Earth Day In May? And all about BUGS!!

Last week we tracked back in after a four week break!! Boy was it nice to have a month off for Spring Break!!  We missed Earth Day during our Track Out so I decided to start off with that!! I won Cara’s Wonderful Earth Pack!! It is so cute!! One of our favorites was this cute craft!! My students loved it!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 This week we are hard at work learning about insects.  We started off by learning some Fun Facts about bugs.  My students LOVED IT!!  Then I had them choose two bugs to compare and contrast in Work on Writing.  Check out some of their cute work:

 

 

Next, we did a little contraction review in Word Work.  The students had to sort the contraction cards and then they had to record them on this sheet:

 

Also in Word Work, the students could also choose to count syllables in the bug words!! 

  

All of the above centers are included in my Catch the Bug Literacy Pack!! You can check it out HERE!

 

 

In writing I used another FREEBIE from Cara!!  I read Hey, Little Ant to my students and then we completed this little writing craftivity.  The students loved every minute of it!! You can find this activity HERE!

 

Don't you love this one?? If the boy squishes him his female will be sad!!  That cracks me right up!!  Too funny!!

 

 

The insect fun even continued in math where the students practiced measuring in our Math Tubs!! 

 

Measure the Bees

 

  

 

 

Order the Flowers

 

If you want to see more or have this math tubs you can purchase them HERE!

 

Measure the Mustache - I found this activity HERE!
 

 

 

Goldilocks FUN!!

This week we will be reading the many versions of Goldilocks andthe Three Bears!  For Common Core we have to read/ discuss books that have different versions.  This will allow the students to recall, compare, and discuss those stories.  I created this Goldilocks Unit to practice all of those skills!!  I also included a list of books that can be used.  However I’m sure there are many other versions you could include.  We started reading one book today and the students LOVED it!!  They completed several of the activities included in my Goldilocks Unit on TPT!!  Here is a closer look at what is included:

Here is a look at the other books we will be using!!

Sleeping Synonyms

This activity was PERFECT!!  I went through the books and found many common synonyms in the book: leap, jump; wee, small; house, cottage. The students loved it!!  They also tried to generate a new synonym if they could!!    This was the FUN part!!

Bear Syllables

I have two levels of this activity in the pack.  I included words I found in the books.  The students write the word and color one syllable for each sound.

Story Structure

Today we practice Story Structure; the students recalled the characters, setting, problem, and the solution. They needed to answer each part as a SENTENCE!! If you like these Story Structure pages but you aren’t doing a Goldilocks Unit you can purchase school themed pack HERE!!

 

 

I also taught them when the house belongs to more than one bear it becomes the bears' house!!  Check out how Alencia applied that above!!

Did you notice we decided to "nickname" the characters?  PB aka Papa Bear, MB aka Mama Bear, BB aka Baby Bear.  Check out this little girl's work GL -- Goldilocks!!  They crack, me, up!!

Again, you can find all of these activities and more in my Goldilocks Stories pack on TPT!!   I hope you all have a great week!