Flutterby Blends

We all know how much our little friends learn when they are engaged in fun and meaningful activities. Here are four hands-on activities to add to your collection of meaningful and fun activities.

“Flutterby Blends” has a sorting activity, puzzle cards, clip cards and cut/glue pages to encourage sound discrimination and blend recognition for L blends. 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Flutterby-Blends-4725409

I found some adorable butterfly boxes at the local dollar store that I knew would be perfect to use for sorting picture cards. I cut out the  blend labels that are included in the resource and attached them to the boxes.

I printed the pages on cardstock and laminated them. I cut apart  all of the cards and stored them in the containers I found at the Dollar Tree. I feel it is important to introduce the skills you want the students to practice in a small group setting to check for understanding. After you feel the students are ready you can add these activities to your independent centers/stations.

You can find this new resource along with many other engaging activities at: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Koala-Kinders

End of the Year FREEBIE

School's almost over for the Summer and you've invested so much time, love and energy teaching your students. What better way to let them know how much you have enjoyed having them in your class this year by giving them a sweet card. Maybe even attach a piece of candy, sticker, eraser or pencil to it along with a special note on the back.

There are two pages included in this freebie You can print their name on the front and jot a quick note on the back.

There’s a bright and colorful page that can be printed and given to the students at the close of school – you’ve invested the whole year with them and they’ll appreciate you letting them know how much they meant to you!

Also included is a black and white version allows you to print on bright colored paper such as Astrobrights and use them more often - not just in your classroom but even to those little friends that you’ve made connections with through the school year!

 go to: 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Weve-Had-A-Great-Year-printable-cards-FREEBIE-4577258

May you stay sane and stress-free until the last day of school!

Pocket Chart Poems

Poetry is a wonderful way to incorporate academic language, rhythm, and rhyming skills into your daily routine.

Introducing a new poem each week is an easy way to extend the learning of so many skills. In my classroom the poem of the week goes along with our theme. I use the sentence strips in a pocket chart to introduce the poem. 

The next day I will pull up the FULL size book on the interactive board and track the words with a soft pointer. The students use their own HALF page copy to follow along. The students highlight sight words that they know (or the ones we are working on), partner read and then color in the pictures so that it is ready to take home and read to the parents. 

The pocket chart and pictures can be used as a literacy center. The pocket chart is used to encourage students to use a pointer and track as they recite the poem each day. The printable pictures can be attached to tongue depressors then use in retelling the story.

This simple poem also has an added subtraction element to it.

Click here to view this new resource on TpT

Forest/Woodland Animal Mega Research Packet

This Woodland/Forest Animal Mega Research Packet is designed so students can research, learn and write about 35+ different woodland animals. Depending on your grade and student abilities, the research can be done in whole groups, small groups, or individual. Students can record what they learn on class charts, single pages and in their research journals! Use the fact-filled slide show. Vocabulary cards, and anchor chart headings to make learning fun and concrete. You can choose how few or many animals you want to research! 

This packet includes:

•35 colorful fact slides for forest/woodland animals and 7 habitat slides with facts about the woodlands

•Writing pages for 35 forest/woodland animals with fact prompts and pictures

•Writing pages for 35 forest/woodland animals with pictures only

•2 blank writing pages with and without fact prompts

•Seven colorful Landform slides to print and use in a variety of ways: sorting mats, playmats, vocabulary development

•35 label and color pages for the woodland animals

•Anchor chart labels for “Can, Have, and Are” as well as “Schema, Misconceptions, and New Learning”

•“I Have, Who Has” game, Write the Room, and Vocabulary Cards

So much is packed into this 200 page mega research packet! Just look at all you get for $8.00! Click on the link below to go to my TpT store.

Woodland/Forest Animal Mega Research Packet