Valentine's Day

Addition with candy hearts. I got this idea from Math Their Way.

Candy heart patterning.

Counting candy hearts to match the number on the cards.

copying February words in our journal.

I got these cards from www.makinglearningfun.com and had the kids use letter tiles to make number words then write the words they made.

Vintage Valentine card memory game.

Froggy!

This was something different I tried. Normally I use white paper lunch sacks but I could not find enough so I took two paper plates, stapled them together and cut a slit in the top to make a holder and let the kids decorate them. It was cute but not near big enough for all the valentines and goodies my kids got but they liked it anyway!

Another activity from www.makinglearningfun.com

Candy Heart Graphing by color.

Day 100 and other stuff

This is a game I found online, it is not mine. It is called Unlucky 7. The kids roll 2 dice and  put an X on the number they rolled. If they roll a 7 they sing out "I'm unlucky!"

I had my student observer worth with the children on writing weather reports. The kids observed the weather for the day,   what they think the weather could be for tomorrow and their favorite weather. When they were finished they did a sorting game of nice weather/not nice weather. To make this game I used simple clip art pictures of various weathers and outdoor activities.

This math activity came from Deanna Jump's Snowman packet. We write out story problems, listen for the problem and draw how to solve the problem.

This came from www.makinglearningfun.com The kids painted 10 gumballs in all 10 gumball machines to equal 100.

I had the kids use tongs if they wish (for fine motor work) or they could use their fingers and put 10 of each item in 10 circles to equal 100.

Play Doh numbers with cookie cutters.

A different activity from the Read/Draw/Solve series of math journaling. I do this whole group this year.

During our Day 100 centers, when I had a group with me we practiced phonetic writing and completed each 100 themed sentence.

Displaying Day 100 collections.

Making Day 100 hats. I wanted to have something printed out or some kind of groovy counting by 10's thing to go with the hats but I ran out of time so we just decorated them and glued a "Happy Day 100" sign on them.

We also made a necklace.

This was another center. The kids rolled 1 dice and recorded the number in each box. The object was to roll and record 100 times!

This came from www.makinglearningfun.com gluing 100 Cheerios in a bowl.

Also from www.makinglearningfun.com painting 100 apples on the apple tree.

Stamping 100 times.

Our ice cream party. Each child got a cup of ice cream and could choose toppings: whipped cream, sprinkles, chocolate chips!

More Groundhog's Day

Groundhog day art and sentence mix and fix.

We are almost to Day 100. Every 5 days I add a scoop of ice cream and every 10 days I add a "counting kid" and we practice counting by 5's and 10's each day. We are almost to Day 100 when we will do many math activities and have an ice cream party!

Groundhog shape art using hearts and ovals.