The blog documents the teaching ideas, lessons, and life of a grade one nut teaching grade one (first grade) to her squirrelly crew in Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Happy weekend to those Canadian teachers bloggers out there!!! American teacher bloggers - I hope you had a very Happy Thanksgiving week and are enjoying the weekend! I don't know about you but I am so happy for this weekend!! I definitely need a rest!! We had our 50th day of school this week, as well as a porridge making day to help celebrate our Goldilocks and the Three Bears week!
This little freebie is courtesy of Latoya Reed! Thanks!!
Oh my!!! We have been having a wonderful week in my little class. They made me laugh so hard today!! Love their personalities! I am so grateful for a less busy week without interruptions. My Smart Board is still on the fritz - that is one thing I could ask for - no more technology problems - it works for about 10 minutes and then shuts off. To make matters worse my mouse started behaving strangely... It is amazing how much we rely on technology!
We started off the week with a little discussion of the basic needs of bears! Click on below for a little freebie!
Then, we did a little compare and contrast between grizzly and polar bears. Love that critical thinking!
Here is an example of what one of my little tykes wrote!
So as we continue our study of bears we made our Polar Bear tear art today. it is always SO cute to see the look of terror when they hear they have to tear and not cut!!! What do you MEAN!! I don't use SCISSORS!!! She has LOST her mind!!! It's art my friends!!! Crazy, creative art like these bears always makes me laugh!
Check out the detail on this cute bear!
This bear is sitting on his tush although I am told he is actually standing and growling:)
At first glance, one would think this bear was flying. I'm told this bear is about to attack a human, complete with sound effects! Oh my!! LOL!
Introducing the poised and thoughtful bear. You need seal? Oh, just over here good sir!
Levitation bears are so cute and there is always more than one:)
Bear on the edge!!
Bear on the edge of glory!
This art project is super easy. All you need is blue construction paper, white computer paper, and glue! You may want to give them each a cotton ball to add a little fur:) Have a beary good week!!!
This Remembrance week I am remembering all the men and women who fought for peace! What better way to practice peace then in our own classrooms! As teachers we deal with conflicts between our students and their peers every day. Do you often wonder how you should deal with these never ending conflicts? Do you have a set routine that works every time? Search no longer! Resolving Conflict 101 is here!! Guidance for teachers and fun, character building activities for students! Click on the picture below to check it out!!
For those of you that are sick of the tattling check out this awesome video from one of my favourite youtube channels: Mr. Harry's Kindergarten!
Also, Sandra over at Sandra's Savvy Teaching Tips has a great little freebie for primary kids. Check out her blog for more information!
Happy Halloween!! Here is my cute make-up for my Vowel Bat costume! Find out how to do the make-up HERE. I ran around all day saving the world from words without vowels. My kiddos were so cute as they stared back at me and my craziness! The Grade 2's totally got it just like they did last year. My one's did try though! At one point during the day, one little girl exclaimed, "Miss N - look - a word without vowels!" I looked only to discover TO - hmmm - going to have to review the vowels - lol! I saved it anyways!!
In the morning, we wrote spider cinquain poems that I got as a freebie from Amy Lemons!
It was perfect because we have been working on nouns, verbs, and adjectives!
In the afternoon we had a little costume parade for our Grade 4 buddies.
Then, we rotated through 4 centres! I had a bazillion parent helpers who were all amazing!! We made spiders for our cinquaine poems.
We made Q-tip skeletons!! One of my favourite crafts! 13 Q-tips, lots of glue and chalk for the skull - Voila!
Next, was Don't Eat Pete!!! A freebie from The Teacher's Wife! We used chocolate bars instead of candy corn and the kids got to eat the chocolate bar that was on Pete. SO MUCH FUN! Afterwards they decorated Halloween goodie bags with stickers and felts.
Last, we had a spooky story listening centre!
We had treats and goodies afterwards. One sweet mom made these precious owl cupcakes - Pinterest idea I am told!!
When I wasn't looking this friendly lil guy appeared in my classroom! Hurrah!! Healthy treats!!!
So the combination of Halloween looming up, learning about subtraction and an old camp song - Three Charcoal Buzzards resulted in my newest freebie! Mix them altogether and you get Three Spooky Bats Songtivity! Click on the picture below for your copy.
I taught the kids the song and they sang it like camp pros! My crew - they love to sing! They even added a bat hiss sound effect - batrific! So I decided to make a little bat cave to help my kiddos practice subtraction and addition. As they sing they song, they can write out each equation with cute foamy bats from the craft store to match.
Meanwhile, the hit of the week was a couple of science experiments. My kids went batty over "Will the pumpkin float?" and "Will the Pumpkin Seeds Sink or Float?" The excitement was through the roof! They couldn't believe that the pumpkin floated and they were so happy to be right about the seeds floating!!
