Students fill out papers throughout the year all about themselves to create a portfolio that can be assembled and taken home at the end of the year. Lesson Plan: This is ongoing… I begin the first day of school by passing out a sheet I created titled “Look At Me!” This sheet has topics that the…
To welcome children to school and help them get to know one another. Materials: Book: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Big Buttons with a letter of the alphabet written on it, or Hershey’s miniature candies. Lesson Plan: The first activity is called, “I’ll get to know you.” The teacher (ahead of time) tapes either a big…
Learn the basic classroom rules to have a safe and productive year. Materials: paper pencil chalkboard chalk eraser Optional: an old phone Plan: First I talk to the students about the basic classroom rules and why they are so important. Then, we talk about how the classroom is all of ours for 180 days and…
This printable has a full lesson plan for the book Pumpkin, Pumpkin and a printable sequencing page that can be used for learning about the pumpkin life cycle alone or along with the book. The PDF has two pages. Page 1 has six cards for the stages seed, sprout, plant, flower, green pumpkin and orange…
Make a book describing the inside and outside of a pumpkin using the five senses and observation skills. Objectives: use words to describe inside and outside of the pumpkin record descriptions on paper (in a pumpkin book) Materials: Pumpkin with a lid pre-cut Cover of book – orange construction paper cut in shape of pumpkin,…
B U G S Submitted by: Margo, Kindergarten, Originally posted at the Discussion Forums I just wanted to share something my school does at this time of year to help control the “soon to be out of school” craziness that goes on. I have read in other posts where the kids are really starting to lose their…
[pin_widget url=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/217087644515507939/] Behavior Management Submitted by: Pennie, 5-6 Grade I use a vinyl pocket chart with a pocket for each child. It is called a “Start Chart”. We use both good and bad marks in it. The idea is that each child is “reaching for the stars”, so I use laminated stars for the…
ADD/ADHD Strategies Submitted by: Unregistered, Originally posted at the Discussion Forums Dealing with AD/HD kids is tough, and I’m speaking both as a special education teacher and a person with ADD. However, there are a bunch of things I have found that work with my students, at least most of the time! Since many children with AD/HD…
School bus themed cards with words beginning in ch, ph, sh, th, wh. This sort uses school bus cards: five header buses for ch, ph, sh, th and wh and word buses such as chip, photo, shark, think and whale. Students sort each word by its consonant digraph. A direction card is included, in color…
“I like school…” writing practice page. This printable page has a picture of a school bus and writing lines. Both pages have a yellow school bus at the top with the sentence starter “I like school…” and seven rows of handwriting lines with a dashed middle line. Choose the color page or the black-and-white page….