May Flowers - Adjectives and Tissue Paper

May Flowers Are....
We brainstormed a list of adjectives to describe May flowers.  Each student received a piece of white construction paper with a circle drawn on it.  Students were to create flowers in the circle using tissue paper cut in small squares (see below) and marking pens.
Completed Example

 

Creating the flowers in the circle

Another Student Example

Creating the flowers in the circle

The beginning  - Colorful squares of tissue

Equivalent Fractions

Equivalent Fractions - Class Made Chart

Students choose the correct fractions to make the equations true

Completed example

Equivalent Fractions for  1/2

Equivalent Fractions for 1/3

Resource Charts For Teacher Instruction

Place Value - Identifying Ones, Tens and Hundreds Place

Reference Chart

Place Value Identification - Correctly Color the Place Values

Student Practice Page

Place Value Identification - Bubble in the Correct Answer

Student Practice Page

Match the Numbers to the Current Pictures

Student Practice Page

Writing, Reading and Science - Planting Seeds

Writing, Reading and Science

We planted seeds, sequenced the events and read the story I'm a Seed

Student Example

Our  planted seeds!

Addition Problems Involving Carrying

Students sorted and counted the number of farm animals in each category. Next, we used this information to make addition problems involving carrying.

Modeled  addition problem involving carrying

Student Practice Pages

Fill In Student Practice Page 

Animal Clip Art

TH Digraph Word Detectives - Where is the digraph located and heard in these words?

Th digraph word detectives.  Where is  the digraph located and heard in these  words (beginning, middle (medial) or ending

Student completion of chart

Word Detectives for the Chart

Student Sample pages

 Open Ended (Template can be adapted to other digraphs or letters)

Position Word Chart and Student Practice Page

Teaching Position Words - The flower is _______the turtle(s).  Using turtle cut outs and flower cut outs the students placed the flowers in positions around the turtles.  Examples include between, behind, below, above, to the right of, in front of and to the left of.

Student Practice Pages

Letter X is often ignored, not in our classroom

Letter X Man Bulletin Board
Letter x, often ignored, is important.  He is a consonant that often makes the /ks/ as in hexagon, ox, fox, six, box, mix, fix, mixer, Rex and Max.  This is a work in progress as we add more and more /ks/ words.  In our class Letter X Man cannot be ignored.   He stands proud at 4 feet, 11 inches tall!     Not Measurement Tape on right side.

Introduction to x and the sound x makes  /ks/ - also the example all students will trace

Tracing letter x man - This activity emphasizes words with x making the sound  /ks/.  Tracing also promotes small motor skills, eye-hand coordination, dexterity and spatial awareness.