My favorite time of day is read aloud in the classroom. All my students sitting around and enjoying a story together. As the teacher, I always like to choose rich texts with tons of learning opportunities for our read alouds. Some of my favorite books are the ones we can read over and over […]
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I like incorporating copywork into our homeschool whenever possible, especially into our science, history, literature, and Bible studies. With Thanksgiving right around the corner I thought I'd put together some scripture copywork with scriptures that
All About Me Flipbook is a project aimed to help the students answer personal questions that can be a supplemental work on the first weeks of school and a great addition to your Open House displays. There are two styles to choose from and a lot of graphics that are enjoyable for the students. The it...
Well, I sure hope that everyone is officially on Thanksgiving break now. I couldn’t believe how many teachers had to teach all three days this week. I think that’s really rude. If you ask me. Just saying. I haven’t been doing a whole lot of anything which is just the way I like to spend my ... Read More about Digraphs and a Freebie!
Like most holidays, you're most likely wondering how to add the thanksgiving holiday to your homeschool lesson plan. I've tested and tried many great ideas over the years and have finally learned how to incorporate
Puddle jumping gross motor game is a fun way to get the kids moving this Spring!
In our multi-age classroom, integration is the way to go. Most of the math activities I choose are both differentiated and integrated, and it works so well!
Learning About Thanksgiving, Part 2 {Pilgrim Life and The First Thanksgiving} 1 comment Social Studies Last week we spent a great deal of time learning about Pilgrim life and The First Thanksgiving using my Thanksgiving unit. Like a lot of teachers, I like to integrate language arts skills with social studies, so we did a lot of reading (independent and whole group), fact gathering, listening with a purpose, recording, and so forth. We started the week by reading this Scholastic mini book about Pilgrim life. After using a Reading A-Z book the week before, the students were beyond excited when I told them they got to keep this book! After reading and discussing this text, we created an anchor chart of facts that we learned from the book (see the chart on the left pictured below). The students used this information to complete a Venn Diagram comparing Pilgrim life to life today. I helped them get started, and then they finished it up on their own. The following day, we watched a Scholastic Video about pilgrim life (Pilgrim Village). I stopped the video periodically and had the students write down a fact they had learned up until that point. At the end of the video, the students shared the facts they wrote down and we made an anchor chart (see the chart on the right). The students used both of these charts (plus older charts from the previous week) to complete this could/had/were organizer. This always seems like such a simple task, but really it provides some challenge. The students had to draw conclusions in order to fill in some of the categories (i.e. they knew the Pilgrims worked from morning until night and did most things by hand and from scratch. They concluded that this meant they were hard workers). I love how this student remembered that the Pilgrims wore colorful clothing. On Wednesday, we read another Scholastic mini book. The photo below shows the resource book that I got the two mini books from. After reading the book, the students completed a circle map. Then, they shared their ideas with their teaching buddy and added facts to their circle map as needed. After that, we discussed the facts they had recorded. On Thursday we continued to learn about The First Thanksgiving. I read The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving aloud to them and they used their listening skills (and mini whiteboards) to write down facts as I read. In keeping with tradition, the students shared their facts and we created another whole group anchor chart. We really worked on gathering facts this week! On Friday, the students used all of our anchor charts to complete this Truth or Lie? activity. They LOVE this activity so much because they get a kick out of trying to trick their friends. I always tell them to take a true fact and change it ever so slightly so that it isn't an obvious lie. I usually include some some paragraph writing when I cover Thanksgiving, but we were finishing up our turkey writing and we also started preparing for our school play, which means, unfortunately, that some of our regular learning gets replaced with daily play practice. This week we will wrap up our unit with a game of Thanksgiving Fact and Opinion Scoot and learning about turkeys (both activities are also included in my Thanksgiving unit). I can't wait to tackle these last few activities! Happy three day week, everyone!! Share It:
