Comparing & Contrasting Insects

I made this to accompany Mrs. Jump's Insect Unit from TPT.  In math we'll follow the glyph directions to make our insects and the next day we'll pair up to compare and constrast them during writing using a Double Bubble Map.

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--Mrs. Pollard

Flower Bubble Map

We've been learning about plants this week and will continue next week.  On Monday we are going to complete this activity.  Each student will get a flower to glue in the middle of their Bubble Map.  Then, they will use an adjective in each bubble to describe their flower.  When finished, they will write about their flower (can be fictional, as long as they use their adjectives).

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Nouns, Adjectives, & Verbs

I've been very motivated this weekend to work on my team's upcoming animal habitats and classification unit.  Mrs. Jump's recent Zoo Unit on TPT is a definite inspiration.  I'm not overly thrilled with my station creation below, but I'm going to mat it on some fun scrapbooking paper.

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--Mrs. Pollard

Monster Mania

This week my team will be teaching about money.... and what goes better with money than monsters and robots!?!  It's kind of random, but I'm really excited about the week.  For reading everyday, we will read and do activities with "My Robot" from our Harcourt reading books.  Our writing will be all about monsters.  (We will be doing a Double Bubble Map to compare and contrast robots and monsters.)  During math, we will be exploring money.  And our Social Studies block will focus on goods and services.  Since we plan as a team, some of the items were created by other teachers... keep an eye on Ms. Fleming's blog to see if she posts some of her creations.

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Again, this is a half page (double-sided) in an effort to save paper.  This is an independent practice activity after a whole group lesson.  I will also be adding contraction stations into my literacy rotations.

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If you haven't seen this book, check it out.  It's is great for adjectives.  In each bubble we will write a descriptive phrase (for example: long bluish-greenish nose).

The book ends with, "Go away monster... and don't come back until I say so."  So, the next day we are writing a story about where we think the monster went.

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To practice the money skills we will have studied all week, I will have a "Monster Munch" sale on Friday.  These are the labels for the bags.  (Pictures to come later.)

--Mrs. Pollard

Word Endings

My school uses Thinking Maps.  They are a really great way for kids to organize their work.... and they are used beginning in K so kids become very familiar with them!  This week for Working with Words, I am doing a lesson on adding endings to words.  This is a Tree Map for my students to record the original word and how it is changed by the endings.  (There are 2 on one page in an effort to save paper.)

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(Earlier today I spotted an awesome post from The Teacher Wife blog.  She's got 2 really cute word endings posters and 4 games in the pack for sale on TPT for $3.50.)