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<span style="font-size: large;">Easter is approaching and it can be difficult to explain the history of Easter to little ones. Years ago an amazing family, of a student I was teaching, gave a book to me for my own child (I only had one at the time). 'The Best Thing About Easter' is the most amazing book for talking about Easter with kids! It is from the perspective of a child who, just like many other children, and adults, loves so many things about Easter - chocolate bunnies, eggs and egg hunts, dressing up in fancy clothes, even spending time together with family. But the narrator realizes that while all these things are great, Easter is so much more. The language is kid friendly and the message is simple - Easter is sad, but also happy because of the new life of Jesus and through Jesus.</span></div>
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Here are some ideas for simple Easter crafts. Here we are rolling 3 different colored marbles on our crosses.</div>
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Here is our finished product, once we cut out our crosses and placed them on our cards.</div>
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Here we are making eggs. Dip pastel colored yarn into glue and wrap it around a small balloon (water balloons work well). This was great fine-motor practice! They also required lots of patience, but they turned out great!</div>
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We sprayed them with hair spray and gave a coating of podge before we popped the inner balloon. The yarn held it's shape, and here is our final product!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I placed some Easter words at the felt board and the students began sharing stories of their own experiences with egg hunts and receiving palms at Church, as well as other aspects of Easter. I love the felt board center because it allows the students to use imaginative play and allows for vocabulary building. Felt play also enhances fine-motor eye-hand co-ordination and manipulation, and engages students in the development of oral language through speaking, listening, story-telling and enhancing vocabulary. Some students chose to use the recording sheets as a follow-up which was great since they were now writing about the stories they had just shared with their peers! </span></div>
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Happy Easter!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We made some great ornament crafts this year for the holidays. One of our ornaments was a pasta shell paper plate ornament. This was so simple to make. All you need is a study paper plate, pasta shells, an old Holiday card and spray paint (we used gold). The kids glued the pasta around the edge of the plate (great fine-motor activity), and cut out the Holiday card. I spray painted the plate and the students attached the middle image. We punched a hole and later attached ribbon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My daughter made this beautiful poinsettia with pumpkin seeds. It's on a hard circular backing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Christmas was great, and now we look forward to our new year! New beginnings are full of so much potential and opportunity. If you haven't focused very much on Character Education, it's a great time to start! </span><span style="font-size: large;">Our School Board teaches Character Education. Each month we focus on a different character virtue and look for students who exemplify this virtue. We teach students what it means to be responsible, caring citizens and look for these traits and celebrate them in our students. Talking about `character matters`allows students to then put into practice acts of kindness, compassion, caring for others and allows them to be self-reflective learners and think about how they treat others and how they, in turn, want to be treated. These are values they will carry with them their whole lives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our school honors the students who`ve exemplified the virtue of the month with a certificate. I`ve made a little pack that includes the virtues we focus on each month, as well as MANY, MANY more! I wanted each student to be recognized for the good that they do in the class and school community. The students are always showing goodness in action. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to recognize all of these good actions and more. Recognizing students` good deeds and actions allows them to feel good about themselves and good about helping others. This pack has over 70 pages of Student Awards and Certificates. It includes awards for the monthly virtues my school board focuses on, but it also has SO MUCH MORE. There are enough awards to allow you to recognize EACH STUDENT in your classroom for the goodness that they bring! Hopefully it can help start the New Year on a positive note! </span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310675806648066585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221592466121799394.post-67528212146980964142014-11-16T19:04:00.000-08:002014-11-16T19:04:39.851-08:00Race-way Ordinal Numbers FREEBIE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">We started talking about ordinal numbers around Halloween as we were singing and acting out the all-time favorite poem "Five Little Pumpkins." To extend the children's learning in this area we thought of other times when we would use ordinal numbers - they mentioned when lining up to go to library, gym, etc. and also in a race! I brought in my son's Wheelies Rampway and that's exactly what we did - had a race! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids took turns racing their cars down the ramp way. We made note of which car came in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th. It was a really fun way to teach ordinal numbers! We filled out our response sheet writing out our ordinal numbers. You can do this activity with any type of ramp (the kids could even make it themselves). If you'd like a FREE copy of the recording sheet, race on over and click the image below!