Finding Montessori

This unit includes all you need for a two week study. Informational text covers human body systems, major organs and the names of specific types of doctors. Flip book, vocabulary word wall, three-part cards and activities teach major organs. Printables are appropriate for pre-K, Kindergarten, and First and Second Grade students. Many printables now have two levels to better meet classroom needs. There is a Muscle Movement Lab as well as the Pin The Organ on the Body Game where students can cr

Look Closer is an introduction to the magnifying glass, the microscope, and microscopic studies for students in Kindergarten, First, and Second. Use this informational text for Common Core Reading Standards. Students develop observational skills and familiarity with scientific tools they will need for the New Generation Science Standards completing the lab project. ELA/Literacy – RI.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RI.1.2 Identify the main topic and retell key details

Children love to study about the praying mantis. This unit is a great way to incorporate science into language arts, not to mention a fresh take on teaching life cycles or insects. Included is an original book so you do not have to hunt for an informational text on the mantis! Just print and teach! Be sure to check out the demo of this product as I have shown examples of all activities below. p. 3 Life Cycle Control Card / Answer Key p. 4 Life Cycle Label Printable p. 5-6 Anatomy of a Manti

Kids so love to learn about reptiles and I enjoy teaching kids about them! This Literacy Center unit is 24 pages and has real pictures of Awesome Reptiles! I created this with my own students and their interest in animals in mind. This is differentiated and can be enjoyed by all of your pre-K through First Grade students. Contents: 1. Book/Read the Room To make a book: print the title page of this unit plus one level of the read the room pages. Print on card stock, laminate, and bind. O

Penguins are the coolest birds around! This unit is for younger students to research different species of penguins, create sentences about penguins, practice grammar skills, read penguin facts, practice handwriting, and edit sentences for punctuation & capitals mistakes. Also included in this unit are bonus cutting strips to practice fine motor skills, two full page photos (cold & warm climates) that can be used with miniatures and ideas for how to use penguin miniatures with this unit. Word C

For those who are doing a unit on pioneers, family trees, or reading the Little House on the Prairie books, this is for you. This product is in the form of a scrapbook. Includes: the Ingalls and Wilder families family tree & pictures, 2 printable family tree pages for students to complete with their own family pictures or drawings, pictures of common objects from the past, and a nine patch quilt craftivity like Laura & Mary made in the books. This is a quilt made easily with paper squares. For

Studying Ancient Greek or Roman civilizations? Students love to learn about the Greek and Roman Gods. These vocabulary cards teach the Greek and Roman names, symbols and other facts. A mini-book acts as an answer key. Family Trees make the relationships easier to understand. Other fun activities include Make your own god cards, a quiz, a matching activity and three thinking questions designed for small group discussion. Download the preview to see examples of activities. Included: The Olympian

Weather for the younger set! Teach how to use tools like the thermometer, to observe clouds and record weather data. Students learn weather vocabulary from weather word wall words & printables, weather three part cards, and original book with vivid, real photos of weather. Students make & take home a mini-book and Thermometer Read-It Memory Game. Please download the preview to see examples of activities and printables. If you purchase one multiple license, I give you permission to use thi

Penguins are so fun to teach and students will find the 16 different species included here fascinating. This freebie is in the style of Montessori Three Part Cards to teach the vocabulary of a particular topic (Penguins!). I made sure to include species from South America, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica. Please rate this freebie if you find it helpful to you! Looking for more penguin fun stuff? Please check out my store or my blog post about penguins at http://findingmontessori.blogspo

Studying the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations? These Montessori three-part cards help to teach architectural structures such as columns and arches as well as famous landmarks such as the Roman Coliseum and the Parthenon. You may also choose to print out the additional definition cards to make the three-part cards into four-part cards. A book with pictures and definitions serves as a great way to check answers. Download preview to see pictures of all cards but please note that the product's

