Shout Out Saturday's

So for a while now, I have talked about the other Mrs. R.  Yes there are two of us at the same school.

Yes we are related!


I won't tell you how many years she has been teaching, because she tells everyone she is 27 years old, every year!  lol

I will tell you she has taught in Virginia, Illinois, and Wisconsin.  She has taught everything from
pre-school through college.   She teaches district classes and has taught teachers to be better teachers.

When she comes  to observe my class and she gives me feedback, I know that it is honest and since she is still teaching, she knows what she is talking about.

Okay seriously we didn't plan this- this is really the only yellow shirt I own and then we both wear it on the same day?????  lol

Shout Out Saturday's

I came across some wonderful new blogs :)

http://ketchenskindergarten.blogspot.com/

http://myheartbelongsinfirst.blogspot.com/

http://mrsriccaskindergarten.blogspot.com/

Shout Out Sunday's- Insects

We used several parts of this fabulous unit.  You can get your very own copy of this awesome unit right here.

We talked about a different insect each day.

Each time we begin a new unit, I have the children do a cover art page.

They can draw things that go along with the topic- I use this also when we are waiting for others, so they can be more productive.

We made this chart:

 The older students got their own copy of the poem and got to draw even more bugs to frame the poem.

 We also made the Bug Glyph (k-5)

 Here was a 3rd graders caterpillar.... I did ask him how old he thought he was! :)

Another thing that we did to learn about different insects was we had 

"Bug News Network"

I bought a microphone from the Dollar Spot. 

Then I took parts of Deanna's unit and cut up the facts. 

I put the facts in these Ziploc bags.

Then I had the children be the reporters and they read the facts.

I put them on post it notes, so I didn't have to make 6 charts each day!

When the child read the fact, I put up the post-it note.

I bought these adorable backpacks at Goodwill (at different times) and we pulled out the facts out of the bags instead of the ziploc bags.

When we read the mantis facts, they got to wear the mantis on their finger.