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Visual Plans for 2/1/15 and a Penguin Science Freebie

Last we had an early dismissal and two snow days.  That is my tiny house above!  Plus, there is the flu and strep throat going around my class and only 12 kids were in on Friday.   What plans I had got condensed with most of it being moved over to this week.  I myself am not ...

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Penguins and Sounds of Y – Visual Plans

I tried to start penguins last week, but my duplicating did not come back in time.  It worked out just fine, I replaced my penguin plans with Martin Luther King Jr. activities.  I was able to introduce penguins with a penguin schema chart and some non-fiction read alouds.  Then we did ...

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Visual Plans for 1/12 -ck Digraph and Penguins

This week we are learning about the -ck digraph and penguins.  You can click the images to download the plans.  I am linking up with Deedee again: I have included this listening center recording sheet in my visual plans.  It goes with The Emperor Lays an Egg. ...

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Pirates, Penguins, and Pugs: Photos from My Week

I thought I would do a quick post to share some of the cute things I have been doing this week with my class!  Click on the photos to check out the packets.  Click here to check out my lesson plans for this week.  We actually made Abby's Pirate Mark last week.  I ...

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Penguins

This post contains a few things...not just a blatant ad for my penguin packet :)  So please, read through. The blatant ad: I uploaded my penguin unit on Sunday night and then I thought of a few more things to add to it.  So if you have already purchased and downloaded, please download ...

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Visual Plans and Penguin Unit Posted

Last week, I shared my first ever visual plans inspired by my sweet friend DeeDee.  I loved all the feedback I received!  So much so, that I decided to post them for this week.   Click on any of the pictures to download the file from Google Docs. I just finished my penguin ...

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Penguin Alliteration

First off, I would like to thank Sarah Cooley from First Grader At Last for introducing me to the book Pink! by Lynne Richards.  The book is adorable.  It is about Patrick the penguin, who wakes up one day to find himself pink.  He feels that he does not fit in with the other ...

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Penguin Addition

Penguins are in my top ten list of favorite animals!  They are just too cute. I wanted to create a math and art activity along the theme of penguins.  Chalk Talk, had a great post of compiled penguin ideas.  In her file, I saw a photo of a penguin eating different colored fish. ...

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