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310675806648066585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221592466121799394.post-78037058693137364082014-11-04T18:18:00.000-08:002014-11-04T18:18:01.861-08:00Thanksgiving FREEBIE!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This is a super quick post to share a FREEBIE with you! We celebrated Thanksgiving here in Canada a few weeks ago. I just love Thanksgiving...food, family and friends...what a great way to spend the day and reflect on all our blessings! We made our very own hand-print turkey with all the fall colors. This was a super-easy and quick activity that the kids enjoyed. It even got them talking about 'cornucopias' which they were somehow fascinated with...the look of them and the actual sound of the word! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know that the American Thanksgiving is quickly approaching for friends and families just south of us. If you'd like your own copy of the hand-print poem printable, just click the image below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This post is to share a Halloween Freebie with you! The kids have been having so much fun in the weeks leading up to Halloween. We carved the pumpkin that we picked on our recent Pumpkin Patch Trip. It's actually much bigger than it looks. It took both my E.C.E. and myself to roll it across the floor and somehow haul it onto the table! There was lots of goop (pulp) and many seeds to scrape out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids have also been having a great time at our Haunted Cafe. My wonderful E.C.E. Mrs. Caruso set this one up for the kids. They have been taking turns playing different roles: customer, chef (some in the witch role), server, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the end of each month we discuss what we learned and what we liked. Many of the students chose to write about the Dramatic Centre. Here we are using our phonetic writing in our <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Memory-Book-modified-for-other-grades-295605" target="_blank">Memory Books</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you would like to create a Haunted Cafe in your Dramatic Centre, here is a little FREEBIE for you...A poster/sign and menu. Simply purchase the cauldron, plastic spiders, insects, etc. at your local dollar store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made the Ontario Kindergarten Learning Expectations into large posters for a friend of mine who teaches K at another school within our School Board. Her Principal wanted to see all the teachers talking with students about what the expectations were and wanted them posted visually in the class. She wanted staff going over 'Success Criteria' with students so that students knew what was expected of them. In her school, some teachers have a 'Learning Goals' wall or bulletin board. I thought this was a great idea, since giving students the vocabulary for what they are expected to do helps them focus their learning. Posting the expectations serves as a visual reminder for students for what the expectations are. A lot of the learning in Kindergarten happens around the room at a variety of learning centres. So instead of placing the learning goals on a board, I've placed them around the room at the various centres. This helps students remember how to use the centre and what they should be doing at that particular place in the classroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is our Building and Blocks Centre. It has blocks of various shapes, sizes and textures, as well as 3-D solids and a variety of play materials such as dinosaurs, animals, etc.</span><br />
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This is our book shelf. Here we talked about looking at pictures to help us gain an understanding of what the text might say. We talked about conventions of print (front cover, directionality of text, etc.), and I see the students remembering what to do when selecting a book. They will follow the print with their fingers, look at the pictures to help them figure out text, and their sense of story when 'reading' has improved too!<br />
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I have a math wall where I like to post pictures of the children engaging in mathematical exploration. This past month we worked on sorting and classifying. Our learning goal was placed on our Math Wall and our pictures and text demonstrate our learning goal in action.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Starting school for the first time can be a scary thought for some, especially if they've always been with either mom or dad. Even students who've been to daycare or nursery school may be nervous at meeting new classmates, teachers and being in a new environment. I know the littles in my class had a range of emotions on the first day of school. We brainstormed how we felt:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We read The Kissing Hand, by Audrey Penn. In the story, little Chester Racoon gets a kiss on his hand, from his mom, when he's nervous about starting school. Whenever he misses her, all he has to do is put his hand to his cheek to feel her love. The kids were comforted knowing that their mother's love was with them wherever they went! Some of the kids already did kissing hands with their moms/dads, and some couldn't wait to start! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We created a class book, with our First Day Feelings. Thanks to Brooke Hilderbrand for this great FREEBIE. You can download it <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Day-Feelings-A-Kissing-Hand-Book-for-Back-to-School-310017" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Print out the page that corresponds with the New Grade your child is in, or the Grade the children in your class are in. Have them fill in the missing information (age, favorite book, what they want to be when they grow up). Have them hold up the poster and take your photo! Place in their memory book for the year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's the labour day long weekend, which means that school starts soon! Before starting the school year, we always go over safety protocol for dealing with an anaphalactic response in students or fellow staff members. We review what the possible symptoms could be (symptoms are vast and differ from individual to individual), and what to do should crisis occur (how to use an epi-pen). Each year I have students in my class who have allergies to peanuts and/or tree nuts. I made this poster to serve as a reminder that my class and the whole school, is a nut safe environment. I say 'nut-safe' because I strive to maintain an environment free of peanuts and nut products, but need the co-operation of everyone who enters the room to keep it this way! Click the image below to get your FREE copy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love planning my kid's birthday party each year! Much like teaching, it allows me to be creative. So, I know this is a teaching blog for sharing ideas and resources, well, I'm still going to do just that with this post, only the content is about party planning! I like to come up with a theme nice and early so that I have lots of time to find anything and everything related to that theme, but this year, my kids threw me for a loop! After my daughter became enamored with ALL THINGS FROZEN, we changed our theme, which sent me quickly searching for all Disney Frozen items, in a frantic rush! The problem was that everything was sold out! In my many visits to the party and Dollar store, you'll see what I eventually found! My kids are born 2 weeks apart so we have one big family/friends party. We like to do it outside, since it's summer. Well, we had to get our backyard ready too. The preparations began with putting up our play-structure. This was no easy feat, but my kids (and even hubby...I'm pretty sure) would agree it was worth the 3 day job! Extended family members even came out to help (and it still took 3 days!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because we were outside, I tried to secure everything down from the wind. ***I had to bring the munchies inside because the popcorn was blowing away** I put masking tape around the exterior border of the tables, then attached the plastic table-cloths. I also tied the table-cloths at the four corners with long pieces of curling ribbon, so they didn't fly up in the face's of our guests as they were eating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here are some bubbles just for fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The cake table. I used material I had from previous years' bulletin board displays, to create a small overlay and back-drop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The cakes were from a very talented cake artist in the area, <a href="http://www.fuenzalidacakes.com/" target="_blank">Fuenzalida cakes</a>. I have used him for over 10 years for occasions such as my Bridal Shower, Wedding, Baby shower and now all my parties!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is some parachute fun! I purchased this from <a href="http://www.scholastic.com/" target="_blank">Scholastic</a> a couple of years ago for a ladybug theme, but it still comes in handy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some craziness going on in the jumping castle!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The balloons were from <a href="http://www.bargainballoons.ca/" target="_blank">Bargain Balloons</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had a couple of attempts at making these sweet treats, but at first the chocolate covered apples did not look appealing at all. In the beginning, I tried to use regular milk chocolate and just melt it. I deleted the picture because it was scary! I finally bought chocolate melts from the Bulk Barn and all turned out as it should have. The chocolate melted smoothly and it was so easy to coat the apples.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made some fun labels for our drinks. If you'd like your FREE copy of all the labels I used at the party, click the WATER picture below. I've even included a blank page for you to personalize as you wish: a banner, label, invite, etc.</span></div>
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There is even a 'SNOW' label if you'd like to make fake snow for tactile play. Click <a href="http://mrsparisisclass.blogspot.ca/2014/01/snow.html" target="_blank">here</a> to go to a previous post explaining how to make snow!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used water-bottle labels. The Mike Wazowski label was so easy - I just cut out circles of various sizes on the Cricut.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The party was complete with a special visit from a special princess... Elsa herself. She had story-time, singing, tattoos, make-up, games, a Coronation Ceremony and even sang Happy Birthday! <a href="http://www.princesspartyeverafter.ca/" target="_blank">Ever After Entertainment</a> did a great job!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The girls left with some hair-clips I made, and a lip-gloss set, and the boys with a Mike Wazowski t-shirt I found at The Children's Place. The FROZEN box was a gift that held costumes and jewelry, and was from Toys R Us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I hope everyone is having a great summer with good friends, family, food and fun! Hopefully, you're not stressing about Back-to-School too much, because whether you prepare well in advance or not, things will work out and come together in the end...they always do!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310675806648066585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221592466121799394.post-64584285920541254402014-06-22T18:58:00.000-07:002014-06-22T18:58:30.464-07:00The Rainbow Fish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">School is almost out! The washing of the toys is almost done and ready for next years group of students, it's hot and amidst plays and performances, assemblies and Play-Days, we're trying to maintain some scheduling and routine. How are we doing that? By doing some fun, but still educational activities. Earlier in the year we read Shel Silverstein's 'The Giving Tree.' We read this story during Lent to remind us that happiness comes from giving, not from receiving. We just recently read Marcus Pfister's "The Rainbow Fish." When I mentioned that this story reminded me of another story we had read together, the students were quick to point out the stories, and how they were alike. We discussed times we had shared and given to others, and how that made us feel (happy, proud). We also talked about other qualities we like in a friend, and that if you want to have friends - you have to be a good friend. We used our pencils to draw our own rainbow fish. We traced them with permanent markers and used water-colours to paint our fish. They turned out so well!