I needed an activity to use when I introduced writing in with my Daily 5. I wanted to have ready made journals for the kids so that there were no questions about what they were suppose to be doing during writing time. Below is a free sample of my September Journal. You can get the full journal HERE and you can also get my October journal HERE.
Part of September
Treasures Reading: Language Reviews
The thing I loved about Saxon math was that it was very repetitive. The students were practicing skills at the end of the year that they learned at the beginning of the year. I really think it helped the students learn and remember their math concepts. I decided to develop a Language Review that did the same thing. Students learn the 4 types of sentences at the beginning of the year. They will practice this concept until the end of the year. The number of problems for each concept just simply decrease. I have made these for all the reading stories except for the first 3 stories in the reading series. To preview these unit click on one of the following: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit3, Unit 4, Unit 5, and Unit 6.
September 11 Tapestry
I found this idea online a few years ago and did it with my art class. The activity was done with grades 3-5, but I wanted to try it with my 2nd graders this year. I was unsure how they would do, but they did an amazing job.
1. The first thing you do is draw 2 horizontal lines. One at the top and one at the bottom. This will divide the paper in to 3 parts. The middle section will need to be a little bigger.
2. The top section is for American symbols. They can draw anything that represents America. We watched the American symbols on BrainPopJr to help us with this.
3. The middle section is divided into 3 sections. (invisible lines) On the first part, the kids draw what the twin towers looked like before 9/11. The middle part is for what it looked like when the planes hit. The last part is for what it looked like after 9/11.
4. The bottom section is for them to draw what people around the world were doing the morning of 9/11.
Below are a few pics to help explain how the project is completed.
1. The first thing you do is draw 2 horizontal lines. One at the top and one at the bottom. This will divide the paper in to 3 parts. The middle section will need to be a little bigger.
2. The top section is for American symbols. They can draw anything that represents America. We watched the American symbols on BrainPopJr to help us with this.
3. The middle section is divided into 3 sections. (invisible lines) On the first part, the kids draw what the twin towers looked like before 9/11. The middle part is for what it looked like when the planes hit. The last part is for what it looked like after 9/11.
4. The bottom section is for them to draw what people around the world were doing the morning of 9/11.
Below are a few pics to help explain how the project is completed.
Free File Folder Games
I found this link today and was VERY excited. I had to share my wonderful find with all of you!!! It is a website called File Folder Fun. It has FREE file folder games for grades K-5 and for various subjects!! This really helps me out because we do not have individual science text books in 2nd grade. The file folder games are a great resource to help reinforce my lesson!! Hope you guys find this as useful as I do!!!
Free for All Friday
I am a little late due to a busy weekend, but I am here still linking up with Blog Hoppin'!! Here is the Freebie for the week.
A parent got me a class set of Reading Log Charts. I LOVE them and want every child to have one at school and at home. So I recreated it. I hope to have a better copy to put on here later on, but here is what I have for now. All you have to do is print and laminate and they are ready to be written on!!
Reading Goal Chart
A parent got me a class set of Reading Log Charts. I LOVE them and want every child to have one at school and at home. So I recreated it. I hope to have a better copy to put on here later on, but here is what I have for now. All you have to do is print and laminate and they are ready to be written on!!
Reading Goal Chart
Three for Thursday
Today I am linking up with Blog Hoppin to tell you about my three favs!!! I will have to say that this is going to be very hard because I cannot just pic one for each category!!
Favorite Font
I like to use different fonts, but there is one font that I use the most. It is Cutie Pop. I found it by simply typing "free cute font" into google. I get most of my fonts from fontspace.com.
Favorite Blog
This one is impossible for me to choose. I have so many different blogs that are my favorite. One blog that I go to the most though is What The Teacher Wants. I have gotten a lot of great ideas from this blog!
Favorite Online Resource
My favorite online resource at the moment is Pinterest.com. A friend told me about this sight since I am currently planning a wedding. She told me it would give me a lot of great ideas. I get great ideas for home and for the classroom here!! LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!
Where It All Goes Down Wednesday
I am linking up with Blog Hoppin' to show you my WONDERFUL WORLD!!
My area
Clips I painted to hang student work
Where students turn in their Monkey Binders each day
This is where students put their homework. It is a quick and easy transition to the next activity. It is quicker then putting work in binders during the school day.
LOVE that my classroom has a sink!!
Their cubbies are used to hold books, reading phones, Wilson boards, AR folders, and their math kits.
Bulletin Boards
Computer area. I also display previous class pictures. The kids always enjoy looking at these.
My AR board. This is used so I don't hear "Can I take a Test?" a thousand times a day!
A few of my books
My reading area and Tattling Toby. I also have other chairs, bean bags, and carpet squares for children to use around the room to read.
Game shelf and some of my small group activities
Promethean Board!!! Can't live without it!!!
Books for the kids
Work station
Resource posters I made for the kids to reference to
That is a sneak peek of my classroom. Hope you guys enjoyed!
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