Hi my name is Mary and I have an addiction. I am addicted to creating editable activities for the classroom to make learning fun! When a teacher friend sent me a picture of the new Teddy Graham Outdoor Discovery, I knew what needed to be done. I knew we all needed a Teddy Graham Outdoor Discovery Freebie File. Get the Teddy Grahams First, I am aware that grabbing these boxes may be a challenge, … [Read more...]
Spring Into Math Fun with Spring Themed Math Activities
Spring Into Math Fun with Spring Themed Math Activities by reviewing all those math skills on a regular basis. It is just smart to keep activities reviewing of all those important skills, even as you are building on new skills while we Spring into Math Fun! Check out these hands on Spring Themed Math Activities. First, look at this one activity to help our learners find the biggest … [Read more...]
April Fools Day Learning
April Fools Day is coming up this Friday. Although it might be fun to play a harmless prank on your students and play fun of the day, I want to present to you an alternative that is FUN, educational, and also lets the idea of April Fools play out. I suggest using the book April Foolishness by Teresa Bateman and Nadine Bernard Wescott to create fun literacy stations. Here is the book on … [Read more...]
Center Saturday
Hi sweet friends. We are almost done with school here in GA. In fact we have 15 days left or 3 weeks of school. What does that mean? This is one of the last for this school year. So let's to it and allow me to show you our math centers for the week while we learned about insects. We used the book The Grouchy Ladybug as a learning tool this week. My yellow table was our time … [Read more...]
Insects {Print & Play Pack}
Hey all! I am so excited to introduce you guys to my newest Print & Play Pack... This one has gone BUGGY... as in all about INSECTS! Check it out. This printable and playable pack is designed so you can pick the topic and order. And you can easily get age appropriate FUN printables and playable activities. First, the initial section in this pack focuses on "What is an … [Read more...]
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog {with a Freebie}
Oh the weather outside is frightful... and I know it is still winter... {I live in GA and we might have a delayed start tomorrow because it is SOOOO COLD.} BUT I am already making some FUN plans in the spring using the NEWEST book from Lucille Colandro called... There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog. Check out this cute cute cute book! Here is the link to this book on … [Read more...]
Insect Ideas {Part 2}
While learning about insects, we had to integrate in all those common core standards to make our learning the most meaningful. Insect Ideas: Literacy Integration Check out these exquisite illustrations. My little learners dove into this beautifully illustrated book all about insects, I Wish I Were a Butterfly by James Howe. It is all about a cricket who thinks he is ugly. To cover … [Read more...]
Love to Learn about Plants.
Who doesn't Love to Learn About Plants? Using the season at hand and making lessons memorable is the best way to instill a concept and make the teachable moments last in little learners minds for years to come. Check out some of these memorable moments for Springtime Fun that connect literacy and science. What concept are we going to cover? PLANTS Integrating Fictional Resources One tip I … [Read more...]
That Old Lady Swallowed a Chick… and Made Daily 5 SO Much Fun!
{Updated on 3/28/15} Keep reading for a FREEBIE!Easter causes all sorts of problems for me at school. It is the holiday that can't decide when it should come! My Easter tub at school is PACKED because sometimes Easter is early when we are working on addition.Sometimes Easter is late and we are working on subtraction. Sometimes Easter is right before Spring Break or during Spring Break and … [Read more...]
Peek at My Week with Some Freebies
I am going to attempt to show you some of my visual lesson plans for this week with Dee Dee Willis' Linky Peek at My Week. And I have some freebies to give you guys too! This week my amazing kids are learning about verbs, the -oo digraphs like book and spoon, life cycles, the -ook family, sight word does, and mixing addition and subtraction. During calendar, I have several verb activities … [Read more...]
The Perfect Nest
I love using the book, The Perfect Nest, in the Spring to teach about life cycles, farm animals, and story elements. First, it is an awesome book. It is so funny and engaging. It also has a sweet message. Lastly, it fits in so well with so many lessons and themes. If you have not read this book, grab a copy. Here is a peak at the activities my class did with this book this week: Writing … [Read more...]
That Old Lady!
This week I use the sentence: The ___ lady swallowed a ___ chick and met the ___ bunny. I used purple eggs to make my sparkle words, or adjectives. I also introduced the term adjectives along with the word sparkle that my class is use to. We will use both terms, adjective and sparkle, or a while, then we will drop the term sparkle and refer to them only as adjectives. Let me explain how to use … [Read more...]
