Monsters and More Fall Stuff

Labeling the pumpkin (inside view). Tomorrow we  are going to cut  our class pumpkin open to investigate.

We made a class book out of last week's predictable chart..In fall I will.....

Making monster faces using pattern block shapes. 

Graphing how many of each shape we used for our monster faces.

Counting game at center time...catching monsters. 

Frankenstein art with shape fill in.

Ordinal number practice using DJ inkers clip art. This one is my sample, I let the kids take theirs home before snapping a picture. This was an extension to the big book below:

Simple pattern stamping with bingo dabbers.

Week 1

I have been neglectful of this blog! Week 1 and the weeks leading up to school is just so overwhelming! 

This is a chalk drawing from Ben Glenn. He was our Opening Meeting motivational speaker. He was wonderful! He talked about the challenges of being Learning Disabled and having ADHD. Here is his website: Ben Glenn

Simple pattern block shape gluing.

Square Bear

After reading "A Color Of His Own" and talking about differences and tolerance we colored our own chameleon.

After reading "Mouse Count" I had my strugglers practice putting the numbered mice in jars 0-10. I think I got these mice cards from makinglearningfun.com

Simple shape file folder game.

This year we are doing "How Full is Your Bucket". Our guidance counselor is leading us through it ....school wide. So our first intro lesson was determining 'good' versus 'bad' character traits.

Simple graph activity for the first day.

Simple Shape Printable

Simple shape printable for beginning of the year.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/58469505/Shape-Printable