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A Bat Cave Classroom Transformation

September 29, 2019 by Jodi Leave a Comment

If you’ve been around here for awhile, you’ve probably come across my Bat Cave Day Classroom Transformation.  It is one of my absolute favorite days in my classroom.  My first graders get so excited and talk about it for the rest of the school year.

One of the questions that I am usually asked is, “What all do you do during your Bat Cave Day?”  Well, I am a huge believer in making learning fun, but meaningful.  Even though it is a fun day, I still want to jam-pack it with learning.  This year, I wanted to add in even more reading, math, and writing based activities into our Bat Cave Day, so I created this Bat Cave Day activity packet.These bat-themed activities are perfect to use during a Bat Cave Day Classroom Transformation or anytime you are studying bats.  This packet includes reading, writing, math, and science activities that are geared towards 1st grade students.

During our Bat Cave Day, my students bring in flashlights from home, and we work in the dark all day.  They love this extra bit of excitement.  Throughout the day, they will be completing six bat-themed centers. (Batty Math, Spin & Add, Bat Writing, Batty Vowels, Roll to Color Short Vowels, and Fact or Fiction)

These bat-themed activities are perfect to use during a Bat Cave Day Classroom Transformation or anytime you are studying bats.  This packet includes reading, writing, math, and science activities that are geared towards 1st grade students.

I really based these centers around skills that my first graders are currently working on or need to review.  This allows us to continue our academic learning, even though we are adding some extra excitement to our day.

These bat-themed activities are perfect to use during a Bat Cave Day Classroom Transformation or anytime you are studying bats.  This packet includes reading, writing, math, and science activities that are geared towards 1st grade students.

My students will be rotating in groups of 3-4 students to complete each of these centers.  Afterwards, we will complete some of the other activities in this packet including ABC order, vocabulary practice, writing, and more.

These bat-themed activities are perfect to use during a Bat Cave Day Classroom Transformation or anytime you are studying bats.  This packet includes reading, writing, math, and science activities that are geared towards 1st grade students.

For the actual classroom transformation, I keep it pretty simple.  I purchase black tablecloths from Dollar Tree to place on our tables and in front of our classroom windows.  I also have some plastic bats that I purchased years ago from Dollar Tree that I use every year.  You can see everything that I use for my transformation in my Amazon store.  I promise you that you really do not need to spend a lot of money.  The ONLY thing I buy for this each year are the tablecloths, and honestly, if I just purchased cloth ones, I could actually reuse those every year as well.

If you’d like to check out the Bat Cave Day packet, click on the picture below.

These bat-themed activities are perfect to use during a Bat Cave Day Classroom Transformation or anytime you are studying bats.  This packet includes reading, writing, math, and science activities that are geared towards 1st grade students.

Read more about our Bat Cave Classroom Transformation here.

Remember to pin the image below to save for future reference.

These bat-themed activities are perfect to use during a Bat Cave Day Classroom Transformation or anytime you are studying bats.  This packet includes reading, writing, math, and science activities that are geared towards 1st grade students.

Filed Under: Fall, Science/Social Studies, Seasonal Tagged With: bat cave, bats, Classroom Transformation

Interactive Fact Folders for Spring

March 27, 2018 by Jodi Leave a Comment

It’s officially Spring, even though it definitely does not feel like it here in Indiana.  Even if the weather is not cooperating, these Spring Interactive Folders will help.

Interactive Fact Folders are a hands-on way to integrate science and social studies with reading and writing.  Students will work on comprehension, vocabulary, and writing while learning about science and social studies topics.

I love using these Interactive Fact Folders each month because they allow my students to integrate science and social studies with reading and writing.  They are always so proud of them when they are finished.  I began making these using file folders, but have since switched to using 12×18 pieces of construction paper with my students.  It’s much more cost effective, and they still turn out great.

What is included in an Interactive Fact Folder?

Each set of fact folders includes a cover page, graphic organizers, vocabulary words, four fact sheets, and a writing page.  I personally LOVE the fact sheets because the students can highlight vocabulary words and practice reading fluency and comprehension.  Then, the fact sheets get stored in the pocket inside of the fact folder.  Let me walk you through the Earth Day Interactive Fact Folder and give you an example of how I break these down.

Day 1 – Pass out the folders and the cover page.  The students color, cut and glue the cover onto the folder.Interactive Fact Folders are a hands-on way to integrate science and social studies with reading and writing.  Students will work on comprehension, vocabulary, and writing while learning about science and social studies topics.

