Can You Say Peace?

We read the book "Can You Say Peace?" by Karen Katz.

The kids each got a country and had to write the name of the country and how you say peace in that language. They also drew a picture of what the child in the book looked like that each country. The book is really wonderful and the kids enjoyed the project!

Check out my around the world unit on Teachers Pay Teachers.

It includes fun ways to teach kids about the continents and different cultures around the world.

Insects Unit

We have been having so much fun this week with our insect unit!

We started off by talking about what makes an insect an insect.

Here's a picture of the work we did:

We spent the rest of the week learning about the life cycle of a butterfly.

We did some really great projects.. this is one of my favorite units!

This is a life cycle project using pasta pieces to represent each stage.

I put this in the art center.

We made a book about the life cycle of a butterfly.

We wrote some facts about caterpillars and butterflies.

My favorite project.. the life cycle art project.

I put out various art materials and the kids had to display the four stages and label.

It was so interesting to see how different all of the projects came out. They really enjoyed it!

(The butterflies are attached to popsicle sticks and stuck in toilet paper tubes to emerge out of the cocoon!)

Check out my insect unit on Teachers Pay Teachers.

Dr. Seuss Unit

In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday this month, we are celebrating by reading his books and doing projects by Dr. Seuss all week long!

So far we are having so much fun!

First we read the Cat in the Hat, we made hats like the Cats to wear all week. Plus, we did a journal about what we would do if the cat came to school! (Some very cute answers!)

We read Horton Hatches an Egg and did a sort of which animals we thought came from eggs and which did not. Then we checked our answers and fixed our chart. We made our own animals hatching from eggs (they came out so cute!).

We read the foot book and measured our feet to make our own foot book! 

We read "There's a Wocket in my Pocket" and made our own 'Wocket' (or something else that rhymes with pocket!) and put it in a pocket! It was a great way for the children to experiment with letter sounds by making silly words. 

Next, we read "Green Eggs and Ham" and made green eggs! The kids had so much fun and thought it was amazing that they were green. Then we made a graph about who liked the green ham. 

We read "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish". We practiced addition by making addition aquariums. We drew our problem with crayons and then painted over it with watercolors. (The wax doesn't get covered by the water plots and it gives it a neat effect!) 

We have a lot more fun activities to do this week (More pictures to come!)

Check out my Dr. Seuss Unit on Teachers Pay Teachers!

America Unit

The last few weeks in February, we studied American Presidents and Symbols. We learned about past presidents such as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. 

We also learned about some American Symbols such as the bald eagle, the American flag, and the Statue of Liberty. 

We made bald eagles using our hands and feet! 

We made a tissue paper American Flag and practiced the Pledge of Allegiance. 

We did a penny experiment to see why the Statue of Liberty is green. We soaked copper pennies in salt and vinegar over night. The next day we took them out and after a few minutes of being in the air, they began to turn green. It was so neat, the kids really enjoyed it! 

(Thank you Mrs. Jump for the idea!)

Hopefully you can use some of these ideas with your class!