[box] 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 [/box] 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…
[box] 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 [/box] 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…
Instant Downloads @ A to Z’s Store: [box]By This is an amazing pack to use during the month of October. There are 102 pages and over 20 center ideas filled with both math and literacy centers. [/box] We acted out “Stop, Drop and Roll” to put out fire on our clothing and learned the song below….
The latest calendar is here: 2016 Printable Handprint Calendar Please note: This calendar is for personal and classroom use only. You do not have permission to take this calendar and sell it or share with others. If you want to make your own handprint calendar have fun with it, but if you choose to share or sell it,…
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,…
Ideas for Specific Colors: (currently at old page) Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple Pink Brown Black Gray White Here are some general ideas for color recognition, color-related literature, songs and poems. Literature: Brown Cow, Green Grass, Yellow Mellow Sun by Victoria Raymond Cat’s Colors by Jane Cabrera Color Dance by Ann Jonas A Color…
Our Open House is prior to the opening of school. I made up a scavenger hunt to familiarize the child and their parents with our classroom and the building. This helps take away some of those first day fears. Following the picture of the scavenger hunt paper is the parent instruction note. Parents, Please help…
Make a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom bottle.Put letter glitter and other confetti inside the bottle and fill with water. Put letter stickers on the outside of the bottle. Students get to pound the bottle during the Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom refrain while reading the story. This is an alternative bottle. This one has a monkey…
[box border=”full”]Don’t Miss: Name Activities * First Week * Chicka Chicka[/box] [box border=”full”]The Kissing Hand BIG BOOK Yes, you can now have this beloved book in the oversized big book edition! The beautiful illustrations really pop off the pages. It’s also a HARDCOVER so it will last for years. When you click through, make sure it is the big book…