Day 2 – Pass out the Earth Day Graphic Organizer and have the students write what they know and what they want to know.  Then, have them complete the Vocabulary pocket and Color the Earth section.

Interactive Fact Folders are a hands-on way to integrate science and social studies with reading and writing.  Students will work on comprehension, vocabulary, and writing while learning about science and social studies topics.

Day 3 – Have students make their Earth Day Fact Sheet pockets and glue on the comprehension organizer.  Then, I pass out the first fact sheet.  We read through it and discuss the passage.  Next, the students lift up the flap on the organizer and write something from that passage.  We usually do two passages on the 3rd day.

Interactive Fact Folders are a hands-on way to integrate science and social studies with reading and writing.  Students will work on comprehension, vocabulary, and writing while learning about science and social studies topics.

Day 4 – We read through the last two fact sheet passages and write our information under each flap.  Then, I pass out the vocabulary words.  We discuss each of the words.  Then, we go back and find them in our reading passages.

Interactive Fact Folders are a hands-on way to integrate science and social studies with reading and writing.  Students will work on comprehension, vocabulary, and writing while learning about science and social studies topics.

Day 5 – On the last day, we write about our learning.  I pass out the writing page.  We discuss where we can find words to spell and information to write about in our fact folders.  I really emphasize to use our resources.  After the students complete their writing, they glue it onto the back of their fact folders.

Interactive Fact Folders are a hands-on way to integrate science and social studies with reading and writing.  Students will work on comprehension, vocabulary, and writing while learning about science and social studies topics.

Doing these all in one day would definitely be A LOT, especially for 1st graders.  Older students may be able to handle it, but for my little ones, I like to break it down into manageable sections.

I am really excited about my April set of Interactive Fact Folders, which includes Plants, Insects, and Earth Day.

 

Interactive Fact Folders are a hands-on way to integrate science and social studies with reading and writing.  Students will work on comprehension, vocabulary, and writing while learning about science and social studies topics.

Each of these folders can be purchased separately, or as a month bundle.  You may also be interested in my March set, which included Rainbows, Weather, and the Solar System.

Interactive Fact Folders are a hands-on way to integrate science and social studies with reading and writing.  Students will work on comprehension, vocabulary, and writing while learning about science and social studies topics.

If you love these and want to use them throughout the year, make sure you check out my Entire Year Bundle.

 

Filed Under: Science/Social Studies, Spring Tagged With: Earth Day, Insects, Interactive Folder, plants

25 of the Best STEM Toys

December 4, 2017 by Jodi 3 Comments

25 of the best S.T.E.M. toys for kids

This list of 25 of the best STEM toys has been slowly created over the past couple of years as I purchase new items for my Morning Tubs.  I have become obsessed with finding new educational toys for my students that allows them to have fun and be creative.  When students become interested in one of the items, I like to send a picture to parents to use as ideas for Christmas or birthday gifts.  I thought that this list may come in particularly handy as you look to buy presents for your own children or for your classroom.

25 of the best S.T.E.M. toys for kids

This post contains affiliate links. I earn a small commission each time someone makes a purchase through one of my links, which helps to support the blog.

1. Zoob Builderz

These blocks are really durable, and I love how they connect like joints to allow my students creations to be moveable.

2. Bristle Blocks

The bristles on these blocks interlock anywhere, so there are more options in how they can be hooked together.

3. Learning Resources Gears
My students love figuring out ways to make the gears move.

4. Kanoodle

This is one of my new favorite toys.  Not only is it great for the classroom, but I have to say, it is really addicting to play for adults as well!  It would be perfect for kids on a road trip or to keep them busy at an appointment.

5. Roller Coaster Challenge

This is a recent purchase that I am so excited about putting into my Morning Tubs.  

6. Playstix

These are similar to a soft version of Lincoln Logs.

7. Code & Go Robot Mouse

This has been a huge hit in my classroom this year.  The students love programming the mouse to make it move through the maze.

8. Emido Building Blocks

I love how these interlock with each other on all sides.

9. Picasso Tiles

These are very durable for being plastic tiles with magnetic sides.  I actually need to order another set of these because there were not quite enough for a group of 4 students.

10. Quadpro Magnetic Blocks

These were one of my first purchases for Morning Tubs, and they are still a favorite among my students.

11. Rainbow Flakes

These are so much fun!  Over time, a couple of the flakes have broken, but they are still usable.

12. Goobi Construction Set

My students love using these blocks.

13. Block Buddies

These blocks come with cards that have pictures for the students to create items with the blocks.

