I created this Gold Rule Poster for my students to use at the beginning of the school year when we are learning about how to treat each other. The poster can be printed in both color or black and white.Please view the mini windows to see the entire download.Become a follower and take advantage of m...
Ah! Does anyone else get excited when the ALA announces the Newberry and Caldecott winners each year? I do! I've never participated in a Mock Caldecott or anything mainly because I'd just rather read the winner or winners--depending on how busy my book situation is ha! You can get a copy here! Here's the rundown on this years book: Jordan, a smart kid with crazy artistic talent, his going to be the new kid at a fancy private school. Yikes! It's always hard being the new kid. He is paired up with a friend to show him around and during his first day finds himself with Andy, not the nicest kid in school. Because he is quick on his feet, Jordan finds a nice friend group. Now while this is a surface skim summary, Jordan and his friend ___ struggle with the fact that teachers can never remember their names and assume their athletic abilities based on their skin color. There are in's and out's and up's and down's but the book portrays what it's like to be a regular African American kid in a rich white school. This year's Newberry Award Winner is New Kid by Jerry Craft and every page of this book eye catching and awesome! It is definitely worth reading. I am so glad that they chose this graphic novel (!!! what! what!) and I love the story. The main things that I love about this book is that they are 1. SO FUNNY--so of course you are going to keep reading 2. Relatable--Jordan (the main character goes through so many 3. SO much DISCUSSION--this book is jam packed with things that need to be discussed in today's classrooms. I also spotted this at the book fair--so keep your eye out for New Kid--it's completely worth it and your students will love reading this Newberry book!
Edit: This blog post was originally posted in March. I broke my foot and haven’t been able to go in this summer to set it back up again, but I found an opportunity to share what my classroom looked like, and will look like again this coming fall. I love looking at other teacher’s classrooms! ... Read More about Classroom Tour 2012
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This year I am teaching a community based special education class. It's about half and half kids with IEPs and typical peers. There are 2 teachers, Jen and me, and 2 aides. So far, I am loving it!! We debated on a theme: ocean, jungle, dinosaur? We could not decide and after leaving Lakeshore with jungle themed decor, we still were not excited about it. While browsing Pinterest, Jen started seeing a lot of really cute "Pete the Cat" boards made. I only found 1 website I could buy "Pete the Cat" classroom decor! I knew I would have to get crafty and make a few things. Back in the day, my mom made all of her bulletin boards so I knew just the right person to go to!! We had borrowed her friends overhead projector (yes, those still exist!!) for our baby room, which I'll post later. I printed off a cover of a "Pete the Cat" book and traced it on an overhead projector sheet with a black sharpie. I blew the image up on the wall to the size that I liked and traced the whole thing with pencil onto blue butcher paper. From there, I took the colors that I needed for the eyes, guitar, shoes, etc and traced it (like my mom is doing in the picture). I cut out each thing I traced and glued it onto the blue butcher paper where I had originally traced the whole picture. It was quite time consuming and was hard to be excited about when it was all glued on. All you could see were floating images of yellow eyes, guitar, and shoes. It had taken me over an hour and I just felt "ehh" about it. After everything was glued on, I cut around the whole picture. What a difference that made!! I could finally see the "Pete the Cat" that I had been working so hard on!! Something was still missing though.. My mom told me the trick is to trace everything in black once you are all done. The next task was getting him laminated. I am very picky on my lamination.. If I worked this hard on it, I didn't want the thin, cheap lamination that half the time peels up (like my school uses). One of my aides (and really GOOD friends), Natalie, took it to to Lakeshore to laminate, but he was TOO WIDE!! He wouldn't fit. She took him to Office Max, still TOO WIDE!! She finally went to Kinkos and they had a wide enough machine to laminate him. We paid for it, but SO WORTH IT! He looks pretty stinkin' cute up in the classroom, especially next to the ADORABLE border we bought. We needed more things up in our GIANT classroom! We didn't have our class rules up. We had found a "Pete the Cat" Whole Body Listening on Pinterest (warning: when you click on the actual pin, it brings you to a website that isn't the picture of the pin). Jen had found a similar rules pin for a Mr Potato Head . We modified both of them into this. We made it a whole-group learning the rules activity and the kids got to stick the words to his body in the correct spot. After both our AM and PM got their turn, we put him on the wall where everyone could see it. The last "Pete the Cat" board was made by my mom. I can't take credit for her famous stuffed heads!! I don't know how she makes them in like 10 minutes!! She cuts out the butcher paper, glues on eyes, nose, and whiskers, staples around and started stuffing tissue paper in it. We put up the matching blue butcher paper on our board, used our cute border we bought, made some legs, and stapled his head up to corner to make the board his body. Our kids never walk by this board so we don't put a lot on it, but it is super cute for all the kindergarteners to see on a daily basis. She is seriously AMAZING at these!! She's made farm animals, monkeys, bees, mice, pretty much anything you want!!
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It was probably me :) I love a good cookie! :) Really quick, because we start school tomorrow and you all know how busy this weekend is,...
Here are some the All About Me Unit Projects we have completed thus far: All About Me Glyph All About Me Puppet Theater with various feeling faces and ways we get to and from felt pieces. What co…
Riddle writing is always a popular activity in my class from year to year. I first introduce riddles to my students through a “secret in a bag” show and tell project (I try and provide …
Check out how a fairy tale changed my classroom and how I teach the importance of courage and kindness in Kindergarten!
Are you ready to start free flowing centers with student choice in your classroom, but have questions about where to begin? I have the answers!
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I love Saturday mornings! And, today the sun is shining so bright and the temp. is supposed to reach 78 degrees....perfection! My hubby even has today off. That is a rarity. He is a church planter but also works retail to supplement his salary. Because he needs every Sunday off, getting Saturdays off too is almost impossible. Not today though! This week we have been super busy in our classroom. In social studies, we have been working on our BIG neighborhood unit. It's one of my favorites. Our district uses the curriculum called Storypath. We begin by creating a neighborhood similar to the one we live in. Each Little is responsible for creating an origami home for the neighborhood. When I showed the Littles my home, oooohhhhhs and aaaahhhhhhs were numerous. They couldn't wait to design and decorate their home. It made my HGTV loving heart happy. I take their houses and capture them into a SmartBoard File and we create a neighborhood. With 27 Littles, it's hard to create a display of everything. They also get to make other things that our neighborhood needs. One of my Littles offered to make roadkill for the street. I politely declined, but wanted to laugh my head off that he offered. I will have to take a screen shot of our neighborhood next week and post it. I can't seem to log on to the school network from home this morning. It must be all that glorious sunshine causing interference...Just kidding. We also create family shields. It's so neat to see what each Little feels is important about their family. Here are some pictures so you get the idea. I love that the Little above put that one of the values of his family is "Jeis" (Jesus)! Absolutely precious! I hope your Saturday is filled with sunshine too! :) ~Happy Relaxing!
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This is a bundle of my Question of the Day sets that are great to use at the beginning of the day and to incorporate into circle time or morning meeting. This set currently has at least 250 questions. Questions include both clip art and real life photos. Some questions are yes or no, some with two choices, and some with more than two choices. Those with more than two choices could be used over several days, only using two choices if you wish. I generally stick with two choices in the beginning of the year since it is more challenging for preschoolers to pick out most and least with more than two choices at first. I use these with a small pocket chart near the entrance of my classroom. Students answer the question when they enter the class by putting a card with their name under the appropriate choice. During circle time we count how many answered each choice and discuss words like more, less, most, least, and unanimous. If you want to save on paper, you could choose to put two pages on one page in your printer window to make smaller questions and answer cards. I print on cardstock, cut them apart and laminate so that I can keep them from year to year. If you have questions you would like to see included in new sets, please let me know. Please remember to check your purchases section for notification of updates to this product since I will add to it each time I make a new set. ***Just added bonus file*** Does you have a...(letter) in your name? for the entire alphabet. ***************************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺ *****************************************************************************
A free graphic organizer to use with any fairy tale genre story! Graphic organizer includes boxes for characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, problem, and solution!♥ Connect with me! ♥CLICK HERE to become a follower of my TPT store for sales and freebies!You can also find me on Instagram @thear...
