Print, print, everywhere!

I just finished up a great unit for primary learners. . .

What is environmental print?  

It is the print of everyday life in the world around us:  the symbols, signs, shapes, numbers, and colors that can be found in Mc Donald's, stop signs, Wal-Mart, Target, Home Depot, enter/exit. . . and more!  It provides a meaningful and relevant way for young children to understand concepts of print as they connect the alphabet and features of text to their personal experiences.  Not only is environmental print great for reading, it is also a powerful tool that can be utilized across the curriculum...

This resource is 78 pages of class books, art, graphing, map skills, literature connections, and writing-all connected to environmental print!  

Here's one of my favorite activities. . .

Here's another part that I love. . .

I Have Who Has Environmental Print

The first 5 bloggers who leave a comment can snag a FREE copy. . .since I'm posting this at 4:00 in the morning. . .it might just be whoever is up blogstalking! 

Happy Birthday Seuss

I know you probably have enough Dr. Seuss stuff to last you a whole month (maybe longer).  I started looking through all of my Dr. Seuss files and downloads, and ended up making this one short and sweet!  


I downloaded Rachelle's cute Dr. Suess stuff here, and then I purchased Donna's unit from TpT (which is packed-100 pages)!  Between the two of them and stuff I already had-I am well prepared for next week!
celebrate seuss

Any football fans?

I had so much fun creating this one!  I hope you can use it as a great learning tool during the upcoming week!

superbowl mini unit

Penguins are just so cute!

I just posted a penguin unit on TpT!  It's called "Cute Litle Penguins," and it's $5.00.  It includes 50 pages of reading, writing, science, art, and research activities! 

Sweet Treats

Sweet Sentences

This is a sample of my "Treats & Eats" mini-unit with word work-the full unit is just $2.99 on TpT...it includes writing, math, and wordwork.  I just love those cute little cupcakes!

Happy New Year (mini-unit)

Hope you can use some of these ideas and resources!

Happy New Year Mini-unit

80's day fun!

I love the 80's! This is a unit with lots of activities that I plan to do on the 80th day of school in January.
80's unit

Happy Grinch Day to All!

  

Here is my fabulous team looking so cute in "grinch" outfits!

If you head to Kohl's you can purchase this adorable stuffed Grinch and a copy of the book for $5.00 each.  The best part is that 100% of the proceeds benefit the "Kohl's Cares for Kids" organization! 

Here we are trying our best to look very "grinchful" (if that's a real word)!

How would my students make the grinch grin?

make  cookies...

give him a b.b. gun...

help him make a snowman...

or sing!

grinch miniunit

Grinch Stew and Jolly Soup

We also recreated "Who-ville"and labeled each part.  I really wanted to make a large mural with more detail...hoping to do that next year!

Elf Mini-Unit

Elf Mini-Unit (K-2)