Happy Fathers Day

Now that father's Day is over I find myself reflecting on yesterday and all the amazing posts I saw on Facebook and women changing their profile pictures to reflect the love that they have for their daddy's.  What a great honor and testament it is to those fathers who have stayed to raise their kids and are amazing dad's amazing husband amazing grandfathers. I find that I love this day more and more each year as social media grows and becomes more explosive and I hope that the fathers feel truly loved and admired not only on this day but in the days and years to follow!!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY! 

Dinosaur days!

Saw this on a blog and had to try!  My students think the dinosaurs play while we are not in our room!

We have one more week of dinosaur Days in the classroom. I will post about the whole experience next week. 

Dinosaur Eggs

Today we started Dino days in K4!  We always start the unit by making our eggs. I use 2 parts water to 1 part flour. Mix in a big bowl. Put a small toy dinosaur into a balloon and blow up. Don't make the balloon too big. Use strips of newspaper over the balloon until the whole thing is covered. Once it is covered with newspaper I then cover with strips of white copy paper because when it's dry then we paint bright colors. 

Make sure the eggs are completely dry before painting!

Place in a basket with raffia or dry grass. Stay tuned for the hatching in 3 weeks!

101st Day of school Dalmatian style!

We celebrated 101 days of school again! Each year I love to add something new to the day!  This year I added a dog glyph and a graph the students loved doing. Also we put a dog house in the room and they got to do one learning center inside the dog house!  They were barking for more!! You can pick up our unit here! Your students will have a dog gone good time!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/100-days-of-school-How-about101-Days-of-School-Dalmatian-or-PuppyUnit-719003 

Dressing up as Cruella gives the kids a special memory!

We sponge paint spots and paws on a white athirst, make dog ears, and a collar. Each student gets to pick their puppy name for the day. 

Our centers include: doggy Bingo,

A puppy craft, 1:1 correspondence( putting the right amount of spots on the puppy), uppercase and lowercase matching, a doggy glyph, a graphing sheet, and finally puppy tricks. As they complete each task they get to put a sticker on their puppy chart. I think it is good for the parents to have a visual to glimpse what we have been up to. I also have a Scooby snacks and puppy chow for a job well done!

Everyone loves a sale!!!

Happy Cyber Monday!!  We are having a sale along with all the other great teachers out there!  Click HERE to check out our store!  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and were able to count your blessings!!

Rainy Day Songs!

My class this year has struggled learning the name and sounds of the vowels!  I asked Kim to help me out and she whipped up a couple of great songs to help reinforce the vowel sounds....She made the songs to go with our letter Uu week and umbrella day!  Well....little did I know that it would work so well!  As you know, my niece is in my class and my sister was asking her about the sounds of the letters and Sedley bursts into song!  I was so excited I just had to share the songs with you....You can find our complete unit HERE! (including 2 more songs) But I always love a freebie so feel free to copy and use this wonderful song!  Thank you to my talented and amazing teacher in crime KIM!!

Umbrella Day!

This last week we explored the letter Uu. We started the week making pineapple upside down cake and then on Friday the kids brought their umbrellas to school. We start by giving the students rain name tags and showcasing their umbrellas.  We do math and literacy centers and an umbrella craftivity. We then head outside for an umbrella parade  and umbrella relay races.   We eat umbrella snacks under our umbrellas of course. We also sing some great songs that Kim made up!  We put all of these ideas, songs, and centers together in an umbrella unit on our TPT and our teachers notebook store!

Matching upper to lower case letters. Matching numbers together. Included are dice dots and number words for a bigger challenge. 

Umbrella Bingo. Use "rain drops" as markers. 

Umbrella relay races

My niece Is in my class and she's proud of her Bingo!

Umbrella snack. Marshmallow clouds, sunflower raindrops, orange umbrella, cheese stick handle. Yum!!

My friends son is in my class too and he is loving umbrella day!

This is Umbrella Twister!  "Put your left foot on letter Ww" picture below is part of the umbrella unit. 

He matched all his letters and numbers!  Way to go!  I love that learning can be fun and engaging!
You can pick up our whole unit HERE!