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Can you believe we have a week before Thanksgiving break? I am so in awe of how this school year is FLYING by. I think a lot of it has to do with how genuinely happy I am this year-but it's still crazy! (Side note: Little Miss will be THREE soon-the day after Thanksgiving, as a matter of fact-and I don't know how that happened, either. Craziness!) Next week will be pure madness in the classroom...the good kind. We are hosting a Living Museum next Thursday on our tall tale heroes. If you've never heard of a Living Museum before...well...don't feel bad, I hadn't either until about six months ago! For a Living Museum, you have the kids dress up as historical characters (or whatever-I mean, we're doing tall tales because that's one of our standards) and "come to life" as that person when the visitors come through the "museum." To prepare for the Living Museum, we've been doing a lot of research and writing over the past few weeks! To start the project, I hung half sheets of chart paper around the room with pictures of the tall tale heroes. (In case you're not savvy on the Georgia standard...we're supposed to learn about Davey Crockett, Annie Oakley, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and Johnny Appleseed. I added a couple of extras-Pecos Bill and Thunder Rose-so that my groups wouldn't get too big. I figure a little enrichment won't hurt!) The kids picked their tall tale hero knowing NOTHING about their person, which added to the fun! Then the research began. I put out books about the people under the posters as well as simple passages from my good friend Bethany's Tall Tales unit. The kids read about their people and added facts on sticky notes to their poster. I walked around the room and provided extra support. (For example, for some groups I sat down with them and read their texts along with them. For other groups, we just chatted about what they learned and the facts that they put on their posters.) This past week we spent a lot of time crafting their scripts for the Museum...and I'm so impressed! They each have 5+ sentences about their tall tale hero. This weekend I'm going to laminate their final drafts for durability so next week they can practice with their groups during Read to Someone time. Here's a couple of pictures I snapped...I need to take some more. Pecos Bill's group did an AMAZING job and have the cutest sentences...I'll try to remember to take some more pictures this week! So much fun and what a great way to keep them actively engaged the week before a break. My friend Bethany and I (along with my favorite professor of all time at Georgia College) are going to present about the Living Museum at Literacy Research Association next month. We are so pumped! Just to give you an idea, we started working together LAST fall on informational writing and talked about how it would be amazing to present at LRA. Can't wait! Aside from The Living Museum, next week I'm going to try to squeeze in some fun turkey time things around the madness. I did make another little reader for next week about Thanksgiving. It's a simple little book for some of my ELL kids who are going to experience their first Thanksgiving in America this year-isn't that awesome? Anyway, I posted the reader as a freebie in my TpT shop! I downloaded a bunch of other amazing Thanksgiving resources that other sellers are giving away as freebies so I thought I'd join in...you can find it here! I will be back later this week with more pics from the Living Museum!
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These free printable Bugs Coloring by Number Worksheets for kids combine both art and practicing numbers. Teachers and parents can use these fun and educational activity sheets with kindergarten, and 1st grade age groups. Kids
It's November! It's time for pilgrims, turkeys and pumpkin pies. It's also a time to reflect on our blessings. As teachers, we have a great opportunity this month to teach our students about thankfulness. I like to start my Thanksgiving units reading aloud the book I'm Thankful Each Day!/Doy Gracias Cada Dia! by P.K. Hallinan. After reading and discussing Hallinan's book, a class book with a page contributed by each student is a favorite activity. Sometimes we follow up with a flipbook or with an individual, more personal project to provide students a way to express and share their thankfulness. Here are some ideas for you: Click here to download these free pages.
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Someone pinch me….tomorrow is really the Friday before Thanksgiving break! It always seems like if you can make it through September and October you are in the home stretch! This week we worked on story booklets! I did these the same time last year and my kids did very well. We talked a lot about...
