Lynns Learning

Itsy Bitsy Spider Craft / Sequencing Activity Have students retell the Itsy Bitsy Spider (as retold by Iza Trapani) using lines from the poem as the spider's 8 legs. There are 5 different parts to the poem, so there are 5 different spider sheets. The spider's body can be positioned to be crawling up or down.

Are you tired of having to give out new punch cards every time the students reach 10 or 20 punches? These punch cards last a bit longer. Simply print out on cardstock and write the student's names. I start the year letting students visit the treasure box after 10 punches. The 10th punch is the circle. You could easily make it 20 punches. Or the seemingly unreachable 40 punches! The punch cards fit in library pockets, but my students just leave them on the corner of their desk.

Use 3/4 small dixie cup full of STARBURST brand jelly beans. These are often sold at Wal Mart around Easter.

5 sheets to practice or review telling time to the hour and half hour.

Students take turns blending words that use the long i vowel while trying to make "4 in a row." Students can use 2 color-counters or small scraps of paper as markers.