Calling All Forest Friends, Classroom Campers, and Woodland Wanderers

Calling all forest friends...

If you are creating a forest/woodland/camping themed classroom, this set of alphabet and color posters is just what you need.

You may also like this companion product of number posters.

If you would like even more forest friends resources, click here.

Here's to a fun and furry school year!

Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters.

When It Rains, Make Forest Animals!

It rained torrents for the entire 4th of July weekend and I had a house full of family and friends. We had planned to boat and ski and swim and float and grill out and...  

Mother Nature did not cooperate.  

So there I was with a house bursting at the seams, including 10 children ages 10 and under. We have very few toys at the lake house. It's best suited to outdoor play. So, being the teacher that I am, I grabbed the art supplies I had and organized the kiddos to make forest animals. I gave them 1 caveat: they had to use hearts to make the animals because I love forest friends.

Here's what they made:

• hedgehog

 

• bear

 

• dragonfly

• fox

• bee

• owl

• beaver

• ladybug

• butterfly

• raccoon

Not bad for a spur-of-the-moment activity. These and similar craftivities will definitely be undertaken in my classroom this fall.

If you love forest friends, too, you may like these products:

A Forest Full of Curricula

It's about time, teachers, for some Forest Friends Curricula.

Having a Forest Friends theme in my classroom has spilled over into curricula. My students have thoroughly enjoyed being immersed in the forest theme. Your kiddos may enjoy it, too.  Take a minute to peruse these resources.

Language arts products:

Math resources:

Critical thinking products:

If you have missed my other posts about a Forest Friends classroom, follow this link.

See you in the forest!

ANOTHER FLASH FREEBIE!

It's about time, teachers, for another FLASH FREEBIE!

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This product is perfect for developing number sense.  Although the title suggests using it to find tens, it can effortlessly be used for any number sum.  Moreover, it can be used for 3 addends, multiplication, mixed operations, subtraction, ...  It's practically limitless!

As the traditional school year winds down, you need a few perks.  Hope you enjoy this one.

If you would be so kind, please leave some feedback on TPT.  TYIA

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

--William Penn

If you like Forest Friends, check out this post.

Fractions Task Cards

It's about time, teachers, for some fraction task cards.

Because I'm obsessed with my forest friends classroom theme, these task cards are adorned with woodland elements.

The task cards are aligned with these CCSS:

• CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.1 Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b. 
• CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3 Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size. 
• CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3b Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3. Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.

This product is 50% off today, May 9, 2016, only.  Grab a great bargain.

You can check out my other forest friends products here.