Lots Of Love For Mom And Pops!

Hi everyone,

I'm here to show you my new Mother's Day and Father's Day crafts! I'm so excited about this because I took quite some time to decide what I wanted to do. I really wanted to put away the flowers and ties this year and try something new. I'm sure my kiddies' parents are going to be pleased!

I'll be posting pictures as soon as we get them started in my classroom :)

**Leave me a comment telling me why you love your mom and/or dad and I'll pick 2 winners tomorrow!**

Later gators,

 

We Went On A Bug Hunt!

Hi everyone, 

I'm here to show you what we've been up to this week. We have been learning all about bugs and my students have really gobbled up this unit!

I choose a great book on beetles for our read aloud, with the intention of showing them a type of bug that is not liked my most. My little girlies were hiding their eyes until they realized that beetles are pretty cool creatures! "Miss Valerie, have they really been living that long?" "Are they really that strong?" They were so impressed!! Hehehe

We then wrote a class story. This one turned out pretty good :)

By the time they got started on their own stories, their minds were bubbling with ideas and I could feel the excitement in the air!

Take a look at how amazing their writing is.

I gotta say, when I arrived 2 months ago I was a little worried that I could not get these little ones ready for grade two. Now, I am absolutely blown away with how much they have improved! It's amazing how much growth we see in one school year :)

Check out how amazing their crafts turned out!

We also got some new friends this week. That's right people, 2 little caterpillars are keeping us quite excited! I have been taking pictures every day to see how much they are growing. They almost doubled in size after just one day!!

The kids are so in love with their new friends! They greet them every morning as soon as they step into the classroom... it's precious :)

Later gators,

 

Click on the picture to see my unit in my TPT store!

Sneaky E

Hi everyone,

I'm here to show you what we have been up to this week! We are learning all about that Sneaky E character!

My students really got into this little guy named E and have improved in their writing a whole lot thanks to what we have learned about him!

We started the week with a read aloud about this sneaky e. We learned that, although he is very quiet, he sure knows how to play tricks on us!

We had a fun matching game in our literacy centers which helped us look at different words that have this silent e. 

We also did a Read/Write the Room game. This was the first time that we played this game in our class and I seriously CANNOT believe how much the kids got into it! They were so quiet and stayed on task the entire time. I loved watching them walk around our classroom trying to find all the word cards :)

We worked on some cut & paste worksheets.

AND we ended our week with a Sneaky E craft!

Wow... that was FUN :)

How do YOU teach the silent e?

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I'm also linking up with What The Teacher Wants & Apples And ABCs for a little Instagram getting-to-know-you party!
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I'm just getting started but LOVE it already!

Later gators,

 

Five For Friday!

Hi everyone, 

I am here to show you my 5 random things for Five For Friday!

We had a fun-filled Earth Week and made these beautiful bear crafts today! I ran out of brown paper so we made polar bears instead of brown bears. The kids were really excited about it :)

Take a look at our Sneaky E crafts! I'll be posting more about this tomorrow so stayed tuned ;)

I started my bathroom passes this week and it worked out so well! Here is a sneak peak :)

I upload my newest craftivity this week and I'm really excited about it. Mostly because it means the end of the year is almost here! Yipeee!!

Tomorrow is my little one's first birthday! We had his big birthday bash last weekend and I was really sad because we never had time to take a family picture. Then I saw this... it's priceless!

Happy Friday!

 

Product Swap - A Dental Health Unit

Hi everyone, 

I'm here to show you all about my blogging buddy's Dental Health Unit!

Michelle, from Just Wild About Teaching, has an awesome dental health unit and I'm so happy that I got to use this in my classroom with my little ones!

Let me show you what it's all about.

We started our week with a read aloud and an easy reader that I created to go with Michelle's unit. I've been creating lots of these lately and they are a great way to get my kids excited about a new topic!

Once we read our teeth books and shared them with our partners, we moved on to the big unit!

We learned new vocabulary words, discussed healthy and unhealthy foods, worked on ABC order, and did fun building words activity!

We ended our week with a fabulous tooth craft. The kids LOVED this theme and had to much fun making this craft. 

When they came to school the next morning, I watched them find their crafts on the bulletin board and the pride in their faces was adorable!

If you want to grab Michelle's unit, you can find it HERE. 

I highly recommend it. 

You won't be disappointed!

Later gators,