Finishing up Polar and Groundhogs!

Polar bear font sort

Beginning blends. My student teacher facilitated this center , this was kind of our first introduction to blends.

See below, the pictures are out of order. The mother polar bear with the baby behind her are the cards I used for this center.

I think I got this from "What the Teacher Wants" website. I did not make this.

Kids figured out the beginning sound then wrote the whole word.

Matching polar animals with the  colored igloo, write the color word next to the igloo and color it.

Dice roll and write (groundhog)

Goes with the above "I Want to go Home".

Groundhog font sort.

Idea from Mailbox Magazine. We do it every year.

Seasonal art goes with "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble".

Colored grounhogs center.

What's missing . Supply the missing number then write the numbers.

Ending sound work!

Polar Cuties

I got this inspiration from www.makinglearningfun.com on her website, she has this printable and the kids can make their own person but I used the kids school pictures for their faces. Turned out cute.

snowflake syllables.

I was AH MAZED at how well the kids did with this. With minimal help. I will for sure do this with other units. They could look at the scrambled word and almost immediately figure out which popcorn word it was.

Little cloze work. I didn't remember to take a picture of the kids before I sent it home so this is mine!

Playdoh symmetry.

Using DJinkers clip art and pulling inspiration from Jan Brett's "The Hat",  I made a counting by 5's to 100 number scramble sheet. The kids had to cut/glue in the correct order. 

Match uppercase polar bear with lowercase polar bear and write both letters.

This was another scrambling activity. Match the scrambled polar bear with the correct word on the fish . The kids got a kick out of 'feeding' the polar bear fish. I put this in a game center a few days later after we did this in small group time and they did great.

Ending sounds.

Penguin/snowflake patterning work. This was picture...Tacky and his companions was completed by one of my sweeties.

Numeral and word match

I found this book buried in one of my filing cabinets. I bought this when my daughter (11) was 2 and i was probably pregnant with my son. There are some cute activities in here for the classroom. I just wanted to share.

More Winter

Between early dismissals, two hour delays and snow days I'm having a hard time finishing up my themes for the month. I've had to cut back on a lot. Next week's plans are Polar Bears and The Mitten.

Felt clothing and story retelling using the story "The Jacket
I Wear in the Snow".

Making shape penguins at center time.

TLC Snowman (Teaching Little Children). It is a
lesson I've used for years that teaches directional and
positional words. It is step by step and language based.
I don't think the company exists anymore but I have tons
of their lessons and art ideas.

Laminated snowman shape and the kids make
their own snowman details using play doh.

This day was one of our early dismissal days and I had 4 kids
absent so instead of reading groups we did watercolor
painting.

Next week's predictable pocket chart story.

Penguin felt finger puppets. Good for the story "Five Little
Penguins Slipping on the Ice" retelling or just language activities.

We read "The Snowy Day" just before being dismissed
early to go home because of the weather.

This is the view of the bus drop off/pick up area right outside
my classroom door.