Soooo being a cheerleader for 7 years, I would have to agree to the saying "Once a cheerleader always a cheerleader!" With that being said, I LOVE to cheer in my class with the kiddos! We do a variety of cheers, and dances to Dr Jean music. Today Ill be sharing some of the cheers we do in my classroom... I did not make these! One of my good friends from college who happens to be teaching first grade as well sent them to me. Enjoy! Download (285 KB) Download (259 KB) Download (268 KB) Download (492 KB) Happy Sunday! Hope you all have a great start to your NEW week. :)
Use this Goldilocks Craft as a great accompaniment to Math or Writing Studies. It would work well for narrative, retell, fairytale, beginning of the year or end of year thematic units. This is a cut and paste activity. Artwork created by me and copyrighted. This would work well in a literacy or writing centers! Includes props. You might also like my ARCTIC CRAFT BUNDLE 1 You might also like my Polar Bear Arctic Craft You might also like my Penguin Craft You might also like my Alligator Craft Includes Goldilocks Craft (2 options) Writing Paper/Graphic Organizer Options (6) Hope you enjoy! Please remember to leave feedback, Mandy This product is for single-classroom use only. You may purchase additional licenses through the checkout option. Discounted options are available for district or whole grade-level options. Please email me at: mandy (at) mycreativekingdom.com for further information. Goldilocks Craft by Amanda Fyhrie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
High school students often need help defining and understanding features of literary genre. This ten-day (assuming 45-60 minutes per day) unit was designed to help ease students into different types of short literature. Additionally, it serves as an entry point into the basics of literary elements. This unit was created to be used at the beginning of the year, but can obviously be used whenever needed. It's a helpful review for many, but also includes new vocabulary to help students use more precise language when analyzing and writing about literature. It includes many, but not all, genres of short fiction, such as: fables, parables, tales/fairytales and short stories. Texts include: three fables and a parable, "Godfather Death" by the Grimm Brothers, "Dead Men's Path" by Chinua Achebe, and "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut. The first writing task requires students to write their own fable or parable using the features of the respective genre. The culminating assessment is a short story that the teacher can use to assess students' understanding and application of literary elements. (No rubric is included for the short story, as each school district often has their own rubric for narrative writing.) This resource does NOT include lesson plans -- it is merely the handouts and materials you need. There is lots of room for personal flair and creativity. What's included: -Student guided notes (I had the students glue them into their notebooks) -Student assignments -All texts (except "Dead Men's Path," which is available online) -PowerPoint that matches all handouts and includes answers for student guided notes Lastly, I created and used this unit with my students last year, and they really enjoyed the texts and writing assignments. Starting with short fiction was a huge win for sophomores!
One of my favorite units to do during the year is Goldilocks. When I say we're doing Goldilocks, usually my boys groan, but then they see all the books I bring out and they get excited about it. ha! I usually read A LOT of them throughout the week, and they can always read them on their own, but I usually pick 3-4 to actually compare and write out on the comparison chart. Then, by the end of the week (usually day 4), we have a mock trial for Goldilocks! We have prepped for a few days, learning the terms and such.... I bring out my old graduation gown from college to turn into the judge. And the kids become the different positions of the trial. After both sides present and we get to the end of the arguments, the jury deliberates... I usually have one or two kids who always bring up the argument that she is NOT guilty, so we usually have a hung jury. I love it! To finalize, I have the kids write down THEIR verdict. As we're going through the week, we're also researching bears - the nonfiction component to our Goldilocks week. I use Reading A-Z books, Bookflix, ,Discovery Education, and other nonfiction bear books. The students are filling out their Bear Research Booklet as we go throughout the week. We talk about animal adaptations, where they live, important body parts and how each one is important for the bears. Then, at the end of the week, they can make a google slides presentation or a BoardBuilder on Discovery Education. This is new to me this year, so I've been trying these out lately... Here's a closer look at what's included in the the Goldilocks Unit.
