Polar Animals Study

 We started off the year by traveling to the Arctic.

We read a letter introducing the whole unit. Then each day we met new animals. 

I added some winter-themed pencils and blue markers to our writing tool turn-about.

Here are some of the books we used:

We made icicles in our journals.

We have to at least make as many as we are old.

This was one of my transitions. They spun the paperclip and put some "ice" on that animal.

The "ice" are glass beads- blue, clear, and frosted.

Polar animals spin

The tray came from Dollar Tree.

All of our centers are stored here.

I share my classroom, so everything is stored here.

I cover it with a pocket chart after my class is done.

The large empty space on top is for our stews, 

which I put up high on a shelf. 

Penguin roll

Penguins are from Dollar Tree

penguin mini erasers from the KinderCrate.

Kids roll the number cube and add that many penguins to the penguins.

Pokey pins are From the Pond.

I make my students lay on their bellies to poke these.

Random blocks and animals from Target.

Roll and Build

The matching play dough cards are underneath the key card.

Winter magnet tiles

Penguins

I thought they would be hard like those counting bears,

but these are more pliable.

This game.... the pieces are good...when not used together lol

It is supposed to balance, it is more frustrating than anything.

Watch the video.

Polar and Snowman Stews HERE

but just get the bundle HERE.

Week 2 I added this one :)

All things Spring

Spring centers 

Cup stack- always a hit! 

I picked these cups up at Dollar Tree.

Geoboard challenge

Grab them here.

Playdough mats here.

Here are our pointers

rainbow tree and rainbow puff

frog and green star pointer

The frog thing is a watering can that holds our pointers :)

Leprechaun Brew from here.

Spring letter trace

rainbow patterns here

I drew a rainbow on butcher board paper. 

They will match these frogs to the colors 

on the rainbow.

Build the number here.

Raining Shapes here.

Our sensory bin.

I took strips of construction paper and wrapped packing tape around when I didn't have duct tape.

We celebrated Very Hungry Caterpillar day!!!

We did a scavenger hunt.

These "posters" came from Dollar Tree.

I think you're supposed to hang these up :)

We searched for all things red.

Then we talked about what was red- then we put them away.

We followed with orange

We rainbow wrote in small groups. Pip, IYKYK :)

We read letter of the day.

Read more HERE. 

This week's morning work:

Roll and trace from HERE.

Shamrock Color by Shape.

My students will find and put together these puzzles.

I may add dice and or tongs to this center.

Here's my updated rainbow name.

I wrote each of their names in

rainbow order with smelly markers.

Journals: