Read Across America

Don't you just love that face?  We celebrated Read Across America last week in our K/1 classroom... and we had a lot of fun :) Besides making these adorable hats and ties, we also ate some green eggs and ham.  My favorite part?  The kiddos that didn't think they would like green eggs.. and they did ;)

 

Making these Thing 1 and Thing 2 puppets are one of my favorite activities to do on Dr. Seuss's birthday :) It is easy, and the kids love them!

I found these really cute Dr. Seuss pencil topper erasers, and after printing out a Dr. Seuss quote/picture tag from Cupcake Express, I placed them in a small baggie with their eraser.  Just a cute little something to end the celebration!

St. Patrick's Day is coming up! I have to tell you, The Teacher Wife has a wonderful freebie on TPT about who is worth more to you than gold?  It was a meaningful writing for my kids to complete so they could focus on the important things in life which was their family, friends, even their teacher ;) I loved reading each of them!

In my classroom, we have also been doing a lot of fun book projects.  I wrote up an ending prediction form for each student, and found this wonderful template on TPT of "A Bad Case of Stripes" by David Shannon.  Such a fun book!

I hope you are all having a great March :)

St. Patrick's Day

Hi all! I hope you are enjoying your weekend... Sundays always get me everytime because they come so fast! How is everyone?  What have you been teaching in your classrooms?

I just finished my unit on Matter... something very cool to teach to even kids as young as Kindergarten.  I have a 4th Grade Matter Unit that was very easy for me to make and use with my 4th graders... but Kindergarten I wanted them to really understand the basics and not get them too overwhelmed : ) So I created a mini unit of matter for Kindergarten!

 I loved doing the baking soda and vinegar experiment :] Here's a couple pictures... I used a small water bottle because I wasn't fully prepared with a 2 liter, but I am sure the balloon would've expanded a little more with that! The kids LOVED it regardless!

We have also been studying St. Patrick's Day of course... and I have loved using Kindergarten Smorgasboard's unit of glittery and mustache fun! A must have for any Kindergarten teacher :]

 I hope you can enjoy my St Patrick's Day Making Words Freebie as well!

This is a FUN art idea that my kids did during art.. All I had to do was take their pictures, cut out their faces! Our art teacher is great and does a lot with the kids.

 

 One of my room parents brought in the cutest treat that can be found on Pinterest HERE :]

We did a leprechaun trap together as a class... the kids were so cute about it - let's see if we can catch one! We really are hoping for some gold! One of my sweet kinders said that she didn't want to catch him because he would be scared... I said maybe he would just leave a treat for us instead!

GIVEAWAY ;)
I also just finished and created Base Ten Printables for Kindergarteners and First graders.  If you would like a copy, please leave your e-mail - first 3 comments gets it!

Have a wonderful rest of the day.... think SPRING :]