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love how, although each student made a Rainbow Fish, each one is unique and special, just like the kids in my class! This has been our first year with Full-Day Kindergarten, and we will be keeping our JK students into SK. Since it is a two year developmental program, the students will remain with the same teacher for the whole duration of the program. I am so excited to see them continue to develop and grow next year. Our SK's are so ready to move on to Grade One, and we will miss them dearly! Wishing everyone a great summer!</span></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310675806648066585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221592466121799394.post-14053050417642145742014-06-18T19:22:00.002-07:002014-06-18T19:22:29.507-07:00Butterfly Release! This was amazing!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">We had learned all about the butterfly lifecycle, and what better way to experience something than to see it happen before your eyes. I read this Let's Read and Find Out Science Reader entitled "From Caterpillar to Butterfly." In this story, the students in the class receive caterpillars in a jar, and are anxiously waiting for them to change or go through metamorphasis. This book is great at explaining key vocabulary appropriate for early learners. We learned that although our skin grows with us, a caterpillar's skin does not. Instead, it molts about 3 or 4 times. It sheds its skin and has a new one underneath. We actually saw this in our real-life observations. We learned that the caterpillar hangs from a button of silk, which enables it to attach without falling off the the branch (or in our case, lid of the container). Before we got our larvae delivery, I explained that we were going to be just like the kids in the book, discovering the life-cycle of the butterfly right before our very eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After the caterpillars made their cocoons on the top lids of the containers they were in, we put them in this hand-made netting. It's made with paper plates on either ends, and tulle wrapped securely around. A large branch gives it stability and is suspended in the middle. We cinched the ends with clips and attached it to the ceiling. We put it in a spot everyone could view, but not such a high-traffic area that it would be bumped and jostled with our daily activities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> We sliced up oranges for them to feed on once they had hatched out of the chrysalis. The Science Reader explained that the butterflies eat through a long coiled tube called a proboscis. We actually saw them eating, which was so amazing! The proboscis was as long as one of their legs and went directly into the orange! So cool! The red you see in the picture, is the dye that came off their wings as they began to dry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here we are outside in our rock garden about to release the butterflies. Just like the students in the book, we were a little happy and a little sad. We were glad the butterflies were going to be out in nature, their true and natural home, but we were also going to miss learning and observing them each day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> We learned about living and non-living things recently. We started out by discovering the characteristics of living things. My Characteristics posters from my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Living-Things-Poster-Set-415225" target="_blank">Living Things Posters</a> pack were great visuals that helped the kids remember and describe how they knew something was alive. We used what we learned to make a class book (it's a little torn and tattered because the kids love to read it during self-selected reading!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We used these Alphabet File Folder booklets (which I had made years ago). These booklets are a favorite at our writing centre. They contain several words that begin with that particular letter. The kids each got a letter of the alphabet. They took the Alphabet File Folder booklet corresponding with their letter and had to find one object that was alive and one that wasn't within the book and use the words to complete their activity page.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because we had learned about the characteristics of living things (they breathe, grow and change, etc.), the kids were so good at distinguishing between objects that are living and non-living.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The trouble with discussing living things with 5 year olds is you can get into some funny conversations and you don't want to crush their sense of wonder and amazement and sometimes, the belief in the 'imaginary.' My own daughter, who falls within this age group asked me not too long ago, "Mom, where in the world is Arendelle?" When I asked what she meant, she responded, "you know, where Anna and Elsa live?" Living and non-living kind of fits in with the idea of real versus imaginary. One of the littles in my class who had the letter "Ee" to contribute to our class book asserted that an elf was a living thing. When my student teacher was about to correct her, my kindie continued very confidently "you know, an elf!!! He lives with Santa up in the North Pole!" Who can argue with that! And so, I'd say we got the concept of 'living things' for the most part!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We then branched out into talking about plants as living things. We discussed how plants display all the characteristics of living things. We learned how plants make food (in their leaves) and how they show sensitivity (towards the sun). We planted our own bean sprouts and watched them grow. We noted our observations in our Plant Journal from <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Growing-a-Kinder-Garden-A-Unit-About-Plants-1224263" target="_blank">Mrs. Ricca.</a> The kids would go to the window each day to see their plant grow and change, from tiny sprouts to very tall plants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some of our observations.</span></div>
