TEACHING RESOURCES for THE MITTEN

Winter brings mitten weather. So what could be better for your primary classroom than a study of THE MITTEN?  I love to immerse my class in all things mitten while we study various versions of this Ukranian folktale.

We begin our week long study by reading all the versions of the folktale I can find. The above 3 are available in my library. Then I provide a plethora of materials with the mitten theme.

One of my favorite winter bulletin board displays is this one:

It is not only a winter display, but provides an awesome math center, anchor activity, sponge activity, enrichment, &/or fast finishers' challenge. Learn more about it from this video:

This thematic unit has literacy centers, math centers and printables. It is available on TPT Easel for digital learning. Explore its offerings by watching this video:

Mitten math centers include:

Practice number sense and numeracy with Mitten Math. It is available on TPT Easel for digital learning. 

This video explains its numeracy activities:

Glyphs are always popular with my learners. This activity also provides a fun display. Watch the video to see what it offers:

Although my curriculum map does not include graphing at this time of year, I like to spiral my students' exposure to these skills.  This product offers 9 graphing sets with differentiation built in. Video follows:

Latin Squares combine math & critical thinking.  They are open ended activities that can challenge even the most gifted of students. This product is available on TPT Easel for digital learning. Learn more here:

Mitten literacy centers include:

Establish a literacy center focused on antonyms and synonyms. It's 2 centers in one and it is available on TPT Easel for digital learning. Here's a video introduction:

Matching Mittens gives practice with onset & rime. This center is differentiated to give more challenge to those who need it. It,too, is available on TPT Easel for digital learning. See it in action here:

Sight word practice is always beneficial.  These color-by-word printables with delight your pupils. See more about them with this video:

You can also exercise CRITICAL THINKING while studying The Mitten. Mitten Square Puzzlers are learning disguised as fun.  They, too, provide varying levels of challenge for differentiation. To see how they work, watch this:

You can buy a bundled version of all of these products.  The bundle saves you 20% over the individual prices, PLUS, the bulletin board math center, How Many Ways?, is included for FREE! 
 

Happy winter teaching!

IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR HOLIDAY RESOURCES!

 

Teaching between Thanksgiving and winter break is a unique challenge.  The time is short but the days can be long. The key to survival is keeping your students engaged, while managing the excitement. Following are resources that I find useful:

FREEBIES

• Christmas Confections Square Puzzlers (Scrambled Squares) 
  
  
  

• Christmas SCRATTLE (math & word work) 
  
  
  

• Jingle, Jingle literacy center 
  
  
  

CRITICAL THINKING

• Reindeer Squares (Latin Squares)
• Christmas Hink Pinks, et al.  
• Christmas Vocabulary Fractions  

  

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

• Green Tree Emergent Reader  
  
  
  

• Santa Emergent Reader  
  
  
  

• Rudolph Emergent Reader   
  

• Christmas Sight Word Coloring 
  
  
  

• Holiday Syllable Sort  
  
  
  

• Merry Monkeys Antonyms  
  
  
  

• Contractions Cookies
  
  
  

• Gingerbread Man Compound Words
  
  
  

• Alphabetical Order Toy Soldiers 
  

• Poetry Possibilities for December 
  
  
  

MATH

• Elf Riddles Computation task cards 
  
  
  

May your December be merry and bright!

IT'S FREEBIE TIME!

 

Because I'm thankful for all of my teacher friends, I'm offering this product for FREE this weekend. 

                                 

It makes a great math center for primary students. Watch the video to learn more about it.

Enjoy!

IT'S ABOUT TIME, TEACHERS, for HALLOWEEN!

 

Are you ready?  These Halloween TREATS will fill your teacher's bag with activities that will delight your students.  Many are applicable to multiple, elementary grades.  Take a look:

• literacy
• math
• literacy & math
• critical thinking
• fun

Fill your bag here.

PUMPKIN PROBLEM SOLVING

SQUARE PUZZLERS are fun, yet challenging brain teaser puzzles for kids. They exercise critical thinking & problem solving, build perseverance & stamina, and stimulate the brain while disguising it all as fun. Similar to Scrambled Squares(TM), these printable, differentiated, logic puzzles must be reconstructed so the images match on every interior side. Use them for centers, stations, rotations, fast finishers, enrichment, GATE, and/or a class reward. Adored by all ages.

While the theme of this product is Halloween, the graphics have been chosen carefully to preclude concerns about frightening and/or evil visuals. The icons used are owls, pumpkins (no Jack-o'-lanterns), candy corn, and bats. All objects are presented in rainbow colors, adding to the light and happy feel of the puzzles.

Critical thinking is a TREAT with these fun puzzles!

You may also like these square puzzlers:

PUMPKIN LOGIC PUZZLES

 

Fresh from the farmers' fields, pumpkins are logical symbols of this time of year. Pumpkin logic puzzles are refreshing challenges for your learners. 

Use these PUMPKIN SQUARES to see your students' problem solving skills in action. Also known as Latin Squares, PUMPKIN SQUARES exercise deductive reasoning. A great challenge for gifted and enrichment students, they are differentiated, and thus, every elementary student can enjoy success.

The task is to place the pumpkins in the squares so that no color is repeated in any row or column. Students can find multiple solutions to each puzzle, which extends the challenge. The 4x4 puzzle has 576 possible solutions! Pumpkin Squares are the logical prelude to Sudoku.

Create a critical thinking center with PUMPKIN SQUARES or use them to challenge fast finishers. They are now available on TPT's Easel platform so you can even apply them to distance learning. However you employ them, your kiddos will love them!

Check out the Latin Squares shop in my TPT store.