Back to School Writing

The beginning of a new year comes with so much excitement! I love getting started with writing workshop in my classroom! Here are a few things that I like to include the first few weeks for "getting to know you" activities.

Using these prompts is a great way for students to share what makes them unique (I like to quiz-quiz-trade with these prompts so students can share with their peers without feeling the pressure of sharing with a large group)

Once your students have finished several of these pages in their notebooks, they will have a great resource for topics to write about! It makes generating ideas for journaling so easy!

Click on any of the pictures to see the packet!

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Verbs! {Interactive Freebie}

Happy Wednesday!

We've been working on verbs a lot the past week...and I REALLY wish I had taken more pictures of what we have done...but...fail! We have sung songs {from YouTube} about verbs, acted verbs out, made sentences with verbs and sorted them. 

I just wanted to share really quick with you guys this little interactive page that I had my kids put in their interactive notebooks today! I made this easy-peasy for my kids...today was a half day and we were already a little short on time so we added the definition to our notebooks and illustrated {and labeled what we could} 2 different verbs.

 

Click on the pictures to snag this little freebie up! After the thought...I decided that it would be fun to add a little bit to the interactive page and brainstorm verbs that we can do in different places at school so I added the second page. Hopefully I can get around to it with my kids! To use it, Your students will fold on the dotted line and glue the little strip to their notebook. Then, they will draw underneath the flap (much like a sticky note).

I hope you enjoy! I love to hear from you if you snagged it up!

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APPLES! Interactive notebooking

The next month of Kindergarten just happens to be my favorite part of the year!! {FALL!!!} Starting this week we will do 2 weeks of apples and then 2 weeks of pumpkins back to back. Lots of comparing, science, cooking, and just all around fall fun!

I've been working on an apple pack to incorporate into our apple learning. I'm pretty excited about all of the interactive notebook pages that I added to the unit- our notebooks just get bigger and bigger every year!

 To begin, we usually read an Expository book about apples. We are close reading Apples for Everyone this week. It ties in perfectly to all the basic topics about apples! I love for my students to make connections and pick out the facts that they find interesting. At this point in the year, we are just drawing and labeling what we can!

Then we talk about the seasons of an apple tree (tied in to the life cycle)

Then we go on to the life cycle....

 

We can't leave Math out! We have been working on decomposing to 5 and this fun little interactive page ties in perfectly!

 

Next week, after studying heating and cooling in science, we will cook and taste homemade applesauce! It always surprises me how many kids actually do NOT like it! {how dare them!!} ;) We tie this into our social studies standards this six weeks of sequencing.

If you'd like to purchase these interactive pages plus a TON of reading and math stations, click on over to check out the packet! 

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Wish list Wednesday!

I'm joining my sweet friend Jen for Wish list Wednesday! For the month of July I will be spotlighting a different product {that might already be on your wish list!} for 20% off Wednesday through Friday. This week I'm showcasing this Interactive Alphabet Notebook pack. Do you do interactive notebooks?! They are a life saver in my class!! My kids treasure their notebooks and we work so hard on them all year! They are a wonderful tool to spiral throughout the year!

Here are a few pictures of the notebook in action.

There are editable covers for the notebook included!

Each letter includes craft templates, an open ended response question, and an alliteration poem. The vowels have both long and short crafts also! 

So...if it's not on your wish list already, go snag it up before it goes back to regular price this weekend!

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