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I planted 3 bean seeds.</div>
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My plant is growing beans.</div>
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I planted a seed and it grew into leaves.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And just last week we got a special delivery - larvae. These tiny caterpillars came to our school and were put in containers slightly bigger than a creamer container you'd get from the coffee shop. They came with 'food.' Well something amazing happened over the weekend...they got huge!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And so we will branch into another area of living things...the life cycle of a butterfly! We can't wait to see the metamorphosis happen before our eyes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our Graduation got pushed one week earlier! Eeek! We are in full swing now with finishing up crafts and learning all our songs and corresponding actions. We are desperately trying to find time to practice on the stage in the gym (since we are performing around the same time as our School Spring Concert!), and everyone seems to need the gym at the same time! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just had to share how these Graduation self portraits came out because I just LOVE each and every one of them! I am so impressed with how the kids were able to identify their special features and display them through this art activity! We had so much fun as a class trying to guess the identity of each of our classmates (the name is not written on the front). The kids were so good at distinguishing one friend from the next, depending on the color of hair, color of eyes, special features (like glasses), or way the hair is parted. I just had to show each one because I love them all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids wrote what they want to be when they grow up and drew a picture beneath. Here is a close-up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here is another Graduation craft we did for our "Garden Theme" this year. I love that parents can look back and remember how small their child's hands were when they celebrated this special time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These ideas and so many more are included in my Graduation Unit that I've done with my teaching partner, Alessia Albanese. Click the picture below to take you there. It has everything you need to throw a Graduation that parents will remember always!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wow! I can't believe it's May already! Seriously, where does the time go? The expression "time flies" sure does ring true, for my classroom and with my own little one. The littles in my class have already started to lament over this year, saying, "I'm going to miss you when I'm in grade one!" and the truth is, I'm going to miss them too. My own daughter will be going to grade one, so I'm also sad to see her leave K! (especially since she was right next door to me!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to do a post about Guided Writing. Writing happens all the time in my classroom. It happens at a variety of learning centres that have specific materials placed at them (for example, cards and letters at our Dramatic post office), or spontaneously as a result of play. The students, at times, decide to draw, label and write about ideas that have been sparked from their play (for example, a castle they've built with the blocks). Even though the students are writing in a variety of meaningful ways at centres, I still like to conduct guided writing so that we can think, talk about and plan writing! We usually write in our memory books, or journals (both shown below). I can't believe how far the kids have come with their writing! Seriously! The biggest surprise is with my J.K. students, some of whom could only scribble write or draw pictures to convey a message (beginning stages of writing), but now are writing sentences independently after much modelling and guidance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Recently, we have written about our Mother's and how we can celebrate all the wonderful things they do for us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In preparing for Graduation, we thought and talked about what we want to be when we grow up!</span></div>
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When I grow up I want to be a Hockey playr. (player)</div>
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When I grow up I want to be a Balrina techr. (Ballerina teacher).</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Guided writing allows me to go over specific writing conventions (expressing a complete thought, beginning with a capital letter, using finger spaces, ending with punctuation, etc.). I plan to do more 'free' writing with the kids in the Guided Writing format, where the kids will decide more often what they would like to write about. I've made up a couple of posters to help us out and they are FREE in my TPT shop. Click the pictures below to get your copy!