Morning Work- May Ocean Edition

 

This week's morning bins:

I read Pip the Pup: Glue Stick

We are practicing our glue stick skills.

We usually use glue sponges.

Sandcastle name craft

I put letters 4 in a container.

What I really wanted was large coloring pieces

for our ocean mural. I copied this out of a

wait for it... a book! 

In our journals: 

We drew Z-words.

Zucchini, zig zag, zero

zebra, and zipper.

When we began our 

ocean unit

I had them draw and write ocean words

These were the ocean magnets from Target.

Target

I grabbed a pack of sandwich containers- I think

it was a 3 or 4-pack.

I used those Target alphabet clips.

I {think} the sheet came from here.

More May Bins and Journals

 During our nursery rhymes unit, we also celebrated a birthday. 

So we drew rectangles and added a flame.

 

We are making cakes today!

We talked about different lines we could 

make on our cakes to decorate them :)

At the end of the lesson,

I ask if they want a

*Heart

*Star

*Smiley Face

It's a smelly marker :)

pre-k through 5th graders love them!!

We practice writing our names each day.

Then today we made moons and I gave them each 4 star stickers.

Spider day!

We did Itsy Bitsy Spider

Little Miss Muffet

Today was Humpty Dumpty

We drew horizontal lines.

Then I showed LEGO tower that was stacked

then showed them when they were staggered.

Here are our morning bins:

Scissor skills

Theme Words

Ice Cream Names

Glue Stick practice

Monthly Scissor Skills

Theme Words

For each theme, the children use the writing center

with word cards to write and illustrate.

Ice Cream names HERE.

We are practicing our glue stick skills.

We usually use glue sponges.

This is how the drawer for the kids looks: