Linky & Flash Giveaway Winner

 

 I thought this was an interesting linky when I saw some other bloggers write about their number one wishlisted items. Head over to Molly's blog, Classroom Confections to join the linky and add some other great wishlisted items!

Head on over to Molly's blog, Classroom Confections, to join the linky and add some new items to your wishlist!! - See more at: http://www.123teachwithme.com/2013/06/vote-and-wishlist-linky.html#sthash.eD5gHat5.dpu

My Weather Literacy & Science Unit is my #1 wishlisted item. 

It includes some great literacy activities to go with "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett. 

  

This 45 page unit is full of fun and practical literacy {and one math!} activities to supplement your science lessons on weather. The following is included in this unit.

Pages 3-13 are activities that go with the book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, by Judi Barrett.

Pages 14-44 are weather related activities that can be used to supplement your science lessons with literacy and math.

Venn Diagram printable to compare/contrast "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" with "Pickles to Pittsburgh" {Cloudy's sequel}
Weather Compound Word Puzzles with printable
Weather Word Wall words {includes 14 words}
multi-purpose Weather Word cards {to be used in a pocket chart, play Memory, ABC Order center, Write the Room, etc.}
ABC Order printable
Write the Room printable
Making Words printable with "weather"
Weather Sounds printable {beginning sounds} w/ answer key
Weather Syllables printable w/ answer key
Weather Syllables cute & paste sort
Weather Words letter boxes printable w/ answer key
Weather Word Scramble printable w/ answer key
"Weather" reader {9 pages}
"What's your favorite type of weather?" bar graph printable

  

Head on over to Molly's blog, Classroom Confections, to join the linky and add some new items to your wishlist!! - See more at: http://www.123teachwithme.com/2013/06/vote-and-wishlist-linky.html#sthash.eD5gHat5.dpuf

Click the picture above to find it in my TpT store as well!

Congrats to Steph B. who won my "Patriotic Holidays" unit from the flash giveaway yesterday!

Plants & Frogs

We finished up learning about plants today in Kindergarten. Some of the plants grew quite a bit while others didn't. Here are are some of the bigger ones!

Here is the document I created for labeling their pots!

We discussed the parts of the plants and their roles. Using a sheet from Mailbox Magazine, we glued them into our science journals and labeled the parts of a flower. Here is what this activity looked like!

My first graders have been learning about the life cycle of a frog this week. We started this unit out by reading in our Scholastic News. We also read Growing Frogs! by Vivian French to further study the metamorphasis of the frog.

Finally, we completed this adorable life cycle from Mailbox Magazine. You can find the sheet to copy from Mrs. T's First Grade Class

I also recently finished a unit on Frogs & Toads and it's available at my TPT store. Click the picture to check it out! It's 21 pages and $5.25.

I hope you all have a great Saturday! I made the mistake of taking a late evening nap, which could be why I am wide awake at 3:30 am listening to the pouring rain outside. Why are the weekdays full of cloudless skies and the weekends full of rainstorms? That's not fair!!

Cindy

Science

There are so many science things to do around this time of year! My kindergartners have been learning all about seeds, plants, and flowers. Today we read "The Tiny Seed" by Eric Carle. They just love books by him and who doesn't? Anyway, yesterday we planted lima beans. Hopefully they will grow or the kids will be C-R-U-S-H-E-D!! I put some in a plastic bag with a wet paper towel just in case the plants don't grow. Today we investigated some lima beans that I soaked in water overnight. We used some of our senses to feel, smell, and look at the seeds. We opened the seeds up and used magnifying glasses to look at the seeds closer! The kids really loved finding the sprout that had started to grow inside. Here are some pictures of the activity!

Here are the labels I used for the plant "pots".

 

We also read about the water cycle in our second grade Scholastic News issue this week. I found the Ziploc bag activity on Pinterest. I had each table draw and label the water cycle on a quart sized bag. We filled it with some water and taped it to the window. Today some condensation had formed and by the end of the day, there was some precipitation.