That's a Wrap

I've decided not to update this blog anymore but I will leave it out in blog universe as a resource for anyone who happens upon it and would like to use it for a resource. There are so many excellent blogs out there! I was not diligent about updating my blog this school year so I've decided to shut this blog down and start a blog for my classroom parents (parental access only) .  As always if you have something you would like a copy of please email me and I will do my best to email you the requested item. Have a good school year everyone! Jen Huff   jen.huff4@gmail.com

Winter Fun

Quick art/writing activity with "The Snowy Day"

Center Work. Kids roll a number die, draw the correct number of stripes.

Same with "Snowballs and Sleds"

I made letter dice, had the kids roll the dice and write the letter in the ice blocks.

Kids roll a dot dice, search for the number and cross off.

Cute sentence ordering activity that goes with the story "Seasons of  a Red Fox"

Day 100 headbands!

The kids LOVED this. I read the story "The Wolf's Chicken Stew" and planned some "chicky" activities. They had to write popcorn words to fill up the boxes.

Chicky Color word work

FREE PACK

SO sorry I have not updated in a while. Like a long while. We just moved into a new house, the holidays, my own children's activities...not to mention this other thing going on called a "full time teaching job". Anywhoo I have received a lot of emails about my Hibernation Activities. I have been neglectful with returning emails, too. I uploaded some Hibernation activities and threw in a couple of Winter/Penguin/Polar Bear games as well. It is all posted on TPT and it is FREE. Click HERE to go to my online store. Hope this is useful and y'all will forgive me for not returning emails.

Thanksgiving Fun

Simple Math Activity during centers.

Venn Diagram

Spelling popcorn words w/ wikki stix.

Spelling Thanksgiving words w/ tiles. Got makinglearningfun.com

Goes with dice below

Halloween Fun

An idea from Pinterest ...smore's kit. I made these for each of my Kindys.

Our new kitten. Worn out from Trick Or Treating

Uppercase/lowercase letter sorting

Chipmunk sentence matching.

Night Animals and Hibernation

Goes with the dice below...kids roll the dice, find the animal on the sheet and color the animal. Very easy and simple independent work station game.

Isn't this the cutest!!???

Goes w/ game from above!

From Deanna Jump's Owls Pack

Goes with dice below, kids roll dice and write the popcorn word. Nigel Nightowl is from ZooPhonics.

Color word work. 

Fall Fun

Pick a Leaf card, write the letter. Read the letters to someone at home.

Goes with the cube game below. Roll the cube, say the name of the picture, write the correct letter. Look at this wonderful handwriting!!

Word Matching with Spookely.

Word Matching with "Go Away Big Green Monster". The monster picture is from makinglearningfun.com

A Couple of Apple Things...

I gave the kids a copy of an apple and had them color it their favorite color to make this graph.

Afterwards we reviewed our data.

I have been horrible at taking pictures so far this year. We moved into our new home just this weekend. I cut back a lot on my internet time due to packing and unpacking. I also just haven't taken that many pictures so far this year! My class is very chatty and a couple of kids who....well....just shouldn't be in the same class together so I've also had to cut back on what I'm doing in my classroom so I can get a handle on management! 

Beginning of the Year

Hey all! See below for two emergent reader printables..."School Tools" and "Silly Shapes". I. am. so. tired! You forget how much training Kindys need!! The bathroom, lunch, bus dismissal, recess line ups. We are 3 days in and doing ok. I've already started getting the kids used to rotations for literacy time. We made this cute Clifford and that's about it. Add to it I'm moving into my new house in about a month. We are planning on camping this weekend but the hurricane may drown us out. Our school is doing a Daily Five book study this year and many of our teachers are doing it in their classrooms this year. I'm on the fence. I've decided to do the book study and observe a couple of my Kinder and First Grade colleagues to see the Daily Five in action but right now I like what I do!!! Anyone else feel this way or is struggling with this? Do you do the Daily Five? If not, why not? My neighbor teacher started it and she already loves loves loves it.

School Tools Printable Emergent Reader

School Emergent Reader

Silly Shapes Printable Emergent Reader

Silly Shapes Emergent

Bugs and Long Time No Post

Word scramble

Tomorrow is the LAST day of school! Sorry I haven't posted...I've been swamped with new house construction decisions, end of the year assessments, report cards, kindergarten program you know!!
Caterpillar pipe cleaners...kids sorted by color and counted how many then wrote on response sheet below.

Kids picked a bug (from below), read the number then drew that many bugs in the jar.

This activity went with the book below. Very cute.

Coccoon Patterns

Eric Carle graph.