Magic Confetti 14 comments Back to School It's time for Monday Made It so I'm linking up with Tara at 4th Grade Frolics to share my creations from this past week. I can't wait to see what others were up to! This week I made some Back to School Magic Confetti. I found this cute idea last summer when I first discovered the magical world of teaching blogs. I place the poem and a bag of confetti on each desk at our Meet and Greet event the Friday before school starts. The best part is, the poem is a freebie on TpT-click the link above! I printed out a set of poems and trimmed them down to size. I don't know what my exact class size will be, but I made 26 to be on the safe side. Then, I got started on the confetti. Apparently, I am one smart cookie because I saved my leftover confetti from last year (I never save that kind of thing...E.V.E.R.) and was able to make 19 confetti bags with it! In case you're wondering, I used the small lollipop bags from the baking section at Michael's for packaging; they are the perfect size for this. You get a lot of those small baggies in one package, so I had leftovers of these too! Since I didn't quite get enough bags with the leftover confetti, I cut up some more and packaged up the 7 other bags I still needed. To make the confetti, I simply took some scrapbook paper scraps and cut them into narrow strips. I bundled the strips together and snipped them into small squares. I realize I could have bought some sequins or something, but truth be told, I had leftovers, I live a modest distance from the nearest craft store, and I would rather spend the $4 on some Starbucks. Ha! Once I had my bags of confetti, I stapled them closed and hot glued a bow over the staple. So simple and cute. Our Librarian told me last year that a parent stopped outside her door to read the poem and when she was done she was gushing over how cute the little gift was. Yippee! What have you created lately? Don't forget to link up with Tara! Share It:
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Morning Tubs are a great way to allow your students to explore their creativity in your classroom. Check out these ideas for Morning Tubs.
No matter where you are from, a Coat of Arms is a fun way to share a little bit about yourself. Traditionally, any person marrying into the British Royal family needed a coat of arms.
It's time for me to give you an inside peek into my preschool classroom . Last week was our second week of school and I focused on getti...
Happy Sunday! My husband and I just got home from a beautiful, sunny day on the lake with some friends. Now it’s time to catch up on some school stuff and laundry before we start Week #2! But before I think about Week 2, I’d love to share some pictures with you of some activities […]
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Analyze French fairytale The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry with free resources at StoryboardThat. Explore summary, themes, and character analysis!
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Use these differentiated papers for primary students as a reading, writing, or center activity. Students will write the beginning, middle, ending of Jack and the Beanstalk. Students can either draw or write the characters and setting. At the bottom is an area for students to indicate if they liked or didn't like the story. As an extension, students can explain their answer on the back of the paper. UPDATE: I've updated this product into a digital activity! It now includes three ready-to-use differentiated pages using EASEL. Enjoy!! To see other reading, math, and science products, visit/follow my store: LIVIN’ IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER Thanks!
This resource is great for emerging readers. Students can begin to practice their comprehension skills by sequencing these pictures of the fairytale Hansel and Gretel. This resource is also great for practicing writing. There are no captions for the pictures, so students could caption and sequence the pictures. The resource has two pages of black and white and two pages of color sequencing. An answer key is also included. Please click the preview to take a closer look! ***UPDATE (May 2017): This product now includes a sequencing chart for students to paste the pictures in order.**** If you would like to purchase this resource along with other Hansel and Gretel Unit Activities, please see this product in my store by clicking here. Interested in other fairytale sequencing? Check out these other awesome products in my store! -The Three Little Pigs Sequencing -Cinderella Sequencing -The Three Billy Goats Gruff Sequencing -Rumpelstiltskin Sequencing -Little Red Riding Hood Sequencing -The Princess and the Pea Sequencing -Goldilocks and the Three Bears Sequencing -Jack and the Beanstalk Sequencing -Fairytale Sequencing BUNDLE
