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!

Jan Brett, Sylvester and More

We sewed mittens and I had the kids use animals to re-tell the story of "The Mitten".

Self selected reading using various tools such as pointers and glasses.

Interactive writing. We made a graph of our favorite Jan Brett books then wrote about our graph.

One of my favorite read alouds.

Seasonal art project after reading "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble". It ties in nicely with our seasons/weather unit.

Dice Game. The kids roll a dice, write the number in the middle column then write what comes before and after that number.

Fun with shape art.

Groundhog Day art project taken from www.makinglearningfun.com

Writing Around the Room. I gave the kids clues in each box and had them do a scavenger hunt. I have a student observer so she was in charge of this center!