14. Legos

Legos are always a popular toy.

15. Marble Runs

This see-through marble run allows the students to follow the marble all the way through the maze.

16. Keva Brain Builders

These wooden planks come with pictures of structures for the kids to build.

17. Topple

My students love playing this game and trying not to make the pieces topple over.

18. Emido Block Bars

These pieces were a little hard to snap together for some of my students, but they eventually got the hang of it.  I would not recommend these for really young kids though.

19. Let’s Go Code

This is a great way to introduce coding without a computer.  The pieces go on the floor and the children can step on them to follow the code.

20. Snap Circuts

 

This includes over 100 different projects.  Some of them are easier than others.

21. Q-Ba-Maze 2.0

This is one that my own kids got last year as a Christmas present.  You can make some really cool marble mazes with this.

22. Gravity Maze

This is another marble maze, but it involves a logic puzzle as well.  You have to build a path to get your marble to the target.

23. Chain Reactions

This is perfect for teaching about simple machines and chain reactions.

24. Qwirkle

This is a great game for 2-4 players.

25. Ozobot Bit Coding Robot

This programmable robot comes with 20 games and activities.

Do you have any Must-Have STEM toys that you would add to the list?

Filed Under: Classroom, Science/Social Studies, Supplies

December Interactive Fact Folders

November 20, 2017 by Jodi 1 Comment

These December Interactive Fact Folders are a hands-on way to integrate science and social studies with reading and writing.

Interactive Fact Folders have been a game changer in my classroom during social studies and science time.  I am always looking for good ways to integrate these areas with reading and writing, and these Fact Folders have done just that.

These December Interactive Fact Folders are a hands-on way to integrate science and social studies with reading and writing.

These Interactive Fact Folder can be made on file folders or a 12×18 piece of folded construction paper.  To save money, I always use construction paper with my students.  24 pieces of construction paper is more cost-effective than 24 file folders.  Each folder comes with a cover page, graphic organizers, 4 fact sheets, a color section, vocabulary words, and writing pages.

These December Interactive Fact Folders are a hands-on way to integrate science and social studies with reading and writing.

Step-by-Step Guide to Using Interactive Fact Folders

Many people want to know exactly how I use these in my classroom.  There is no right or wrong way, but this is what has worked best for me.  I spread these out and complete a little portion each day of the week.  Here is an example week:

Day 1: Pass out the cover page and 12×18 folded piece of construction paper.  Students color the front page, cut out along the black line and glue to the front of their folders.

Day 2: Pass out the Fact Sheet Pocket and their folders.  Students cut and glue their pocket together.  Then, they glue it into the inside of their Fact Folder.  Pass out the Fact Sheet Graphic Organizer.  Students cut it out, fold it in half, and glue it under their Fact Sheet Pocket.  Then, they take their scissors and cut up along the dotted lines.  Pass out the first fact sheet to read.  I read this to the class first.  Then, I have them highlight any vocabulary words or important facts that I would like for them to remember.  Next, the students flip up the first portion of the graphic organizer and write something they learned from the Fact Sheet.

Day 3: Pass out the folders and another Fact Sheet.  Follow the same procedure as yesterday.  Pass out the Color Page and Words to Know pocket.  Have the students cut out the items and add them to their fact folders.

Day 4: Pass out the folders and the last two Fact Sheets.  Follow the same procedure as the days before.  Pass out the final graphic organizer for the top of the inside.  Have students complete the graphic organizer and glue it into their Fact Folders.  Pass out the vocabulary words.  Go over these together.  Have students cut them out and place them in their Words to Know Pocket.

Day 5: Review all of the information they learned throughout the week about the topic.  Pass out the Writing Page.  Students use their resources from the Fact Folder to write about the topic.  Then, they cut it out and glue it onto the back of the folder.

When I created these, I knew that they would be a great resource for my students.  However, I’m always pleasantly surprised in how much ownership they take in these and how excited they are each time to take them home and share with their families.

December Interactive Fact Folder Topics

I have created a Winter Holidays, Christmas Around the World, and Reindeer Interactive Fact Folder.  They are all included in the December Bundle.  Each of these can be purchased separately, or you can save money by purchasing the bundle of all three topics.

These December Interactive Fact Folders are a hands-on way to integrate science and social studies with reading and writing.

Which is your favorite December theme to teach?

 

Filed Under: Science/Social Studies, Seasonal, Winter

Arctic Adventure – Classroom Transformation

January 12, 2017 by Jodi 2 Comments

Since we have been learning about the Arctic, I decided to transform our classroom into an Arctic Adventure today.

