Bee Themed Classroom. This was part of my Classroom Theme Series during which I featured a theme a day for an entire month.
You can see all 30 themes on my theme page. Click on the photo above to enlarge :) I love these adorable class rules. Check out Sarah's blog for more pictures of the bee rules: Make a bee hive pinata to hang in the classroom. Mrs. You should click on this picture to do it justice in it's larger size. I'm not typically a fan of patterned fabric when used on bulletin boards, but on this small table it's perfect. Tell me you don't want to just curl up in this awesome beehive with a book. The creator of this door wrote, "Our door is decorated with bees made out of styrofoam balls. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Here are some cute bee printables that you may be able to use. A Springtime Activity for Sorting Consonant Digraphs.
I’ve been feeling like I’ve been neglecting my first and second grade teaching friends lately by posting bunches of early reading activities.
When I purchased those cute little flower boxes at Walmart for the Springtime Vowel Sorting, I couldn’t help but pick up a few of those adorable frogs. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with them at the time. So, thinking about what I can make for first grade, I came up with a consonant digraph sorting activity. Click HERE to download the free consonant digraphs pictures. Click the following link to download directions for differentiating this activity.
Build-a-Letter Templates. A week ago, in this post, I mentioned the letter templates and foam shapes I created for M to use in “building” letters.
There are a couple of books out there that do this same thing, but you know me – I won’t pay for something I can make myself. :) There has been a small amount of interest in these, and I have decided to post my templates for anyone who might want to do this too. Click on this image: A couple of things you should know… Kindergarten Interest Areas. Each day I work with children in small groups during our language arts block.
During this time, the other children are engaged in activities that I've set-up in various interest areas in our classroom. I'm calling them interest areas because they are flexible and ever-changing in terms of purpose. For example, one day children may be engaged in an art project at an interest area, while the next day the activity is more math focused in the same area.
I do have a "math" center and a "writing" center, but I'm liking the greater flexibility I have with interest areas. Here are some examples of the activities that have been putting out at each interest area over the past several weeks. Spring Flowers Using bingo dabbers and circle stickers the children created flowers and other pictures. Weaving. Clip Art - Backgrounds - Images - Animations - Coloring Pages. 35 Uses for Crayons: They’re not just for Coloring! Classroom Theme Resources from Teacher's Clubhouse. Welcome to the Teaching Oasis! Kindergarten Crayons. Busy Bee Kids Crafts: Fun and Easy Crafts for Kids. Doodle Bugs Teaching {first grade rocks!} The Clever Feather. Kindergarten Art with Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Wills Kindergarten: Word Attack Strategy Posters FREEBIE. You guys have been so kind!
I have been reading through some of the nice things you have said about my little old blog... It simply warms my heart~Do I sound like I am 80 years old? Well, it is true (no, I'm not 80), your kind words really make me smile, so thank you! My district set out to create a common language for word attack strategies that would move up the grade levels..
We looked at many resources and tried to pick the simplest, yet most explicit language to help our students. I adapted these posters from several resources. Since I made them... You can use the bookmarks to mark off the strategies you have taught (and they demonstrated). Hubbard's Cupboard.