Literature The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle Miss Spider’s Tea Party The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Be Nice to Spiders by Margaret Graham The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott Spider, Spider by Kate…
More Thanksgiving/Turkey Ideas: Songs and Poems • Class Books and Literacy Activities • Art/Crafts • Math, Science, and Social Studies • Bulletin Boards, Recipes, and Classroom Feast Ideas Bulletin Boards Ears Lookin’ at You Kid! Give each child an outline of a piece of corn on the cob and have them dip their fingers in different autumn colors to put their fingerprints all over…
More Thanksgiving/Turkey Ideas: Songs and Poems • Class Books and Literacy Activities • Art/Crafts • Math, Science, and Social Studies • Bulletin Boards, Recipes, and Classroom Feast Ideas Math Roll a Turkey Game Students need a blank sheet of paper. They work in small groups and take turns rolling a die to make a complete turkey, including a body, a head, a face with…
More Thanksgiving/Turkey Ideas: Songs and Poems • Class Books and Literacy Activities • Art/Crafts • Math, Science, and Social Studies • Bulletin Boards, Recipes, and Classroom Feast Ideas Art/Craft Activities Handprint Turkeys Paint child’s palm and thumb brown and each finger a different color. When dry, paint the tip of the index finger red and put on thumbprint for the turkey’s waddle. Use orange…
More Thanksgiving/Turkey Ideas: Songs and Poems • Class Books and Literacy Activities • Art/Crafts • Math, Science, and Social Studies • Bulletin Boards, Recipes, and Classroom Feast Ideas Student/Class Books If You Meet a Turkey This is adaptation of the Wright Book, “If You Meet a Dragon. Glue a turkey cutout (I used an Ellison die-cut turkey) to each page. Use a real feather…
More Thanksgiving/Turkey Ideas: Songs and Poems • Class Books and Literacy Activities • Art/Crafts • Math, Science, and Social Studies • Bulletin Boards, Recipes, and Classroom Feast Ideas Alburquerque the Turkey (tune of :”O’ My Darlin’ Clementine”) Alburquerque was a turkey, And he’s feathered and he’s fine. And he wobbles and he gobbles, And I’m awfully glad he’s mine. He’s the best pet you…
[box]More Pumpkin Activities: Pumpkin Literacy – Pumpkin Math – Pumpkin Science – Pumpkin Bulletin Boards – Pumpkin Art, Recipes, Games[/box] Art Pumpkin Windsock You will need 2 orange paper plates for each windsock. Draw a jack-o-lantern face on each plate. Glue about four yellow and black crepe paper strips to the back of one plate. Then glue the plates together back to back. Punch…
[box]More Pumpkin Activities: Pumpkin Literacy – Pumpkin Math – Pumpkin Science – Pumpkin Bulletin Boards – Pumpkin Art, Recipes, Games[/box] Pumpkin Life Cycle Sequencing – Make a pumpkin sequencing story with pieces stored in a paper plate pumpkin. Pumpkin Report Complete a pumpkin report. Draw a picture of the pumpkin above this sentence: “This is our pumpkin.” Under the sentence, “Our pumpkin is:” have a…
[box]More Pumpkin Activities: Pumpkin Literacy – Pumpkin Math – Pumpkin Science – Pumpkin Bulletin Boards – Pumpkin Art, Recipes, Games[/box] Pumpkin Glyph (from Dr. Jean’s website) Each child will need an orange sheet of paper cut in a pumpkin shape. Have them decorate the pumpkins according to these directions: *Stripes-How many letters are in your name? Put that many stripes on your pumpkin *Eyes-Make the…
[box]More Pumpkin Activities: Pumpkin Literacy – Pumpkin Math – Pumpkin Science – Pumpkin Bulletin Boards – Pumpkin Art, Recipes, Games[/box] Poems & Songs Once I Had A Pumpkin (from Dr. Jean’s website) Oh, once I had a pumpkin, a pumpkin, a pumpkin. Oh, once I had a pumpkin with no face at all. With no eyes and no nose and no mouth and no teeth….
Go on a Fall walk through the school neighborhood, collecting colored leaves, acorns, etc. in lunch bags or in student-created “Baskets of Beauty”. Use your five senses prior and during the walk: Before the walk, sit in a quiet spot and have the children close their eyes. Speak in hushed tones. Ask them to listen…
We acted out “Stop, Drop and Roll” to put out fire on our clothing and learned the song below. We also practiced “Go low”–crawling under the smoke to breathe the “good” air. Stop, Drop and Roll (tune of Frere Jacques) If my clothes Should catch on fire, I’ll stop, drop and roll, Stop,…
The latest calendar: 2016 Printable Handprint Calendar Description: The Little Giraffes Handprint Calendar has been offered here at Little Giraffes since the site was started back in 2002. Many teachers have used it and it makes a great parent gift for Christmas! Mrs. Flanagan, the founder of Little Giraffes, adapted the handprint calendar idea from…
Literacy The family homework was an Animal Report. I sent home a Zoo Book magazine and they answered some questions about color, size, food, how the animal moves and one interesting fact. They also made a picture of the animal. The next day we cut apart the words in our sentence, put them back in…
Literature and Activities for the Color Red Books About the Color Red Big Red Apple Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown Big Bird’s Red Book Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell Hello, Red Fox by Eric Carle Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? by Tana Hoban The Little Mouse,…