I hope that our banner speaks volumes for my love of Halloween! It really is an obsession! If only I was at school now to take some pictures of my Halloween book collection and all my files that I do for Halloween! And now that I am a mother, my boys share in my love of Halloween!
This past week, we worked out of my
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The kids had a blast with it! They (I wish I took their pictures but some were not from my homeroom class so I couldn't post their pictures) learned so many facts about bats! And the headbands were just oh-so-cute! Here is my little man modeling the headband!
Check out these facts!
And guess who else has an AMAZING BATS pack?? My sweet friend, Tamara from
Has she got a bat pack for you!!
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It is so new, I haven't even begun to dig into the fabulous content that Tamara has packed in there! I really love her fluency practice pages as we know that firsties need that fluency benchmark of 60 WPM (at least in my district) and this is a great center to help practice that! She also has great literacy links for bats and great writing ideas, vocabulary builders, an emergent reader-- oh my!!! . She is just an all around fabulous creator! LOVE her!!
Well, we have teamed up to offer you some amazing products! Check out our Batty for Halloween Giveaway!
SO excited! This week we will be learning all about Bats! Those small, flying mammals (that honestly, if I saw one flying in my home I would probably shriek like a banshee!!) that kids are fascinated by! I love learning about bats and it never ceases to amaze me the kids and their love of them. We are also doing our study of nocturnal animals as well and I have some resources for you!
I always start our study with the beloved tale of Stellaluna!
I know that there are TONS of resources (just look on TpT!!) to help you on your way! One of the centers I use is a Stellaluna retelling center. I don't know about you, but retelling is so tricky for 1st graders! They truly have a hard time with that one-- even if it is a high interest book.
One area that I focus on is non-fiction and bats. We do a lot of non-fiction work with bat books: working with key ideas and details, compare and contrasting, and expository/persuasive writing. To help with that this week, I created a new set
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It is jam-packed with non-fiction elements for bats! I also shared a video on echolocation that I found on youtube. Click here to read about that post an a freebie attached to it! It's a great video and you will find yourself singing, too!
We are also learning about nocturnal animals, specifically owls, this week since bats are nocturnal! I like to show them how owls are truly spectacular hunters.
We discuss their habitats, the different species, their diets, and all things owl! I end our study with a dissection of an owl pellet! Have you ever done one? Well, honestly, it can be fascinating yet disgusting BUT the kids LOVE IT!
Owl Brand Discovery is the procurer of these little bundles and they are fabulous to work with! Click on the pic to take you there and learn more about it!
And of course, I have to put a little fiction spin into it...
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell is one of the sweetest stories ever!!! I LOVE that story!!! The kids and I just love little Percy, Sarah, and Bill! We do a painting similar to the cover with marshmallows! It turns out so cute and write about a time we were scared and then got brave! Good stuff!
So, a little batty treat for you all! A Batty for Words Freebie!!
Click on the picture to grab it for your kiddos!!
Well, it has been a long day for me! I'd like to leave you with a giveaway! Make sure you are following my blog, leave a comment letting me know you are a follower with your e-mail address and I will pick 2 winners for my Bats pack Tuesday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. Good Luck!
Happy Friday everyone! I actually had a sick day today (again!) since my lovely child who had Scarlet Fever passed on the love to me! I was in shock because I think this is the 2nd year in a row I have gotten strep throat during the school year! WTHeck? I thought as an adult I was immune to to that. Guess not...
So, this week we wrapped up our spiders week and the kids had such a blast learning about spiders! I wish I had pictures for you but being sick for a few days will do that to you! They loved my
I will be putting that little one up on TPT. I just haven't had the energy to create anything but at least I can offer it to you there!
This week we also worked on inflectional endings as this is one of our common core standards. How many times have you heard your kids say "I walkted to school today?" I know that it is a developmental thing but I always respond, "Oh, you WALKED to school today?" At this age almost anything they say is cute! We also talked about how these endings reflect the time at which events occurred. To help my kiddos with this, I created a quick little center:
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Gotta show love for my GATORS!!!
It's okay that they roll the words again and again (or you could limit the times they roll it-- you make up the rules!)-- it was more the habit of them practicing reading and writing them (by writing I mean, they just add the inflectional ending).
This coming week we will be doing BATS!! It is perhaps one of my favourite subjects that I just go overboard in teaching! A few years ago, I stumbled upon this video about echolocation from Jumpstart on youtube:
You and your kiddos will be singing and bopping along to this song! My kids always ask to watch it over and over again. I also have them explain how echolocation works:
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I have a few more centers to share with you as I start to feel better! Hope you all have a great weekend! if you download these freebies, please leave some love below! I love to read comments! :-)
