Thanksgiving

What are you thankful for?

Our class had a wonderful time learning about Thanksgiving.

Here are a few projects that we made.

We made a book about the first Thanksgiving.

Here are a few photos of some pages.

We did a journal about giving thanks.

(Just love some of the responses!)

My Mom because I came out of her belly.

The Indians because the gave us food.

The earth because it is where we live.

This project is a favorite of the kids.

A Thanksgiving story bracelet.

Each bead represents a part of the story so children can retell it.

We made a graph of our favorite thanksgiving foods.

Check out my unit on Teachers Pay Teachers. Just click the link below!

Thanksgiving Unit

Also be sure to check out these other great unit just in time for the holidays!

Arctic Animals Unit

Christmas Around The World Unit

Eric Carle Author Study

Eric Carle Unit

Of course we had to start with "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". 

We made tissue paper caterpillars!

Then we did a days of the week book by writing the days of the week and drawing what the caterpillar ate each day.

"A House For Hermit Crab"

This was one of the kids favorite activities.

I set up a little 'store' with some art supplies. Each child was given a cup full of change. One by one they could come to the store and buy materials to decorate their house for hermit crab. They came out so cute and the kids had a great time!

Mister Seahorse Paintings

"Little Cloud"

One of the most simple, yet interesting projects.

I gave each child a dark blue piece of paper. We put a squirt of white paint in the middle and then folded the paper in half. Then on a sentence strip they had to write what they saw. It was so interesting to see them really use their imagination. 

"The Lonely Firefly"

Follow directions to assemble a firefly!

Brown Bear Measurement

"The Very Busy Spider"

Handprint spiders, perfect decorations for Halloween :)

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Eric Carle

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Fall Activities

We have been doing some really cool fall activities. Take a look!

My class loves to collect and sort leaves.

We did a leaf experiment by measuring leaves in different ways.

5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate

Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves

Apple Print Painting

Our Science Center:

-Pumpkin Seeds

-Growing a mini pumpkin

-Planting a pumpkin inside a pumpkin

-Our pet fish Swimmy

I found this idea on pinterest!

Planting a pumpkin inside a pumpkin! So Clever :)

We went on a field trip to pick pumpkins and then wrote about our favorite parts!

Hope you and your class have been enjoying fall.

If you would like to check out my autumn units on Teachers pay Teachers, click the links below.

Autumn Unit Plan

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves- Book Bag

Also check out the new units I've added... Dinosaurs and Thanksgiving!

Community Helpers

Community Helpers

We are learning about community helpers this week and next.

Today we talked about fire fighters and fire safety.

Here are some of the activities we did.

Fire Fighter Journal Writing

Skip Counting Fire Truck Puzzle

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Colors of the Rainbow

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet!

We love the colors of the rainbow!

Each day was dedicated to a different color and the children wore the color of the day to school each day. We did different activities based on the colors. Here are a few activities below, and be sure to check out my unit plan!

After reading about rainbows, the kids filled out this page about you need in order to see a rainbow!

Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?

There are so many great color activities to tie into this book, and a bunch of them are included in my unit plan! Brown bear graphing, story retelling, color word book, and many more. This activity was a story sequencing book. After reading the book a few times I had the children recall what color each animal was and the order they appeared in the story. 

(The adorable clipart is from KMP Doodles!)

I found these cute cards on teachers pay teachers- for FREE!

It made a great center. We used letter beads to practice spelling color words. 

Oh how I love pinterest! 

I found this great idea on pinterest... for anyone who does not know about this website check it out!

They have so many wonderful ideas for teachers.. and so much more!

The kids LOVED this activity, it is the second week we are using it and there is still a line at our science center!

All you need is baking soda on a tray, pour cups of vinegar into a cup and add food coloring. Have the kids use eye droppers to squeeze the colored vinegar onto the tray. It makes a cool fizz and turns the baking soda rainbow. It is easy clean up and keeps the kids entertained. Give it a try!

Check out my unit on teachers pay teachers, over 70 pages of fun activities!

Colors of the Rainbow Unit

**More pictures to come this week :)

My Five Senses

This is such a fun unit! The kids always enjoy all of the activities.

I didn't have time to take many pictures from this unit because we did it during the first few weeks of school, but I will describe some of the activities. 

This is a sound jar activity. I gave each child a sheet and they had to cut out the pictures. Next, I shook each of the jars and they had to guess which items were inside. Then they had to circle whether they were correct or not. They had a lot of fun with this!

This is the cover of my unit available on teachers pay teachers. 

Other activities include: a taste test, feeling bags, sight game, and smelly jars. It also includes a journal page for each sense. 

Check it out! My Five Senses Unit Plan

Back To School

Hello! Today was our first day of school and it went great! It is so fun meeting the new little faces you will be getting to know. We are doing a chicka chicka boom boom theme this week. Today we read the kissing hand and made cute magnets for the children's families. I had the kids trace their hands, then cut them out and glue a heart in the middle. Then they put the poem on the bottom and I stuck a magnet on the back. So simple- but really cute! I wish I took a picture, but it was such a busy day. Tomorrow is all about chicka chicka boom boom- from letter writing to coconut tasting! I will try to take some pictures and update this weekend. Hope everyone has a wonderful first week of school!

Check out my back to school sale on teachers pay teachers. There are some great units for back to school- chicka chicka boom boom, all about me, community helpers - check it out!

Back to school sale!