September Recap--Picture Style

Oh my word----has it been f.o.r.e.v.a.....since I blogged?? Why, yes it has.....do you know why? One word....school....

Goodness...when school started back...it was....on....like crazy....on. On top of that..I think I caught every back to school bug there was that was going around!! That's never happened before!

Soo...I'm going to try to get back on track! Here's a little September recap in pictures....all of the goodness that we've been doing.....ready?? Here it goes...

 We practiced rolling dice and covering the number shown with our pom poms.

Apple Time!!!

Working in pairs to sequence how an apple grows.

We finished up our apple unit by making applesauce!

We also began learning how to track our print by keeping our "eyes" on the words! Oh the little things that make learning fun...

I've also been creating...I have a few things I'm working on now but this one is one of my favorites!! My kiddos were really struggling with color words...so that's how I came up with these!! Love using my interactive notebooks for these!

 

And here are a couple of oldies but goodies you can grab for the Fall!!

 

 

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A Mash-Up of Randomness with Pictures!

Time to play catch up on the lack of blogging-----all the while listening to Pitch Perfect on TV (I LOVE this movie!!). Here's a mash up of pictures and activities that we've been doing this past week.

Our predictable chart practice. 
 

Searching for M's and S's in magazines and newspapers.

 

 

Taste testing apples! We will make applesauce this week for Johnny Appleseed's birthday! We also red The Little Red House before I cut open the apple! The kids were entranced with this story (of course I'm a little dramatic when reading so they were so excited to find the "star" inside!)

If you aren't familiar with this story---here's a great link to it! The Apple Story

Using the Mimio to match upper case and lower case letters on the apple tree.
 

 Then we played Apple Hide and Find. They love trying to figure out where Johnny Appleseed is hidden. I've only used the color words and a few numbers in order for all students to feel as if they are successful. I'll add more numbers later on to make it harder.

 

It's only $1.00 right now in my TN shop!!! All items are 50% off!! 

We started working on the farm this week as well. We have a trip to the local fair next week so I'm wanting to make sure animals and farm activities have been introduced before then. Today we did a Farm/Circus animal Venn Diagram. This was great for discussion to have students explain why they thought certain animals belonged in both areas. For example: snake---one student said, "well snakes are found in the grass and they crawl into the tent!" EEK....yes they can....!

 

If you didn't grab my Cow Labeling Freebie from yesterday's post---grab it here.

 

 

Winner & a Freebie!

Does anyone know what day it is?? It's hump dayyyy....LOL sorry couldn't resist (it really drives me nuts actually but it sort of gets stuck in my head!) But it also means that my giveaway has ended.

The winner of my Farm Fun with Literacy & Math Pack is:

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Check your email Rae!!! Thanks to all of those who entered! Also, I'm having a 20% off sale over at my TPT store. 

So the Farm pack is on sale as well as my new Apple Hide & Find--Numbers & Colors.

The first two people to leave some love can get this pack for free.

I LOVE playing these games in the pocket chart with the kiddos. In this version, I hide Johnny Appleseed and the students have to read the color word or the number to see if Johnny is hiding behind it. 

I have it up in my room now, but forgot to take pictures today. I'll add up a picture tomorrow. 

The great thing about this game is that I have put numbers 0-20 in this pack as well as color words typed in that particular color and color words in black and white. This provides various levels of differentiation. 

Today I put up numbers only 0-5 and color words because that's what I've been working on with my students. But later on, I will begin adding numbers to 10. 

Happy hump day everyone....I've got to finish addressing my Chicka Chicka Boom Boom exchange envelopes and watch the finale of Big Brother! :)

Apple Fun & A Quick Giveaway!

It's that time of the year when the air finally loses some humidity (at least here in NC) and you can actually feel it. It's also that time of year when most people are learning about apples!

Blast from the past today with some apple activities that may help you in your classroom.

Here is a great way to practice labeling the parts of an apple.Click on the first picture to grab it for FREE!!!
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I also upload this picture to my Mimio to help students when labeling the different parts of an apple or just going over it to start with. This helps with showing them how/where to put particular words that we are talking about. I'm a visual learner to so I always try to have some type of visual up for those students who are the same.
 
 

 

Here's another freebie for color word practice that I created last year! Click on the picture to grab it as well!! Leave some love if you will! :)

 

Last week ended up being more rules and procedures with a few apple things thrown in. I didn't get as much done as I wanted too but this week I hope to fill each day up with Apple Activities. Stay tuned for more activities this week!

Do you have lots of apple stuff planned?? If so, what fun things will you be doing with your kiddos? 

Don't forget--I'm having a quick giveaway to win my newly updated Farm Fun with Literacy and Math Pack!!! 

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And my buddy Irene over at Learning With Mrs. Leeby is having a HUGE blogiversary giveaway(s)!!! Click the picture to check it out!!