These cards and activities are for the reluctant beginning reader and the teacher who needs to just print and teach! Mnemonics, hands on activities and humor help to teach these diagraphs, dipthongs, and R controlled vowels: th, wh, sh, ch, ph, qu, ai, ay, ea, ee, ie, oa, oy, oo, au, ue, ar, er, ir, or, ur, ou, ow, aw, y Contents: Fox Phonics Flash Cards 3 - 15 Plain Mini-Cards 16 - 18 Phonics Mnemonics Picture Cards 18 - 24 Movable Alphabet (Black & White) 25 - 32 Movable Alphabet (Color) 33

Do you need something a little different for your life cycles unit? Children are fascinated by the praying mantis. Use this freebee as a coloring page, to compare and contrast with a ladybug or butterfly life cycle, or as a part of a larger unit on the praying mantis. If you enjoy this freebee, please review it on TPT! More about teaching the praying mantis life cycle on my blog at: http://themontessorimama.blogspot.com/ Make sure you follow me on TPT as I post more products and freebees.

You can "pay" for this FREEBIE with follows, votes, and reviews. Thanks! I made this for my students to self-evaluate a STEM project that included the design, building, testing and presentation of a product. I hope you find it helpful in your own classroom when your students build: bridges marble runs new products/inventions tall free-standing structures and other student-created projects! Enjoy, Rosanna www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Finding-Montessori

One of my favorite Montessori activities is the Labeling the Farm activity. It teaches grammar as well as new vocabulary. This product contains nouns to label common animals and things found on a farm as well as verbs, articles, and adjectives. They can be used with miniature animals or farm toys. More ideas for how to use this product and create the farm activity on my blog: www.findingmontessori.blogspot.com I sincerely hope you find this helpful! Enjoy! Warmly, Rosanna Finding Montes

Looking for Math Centers and Printables that are Common Core Aligned and can span several grades? These centers are for Pre-K, Kindergarten, First Graders, and Second Graders and are Montessori-inspired. Print one (or all) of the many colors and designs of number cards to coordinate with your classroom decor, theme, the season, or holiday. Choose from the many 2D object counters with - mostly - real pictures to inspire your students to return to the centers again and again. Instructions for

Teach the parts of the mushroom with these three part cards inspired by Montessori. Print the PDF twice on white cardstock, laminate and cut out. With one page, cut out images and labels and the other page should be cut leaving the labels next to the image. Have students match labels to the correct image and then use the cards with labels attached to check their work (control). Mushroom Three Part Cards by Rosanna Hanson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDer

Looking for March math centers for your younger students? My St. Patrick's Day math center unit is Montessori-inspired and takes into account the varied needs and levels of the Pre-K - First Grade classroom. I am creating this unit for my own Montessori classroom and materials, but you will find that it can be used in more than one kind of setting. You will not need to own any Montessori materials for your students to enjoy this! There are 4 types of activities with ways to differentiate the

Have you studied life cycles of the butterfly, ladybug, frog, or chicken? Would you like a homework project to end your unit? This project takes the background knowledge you have been teaching and lets the student apply it! Students create the life cycle of an animal of their choice in this open-ended, fun activity! Download it, print it, and assign it. Included: 1. Parent Letter 2. Rubric 3. Two **Bonus** Activities to guide students and allow you to assess their knowledge of life cycles! D

This cute penguin chick will help them learn to skip-count by threes! They won't resist this hands-on activity that is easy to put together and can be used year after year. * Counting by Three Cards for your students to order * Counting by Three Control/Answer sheets * Printable for your students to create their own cards * (3) Fill in the Missing Number sheets * Printable Fill in the Missing Number for Homework or Centers I recommend laminating the cards, answer sheets & Missing Number sheet

This St. Patrick's Day unit will solve the question of "How am I going to teach St. Patrick's Day this year?" I created these activities for my own classroom. It has Read the Wall Mini-posters with REAL pictures, two levels of Read the Room printables, cards to use with the Movable Alphabet or alphabet tiles to practice spelling and reading, and original Limericks for poetry activities. Students will be highlighting short and long vowel sounds, reading, and writing. I have also included a **BO