ValenTIME and a Hook on a Brook

This week was a week of LOVE!!  Everything we did had a Valentine theme!!  I wish I would have taken more pictures of everything but here are some pictures of our math centers:

   

Sweet Time Sorting – Concept of Time

The students read each heart card and decided: 
Will it take 2 seconds? 2 minutes? or 2 hours?

 

Read the Hall Time – Time to the Half-hour

The students looked at the analog clocks and wrote the digital time on their paper.

  

Love of a LifeTIME- Time to the Half-hour

The students drew hands on the clock to match the digital time on each heart.

 

Memory Match Time – Time to the Half-Hour

The students maked the digital and analog clocks.

 

Measuring Candy Hearts – Nonstandard Unit

The students estimated and measured each line with large and small candy hearts.

You can find all of the Time to the Half-hour Centers in my ValenTIME Unit of TPTHERE!

You can find the Concept of Time activity FREE on TPT HERE!

On Fridays I introduce next week’s Phonics Skill to get a little head start on ALL of the teaching that happens on Mondays.  Here is a look at our Word Work Center:

 

Hookin the Brook -- /oo/ Word Work

The students will sort each fish and decide if it has the /oo/ sound like in hook and if it doesn't have the /oo/ sound they will put it back in the water.

We learned that sometimes the oo says /oo/ like in Hook in the Brook.  We talked about how it almost sounds like someone hits you in the belly. 

You can purchase this activity here!

Valetine Freebies

Here are a few Valentine Freebies:

Building _oat and _ow Words

Recording Sheet

Put the hearts together to build words.

Word Wall Practice

Choose a word from each letter in heart.  Then write a story using word wall words.

Valentine Poem and Valentine Poem Search

Search the poem for Phonic Skills.

Math Story Problems

I LOVED Abby’s Sweet Story Problems.  I used them last week in my Math Centers.  So I decided to make a Number 2!  For this week!

Valentine Writing Pages - Hook in the Brook

I have uploaded a few new activities to my TPT store.  You can check them out here:

Hook on a Brook

A Phonics Activity to help teach the /oo/ sound like in hook.

Valentine Writing

A writing activity that includes 4 letter writing pages, 2 valentine writing papers, and a kind words activity.

 Let me know if you have any questions.

Story Summary Pages - More Pigs and Valentines FREEBIE!

Here are some student examples of the story summary sheets from our pig week:

 

If you enjoyed the free samples please check out my new Story Summary Pack on TPT.  It includes 5 more graphic organizers with School Themed clipart that can be used for any story.   

  

 I also uploaded a Concept of Time FREEBIE on TPT.  This Math Activity helps students build an understanding of the difference between a second, a minute, and an hour.  

I hope you enjoy the FREEBIE and if you do please check out my ValenTIME Math Pack onTime to the Half-Hour. 

 

I also have a Valentine ABC order activity if your interested!

ValenTIME Math Pack- Time to the Half-Hour

I've just uploaded a new ValenTIME math pack to TPT.  This ValenTIME Math Pack was created to help students learn time to the half-hour.  This math pack includes: a Time to the Half-Hour memory math activity and recording sheet, a Read the Room Time math activity, and a Love of a Lifetime read the digital time and draw hands on a clock to match.  Your students will LOVE these hands-on math activities. Click on the picture to check it out.  For tonight ONLY this pack will be on sale for $3! 

Queen of Heart Art Activity

Queen of Hearts

What a fun week!!!  Today we made the Queen of Hearts!!!  This is a Hand Print Art Activity.  I found the pages from a book in my classroom years ago and the ART projects are a little hard to manage at times but the students always love the end product.  I took of picture of the student sheet in case you want to try it in your classroom.  Here is the STUDENT SHEET.

This year I had the students trace each other’s hands.  This really helped to conserve paper.  They were able to squeeze both hands on a ½ sheet of paper. 

Double Hearts Ending Blends

Ending Blends

This week we are learning about Ending Blends.  I loved First Grade Parade’s Snowman Ending Blends.  Since we were focusing on _ft, _nt, and _lk I made these double hearts for our class.

 The student’s took turns matching the word with the picture.  Next the students recorded their words in a Word Sort.  The students loved this idea!  They also illustrated some words on their paper or practiced using them in sentences.  Later in the week the students will participate in a Read the Hall where they will take their clipboard out in the hall, read the words on the wall, and record them under the correct ending blend. 

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