IT'S ABOUT TIME, TEACHERS, for ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

Preparing for any holiday always starts with some read-alouds.  These are a few of my favorite books for St. Patrick's Day. 

Then I love to extend the learning with a thematic unit, MAD ABOUT MARCH. Just look at some of the activities it includes:

There is much more to this unit.  Try it!

STEP RIGHT UP to a Great Start to the School Year!

 

It's about time, teachers, to STEP RIGHT UP  to some terrific ideas for the new school year.

This is a thematic unit to immerse your class in a study of feet, socks, & shoes.  It's the perfect next step to extend the learning from SNEAK INTO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR, a sole-full day of sneaker  activities for the beginning of school. (You can read more about sneaker day here.)

Best suited to primary classes, STEP RIGHT UP! combines ELA, math, and Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS).

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• 
  verbal fluency exercise

• 
  vocabulary printables

• Compare Your Pairs partner writing activity
• Tercet poem writing activity

MATH

• Venn diagrams
• pattern task cards 
• sorting activities
• printables
• math journal prompts
• and more!

H.O.T.S.

• 
  word evolution puzzles
  
• algebraic logic puzzles

Step up to some great learning!

You may also like these foot related resources:

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Freebie February and Lost Tooth Tales

You probably use math journals. Do you need some subject matter for those prompts? During Dental Health Month, you have ample material. After all, losing and gaining teeth is a natural subtraction and addition situation.  

Make the journal prompts extra interesting by programming the problems with your students' names. For example:  

For a fun math center, put the tooth problems on tooth shapes. Copy them on cardstock and laminate. Store them at the center inside the pillowcase on an infant sized pillow.  

And now, it's about time for today's February Freebie:

MAD about MARCH, a Thematic Unit for Primary Grades includes activities in language arts, math, and music.

The activities in this unit are field tested and most appropriate for K – 2 classrooms. They include opportunities for differentiation of instruction and enrichment.

Remember, it's only free for 1 day.

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Hat Day Math

It's time to wish everyone a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It's also time to share more Hat Day ideas.

As promised, this post is focused on hat math.  Math topics in Hats!  Hats!  Hooray for Hats! include:

·  Counting                                

·  Computation

·  Graphing

·  Patterns

·  Venn Diagrams

·  Math Journal prompts

·  Sorting

·  Measurement

·  Money

This unit includes several printables that range from simple patterning

to higher order thinking skills.

This range in difficulty provides instant differentiation for your class.  Also included are math center activities and prompts for your students' math journals.

27 hat cards are included in both color and black & white.

The hat cards may be used in graphing and as the elements for Venn diagrams. 

Next time, I'll explore HOTS activities you could do with your class.  They are sure to put a feather in your cap with your students, parents, and administrators!