Feb 18, 2022 - For my integrated curriculum class, we were required to create a 3 or 5 day lesson to teach during the week of field experience. The followi...
In keeping with the African American cultural unit, kinders made these adorable lion portraits in Art last week. Starting off with the lion face, we colored in the features with neutral colored crayons. Next, I put orange, yellow, & brown paint on their tables and showed them how to paint straight lines radiating from the lion's face to represent the mane. Lastly, I put pieces of neutral colored yarn on the tables & let them glue pieces of yarn on top of the lion's mane. Here are just a few…
Hello again! I know it's been a while since I've actually blogged, but I really have been doing some fun and exciting things in my classroom. One of the favorite things I've been doing is Interactive Science Word Walls. I LOVE them! But I can't take credit for them. They are the brainchild of Dr. Julie Jackson, an associate professor at Texas State University. I've been lucky enough to work with Dr. Jackson for the past couple of years (and also lucky enough to have her grandsons in my…
Hands-On Fun with Coin Caterpillars 6 comments math, Money, Popular Posts Hey everyone! My students recently made these really cute coin caterpillar books to practice their coin counting skills. They loved this project. A lot. Hopefully, it's something you can use in your own classrooms, too! As I mentioned, the kids loved this project, but so did I! I loved that the students were able to direct their own learning by determining how many coins they wanted to include in each of their…
A few weeks ago (yes, a few weeks...I'm slightly behind in blogging about our days at school.) I did a little mini unit on rules and laws. I don't think I really need to go into it TOO much. I mean, I feel like kids get it. But nonetheless, I do it every year. I read this cute little book... Then we do our circle maps and discuss Rules and Laws, and we establish that Laws are RULES that citizens of the community follow. Makes sense, right? Right. We also spend some time reading the David…