Great ideas for transforming your classroom into an Arctic Adventure.I decorated my classroom the night before with some items that I picked up at Dollar Tree and Deans Party Mania, which is basically our version of Party City.

Great ideas for transforming your classroom into an Arctic Adventure. Love the idea of using plastic as ice floes.I covered each of the desks and tables with white tablecloths and then spread plastic, from the paint section, on the floor to represent ice floes.  I also picked up some snowflake confetti and sparkly plastic confetti to sprinkle on the tables.

Great ideas for transforming your classroom into an Arctic Adventure.I attached snowflake décor to my lanterns that I have hanging from my ceiling.

Great ideas for transforming your classroom into an Arctic Adventure.For my door, I taped on a light blue table cloth and decorated it with snowflakes from the party store.  I also found this sparkly door decoration at Dollar Tree.

Great ideas for transforming your classroom into an Arctic Adventure.I hung up a light blue table cloth on our dry erase board and attached this felt icicle decoration along the top.

Love this idea for giving students "melted snow" during an Arctic Adventure classroom transformation.I gave each student a bottle of “melted snow” to have for the day.  You can download the water bottle cover HERE.

Prior to the students coming in, I turned on this Arctic sounds video and projected the picture on my screen.

What did we do during our Arctic Day?

We have been using my Print & Teach Arctic Animals packet all week to learn about animals in the Arctic.  For our morning work, we completed the Arctic Animal Word Search from this packet.

Then, we rotated through four Arctic stations.

1.  Constructing Marshmallow Igloos

These ideas for transforming a classroom into the Arctic are perfect. Students will make an igloo using large marshmallows.I purchased the larger marshmallows for this activity.  The students could work together or on their own to create igloos with the marshmallows.

These ideas for transforming a classroom into the Arctic are perfect. Students will make an igloo using large marshmallows.These ideas for transforming a classroom into the Arctic are perfect. Students will make an igloo using large marshmallows.2.  Snowball Structures

I purchased bags of small marshmallows and toothpicks for students to create snowball structures.

These ideas for transforming a classroom into the Arctic are perfect. Students will make an snowball structures using marshmallows.3.  Q-tip Snowflakes

The students created snowflakes using Q-tips at the third station.

These ideas for transforming a classroom into the Arctic are perfect. Students will make an snowflakes using Q-tips..4.  Snowball Coding

The students completed this Snowball Coding Activity from Teach Outside the Box.

 While the students were working at their stations, I had one student at a time come to me to complete the Blubber Experiment.  I placed vegetable shortening in a large bag.  The student put on a latex glove and placed their hand in the shortening.  Then, they placed their hand in ice water to demonstrate how blubber keeps arctic animals warm.

This blubber experiment is a must on an Arctic Adventure Day.Later on in the day, we had a snowball throwing contest.  I gave each students a cotton ball.  They each took turns throwing the ball and then measuring how far they threw it.

These ideas for transforming your classroom into the Arctic are perfect. I love this idea of having a snowball throwing contest with cotton balls, and then measuring the distance. Check out all of these ideas.Since we have been learning about place value and how to use Base-10 blocks, I incorporated that into our day.  I gave students straws and marshmallows.   These became icicles and snowballs.  The students had to make numbers with their icicles and snowballs just like they would with Base-10 blocks.

These ideas for transforming your classroom into the Arctic are great. I love this idea of using snowballs and icicles (marshmallows and straws) as Base-10 blocks. Check out all of these ideas.These ideas for transforming your classroom into the Arctic are great. I love this idea of using snowballs and icicles (marshmallows and straws) as Base-10 blocks. Check out all of these ideas.We practiced spelling words and math facts with shaving cream (snow) on our desks.

These ideas for transforming your classroom into the Arctic are great. I love this idea of using shaving cream as snow to work on spelling words or math facts. Check out all of these ideas.These ideas for transforming your classroom into the Arctic are great. I love this idea of using shaving cream as snow to work on spelling words or math facts. Check out all of these ideas.We also used passages from my new Winter Edition of Reading on the Move.  The students read the passage, roll the dice, and then complete the “winter themed” movement before reading again.

This Winter Edition of Reading on the Move is a great way to incorporate reading fluency and exercise.These are always a great way to incorporate reading fluency and exercise.   You can check out this packet HERE.

This snow banner freebie from Erica Bohrer was a great activity for the day as well.

