Pip the Pup

 I am a veteran teacher- like over 20+ years.

These are life changing.

I read the book about an area or the tool and then we practice.

I have signs up all over the room that says Pip Certified. 

I write their names on the sheet with a dry erase marker. 

They also get a badge. I attach it with making tape and they wear it :)

Read more about Pip the Pup here.

I printed off the Pip catalog and cut them apart.

Here are the books that I use during the first week of school.

Let's Play is about dramatic play.

Let's Read is about the library.

Let's Build is about the blocks area. 

I split my class in half and another teacher teaches blocks and I teach about the library.

Read about that here.

Some I read during our group time, and other books are 

read during our social-emotional lessons too.

The very first small group lesson is on dry-erase markers.

We trace our names with them daily, so I have to use it the very first week.

Lessons:

*Pencil we literally read the book and use the pencil correctly. 

*Let's draw markers drawing and capping markers.

*Connecting Cubes- we explore and then I give them some sort of mat to build with them.**

*Let's Color- all about crayons so we use our brand new crayons.

*Pattern Blocks~ we explore and then use mats to play on.** 

**These are also the very first things we have in our morning bins.

*Mini counters- I use mini erasers and name printables to spell their names.

For the cutting fun- it's about scissor skills. 

We practice cutting 1 inch paper strips.

Then we attach those pieces to a body outline.

For rainbow write, we read the book and then we practice on scrap paper.

Here are my sand writing trays.

The trays are from Target and held lacers.

The sand came from Dollar Tree.

Johnny Appleseed day is Sept 26th 

I use several books during our Social Emotional lessons.

I also use her Tom and Tabby lessons. Find them here$

I will write more about those lessons soon :)

October is fire safety month.

Coming back to school in January is usually pretty difficult.

Several choices here for re-freshing procedures. 

February brings the groundhogs, dental health, and Valentine's Day.

The 100th and 101st days of school usually fall in this month as well.

Spring starts, St Patty's day

I usually do a small weather unit

Earth Day is April 22nd,

I usually do a garden theme in my science area.

I wait all year to introduce glue bottles and glue sticks. 
We use glue sponges for the year.

We do alphabet books $ in small groups- one of the pages we do watercoloring :)

These could also guide your small groups :)

More ideas for small groups.

Shapes- I read one page per day along with our

number board. Read more about that HERE.

Why did I do this?

Because I totally forgot to read several books this year grrrrr! lol

To get your own Pip the pup books here.