Dinosaurs!!! FREEBIES!!

This week we have been learning about Dinosaurs!!  I purchased Abby’s Dino Centers.  This pack had so many fun centers but I only had time for a few of them with assessments this week.  You can read more about her pack and get some FREEBIES HERE!!  We are also learning the sounds for er: er, ir, and ur.  I created this little anchor chart to practice these sounds and we have been adding words to the chart all week! 

 Here is a little word sort I made using DJ Inkers clipart! 

You can download it below FREE!!

Headers HERE!

Cards and recording sheet!

I downloaded the cutest FACT FILE Sheets about Dinosaurs here!!  I love these sheets.  I have also been reading lots of books about dinosaurs.

Just print on colored paper!! :)

My SWEET teacher assistant also brought in these dinosaurs.  They have really helped my students with describing and comparing this week. 

My students choose three dinosaurs to write about on Monday and Tuesday and they created this foldable. 

 

We also practiced comparing and contrasting two dinosaurs.  I used DJ Inkers clipart again here!

 

You can download this activity HERE for FREE!!

Here are a few pictures of some activities from Abby’s unit!  

 

Ancient ABC Order

Prehistoric Punctuation

What is a fossil?

I also created this fossil write page that my students using with the word wall. 

Again you can download HERE FREE!!!

Hope you are having a GREAT week!! I'm glad the weekend is ALMOST HERE!!!  I'm ready for a three day week!!  Next week we will be reading Jack and the Beanstalk stories!! 

9 1/2 more days!!! 

 

Pirate Pack Winners

Congratulations to Lisa R. from Learning Is Something to Treasure as of last night I had 16 days left of school.  Leave me a comment with your email. 

I’m also going to send a copy out to Shelly.  I’m glad you enjoy my blog and I am surprised that you did your homework!! 

Pirates, Tumble Books, and FREEBIE!!

This week we have been learning the /ar/ sound like in ARGH!!  Last year I purchased Abby’s PirateUnit!!  My students loved it!!  You can read about it HERE!   This year I decided to do a whole week of pirates.  I created a pirate pack to practice some additional skills: sequencing, ABC order/ Vocabulary Cards, Addition of three numbers.

Monday we “listening/watched” Pirates Don’t Change Diapers by Melinda Long on Tumble Books.  Do you all watch Tumble Books at your school?  I LOVE THEM!!!  We are lucky our local library pays for a subscription so we can watch them FREE through the site.  If you haven'ts checked out Tumble Books or you have never heard of them you MUST!!!  

You can check them out here.

Cumberland County Library for Kids:

http://www.cumberland.lib.nc.us/childrens/kidsindex.htm

Then click on:

Online Activities

Tumblebooks

Story Books

We also so watched: How I Became a Pirate on Tumble Books.  This week we have been practicing sequencing.  Here are some pictures of my students’ work.

Pirate’s Don’t Change Diapers – Sequencing

 

We also read, Pie Rats AHOY!! By Richard Scary

Picture from Amazon.com

 

 

We also practice putting some words from our pirate stories in ABC Order and looked them up in the dictionary!  You can download this dictionary sheet FOR FREE on my TPT store!! 

In math we have been learning to add three numbers.  I taught my students to first add the top two numbers and then add sum and the last number.

Count Me Treasure – Add three coins memory Game

 

Pirate Hats Count the Dots – I just drew the dots but you could use bingo dotters or stickers.

 

You can find the sequencing pages, vocabulary cards, and the these math activities in my Pirate Pack.  Plus a few other activities!!  

I will also give away ONE copy to the person who can guess who many days of school I have left!!

Walk in the Woods, Cinderella, Rocks, and Zipline!

Ok. . . I’m behind on posting one other activity we did during our Goldilocks Unit!!  The students used the word wall to choose some words and then wrote about whether it is safe to go for a walk in the woods ALONE!! 

I had to post these!! I love CAPITAL LETTERS in this first one!!  First graders are so funny!!!  HA!

 

And check out that SCARED face in this one!!!

This week we are reading Cinderella Stories!  We brainstormed all about, “What is a Fairy Tale?”  We made this anchor chart.  Next I read them, Cinderella by James Marshall.  They loved it!! I had them identify the characters, setting, problem, and the solution. 

Picture from Amazon.com

   

We also practiced putting words from the story in ABC Order.

 

Today we read Cinderella Penguin by Janet Perlman.  What a fun little twist.  Today the students sequenced the story. 

Picture from Amazon.com



 

We  also used the word wall to write about what they would want from their fairy godmother. 

Don’t you just love first grade spelling!!

This week we have also been learning all about rocks.  We made this chart to practice rock describing words.

We also learned the three ways to sort rocks: size, color, texture. 

We also talked about the SHAPE of the rock.

Next, the students each got a rock, they  wrote sentences that described their rock using words from this chart.  We then played, "Guess My Rock"  and tried to guess which rock was theirs!!  The students loved this game.  

In other news I went Zip-Lining on Sunday!!  It was so fun!!Basically it is like a large swing.  I was scared but I did it!!And I hope to go again soon!  Here is a little video: