Friday, April 26, 2013

Freebie Friday, Insects and the Peter Rabbit Operetta


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1. Earth Day

We started Earth Day with
a visit from Fancy Nancy
and her story,
Every Day is Earth Day.

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This cute activity came from
Fun 2B in First!




We wrote about how we can help the earth.



2. Insects

Fiction & Nonfiction Pair
with insect story souvenir



This is a fun insect activity 
from Deanna Jump.
Students received another story
souvenir after reading that insects have 
compound eyes. We used them to look
at each other and draw what we saw
from a bug's eye view!






Are bugs creepy or cool?

Another fun activity from
Deanna Jump's packet.
Students surveyed 10 friends
to see if they think bugs are 
creepy or cool. They tallied,
graphed and answered a few questions.








Fly Day!



We watched the video of
Diary of a Fly and read a 
nonfiction book about flies
on BookFlix, which is through
our Area Education Agency.


Two more read alouds on fly day
 with fun fly glasses!
Old Black Fly is one of my favorite books!

We have read every 
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a..
story this year! I pulled out the
Old Lady to Celebrate and act
out the original story!


 This cute fly craft is from 
From the Pond.




We wrote about if we were a fly,
what would we do.
The students got pretty creative!


Ant Day!

Fiction and Nonfiction Pair
and song  
story souvenir ant




This craftivity and writing prompt
 came from Cara Carroll! 
I LOVE how they turned out!




 3. Worms



We started our worm day reading this story 
and singing this song.  We discussed why dirt
is important. Then, I took this bag around and had 
the kids feel inside.  I told them there may
or may not be worms in the bag!
We also compared worms to insects.







Note the boy in red in the last two pics! 
Cracks me up!


(Cellentani pasta, not WORMS!)

Students filled out the sheet 
about what they thought was
in the bowl and then what was
actually in the bowl.

All but one student thought it
was worms! That one little one
said it was macaroni! 

One kiddo even REFUSED to
put his hand in to feel it!

Afterwards, he said,
"Pasta? You scared us with pasta?!"



We filled out a worms are, can, have 
sheet and wrote a story about a worm.
These activities came from
First Grade Blue Skies.


We shared our worm stories.


Then of course, we ended worm
day by making dirt with a worm inside!

Students completed the procedural 
writing for making dirt before they ate.

4. 2D Shapes



chrysalis



alien             turtle



     table      Christmas tree



smiling cat          trampoline



The students got so creative
on these! I just love them!
I think the turtle and chrysalis
are my favorites! SHH!!
No favorites allowed!





Click here to check out
this fun class book in my TpT store!


                               
    
5. Peter Rabbit Operetta

I have had students perform this 
for years and I still LOVE it!
We have this during the day and
invite families members. 







The script came from
 Lucy Jensen and Cherry Carl.
Students draw and paint the props.
I use Jan Brett's printable animals 
for the animal chorus.

Butterfly Update
Our first batch of caterpillars died.
Every single one of them.
They had to have been sick.
The company sent us a new batch
and they are doing wonderfully!




Thanks for stopping by!

3 comments:

  1. Once again, there's a lot to like on this post! The pasta/worm idea is great. Our kiddos would love the shape pictures. Impressed with the nonfiction/fiction pairs. Have a nice weekend!
    Tamra and Sarah
    First Grade Buddies

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  2. Omg! You rock! Can I be in your class too!? Thanks for the poems! Love your Earth Day creations too!

    Kimberly Ann
    Live, Laugh, I love Kindergarten

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  3. Thanks for sharing so many great things! I just found your blog through the Friday Flashback and have become a follower! Your kids' creations are priceless... I love how you paired fiction and nonfiction texts related to the same topic!

    All the best--
    Sarah @ Hoots N' Hollers

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