I remembered at the last minute that I had this Polar Bear Flip Book from my Flip & Read packets.

These Flip and Read books are a fun way to work on reading fluency and comprehension.

These Flip and Read booklets are a fun way to work on reading comprehension.We had such a fun day.  I am already planning ahead to our next classroom transformation.

Need links to items that we use to learn about the Arctic?

Print and Teach Arctic Animals

Reading on the Move (Winter Edition)

January Nonfiction

Flip & Reads

These ideas for transforming a classroom into an Arctic Adventure are great.

Filed Under: Science/Social Studies, Winter Tagged With: Arctic, Classroom Transformation

Nonfiction Text Features Using Scholastic Weekly Readers

October 28, 2016 by Jodi Leave a Comment

Ideas for teaching about nonfiction text features using Scholastics Weekly Readers.

Over the years, I have found myself using more and more nonfiction texts in my classroom.  It’s an easy way to integrate science and social studies into the reading curriculum, and students really enjoy nonfiction.  Don’t get me wrong, a great fiction book will always pull at my heartstrings, but nonfiction has definitely become an essential part of my classroom.  So, when Scholastic contacted me to see if I would like to try their Scholastic Weekly Readers in my classroom and share an activity on my blog, I gladly agreed.

Ideas for teaching about nonfiction text features using Scholastics Weekly Readers.

Thank you to Scholastic for sponsoring this post to help spread the word about Scholastics Magazines.  All opinions are my own, and I only share about products I love.

I received the October set of Scholastic News magazines for Grade 1, and the topics were perfect for our classroom.  (Pumpkins, Fire Safety, Animals in Leaf Litter, and Elections)  They were so easy to incorporate right into our day.  The students were so excited to have their own magazines with real pictures.

Ideas for teaching about nonfiction text features using Scholastics Weekly Readers.We read the article together and discussed the things we learned.  Then, I had the students highlight anything new that they learned from the article.  They loved going back into the text to look for new knowledge.

Next, I displayed the poster size copy of the article on my easel.

Ideas for teaching about nonfiction text features using Scholastics Weekly Readers.We reread the article and discussed the main idea and key details in the text.  This particular article was perfect for this nonfiction skill.  I had the students come up and place a Post-It note on each part.

Ideas for teaching about nonfiction text features using Scholastics Weekly Readers.This gave them a perfect visual of this comprehension skill.

Later on in the week, after we had read some of the other magazines for the month, we talked about nonfiction text features.  I placed my students into small groups of 4-5.  I wanted them to create their own anchor charts to show different text features.  I gave each group a large piece of chart paper, extra copies of the Scholastic Weekly Readers, and labels.  {You can download the labels for free HERE.}

Ideas for teaching about nonfiction text features using Scholastics Weekly Readers.I have to admit, I was a little worried about this at first.  I explained over and over again that they needed to work together and plan out their charts.  I tried to explain to my students that they did not want to just start cutting and gluing.  They would have to come up with a plan as to where to place things before they glued everything down.

Ideas for teaching about nonfiction text features using Scholastics Weekly Readers.I eventually just let go of the control of wanting a “pretty” anchor chart and allowed them to plan and learn from their mistakes.  I was SO pleasantly surprised!

Ideas for teaching about nonfiction text features using Scholastics Weekly Readers.Their end results were amazing.  We only had one group that accidently threw away two of their text feature labels, so they left them off of the chart.  One group out of 5…I call that success.

Ideas for teaching about nonfiction text features using Scholastics Weekly Readers.

I was so proud of them.  They really took ownership of these anchor charts.  Their learning from this activity will be so much stronger than if I created the anchor chart and just placed it on my wall.Ideas for teaching about nonfiction text features using Scholastics Weekly Readers.

The students love these magazines, and I will definitely be ordering them for the remainder of the school year.  The possibilities are endless.  I also love that they come with posters, online tools, and lesson ideas.

Ideas for teaching about nonfiction text features using Scholastics Weekly Readers.Scholastic believes that students learn when educational topics are meaningful to them.  That’s why each Scholastic Classroom Magazine takes a specific subject like math or language arts and uses captivating photos, informative writing, and impressive online features to make it relevant and engaging to every student.  Not only do students love Scholastic Magazines, teachers love using them in their classrooms because they provide invaluable instructional materials that meet current academic standards that prepare students for state tests.

I also love that a Scholastic Magazine subscription includes access to Scholastic News Online, which features exciting videos, learning games, Text-to-Talk audio, and so much more.

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