I Love Pete!

I am busy working on some Back to School Literacy Workstations featuring Pete the Cat! I love his newest adventures and you will too! Coming soon..........

Linda

Clipart Challenge

Several fabulous clipartists and bloggers have come together for an amazing Clipart Challenge hosted by Primary Possibilities!  Each blogger is featuring a clipartist and a product they made using that artist's images!  This is a great way to discover new clipart creators for your summer creations.   So keep reading and following the linky at the bottom to head on to the next post!  You may even pick up some freebies along the way!

Clipart Challenge

I linked up with This Little Piggy Reads  to create an addition game with her adorable little chicks clipart. Visit her blog to check out all the great things she has to offer.
You can download the item I made here:

 

Chick Addition 

This Little Piggy Reads

 

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Bees Pattern Block Game

 

 Bees Gameboard

Pattern Block Sheet

I use magnetic pattern blocks and have the gameboard placed on a small magnetic board or small cookie sheet and have the students roll a dice and  make a hexagon from the number thrown. The first one to fill their hive is the winner! I got tickled when I heard one of my kiddos say I hope I roll a one...

 

How Many?

 

How Many? Response Sheet

I have a large set of the above insect manipulatives. I made up sets of the manipulatives for the children to sort and count.

What Would You do with 100,00+ Lids?

 

Our school is so fortunate to have a fabulous art teacher like Pam Weldon. She took on a daunting project this year, but it has turned out to be one of the best projects our school has ever tackled. We now have 24 colorful murals hung around our school that our students and staff will enjoy for years to come. We love and appreciate you, Mrs. Weldon!

Ladybug's Emergent Reader

 

Ladybugs Emergent Reader

Ladybugs Response Sheet

This is an emergent reader designed for my almost first graders! I hope you'll be able to use it with your emergent readers, too.

Big Bug Surprise

Big Bug Surprise Activities

Big Bug Surprise by Julia Gran is one of my favorite books to share with my students during our Insect study. I hope you'll enjoy the activities with your budding entomologists.

Buggy Measurement Math Workstation

 

Buggy Measurement

Buggy Measurement Response Sheet

Here's one more math workstation for your insect unit.

Common Core Aligned:

K.MD.2/1.MD.2

Measuring with non standard units.

Comparing the lengths of objects.

Buggy Discovery Bags

 Insect Fact Chart  
Life Cycle Chart

 

My students will be researching insects next week through Insect Discovery Bags. I want to share the information sheets I created for the bags with you. If you look closely at the pictures of the bags, I've included simple books about each insect, a life cycle model, stuffed animals or puppets of each insect and the laminated fact sheets. (The puppets and the ant came from Dollar tree.) Students will work in small groups to collect information about their insect. They will rotate through four centers next week, including a computer station where they will visit pebblego.com to collect material on their favorite insect.
If you want the fact sheets:
1. send me an email (see Contact Me on the sidebar) with Buggy Discovery Bags in the subject area
2.leave a comment after you receive them. 
I would really appreciate it if you would share how you used the fact sheets.
You can download the collection sheets below the pictures of the Discovery Bags.  

Aligned to Common Core:
K.W.7
Participate in shared research and writing projects.

Buggy Write the Room

 

Buggy Write the Room

Buggy Write the Room Response Sheet

Aligned to Common Core Standards
K.RFS.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.