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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

IT'S ABOUT TIME for VETERANS DAY!

 


Use poetry to teach your learners about this special day.


This poem, and others like it, are found in this product:


While you are celebrating this patriotic holiday, you may wish to add these activities:



Both products are differentiated, making them appropriate for any elementary classroom.








Sunday, October 29, 2023

IT'S ABOUT TIME, TEACHERS, for SCARECROWS!

 

Nothing says FALL quite like scarecrows. Now is the time to immerse your learners in all things scarecrow.

Start with this FREE glyph:

Then provide a wide spectrum of activities with this thematic unit:


Sight word practice is always a good thing:


Everyone needs a scarecrow math center:


Add some critical thinking:


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Friday, October 13, 2023

IT'S ABOUT TIME for STELLALUNA!

 


Introducing my learners to Stellaluna, by Janelle Cannon, is one of the things I most look forward to in October. Immersing my class in all things BATS is just so fun. Check out these resources:


Extending the learning for Stellaluna has never been more fun! This thematic unit includes activities for literacy centers, math centers, writing, poetry, & word work.  Also provided are math journal prompts, lots of printable worksheets, and more!


THE BAT CAVE Literacy Center is a word sort to practice rhyming words. Students will move each bat/word card to the bat cave with a rhyming word. This FREE activity exercises onset and rime exchanges with basic C-V-C vocabulary, as well as with irregularly spelled words. THE BAT CAVE is also available in digital form on TPT Easel.


Promote phonemic awareness of initial consonant blends with this bat themed phonics sortBAT BLENDS is available in print and digital versions (TPT Easel).

Students will sort words with the long and short sounds of /a/. This activity is provided in print and digital versions (TPT Easel). 

Tangram puzzles exercise concepts about geometry (transformation, rotation, congruence, symmetry, etc.). This differentiated activity is great for center or individual work in primary grades.

These resources are available in a bundle.  Purchasing the bundle will save you 30%!