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310675806648066585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221592466121799394.post-1084554772292249442014-04-15T19:13:00.004-07:002014-04-15T19:13:24.909-07:00Easter Crafts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some simple, but really beautiful ideas for last minute Easter crafts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-tongue depressors</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Students painted the crosses with light yellow, and glued the tongue depressors together in the cross formation. They applied the clear stones with white school glue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-tissue paper cut into squares</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Empty bottles were cut open and the bottom was left for the base of the basket. A strip was cut from the middle of the bottle for the handle of the basket. Students adhered tissue squares all over the baskets in overlapping formations. We podged the finished baskets to make them shine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-dried lasagna</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Students painted the lasagna different colors after we talked about the various colors they saw at church in the stained glass windows. We put sparkles onto the wet paint and it dried on the lasagna, giving it a glittery shine. The kids broke the lasagna into various sizes and applied them with white glue to the cross template. We podged them for a glossy finish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our class post office really got the kids into the role of mail carrier. They loved sorting the mail into the mailboxes and delivering the mail to their friends. This got them interested in the jobs around their community, so we talked about community helpers and the workers in our neighborhood. We started by looking at different jobs and talking about what they do. Many of the kids were eager to share what their own parents do (sharing is such a big part of kindergarten!). With each image I showed them, I made sure to have a female and male example of that same job (example, female and male nurse, female and male teachers and so on). We also spoke about correct terminology. We don't say 'fireman,' we say 'fire fighter' because girls and boys can do any job! The kids were eager to share what they want to be when they grow up! My wonderful ECE Linda got this activity all ready for the kids. With each activity, the kids talked about what materials/tools each worker needed and why. The kids made doctor's bags, fire trucks, smiles (with marshmallow teeth) for the dentist, and Sheriff's badges. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've had this prayer since I taught Grade One (in my practicum many years ago!) and I wanted to share it with all of you. Click the image below to get your free copy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, it's March (Spring) Break right now and I'm looking ahead. We usually talk about Spring after Spring break, but that probably won't happen just yet, since we are still in the middle of snow storms! I think we are all done with winter around here! Seriously, we need a change of weather! I hope your Spring break is Springy! (unlike mine!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am always looking for new ways to teach sight-words! Those words that can't be sounded out and just have to be remembered from sight can be tricky for some students! Check out an older post of mine, <a href="http://mrsparisisclass.blogspot.ca/2013/04/learning-sight-words-has-never-been-so.html" target="_blank">here</a>, to see some of the things we do to learn our sight words. The kids in the class have been <strike>obsessed</strike> fascinated with making crowns! Part of this fascination may be from the Disney winter movie hit Frozen. The girls in my class will spontaneously break into song, singing every verse of "Let it Go" from the movie. They would make crowns and pretend they were the characters from the movie. This fascination quickly spread to the boys, who would also make crowns and adorn themselves with them throughout the day. I ran with their idea! I made crowns for various skills we've been focusing on!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are the kids making crowns from my Crown Me! pack. The kids were so excited to use markers! Some of the kids worked on the sight-word crowns, and some worked on other skills included in the Early Skills Pack (color words, upper and lowercase letters, etc.). Because I have a combined JK/SK class, having a variety of crowns available with different skills was necessary. A few of the SK's are still reviewing letters (and that's okay!), so they worked on that, and many of the JK's are reading sight-words and non-patterned text (which is fantastic!) so I was able to differentiate instruction based on the child's level. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They cut out their crowns, and attached them to a long piece of bristol board. We measured it to their head and they wore their words proudly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They actually wore their crowns all day! We had to remind them to take them off for gym class! The best part was that they had had so much fun doing this learning activity! </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids get so excited when we change up our centres! To celebrate Valentine's Day, my wonderful E.C.E. Mrs. Caruso changed our Dramatic Centre (which had always been called a House Centre prior to this year), into a Post Office. The kids have been so busy writing, writing, writing!!! They've been writing notes, cards, and letters to one another. They've also been learning how to label envelopes. They are learning to negotiate who will take on various roles within the post office (mail carrier, mail sorter, etc.) and it is SO NICE TO SEE them do all these things independently! They are using classroom resources to enhance their writing (there is a thematic vocabulary board to refer to), and they are engaged and actively learning and being self-directed in their learning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you incorporate a Dramatic Centre into your Kindergarten classroom, I have made up a sign that you can use to help set the scene for your Valentine's Day Post Office! Click the picture below to get your FREE copy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you ever get the feeling you're going to need something so you keep it, although you're not sure what you may need it for? That's what happens to me at the end of each year, as I go through the kid's containers of crayons. I just can't bear to throw out ALL THESE CRAYONS, but really, they're just stubs, too short to colour with comfortably. Now, this bag was FULL of bits of crayons before we started this craft! By the end, the bag was empty! It was so nice to put them to good use! We made melted crayon hearts for valentine's day! Here's what you need:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was such good fine-motor practise! The kids were such troopers, peeling away! At first, I