The Kindergarten Cubby

I hope you enjoy this reading unit as much as I did with my class! I have used it as a week-long book study and a reading plan for a substitute teacher. This book study can be used for kindergarten through second grade. I included higher and lower level versions of many of the activities. INCLUDED IN THIS PRODUCT: Problem/ SolutionStory ElementsCharacter Traits for FranklinConnectionsStory RetellingVisualizingComprehension CheckVocabulary Practice using a Frayer ModelStrategy PostersSub Plans

This is a fun unit to teach along with other Thanksgiving lessons in November. It is a Second Grade unit but could be used in other grades as well. Included in the file: A PowerPoint Collection sheet to use with the PowerPoint Unit Overview (lesson) This unit follows South Carolina Social Studies Standards for Second Grade. Students will learn about Native American cultures, lifestyles, shelter, food they ate, clothing they wore from each of the 6 regions of the United States. Students will als

In second grade one of the units we study is about bartering. What students don’t realize is they do this all the time! At lunch, recess and all during the day students are always negotiating with each other for things they want. This lesson begins with a Powerpoint. The PPT gives a brief overview of bartering. Within the PPT, there are 2 activities for the class to do and then a discussion activity. There is also a link to a Schoolhouse Rock short film about bartering. The unit will end with a

This is a bundle of my two products: Part 1- Plant Life Cycle and Adaptations and Part 2- Plants and How They Adapt to Their Habitats. This is a fun unit that will last many weeks. It will cover a lot of subject areas including science, social studies, writing and math. Of course, break it down as needed. I teach this unit over an entire nine weeks. My district has us teaching plants at the end of the year, so this unit is a great way to wrap the end of the school year up. PROJECT BASED LEARN

This is a fun unit that will last many weeks. It will cover a lot of subject areas including science, social studies, writing and math. Of course, break it down as needed. I teach this unit over an entire nine weeks. My district has us teaching plants at the end of the year, so this unit is a great way to wrap the end of the school year up. PART 2 is Plant Adaptations to different habitats and the Project Based Learning unit. INCLUDED IN THE PRODUCT:Lessons that follow the PowerPoint:· Living O

A collaborative research project that focuses on Science and Social Studies standards. Students will work together on research teams to learn about South Carolina geographic regions and the animals that live in those regions. Teams will then pick an animal from SC, research it to find out what region it lives in, characteristics of the animal and its classification. The end product will be a group oral presentation and a project poster board.

This is large unit. It includes a PPT that stretches over 3-4 days. Experiments include: • Making Butter • Bath Fizz Ball • Blow up a Balloon Without Air • Raisins Go Up, Raisins Go Down • Root Beer Floats- includes a writing activity • Mystery Bags • Working with Liquids • EWW and GOO Other activities included are: • Sorting matter sheet (answer key included) • Mass activity • Molecule Models • Name Molecules • 2 Homework assignments • Matter Worksheet (answer key included) • Vocabulary sheet

This is really a wonderful, whimsical rhyming story about poor, tired Santa. He decides he wants to take a vacation. When the children of the world find out they come up with a plan to show Santa how much they care about him but also how to get him back to his job! In this product I have included: Story ActivitiesRhymingVowel Sound Christmas ListsFriendly Letter WritingColoring pages for centers or journal promptsBook StudyVisualizingProblem/ Solution- 2 activitiesOpinionConnectionRetelling

In this packet are 5 chapter quizzes for this book. I teach a chapter a day and give the quiz for that chapter the next day before we continue on with the reading. I have a copy of the book for every student. I let the students use the book for the quizzes so they can practice how to re-read for comprehension and to find answers. There are also Text to Self questions to answer. Answer Key Included

The Kissing Hand is a big part of this unit. It has a reading lesson, centers and a school tour based off of the story. Also in this unit is a Wheels on the Bus math activity, back to school songs and poems, one of which is a finger puppet poem and other fun things. -

This is a collaborative, cross-curricular unit in math, writing, science and social studies. In math money, measurement, data collection and addition concepts are practiced. In writing students will write an informative/explanatory piece convincing a buyer to buy his house. In social studies after urban, rural and suburban communities have been introduced, the student will decide what area his house is located in and mention it in his writing. In science concepts about wind can be talked about.

