New Products for January

Snow Much Winter Learning Fun

a language and literacy center activity packet

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 Snow Much Winter Learning Fun Math

Math Center Activities

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 January Communication Folder and Homework Packet

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New Scarecrow Theme Lesson Plan

Turn your classroom into a field of scarecrows with this 96 page lesson plan . This lesson is packed full of ideas that are sure to spark the interest of all children in your classroom and give them the joy of lifelong learning. This lesson will cover large group activities, small group activities, science and math activities, language and literacy actives along with creative art ideas and movement ideas.

Lesson Includes:

Letter S sound cards

2 Flannel Board Stories

Sammy Scarecrow Pocket Chart Story

Word Wall Cards

Roll It, Say It, Write It Game

Scarecrow Collect all 8

Letter Sound sorting mats with worksheet

Make word cards

Scare a Crow Dice Game

How Many?  Number Cards

Counting Seeds Number Cards 1-20

Roll It, Count It, Write It Game

Roll and Graph Game with worksheet

You can get this whole lesson plan bundle for $7.95

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Teachers Classroom Management Packet

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This 103 page teacher classroom management packet will help get your school year off to the right start.

What you will find in this classroom management packet

 Section One   Parent Orientation

·         Parent Classroom Handbook

       -Welcome Letter         

       -Daily Schedule

      -Talking with Children

·         Volunteer Questionnaire

·         Getting to Know You cards

·         Family Trash to Treasure letter and donation list

·         Change of Clothes Reminder

·         Book Bag Check Out

Section Two    Parent Teacher Conferences

·         Parent Letter

·         Reminder Card

·         Appointment Chart

·         Sign-In form

·         Child’s Progress Form

·         Portfolio Sheets

·         Observation Forms

Section Three    Staying Organized and Planning

·         Child File Data Sheet

·         Monthly News Letter Template

·         Communication Folder Template

·         Teacher Note Paper

·         Planning Calendar

·         Birthday Board Template in Color and Black/White

·         Name Tags

·         Awards

·         Name Plates

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Open Ended Questions

Open ended questions are one of the most import teaching tools to have in the teacher’s tool box.  Open ended questions are a way to offer children the opportunity to freely express their knowledge, ideas and feelings.  They are also a way to get children to use and expand their vocabulary.

Open ended questions are those questions that have no single right or wrong answer.  How ever these questions sometime are a challenge to remember to ask while you are freely working with children, it is a habit that we have to form as a teacher.  To help with this process I have created posters that I have placed around my classroom in the learning center.  These posters are help for not only me but those that work with me.  (Teacher assistance, parent helper and subs) 

Here is a free poster of General Open Ended Questions that you can use.

Download Free Poster Here

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What’s in the Zoo?

I just finished this unit and it is now available on Teachers Pay Teachers and Teachers Notebook.

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 Here is what you can find in it.

Letter Z word cards

Pocket Chart Story

2 Flannel Board Stories

Word Wall Cards

Zoo Animal Class Book

Writing Workstation prompt sheets

Letter Sound Sorting Game

Letter/Letter Sound worksheet

Roll It, Say It, Write It Game

Zoo Theme Letter Practice Writing Sheets

Zoo Theme Collect all 8 Game

Zoo Grid Boards

Zoo Say It, Count It, Write Math Mats

Zoo Animals Measurement Cards

Measurement Worksheet

Zoo Graphing Work Mat

And 5 different zoo animals art projects

You can go to Teachers Pay Teachers or Teachers Notebook to purchase the unit for $7.75

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Week of the Frog

This week we have been learning about the life cycle of a frog.

One of our parents brought in a coffee cup full of tadpoles so that we can observe the life cycle of the frog.  We placed our new friends in a fish tank and placed plants and rocks to give them a nice living environment.  (I thought I took a picture of the children caring for them, but didn’t sorry)

We played in our own frog ponds

 We turned our classroom walls into a frog pond

 Art Projects

Construction paper frogs and paper tube flies.

If you want to get more frog theme lesson plan ideas you can find in my Frog in the Bog lesson plan pack on Teachers Pay Teachers or Teachers Notebook.

Pet Shop Theme Lesson Plan

Just finished a new theme lesson plan.

This 114 page lesson plan is packed full of activities that are sure to spark the interest of all children in your classroom.  This lesson covers all learning domains for state standards.

This plan includes:

Shared Reading (Group Activity)

Shared Writing activities (Group Activity)

Pocket Chart Story

Pocket Chart Activity

Daily Questions

Word Wall Cards

Pet Shop Go Fish Game

Fish Bowl Letter Bingo

Help Doggy Find his House (Letter Matching)

Letter Writing practice sheets

Rhyming Memory Card Game

Hide and Seek dice game mats

Milk Bone Size Sorting

Size Sorting Activities

Dog Counting Cards

Creative Art Projects

Cutting Sheets

and ideas for enhancing the learning environment

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Down on the Farm Plan Part 2

The start of out Down on the Farm bulletin board

Roller Painted barn from the day before plan.

Construction Paper Cows

I just love how these turned out.  I get the biggest kick out of the one that looks like it is sitting.

Small Group Activities

Barn Yard Count

Barn Yard CVC Words

Down on the Farm Bingo

Daily Plans for Tuesday and Wednesday

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Barn Yard Addition and Subtraction

I just added a Barn Yard Math Addition and Subtraction Packet to my Teachers Pay Teachers and Teachers Notebook store.

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Get your students adding and subtracting with these fun barn yard math mats.

Down on the Farm

I am getting ready for my farm unit and in the process I saw that I need to add some things to meet the needs of all my little ones.  So if you have purchased my Down on the Farm theme unit from TPT or Teachers Notebook go to you’re my purchases page and re-download it so that you can get the new items that I added to it.

Here is what I added

Barn Yard CVC Word Mats and Cards

1-20 Barn Yard Counting Mats

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Turn your classroom into a Barn Yard Bonanza with this 112 page lesson plan. This lesson is packed full of ideas that are sure to spark the interest of all children in your classroom and give them the joy of life long learning. This lesson will cover large group activities, small group activities, science and math activities, language and literacy actives along with creative art ideas and movement ideas.

This lesson is full of hands on approach at learning through play

Lesson Includes:

Sound Word Cards

 Pocket Chart Stories

 Finger Play Songs

Flannel Board Stories

Word Wall Cards

 Writing Word Cards

Math Games

1-20 Barn Yard Counting Cards

Barn Yard CVC Word Mats

Letter Sorting Mats

Farm Yard Bingo Game

12 page early reader