Three Little Pigs- NEW UNIT!

Obviously, since I am a teacher I LOVE to read to my daughter and have a million children's books.  One of our current favorites to read is The Three Little Pigs by James Marshall.  There are so many different versions, but this has always been my go to when reading to my kinder kiddos.

I created a sweet little unit that can be used both in the classroom and home school setting.

Here is a little preview of what's included. It's 30 pages long (so this isn't all of it).  Be sure to click the picture above to check it out in my tpt store.

I think this cute little pig would make an adorable bulletin board display.. just saying.

There is a pig and wolf character Analysis (bubble maps). I always LOVED using these with my kinder kids because it helped them write sentences easier and eventually a paragraph.

This unit touches on soooo many standards!!!! Characters, Setting, Re-telling, etc...

I usually try to do this unit during P week. So, as you can see.. I included a few letter P activities.

There are also 5 Math Journal Prompts. If you have been following me for any length of time, you know I love Math & Science Journals!!!

A Fun re-telling craft activity!

I used hay, toothpicks and sandpaper. This activity would be a great way to review at the end of the week.  They can also practice re-telling the story by using the characters.

And last but not least--- you know I had to include a Science experiment or two. This one is my fav! Take your blow dryer to school and see if the wind will blow some ordinary classroom objects. The kids will LOVE it!!!

I've added in some of my favorite books to use during the lesson and a video you can play in your classroom.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all enjoy your Fall Break (for those of you in Rutherford County) and beautiful Fall weather.  

God Bless!

Polar Bear Fun!

I love teaching students how to gather information from non-fiction books.  One of my favorite ways to do this is by learning about animals.  Polar Bears are the perfect animal to learn about in winter. Here are some of the activities we did in my classroom and in the home school setting.

  

First, you have to gather some non-fiction books from your school or local library.  You can also find information ALL over the internet.  Just google kid friendly videos on _____ (whatever you are studying).

Then, I like to use tree maps to help them organize what they learned.  These also help them learn how to write a paragraph or a couple sentences and stay on topic.

It's also really nice when your Scholastic reader just happens to be on the same topic! haha

Then, we have to do a craft!  But, to justify it, we use it to display our informational writing. 

I also love to do thematic math journals.  This pic came from a TK class.  She doesn't do math journals but she uses my prompts on construction paper.  This little friend made theirs 3D-- I seriously LOVE the creativity!!!

We practice polar bear sentences.  These can be used in a pocket chart or just like this mom did for home school.

Searching for Letters.

Practicing some Polar Bear addition.

Last but not least, the science experiment!

How in the world do Polar Bears not freeze?!?!

Because of all that blubber!

Kids love this experiment.  It can be placed in their science journals or simply filled out and sent home.

 You can find all of these fun activities in my Polar Bear unit!

Thanks for stopping by!

Learning is snow much fun!

Ok.. so maybe it's not the only reason...

All joking aside.. (maybe) I recently saw a status on fb where someone was complaining that teachers get out of school for a cold day.. Well, I live in TN and we are not prepared for 4 degree weather. So I simply commented (very nicely) that a 5 year old should not be waiting for the bus or walking to a bus stop in the weather, etc.. AND of course some of the buses in one county didn't start because of the cold but that's an entirely different but valid reason not to have school.  Thankfully, a teacher much older than me gave her two sense and it was pretty hilarious to read!

Anyway, I'm off my tangent.. I like every season for different reasons.. but I figure if it's going to be freezing cold then we should see some snow!  We've only had 1 day of snow, so I'm hoping for my teacher friends to see a bit more. 

I recently went to visit a family using my Kindergarten Home School Curriculum and snapped a few pictures.  It was snowman week in their house!

Snowman Syllable Flip Book

I recently updated my Snowman Math & Literacy Center unit.  This sight word reader was one of the additions.

They played a fun game called Snowman Fair Share.  She had to determine if the numbers were greater than. less than or equal to each other.

Of course we practice color words all year long!

My kiddos always loved these magnifying glass searches.

Winter I Spy: A counting math center

Math Journal Prompts (of course)

Falling Snow: this is an addition dice game.

A Snowman tree map to help organize their writing.

Winter Words: practicing those CVC words.

You can find all of these activities in my Snowman Math & Literacy Center for the classroom.  BUT if you are a home school parent, these are all included in my January Home School Curriculum.

Click either picture to check them out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Fun on the Farm!

I just uploaded my newest classroom Fall unit.  I am so excited about it because it is very diverse and has some standards based craft projects inside!

My favorite craft and writing activity is the Farmer!!!

I found some great non-fiction books at my local library!

After reading some of the books, we use the information we learned and fill in the tree maps on the farmer and animals.

This song is hilarious and perfect to teach about what a farmer does and how it helps us! Click the picture to watch.

Isn't he adorable?!?

There is a template to make a little book to attach to the farmer.

I always have my kids use the tree map to write a few sentences (especially early in the year & and even later when we work on paragraphs).

There is also an animal research page that can be used for introducing each farm animal or used as homework.

Syllable sorting page:

Rhyming Page:

Farm I spy (basically): perfect to practice counting & 1:1 correspondence.

Beginning Sound Center:

Farm Math Craft: I love getting in cutesy stuff that fits a standard! 

There are so many other great resources in this pack!

Click the picture to check it out!!

My daughter LOVES animals!! These were just a couple pictures taken at a fall festival.  We will be going to a farm very soon!

Happy Fall Ya'll!