I hope you enjoy this reading unit as much as I did with my class! I have used it as a week-long book study and a reading plan for a substitute teacher. I have included both in this product. This book study can be used for kindergarten through second grade. I included higher and lower level versions of many of the activities. INCLUDED IN THIS PRODUCT: Problem/ Solution Story Elements Character Trait Activity for Franklin Connections Story Sequencing Story Retelling Opinion Writing Comprehensio

This plan focuses on students setting reward goals for themselves. The rewards are based on an amount of good behavior tickets a student can earn throughout the week. Tickets are never taken away for behavior issues and unused tickets can rollover into the next week to be used for the bigger rewards. Other consequences come into play when bad behavior occurs. The main consequence is a homework writing assignment a student must do with his parents. Some of the coupons are: Stinky Feet, Fuzzy Fri

All of these activities are written just as that, activities. I did not include step by step procedures or scripts for you to follow. I hope these activities will be good resources for you to use with your lesson plans for the book. What I do with these activities: Each day, I use the strategy posters and anchor charts when starting a lesson. We will continuously use these strategies all year long so I laminate the posters and keep them visible in my room for us to reference. The activities ca

February is a great month for projects. During this time, I like to play around with conversation hearts in Math and Science. Even if you don’t like to eat them, they are still pretty cool to do activities with, plus I love the colors! They bring a bit of brightness to a dreary winter month! In this packet you will find 16 Math Activities and 4 Science Experiments MATH- estimation, capacity, examining, sorting, data, length, probability, perimeter, plane shapes, polygons, area, modeling, compu

OVERVIEWFollow Clifford on his next great adventure with his friends Cleo and T-Bone as they travel to the beach for a day of fun in the sun. This unit can be used in kindergarten through second grade. It is designed to be taught as whole group, but it could also be used as a book club activity for higher readers. There are 4 written responses, 2 sorting activities, comprehension check and flap book response activity. INCLUDEDPREDICTINGPROBLEM AND SOLUTIONMAKING A CONNECTION- 2 OPTIONSRETELLING

Two areas I want my students to have more practice in are handwriting and writing a complete sentence. As time dwindles down quickly every day in my second grade class, I struggle trying to fit everything in. Meeting the needs of all my students, not missing areas that I know need to be practiced and having everyone ready for third grade are always on my mind. My solution to this is blending things together as much as possible. The center focuses on building a complete sentence, grammar, sentenc

This is a fun unit that will last many weeks. It will cover a lot of subject areas including science, social studies, writing and math. PROJECT BASED LEARNING Essential Question: Have you ever wondered what it would be like if the environment was different? What kinds of adaptations would plants have to develop to survive? Rationale: In this PBL, students will explore how plants adapt to the environments in which they grow in. Goal: This project is to provide students with a creative look a

I have combined the two pumpkin units I teach into one. The Life cycle unit contains: Powerpoint non-fiction/ informational book 12 vocabulary words Vocabulary activities: crossword, word search, context sentences, definition fill in the blank, flash cards Label the pumpkin diagram Label the pumpkin plant diagram Pumpkin growing sequence cards and activity Pumpkin story using vocabulary words Pumpkin life cycle sequencing cards and worksheet Pumpkin life cycle writing activity Pumpkin study guid

A fun, exciting, adventurous unit studying all the different histories and cultures of the holiday season from all over the world! Students begin each day traveling on a magic carpet ride. Students will visit: Mexico, France, Germany, Israel, Africa, Holland/Netherlands, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. In each country, students will listen to a reading about the holiday celebrations, create a craft and enjoy a snack from that country. Students will also have a cute passport and