K-3 Book Reviews, Puppets, Colouring, Clip Art
Inside: Two Valentine books, a Valentine poem freebie and some Valentine bag ideas. Hello! I’m teaming up with Chrissy from First Grade Found Me and her cute Valentine book linky. Currently I only have two Valentine books … but here they are! My Two Valentine Books Tomorrow is February 14th and Hippo is looking for a valentine, but all of … Read more
Hey there! If you landed here looking for some Easter poems (there’s some kind of weird goof-up with pinterest), you can find them right here!! On to the bear poem … I just put together this bear poem for next week and thought you might like a copy. It’s called “Five Little Bears”. Click the image to grab. Hello from … Read more
We made black cats, shared our pumpkin knowledge in drawings, made 3-D pumpkin life cycle books, practiced some spooky sight words, and learned two new poems. BLACK CATS Every year I make these adorable black cats. They’re super simple, but I think they’re so effective with their bright eyes! With the Grade ones, I always give them tracers to cut … Read more
Well, I’m feeling a little silly. I was so eager to start my fire safety unit that I TOTALLY forgot that next weekend is Thanksgiving here in Canada! So this week is all about turkeys and fire safety will be the week after. Today I’d like to share my VERY favourite Thanksgiving poem with you, plus some wonderful Thanksgiving books. … Read more
Happy September! We’ve just started a new school year. I was going to begin with a forest unit, but I’ve decided to go with bears instead. My first experiment for this unit is all about gummy bears. I know! It won’t teach the kids anything about bears themselves, but it’s fun. It involves food. And it’s all about the science … Read more
Before I get to the freebie, here’s my son and his new wife in a kabuki cab right after the wedding ceremony! They got married on Saturday beside this pretty stone bridge. After the picture taking, their friend drove them through the park. There’s a bike in front that you can’t see. These are all the rage in Victoria, so … Read more
Do you do Readers Theatre? Or as we like to call it in our class, Poetry Theatre. It’s not as fancy as it sounds but it’s always a huge hit in my class. I give my kids a poem once a week, all year long. We read it every day, talk about blends, sight words, etc. We read it in … Read more
Hi Everyone! We’ve just begun an ocean unit in my class and I have a few activities to share with you. You can download a free pdf file with a research sheet, 11 poems, and a science experiment. The download is below. I LOVE studying the ocean. We live on Vancouver Island on the West Coast of Canada so it’s … Read more
Inside: You’ll find a poem about eggs and some broken egg templates for sight word fun. Spring time is a fun time to learn about eggs. As you probably know, I like to have a poem for just about every occasion! I found this really cute poem for you called “Batches of Hatches”. It comes from Poems for Sight-Word Practice … Read more