Miss Thompson's Teaching Tips

Need a hat for Dr. Seuss week? Turn this into fun crafts or simply as decoration!

This April Fools day, teach your students about the elusive Loof Lirpa and go on a hunt together to find them! Edit the location information to your local area for the most effective results.

Looking for the perfect bundle this Easter? This bundle includes an addition write the Room, patterning, a tear craft, Peep science activities, a STEAM challenge, a Peep headband, a Peep birth certificate, and a design a Peep! Perfect low prep for a day full of Easter fun!

Designed for use in a classroom with students that use back braces, this PowerPoint provides kid friendly language about skeletons and their purpose as well as how skeletons may look different with scoliosis!

Pair this with Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party for a fun and simple writing activity!

Get in the holiday spirit with this fun holiday bundle!

Looking for fun activities for the 100th day of school? This download includes an activity sheet to help students understand capacity as they compare estimates for what 100 drops of water will look like versus an observation of what 100 drops actually looks like. This can be done with whole group instruction or in stations as students count to 100.

Do you celebrate the 50th Day of school? This 50s Day, play the guess the object game with your students for some fun!

To assemble craft, have students use a fork and white paint to make a circle on a piece of blue construction paper. When fully dried, cut and paste the following pieces to turn it into a polar bear!

Teach students about pollinators and take a peek into the lives of bees. Additional seed bomb craft is included! Perfect for Earth Day or when discussing plants!

A whole group sight word game that practices letter and word identification! The PowerPoint is editable and you can add words as you learn them, or change the game to practice other skills like CVC or spelling words!

It is so hard to find escape rooms that fit Kindergarten! This escape room was specifically designed for a Title Kindergarten classroom. Solve the clues to find the code to the lock and let the gingerbread man out before the baker returns!

Need a fun mini unit for Halloween? Students can learn all about bats in this fun PowerPoint! Discuss hibernation, torpor, pollination, echolocation, nocturnal animals, how we can help our bat populations, and more!

Teaching holidays around the world? Have Sinteerklass visit and fill your students shoe with these gifts!

Practice your sight words by playing fun and competitive games with your students!

Need a low prep craft? This craft pairs with the story Under the Big Umbrella and is perfect for spring. The only prep you need is to print out the pages and offer the choice of a skirt or pants! This craft is super cute and students are sure to love it.

Recipe cards for students that can be used to practice number sense. I used these along with a sensory bin filled with green, red, and yellow pom poms for apples, white pom poms for whip cream, cinnamon sticks, and oatmeal.

Looking for a simple craft this holiday season? Glue yarn within the stocking to make it appear hand sewn!

Vocabulary cards to add to your writing centers! Themes span the entire school year and are perfect for all students.

Need practice subitizing numbers 0-10? Label cups with numbers 0-10 and have students create the stacks using these task cards!