I created this Entomologist Glyph "craftivity" to go with my ant unit. We are studying ants in my classroom and I wanted an art activity to hang in the hall for Spring Exhibit. An ant version of this glyph will be included in my Ants packet, if I ever finish it!!! In the ...
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From Seed to Plant Activities
The week before last, we planted "mystery seeds" in newspaper cups. The students predicted what type of plants their "mystery seeds" would grow into. Then the seeds began to sprout and we measured our sprouts and wrote our observations in our "Seed to Plant Observation ...
Georgia On My Mind
I cannot stop thinking about my awesome bloggy meet-up last weekend in Georgia. It was so AMAZING!!! How did I end up in Georgia, you might be thinking? Well, I had been trying to meet up with my first blog/teacher friends, Anna Brantley of Crazy for First and Cheryl Saoud of Primary ...
Letter and Postcard Writing!
I created this unit last year and it is still by far one of my favorites. *If you purchased this unit last year, please re-download. I added a few more pages. Click on the thumbnail to check it out on TpT. My favorite letter writing activity is when the students pretend they ...
Ant Trouble!
Sweating, heart racing, cursing, jumping, stomping, and eventually yelling as an ant went flying through the air and landed on my pant leg. Can you say stressed!? Yes, this is how my classroom aide and I spent our prep...wrangling harvester ants! Harvester ants are large ...
Bears!!!
We just finished two bear themed stories in our reading series, Splash! and Little Bear's Friend. Besides reading the stories, I decided to do a whole bear thematic unit. I updated what I had already had and I utilized my sweet friend, Rachelle's A Unit All About Bears With Math, ...
Spring Products!
I had a few requests to add a plant observation log to my "My Seed to Plant Project." Please, re-download for the update! If you have not purchased it, it is a quick and easy supplement to your current plant curriculum and is only $2! Here is my tip for planting ...
20 Super Spelling Centers Contest!
Contest Closed! Winner will be announced soon. A Scholastic red and white box was on my step when I got home from work today. At first, I thought I had sent my March Scholastic order to my home address on accident. Then it dawned on me that it was my new book! Its ...
This and That and More Questions Answered!
Yup, that's me! After four years of selling for TpT, I am finally in the newsletter as "Featured Teacher-Author!" So beyond happy!! Click {here} to see the whole newsletter. Click {here} to follow me on FB where I do a weekly newsletter shout out! I am working on a few ...
Aarrgh! Awesome Pirate Products!
Ahoy Mateys! Aargh you looking for pirate themed packet? I love pirates, my students love pirates, and I know you will love these pirate packets. So bookmark or pin this post and start shopping! Click on the pictures to go directly to TpT to shop! Scroll to the end of this ...
