K-3 Book Reviews, Puppets, Colouring, Clip Art
Inside: You’ll find a free printables for an April poem in both colour and black and white. I have a lot of April poems up my sleeve, but I was looking for a new one to bring to my Wednesday Grade 1 class. I was looking for sweet and simple. Here’s what I found! Isn’t it lovely? And the colourful … Read more
Inside: 3 free printable poems for November. Hello Friends and Happy November! I have the sweetest November poems for you today. The first poem I actually posted four years ago! But last night I added two more lovely poems to the collection that I’d love to share with you. I love teaching this first poem to my firsties, mostly because … Read more
I published this post 7 years ago! I just updated it and thought it was worth sharing again because I have a lovely poem that’s perfect for Grade 1, plus a little booklet to print it in. I also have some book suggestions and links to a several other Remembrance Day posts I’ve done over the years. Be sure to … Read more
Inside: 25-page collection of April poems for your primary classroom. It’s not quite April, but in happy anticipation I have a great big freebie for you. It’s a collection of April poems that would be perfect in your kindergarten or first grade classroom. Every SINGLE week of the year I introduce a new poem to my students. We read it … Read more
Inside: 10 free Christmas poems, perfect for primary students. Hi Friends! I thought I would round up my Christmas poems and put them in one blog post. It’s fun to have a varied collection of poems this time of year. Our guided reading lessons often got missed in the busy-ness of the days leading up to Christmas, but I felt … Read more
I’m a big fan of Denise Fleming and own several of her books. This one is a favourite and is perfect to read on EARTH DAY! Title: Where Once There Was a Wood Author: Denise Fleming Publishing: Scholastic, 1997 Theme: Environment, Non-Fiction Ages: 4 to 8 Opening Lines: Where once there was a wood, a meadow, and a creek … … Read more
Hi Friends, I was going through some of my teacher books today and came across this treasure by Moira Andrew called Paint a Poem. Some teachers tend to shy away from having their young students write poems, but it’s not all that hard, especially if you loosely follow a writing frame and do lots of up-front idea loading. And when … Read more
Inside: A huge and free collection of May poems for your primary classroom. Using weekly poems in the classroom is one of my favourite ways to teach reading. And happily, I have a BIG May poetry FREEBIE just for you! This 30-page collection of May poems is going to make your teaching life SO much easier! Five May Poems There … Read more
Inside: Valentine Poem and lots of Clip Art Freebies Every week my class learns a new poem. I print them on chart paper and hang them in the front of our carpeted area. Every SINGLE morning we read the poem – with expression – while clapping a beat – in silly voices – with actions. Once we really know the … Read more