Yummy Plant Parts, Egg-cellent word work and Texas Symbols

Well spring is finally in the air, and we started our unit on plants! We’ve learned all about the different parts of the plant this week, and then we discussed what parts of a plant you could eat. I don’t think my kids realized how many different plant parts could actually be eaten! They were loving it!

We made this little anchor chart as we brainstormed the different parts that would be yummy in our tummies.

 

After we thought of as many as we could, we made some plants to put in our “class garden.” I saw this idea on pinterest and just knew that we had to do it! It turned out so adorable!

Here are some close ups of the vegetables and fruits.

 

You can download the labels in the picture below!

Next week, we’re working on the –ump and –unk chunk. Since Easter is just around the corner, I decided to make some word work eggs that I had pinned way back when! Here’s how they turned out. I added some tape around them to make the letters more secure. The labels kept wanting to peel off.

I also made a symbol chart and data sheet to go with them. I left the chunk section blank on one copy so that you can use them with different words. If you’d like to download, just click on the pictures below! Hope you enjoy!

Freebie with the –unk and –ump chunk.

This freebie has a blank space for the chunk so that you can choose your own!

We’re starting to wrap up our Texas symbol unit. We made a few more Texas crafts. We made these cute pecan trees that I saw on my sweet sister-in-law Jaymee’s blog, Adventures in First Grade. We also made the Alamo. They turned out so cute, and the kiddos always love to paint!

That about wraps up this week! So glad that it’s FRIDAY!!! Hope ya’ll have a wonderful weekend!

Poems for every month!

My second year of teaching, a very good friend of mine shared these awesome poems with me. I’ve used them ever since. Not only are they cute as can be, but they also help my kiddos learn how to spell the names of every month. Can’t get much better than that! We recite our poems every day during Calendar time.

I’ve put all of the poems together to share with all of ya’ll. Just click on the picture below. I hope you enjoy!!!

   

  

  

Calendar Time!

Okay ya’ll, so I’ve finally gotten around to working on my walls! I was able to get several things accomplished in my classroom today! I was so proud of me! It’s so easy to waste time catching up with everyone and lose track of time! I L.O.V.E to visit, so I have to really watch myself!

Anyway, I got my interactive word wall, my chunk wall, and name chart all completed. I also put together my packets for Meet the Teacher. Lots of stuff marked off of my To Do list.  Next up is my Calendar! I haven’t really had a weather chart, and I’ve been needing one BADLY! I found a cute one on Pinterest, and I adjusted it a bit for what I needed.

Here’s the adorable one on Pinterest.

And here is my version! If you think you could use this in your classroom, just click on the link below to download. Enjoy!

ABC Order Freebie!

Here’s a little ABC order center that I made for my Fantastic Farm Unit. Since I’ve been so busy, and I haven’t gotten that posted yet, I thought I’d go ahead and share one of the activities. I hope you all enjoy and I hope you are having a great time getting your classrooms all ready!

Work days officially start for me tomorrow! Can’t believe it’s already here!

Click on the pic below to dowload!

Back to School Freebies!

Ahh! I can NOT believe that tomorrow is the first day of August! Summer is slipping away, and school will be here before you know it! I’ve been making a few things for my kiddos to do on the first day. Every child loves to get out those new crayolas, so I made a few drawing activities. I have a few more that I need to make, and I’ll hopefully get those posted soon! Feel free to download what I’ve made so far. They’re one document, so click on either picture below!

            

             

Just a few to add to your collection

I know most of us have files and files of data sheets and other things for our centers. I needed a few more for my Library station, so I thought I’d share them with you. There’s not much to them, but feel free to download them if you think you could use them! Just click on the pics below.