Cyber Monday TPT Sale - Phonics Pack Preview

On Monday everything in my TPT store will be 20% off.

 This includes a newly uploaded Phonics Pack – This Holiday themed packed includes a Digraph Sorting Activity with sh, ch, wh, and th Elves and 24 ornament word cards AND a holiday ABC order activity.  Both of these Phonics activities also have recording sheets!!

You can check out this Phonics Pack HERE!

Wild Weather - Math and Literacy Fun

Hey Everyone!  Hope everyone is enjoying their Thanksgiving Break!  I wanted to share some ideas we did a few weeks ago.  Our phonics skill was l blends – I decided to use clouds to teach this skill.  Our comprehension skill was Drawing Conclusions.  That is such a tough skill for this age group but once I found the BUG eyed Weather Kids from Scrappin Doodles I knew my students would love this skill!  From there the Literacy and Math ideas all linked together!  J

Math – Estimation

 How many cotton balls will it take to cover the picture?

I always put the picture on my ELMO and project it onto the SMART Board then I place one (counter, cotton ball) on the picture for the students to use as a reference.  Then the students record their guess. Then we cover, count, and the students record the actual amount it took to cover the picture.  We also talk about how a good guess is within 5.  So we decide if "we" made "good" guesses!

Math – Estimate and Measure

How long is the line in big and mini marshmallows?

Literacy– Drawing Conclusions

We used the same pictures from the cotton ball activity and the students had to draw a conclusion about what type of weather in each picture.

Literacy– Word Wall

We even used the letters in CLOUDS to practice the words on our word wall.

Creative Writing

We used the same pictures.  The students wrote about some of the pictures.

Poetry

We read a poem about Rain and found the rhyming words.

If you are interested in any of these ideas, plus a few more,  You can purchase this unit in my TPT store!

Scholastic NEWS - Freebie

Just in case you have scholastic NEws in your classroom.  Here is a FREEBIE!

Thanksgiving Up Close

View online here!

Watch the video here!

You may have to be a member!

Here is a sheet to use in your classroom!

 Download HERE!

At Home Reading Program

We LOVE to READ!!!

Does your school have an at Home Reading Program?

Here is a look at how we DO reading:

Rodeo Board KEY

Close Up Look

100 colt: Horse Cutout, 200 Rider: their face on a cowboy/cowgirl, 300 Lasso: Rope, 400 Sheriff: star on their shirt, 500 Move their fish Out of the Corral -- CHECK TWO books for the REST OF THE YEAR from the libary.  ~Names and Faces have been covered to protect students.

Reading Record Sheet

Here is a look at the Reading Record Sheet: parents record books here.

Parent Info:

So far we have read:

We turn in students milestones once a week and they add to the board.  We update this SCHOOL total each week.  We have a special dress up day each time we hit a large milestone.  By the way out school's mascott is a colt! :)  We also have a LARGE celebration at the end of each year.