I was going to teach about Space awhile ago, but decided to push it back until now because of the story in our reading series. We began our unit by creating a list of space words (exactly like we did for our weather unit.) Then I had students create their own Space Word Wall by writing…
This Space Unit includes a variety of activities to teach about the Solar System to your young elementary students. It includes fact sheets about all of the planets, the sun, and the moon with comprehension questions. The unit includes an original song to teach the order of the planets, many writing activities, art projects, bulletin board ideas, an numerous other activities.
After reading The Sleep Book by Dr. Seuss, have students think about a dream they have had and write about it. Then they can make these cute sleeping people with a large circle for the head, a small black circle for the yawning mouth, and yarn for the hair. I saw this cute idea in…
Here we go with another Dr. Seuss idea. This time it’s for the book, Yertle the Turtle. This book is about a king, Yertle, who wants to see the land that he is the ruler of, so he makes the other turtles stand on top of each other while he climbs on their backs to see. …
When students are learning facts, it can be overwhelming! There is so much to focus on when understanding how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. However, these are skills students will use throughout their entire lives. So, it is crucial students gain understanding and confidence. One of the best ways to do this involves fact…
We started discussing president’s this week since President’s Day is Monday. We briefly discussed who the president is now, what they think the president’s job is, and if they knew of the names of any other presidents. We read the books, George Washington, which is a Scholastic Reader and the book A Picture Book of…
We began a unit on penguins yesterday. I love teaching about penguins because I find them so fascinating. I began by putting the letters P-E-N-G-U-I-N-S all mixed up in a pocket chart. I called students up to make words using these letters (sun, pin, sip, sing, …) then I had them try and figure out…
A couple of months ago I saw an idea on another blog about student’s that went above and beyond on their work and it was like a sugar cookie. I cannot remember where I saw this idea. I loved this and went to the local education store to look for some cookie border for a…