heard a lot of "I can't do this!" or "This is so hard!" but after some initial assistance they got the hang of the peeling process in no time! I would ask the kiddos, "Do you need help?" and they would respond, "No, I can do it!" They peeled enough crayons to cover the bottom layer of the heart mold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We put the crayons heart molds into a preheated oven at 375 degress for about 15 minutes. I waited until they had liquified completely, then I tood them out, gave the colours a swirl with a toothpick and set them on the counter to harden and cool. I didn't take them out of the molds until the next day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you would like to make the card above you can find a template for the front of the card if you click <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uz0efogue8tJP3_V3AlsvwRdEk-5DnEG_AvsERUcr_E/edit" target="_blank">here</a>. There are two different spellings (colorful or colourful!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is so much snow outside, but it's been so cold that we haven't been able to go out and enjoy it! Well, since we couldn't go outside to play with and explore the snow, I brought it inside! This week we talked all about snow!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We brainstormed things you could make with snow, and the kids came up with these snow "chalk" pictures. I am so impressed and proud of how the students are able to represent ideas pictorally. Even the JK's (Pre-K's) are creating these beautiful works of art. The SK's really are a great example for them in terms of behaviour and work habits!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We did a choral reading together from this big chart I created. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can find the above art activity and this simple reader (as an interactive pocket chart activity), along with many more fun winter activities including literacy, math and science activites (melting/freezing), below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We made our own snow and talked about how it was similar and different from the snow outside! This was SO MUCH FUN! They were sculpting, packing and creating as if it were real! The best part was they didn't need mittens!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been difficult staying inside all week, and we have needed movement breaks. A parent told me about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cNjAj_o0SI&list=TLCmc0Ycer-AxQLYNItv-yJE-cEzfxEGj4" target="_blank">Cosmic Yoga for Kids</a> on Youtube, so we started doing them on our new Bright Links board. These movement activites allow kids to stretch and move while acting out various stories/scenes involving different animals. If you've been cooped up all week, you should definitely check it out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Playing inside with snow was great, but there's nothing like the real thing! Here's to hoping this week won't be so cold and we can go outside again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy New Year everyone! It was so nice being off school for 2 weeks, but I'm also so glad to be back! I thrive on routine structure, and while it was nice sleeping in until 7:30 each morning, it was good to get back into the swing of things. I love this time of year teaching Kindergarten. The kids have grown, matured, and know the rules and routines of the classroom so well that it runs like a well-oiled machine! Their attention spans have grown and their skills have improved so we can do so much more together!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We talked about our New Year's resolutions this week and brainstormed them together. The kids had so many things they wanted to learn to do this year...draw, cook, make rainbow loom bracelets, and more! My ECE Linda is so creative! I was off one day with my little guy who was sick and when I came back this beautiful display was on our front door! I got the idea for this craft from my teaching partner Mrs. Albanese who got it from Julie Lee. I love this on-line sharing community!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Right before the Christmas holidays, we had a Bright Links Board installed. I told the kids that my New Year's resolution was to learn how to use it, and to use it daily with them with interactive games, songs, books and videos. The kids loved using it to explore Starfall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">During our Guided Reading rotations we used our Winter playdough mats to practise making sets and count quantity. You can find this product <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Play-dough-numeracy-442875" target="_blank">here</a>. This is a great way to develop 1:1 correspondence. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We wrote in our Memory Books. It is amazing to see the growth and development of the students from September to present in the way the JK's write their name and are able to represent themselves pictorally. They are also adding detail to their drawings. The first picture has snowflakes and the second has a really great snowman! I'm sure the parents will love this keepsake charting their child's growth during their Kindergarten year at school. Click <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Memory-Book-modified-for-other-grades-295605" target="_blank">here</a> to find my Kindergtarten Memory Book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The SK's are getting so good at phonetic spellings, and reading their sight words. We always circle the words we know from the poem and this little one (like so many others) knew them all! Next step for our writing: look at our Writing Checklists more to review our work before it's done (check for capitals, punctuation, etc.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm also done my Write the Room, Long Vowels Pack. It's on the printer as we speak and I can't wait to use it with the kids this term. Check it out by clicking <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/BUNDLE-Write-the-Room-Long-Vowels-aeiou-1044942" target="_blank">here</a>, or click the picture below.</span></div>
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