Winter is one of our favorite seasons in the classroom! From snowmen to snowflakes, snowballs to snow days... We love winter! :) Some of the first activities of the new year come from our Snowtastic Snowman unit. Here's What's Included: Step by Step lesson for Snowman Directed Draw How to Build a Snowman Brainstorming Page How to Build a Snowman Rough Draft Page How to Build a Snowman Final Copy Page Snowman Cards 1-99 Snowman Pile Up Game Base-10 Blizzard Game Snowman Before and ... VIEW POST
Snowmen, Snowflakes and Snowballs…Oh My!
Holiday Class Book Exchange
Does your class exchange gifts at the holidays? The holidays are a great time of year to host a Class Book Exchange! Quickly after Thanksgiving in the classroom, we send home a request for each student to bring a book in to exchange for our class book exchange. Our guidelines for books are clear and we give plenty of time for families to find and wrap their books. We always have a few extra books on hand for any student who may not be able to provide their own. We allow them to choose the one ... VIEW POST
Five for Friday
We have linked up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching for her Five for Friday! Here's a quick look at our week... 1. We hung up our Directed Draw Snowmen from our "Snow-tastic Snowmen Unit". Love these guys. They crack us up how each one of them has their own personality (much like the artists). 2. We started our "Polar Unit" (since it's a chilly 50 degrees in Cali we figured it's pretty much like The Arctic)! 3. This next one needs some explaining... We were inspired by Teeny Tiny ... VIEW POST
Loco for Cocoa
It's California freezing!! Which means it's a chilly 50 degrees. Brrrrrr.... We know some of you snow birds are knee deep in the stuff, relishing in school snow days. Meanwhile us California Girls scramble for closed toe shoes, long pants (those are longer than shorts and capris, we think) and traipse off to work in the bitter, BITTER cold...Up hill. In the pretend snow. Both ways. We added that last bit. For drama. ;-) So to warm us up a bit in this bitter 40 degrees (yes, it's ... VIEW POST
A Frosty Freebie!
We're bringing you our latest frosty freebie today! Skipping Through Winter ~ Skip Counting By 2's, 5's and 10's Counting By 2's, 5's and 10's is a very practical skill we build in class all year long. Count your steps by 2's. Clap by 5's. Turn to your partner and slap hands together by 10's. Touch the sky. Touch the ground. Turn around. Simon Says... Pretty please!?!? For many of our kiddos, this skill is still a little tough... Now that we've introduced counting nickels and dimes, ... VIEW POST
