Back to School For Big Kids & More Horses!

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One of the most overused phrases in my classroom is USE A RESOURCE!  I spend a lot of time teaching my firsties to find and figure out for themselves, so I take a lot of pride in watching them use resources in our room to  problem solve.  The sweetheart below is using a book to help her figure out the labels for the label-a-horse cut and paste activity.

We also made a larger version that we labeled as a class, too.

Then, to reinforce it even further (ha), we also made our own horses and then labeled them.  Shoo!  That was a lot of labeling.  And a lot of paper scraps EVERYWHERE.  My classroom was a stinkin’ mess!   However, it was about dang time.  To conserve class time with these sweeties, I’ve pre-cut almost everything this year.  This time, it was all about them – and I think they did a great job!

    

{Another “fun” thing we do in my classroom is the “Everybody pick up 10 things off the floor!” game. Gets my room cleaned in no time!}

 

After more horse read-alouds and discussion, we also split into small groups to complete a can/have/are graphic organizer…

We started working on the Derby part of the unit today and the kids LOOOOOOVED checking out the Kentucky Derby website. There is an abundance of information there, including actual horse races and the stats on the horses racing this year.  Check it out!  Unfortunately, I didn’t snap any pics of our activities today, but I’ll try to get some for tomorrow.  {Don’t forget, my Derby Days mini-unit is on sale for $3 through Friday!}

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Back to school?

I know, I can’t believe I’m getting ready to say it either.  Don’t unfriend me.  BUT, I just wanted to let you know that I recently uploaded a Back to School for Big Kids pack that contains a variety of back-to-school activities for grades 3-5.  This came after MANY requests, so I finally converted my Fun with Firsties and Super in Second packs into a similar pack for the intermediate grades!

{The activities are the same except for very minor changes!}

Potential customers, PLEASE NOTE: I do NOT teach grades 3-5 and have NOT taught grades 3-5. These are very basic activities that are pretty easy to accomplish the first few weeks of school. The purpose of these activities is to build classroom relationships, establish rapport with your kiddos, and define the responsibilities and expectations of the grade you teach :)

And, in case you’re in first or second grade, here are those packs.  Just click on the pic to go to my TpT shop:

    

Hope you’re having a great week!  It was 80 something here today and I was in all kinds of heaven!