Oink! BOOM! Ker-plunk. POW! Cha-ching, cock-a-doodle do! This is what you would have heard if you were hanging outside my classroom door today! No, it wasn't bring-your -farm-animal-to-school day... it was actually onomatopoeia day! Ono Mato What??? Onomatopoeia are words that imitate actual sounds. For the next two weeks, my students and I are embarking on an exciting study of literary devices. For today's lesson we used the Literary Devices Poster and Foldable set from my TpT store. Students folded, cut, and glued their foldable into their reading journals. I showed them the poster for onomatopoeia and modeled for them how to write the definition and example into their book. Next, I had students meet me on the carpet and I shared with them a couple of my favorite books: Roller Coaster by Marla Frazee and That's Good That's Bad by Margery Cuyler. Both of these books are a lot of fun and students love to grab them up later to look more closely at the detailed illustrations. After I had shared some examples from children's literature and a list I found on the web, I had students choose one onomatopoeia (everyone had to choose a different one) and gave them speech frames to write them in. Here is their final display: You will find a lot of resources for onomatopoeia on the web. Here is a printable pdf list from Read Write Think . Tomorrow we will be adding abundant alliterations to our academics. Tongue twisters will be the talk of the town as we tinker with our language toolbox! I hope you take a moment to check in here at Literacy Loves Company!
First Grade Thanksgiving No Prep Math and Language Arts Practice Pack 37 pages of practice for language arts and math for kids ages 5-7. This is an add on pack with some more advanced practice page…
Do you have a few (or 100) extra photos from picture day and need something fun to do on Halloween morning? Check out the freebie (shown in the last picture) at my blog and see what your students think you should be for Halloween. Hope you and your students enjoy,
Crow: The Legend is a phenomenal animated short film. It features an all-star cast, is beautiful, is perfect for teaching students about diversity.
Are you ready for the month of March? We are all geared up for some fun learning this month! Our March NO PREP packets are done and we are ready to go!
Are you looking for a fun grammar review to practice using indefinite articles a and an? If so, check out this resource that includes 4 grammar worksheets and a Thanksgiving craft. Use the worksheets to introduce and practice the articles. The craft makes a great display of their understanding. Use for: 1st grade grammar 2nd grade grammar small groups centers parent volunteer activity standards aligned The craft includes 2 sizes of patterns. Choose the one that works best for your class. The turkeys make a great November bulletin board display. Here is what is included: 4 worksheets to reinforce articles a and an Answer Keys 2 sizes Turkey craft patterns Directions for assembling Be sure to download the preview for a good look at what’s included in this unit! Thanks so much for taking the time to visit this product! If you are looking for some other engaging educational products, click on the links below: Thanksgiving Phonics Write the Room November NO PREP Math, Phonics, Grammar Thanksgiving 10 More, 10 Less Activities and Craft Click HERE to be notified when new products are released. New products are discounted for 50% off during the first 48 hours! I really appreciate your feedback! Did you know you can earn FREE credits when you leave feedback at TpT? You earn 1 credit for every dollar spent. Every 20 credits count as one dollar to be used on any product on TpT! Wow! You can’t beat FREE money!
Last week we began our Procedural Writing Unit. We began the unit immersing the students with different procedural books. Students went on...
This post is part of the 31 MORE Days of Literature Unit Studies series. You can find all of the links to the thirty-one studies in this post. If you’d like to use these ideas to create your own unit study, this post has step-by-step instructions as well as a free unit study planner. (Want
Teaching figurative language is a lot of fun! Check out this post for my go-to read alouds and other tips for teaching figurative language.
Several ago I released one of my first Unit Studies on Pumpkins. Over the years it continues to remain one of my most trafficked posts every Fall. Even though it has been popular, I decided
Journal information for preschool, plus ideas and tips to develop motivation to write and provide authentic writing experiences in your classroom
I love using graphic organizers to help my students learn about plurals. There are so many rules for them to remember. Graphic organizers really help my students see the pattern on how to ma…
Whether you're teaching in a classroom or working with the kids at home, these printable worksheets are a great resource for your 1st grader.
Use these evidence-based activities and strategies to teach pronouns to your speech therapy students, including: subject, object, possessive, & reflexive pronouns.
