Flower Clock Writing..

I figured what better way to discuss the parts of a clock, the minutes, and time then match the flower clock in my classroom with a flower clock writing craft...

Telling Time Craftivity...

I can't wait to use this telling time craftivity from my telling time unit with my students... I think they will enjoy the wristwatch!

Writing Center in Action

We've started using our writing center and I'm finding that my students love the freedom of choosing what they're going to write about and the format they want to write it in. They especially like the idea of writing emails and reminders. I like having many options for them to mix it up each week!

How To Be A Team Player

I used the football helmet writing craftivity to discuss how to be a team player with my class. I enjoyed discussing with my students ways that we can work together and help each other out. They really got into it. I was impressed with their creativity with the football helmet designs.. a lot of Cincinnati Bengals helmets. Fall makes me think of football and the football unit and football flipbook really brought in the spirit of football season!

Dear Class

During our morning meeting I love writing letters to the class then discussing what needs to be edited and fixed. The students love to take on the role as the "teacher!"

Thankful Turkeys

I love writing for Thanksgiving. The students brainstormed what they were the most thankful for and we turned them into these adorable thankful turkeys that I hung above each of their lockers!!

Here is my newest version of the turkey craft:

  

Verb Writing Activity

One of my favorite writing activities is when we start learning about verbs and action words!! The students are given the opportunity to choose their favorite verb and a parent volunteer calls them into the hall one at a time to snap a picture of each student acting out their verb. When I get all of the pictures uploaded and printed the students use their picture to write about that action. I'm always impressed with the outcome of writing activities and how creative first grade minds are!

Pumpkin Estimation Activity

One of my favorite activities that we do in the first grade is the pumpkin carving estimation and sequencing activity. Each of the students has the opportunity to estimate how many seeds are inside of the pumpkin. We talk about "reasonable" estimations then I record each of their estimates including the teacher's estimates.

After these are recorded I carve open the pumpkin and remove the seeds. We then work on sequencing  the events of carving a pumpkin and illustrating our words.

We did this as a two-day math activity. It's important to have help with this activity so that an adult can take students 2-3 in the hall and let them sort and count out seeds into groups of 5. While the seeds are being counted and glued down onto a piece of chart paper we work on math. When the pumpkin was ready to be counted as a class we counted aloud all of the groups of 5 and extra seeds to get our total.

We hung it up in the hall for everyone to see when we were finished!

Total Seeds: 343 pumpkin seeds

The King of ING

Phonics themed fun is a great way to bring sounds to life! We enjoy having a week of phonics fun with The King of ING. Incorporate these crafts into your classroom...