Robot Close Read and Crafts Robot Close Read and Crafts: Can you believe I started this unit back in 2014? A lot has happened since then and obviously it got placed on the back burner until now. But I finally finished it and I am super happy with how it turned out! This Robot Science unit is finally here! That year we went to the
Directed Drawings for Science
Directed Drawings for Science Directed Drawings for Science: Almost a year ago I was presenting in New Hampshire with the sweetest girl around, Miss DeCarbo (if you don’t follow her, you’re really missing out!). Anyway, we were sitting around in the airport brainstorming ideas. She suggested I should create a pack of directed drawings for science and/or social studies. I decided to give it a
Flower Plant Directed Drawing
Flower Plant Directed Drawing Flower Plant Directed Drawing: I had a request for a flower directed drawing and since my students are learning about plants this week, I thought it was a great idea! This is a FREE directed drawing for a flower with optional labels, use SOME of the labels, or ALL the labels. Included with the directed drawing is a video tutorial along
Turtle Close Read FREEBIE & End of Year Survival
Most of us are in survival mode as we near the end of the school year, or at least I am! Our last day is Thursday and one of the things on my list is to use my Turtle Close Read FREEBIE You can find it {HERE} It is just a little taste of what my other Close Reads are like. You can find
Weather Freebie: Happy, Fluffy Clouds!
I love teaching and learning about weather. And we know students love to learn about it. SO it’s a win, win! Here is a little throw back to last year and a FREEBIE that my students LOVED! Get your CLOUD FREEBIE {HERE} on TpT! I also included printables to go along with the craft =) Our cloud drawings: And if you are in need
Water Walk Experiment FREEBIE and Bumblebees Close Read
I love bringing science into my classroom and this was an activity that I originally saw over at Coffee Cups and Crayons. I used this activity to explain capillary action (Capillary action is the process that plants use to pull water up from the ground.) I begin the activity by asking my students if they think I could make water move from one cup to the
Bunny and Bird Directed Drawing Video Tutorials with FREEBIES
My kids have been been really into directed drawings. I love to do them, too, so it’s worked out well! But I know form a lot of the comments I have gotten, there are people out there that struggle with drawing, so for those people, this post is for you! Introducing Bunny and Bird! Find it {HERE} on TpT! I love watching my students as
Directed Drawing Tutorial for Reading Celebration Week {FREEBIE}
Directed Drawing Tutorial for Reading Celebration Week {FREEBIE} Directed Drawing Tutorial for Reading Celebration Week {FREEBIE}: We’ve been out for snow all last week, so I am excited to get back into my classroom (my home away from home). I am a little behind though from being out and this week being our Reading Celebration makes it even more jam-packed with stuff to do! One
PENGUINS, 100th Day, Crystal Experiment, and Snow Globe FREEBIES
We learned about penguins this week….we read about them with my Penguin Close Read, we made the cute ones shown below from my Penguin Pack, we did a directed drawing {found HERE for free} and don’t forget that we watched penguins on the penguin cam, too! But that’s not all we did, we also learned a little about suspensions while we created the most amazing
STEM Force and Motion FREEBIE
Earlier this year, we worked on force and motion which culminated in a STEM lesson complete with cheap cars from Wal-Mart and cut up pieces of boxes, blocks, and paper towel rolls. One of my students’ went home and told his mom that “school is so much fun!” Isn’t that what we want most? ….for out kids to love school? This was a simple and
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