directly in their books. The nice thing about those little books and the A-Z readers is that they come with comprehension activities and worksheets. My Gold Medal Literacy packet is loaded with word word and writing activities that can help you run a mini-unit on the summer Olympics. I used it during the last week of school, and my kids had a blast! They're definitely excited for the Games in August. You can find my Gold Medal Literacy resource here. Over the years, I've collected Olympics trade books as I've found them. They are kind of few and far between, at least the good ones are. I've linked up a few of my favorites and a few on my wish list. (These are Amazon affiliate links.) What Are the Summer Olympics? I LOVE this series! Magic Treehouse: The Hour of the Olympics- Excellent for guided reading or as a read aloud. Ancient Greece and the Olympics: Nonfiction Companion G is for Gold Medal- I love the variety of information in this book. It's not a great read aloud, but it is perfect to add to a themed bookshelf. Elympics- This one looks really cute, although I do not own it. How to Train with a T.Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals- I think this one looks so cute! Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman- There are tons of great biographies about Olympians, and this one is one of my favorites. Excellent book! Olympia the Games Fairy- My girls love these fairy books, so this is a good one to add to the bookshelf. It is always chosen. ...and if you're looking for some more fun ideas for teaching about the Olympics. Click on the photos to access the link. (image and link to The Chaos and the Clutter) (image and link to Classy Mommy) (image and link to Fun-a-Day) My summer Games math resource on TPT. Math and Literacy together!

We completed this Germs Preschool Science Experiment to teach my son how germs are spread.

This week we read the book The Mitten by Jan Brett. We also did some fun mitten themed activities to go along with the book. I think the students' favorite mitten activity was sewing up their own paper mittens with yarn. Beware: this can be very challenging for kindergarteners! I had the mittens precut, with one staple in the corner to hold the two pieces of paper together. I also had all of the holes already punched in the mitten and a piece of yarn tied to the first hole. One little tip that will make this activity SO much easier for the kids is using very thin yarn so it fits easily through the holes. Also, putting a little piece of masking tape around the end of the yarn, so that the end of the yarn doesn't unravel and goes through each hole easily, is definitely recommended. Something new I tried this year, was doing this activity in small groups-and it was a lot more successful that way. I really can't believe that I used to just let the whole class loose to do this independently all at once. By doing it with one table at a time, I could model for the kids how to thread the yarn through the top of the hole only, pull all of the yarn through the hole, and then move onto the next hole. I could also keep an eye on everyone to make sure they were doing it correctly since I only had 5 kids to watch at a time. Everyone's mittens turned out really well! While I was sewing up mittens with one table at a time, the rest of the kids were kept occupied with coloring and cutting out all of the animals from the story (you can get this page of animals from Jan Brett's website). Then, once all of the mittens and animals were done, we reread The Mitten, and the kids put their animals into the mitten as it happened in the story. Very fun! They loved the idea of taking their mittens and animals home to retell the story to their families. We also had a mitten themed activity going in the pocket chart this week. On sentence strips I wrote: "The _____ went in the mitten." Then I printed out the animal pictures and word cards (from the blog 1+1+1=1) and students put them into the pocket chart and practiced reading the chart. (Sorry the photo is so blurry-that's what I get for taking the pic with my phone instead of my camera!). We also did some mitten activities during math. I gave each student a mitten cut-out and we practiced measuring it with lots of different manipulatives (pennies, paperclips, links, cubes, etc.). Great measuring practice and lots of hands-on fun! I know there are tons of great mitten ideas out there. I have seen them popping up all over blogs and Pinterest these last few days. I'd love to hear about any fun things you do with the book The Mitten.

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Pre-K & Preschool theme ideas for learning about animals that live in the rainforest. Find more Wild Animal Activities for Pre-K Books Check here for

All About Apples, everything you need to learn about the life cycle of the apple: graphs, poems and sequencing activities for kindergarten and first grade.

Create excitement about a new school year with these fun pages. Read below for all the details: "We are WILD about learning!" poster included in color to hang on the wall in your classroom or on the door. Also included in black and white to save on ink. 4 versions of a "I'm WILD about books!"/"I'm WILD about reading!" bookmarks. (Included in color and black and white). "I'm WILD about you!" postcards included to use as welcome notes for students on the first day, special birthday notes, or as praise notes to students for good grades, good citizenship, etc. (Included in color and black and white). Print the desired pages and allow students to color. Then use as binder/notebook covers, memory book covers, or classroom decoration. Coloring pages include: - I'm WILD about learning! (boy and girl versions included) - I'm WILD about Reading! - I'm WILD about Writing! - I'm WILD about English! - I'm WILD about History! - I'm WILD about Social Studies! - I'm WILD about Science! - I'm WILD about Math! - I'm WILD about Elementary School! - I'm WILD about Middle School! - I'm WILD about Kindergarten! - I'm WILD about First Grade! - I'm WILD about Second Grade! - I'm WILD about Third Grade! - I'm WILD about Fourth Grade! - I'm WILD about Fifth Grade! - I'm WILD about Sixth Grade! - I'm WILD about Seventh Grade! - I'm WILD about Eighth Grade! Use the "Product Q & A" tab to let me know if there's something you're wild about that this list is missing! :) Be sure to download the preview to see examples of the bookmarks and postcards. Click here to check out more back to school activities! I hope you have a great school year. If you find this product useful please leave feedback below. To follow my store click here and then click on the green Follow Me star at the top of the page.

This collection of Where the Wild Things Are Crafts and Activities has something for everyone...alphabet activities, cooking ideas, sensory fun, and more!

Venture into creative lands with these fun ideas for Wild West art for toddlers! From horse crafts to cactus silhouettes, explore the process of art!

We are an SRA Imagine It! School. We are spending this week wrapping up our Look Again Unit. It was so much fun discovering how different animals use camouflage to hide! My students worked on an Animal Report to learn more about one of the animals we have been reading about in our stories. (Thank goodness for a library full of books!). I even have an old set of Encyclopedias in my classroom as a resource - boy did the kids have a look of total shock on their faces when I told them I didn't have internet when I grew up and had to use those big books to look up information. Ah… this generation is so fortunate for google! Here are a few of the completed projects - I think they turned out great:) Here's a peek inside… You can grab your own copy of this report and the patterns/directions for creating the safari guide at my Teacher's Notebook store. Just click on the picture below!!!!

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Teaching this cowboy unit is such a fun one for little learners! There's so many ways to explore this unit and watch little minds be amazed as they learn all about being a cowboy. It's so much fun to watch as they read through cowboy books related to this unit, too. Finding cowboy books to

K-1 NONFICTION WRITING My nonfiction writing unit is here! This is the perfect way to introduce kindergarten and first grade students to what informational writing is. This unit is so engaging for students because it uses real life photographs and animals. We discus

Robot Rhymes is a FUN rhyming activity where kids will match rhyming words for kindergarten. Print FREE rhyming games!

FREE Editable Name MATS perfect to use all over the classroom to help preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kiddos learn their names.