Dollar Spot: Froggy Style

My Friday Find!

So I was at the Dollar Spot at Target.  I immediately saw these frog baskets.  I picked up one and counted to see how many were there... who was I kidding?  I bought them all! lol

I also bought several key chains and then discovered that they were $3 each, so I only got the dolphin one.  I put theme words on keychains for my students.

Measurement and Dental Health

My students really loved using this Teeth Unit to measure items.

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I hung the graphics around the room and the students took their recording sheets around with them to write down their answers.  

To begin our unit, I have the children write down our LG's (Learning Goals)

These are the words the 4-5th graders brainstormed:

We made teeth in our Science Logs.
The K-1's picked the cards and told the group
if it was good or bad.

We did talk about eating things in moderation as well.

We made a "Have you lost a tooth?" graph

 Here is what we did with the 2nd-3rd graders

 Stay tuned for my new measurement resources and what I will be using in April.

Spring

Check out my unit Spring Has Sprung

The students can't get enough of these games!

Bunny Shake Up

This version is all about money. 

 They are labeled with amounts and the children 

need to say what coins to use.

Ex. $0.23 students will say 2 dimes and 3 pennies

(try to stress that they need to use the largest coins possible.)

Bunny Hop- matching cards

Rabbits matching cards.

Singing in the Rain matching cards

Counting Ducks Dominoes

Carrot Fill

This easy game, where the children roll a number cube
and count that many carrots.
To make it more difficult,
I add more game boards :}

Flower Cube Roll

I include a matching cube for the children
to roll and graph which flower they get.
You could play that they can roll 10 times and stop or
I have them roll until two rows are filled up.

There is a second sheet is where they total up their rolls and
then they have to add them together.

Flower Shake Up
Yes I have two versions going with different themes.

This version is all about solids and liquids.
We just finished up our unit on them.
I label the bottom with an "S" or "L"
Children must name a solid or liquid.

Dust Bunny measuring

Bunny Pairs

Carrots

Carrot Tops

Chicks

Mini-Ducks

Rainhats

Grand Opening!

I finally have my own Teacher's Pay Teacher store!!!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kinderpond

I have been very busy creating new items and testing them with my students.

Please "follow" me on TPT so you will know when I upload new materials!

March Work

I know that "everyone" celebrated the Good Doctor's birthday last week, but I celebrate him all month long.  Last year, the class and I dressed up each day for March!

Here is one of two Red Stripe Shakers that is available to my students:

Here is another version of it. Red Stripe Hat 

I used different graphics, well because I love the Dr!!!

Here is a Winter themed shaker.  The graphics are from Lettering Delights.

One of the math choices that I have: 

I will glue the cover to the outside of an envelope and all of the other pieces will go inside.

We have had some "love" themed roll and cover games and now we will move on to St. Patrick's day and yes still winter roll and cover games.

I know it is tiny, but in the upper hand corner,

I drew a person or two and dice.

Some of my children would just randomly grab a dice holder,

well some of the dice holders have 1, 2, or 3 dice!

So if they can play by themselves, there is only one person and 

two people if they can play with a partner. 

Then I drew the number of dice they needed.

There are calendar numbers, but I just want them to put the numbers in correct order.

Since we are expecting yet another snow storm we will also use 

this Winter Shaker

St. Patrick's Day

These spinners have been a big hit this year!  Although with my Valentine one, a young man in kindergarten got  red marker all over his nose that I not only sent him to the bathroom once, but twice to clean it off!

I try to coordinate the colors with the spinner, so this one will be a green... wait for it.... Vis a Vis!!! The students have been enthralled with them.  We don't use overheads anymore at my school.

Leprechaun Spinner

St. Pat's Counting Dominoes

Leprechauns

Classbook

When I make these matching cards,  I cut off the excess and the top, then I use a marker and make squiggly lines on the back for easy replacement when one of my froglets looses a card.
On the bag, I write with that color and the name.  (Don't do it the other way, like I did for my teeth one.  I did color and then name- so one, and only one said Green Teeth!  whoops, so the other ones said Teeth Red)

Lots of Luck card matching

For these non-standard sheets, I have the answer sheets in either a laminated envelope or a plastic one.

The children take a sheet that they need and measure away.  I always leave a little tub by the sheets in case they can't find the item to measure

 Non-Standard Measuring-Hats

 Non-Standard Measuring-Leprechauns

Non-Standard Measuring-Shamrock Hearts

Pot of Gold Shake Up

You can either use gold coins or beans or shamrock erasers!

Non-Standard Measuring-pot of gold

Shaker: Easier

Shaker: Harder

Stay tuned for photos of these in action!

February

We played my Valentine's Spinner:

 Roll and Add from  www.pocketfullofkinders.blogspot.com 

In the back you can see the Plants: Have Need Are, check them out here

Plants

A word to the wise, even if you are giving your fans a free copy, please put your name somewhere.

I can't tell you how many times, I have had to look for the authors name in the "properties"

and search for them on Yahoo!.  

 We played card matching:  Valentine's Love and Cupid cards.

 February Find

(free copy)

We began our Plants unit:

 Here was a 4th graders: