Showing posts with label Rocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rocks. Show all posts

Thursday, January 10, 2013

A Short Share!

Just a quick post about the day:


Checked out Adventures to Fitness!

AMAZING...and it's FREE!!

Thanks Reagan & the other post I read that 
mentioned it!




The kids at school were so sweet today!
Lots of love!

They wanted to guess how old I was....okay...now let's be nice! :)

I got 25, 30 and quite a few 32s!
I love those kids! :)

A good friend made this for me from my kiddos!




A few more pics from our rock study:





Pop Rocks! 
Too funny!




Digging for rocks in chocolate chip cookies



Pet rock presentations



We are studying comparing and contrasting too!

Venn with Friends!
I can't remember where this came from!
(Are you starting to see a pattern here....
I'm going to have to start writing this stuff down!)


Comparing cartoon kids


Comparing teachers



Comparing each other



Well....I thought it was going to be short! :)

Have a great night!

Monday, January 7, 2013

Pet WHAT?!?!



PET ROCK!



Check out this yearly favorite!
I have students tell me, years later, 
they STILL have their pet rock!

(We do this activity during our study of nature's resources and rocks!)











Her pet rock's name is 
Cotton Candy!
How sweet is that!!

This is by far one of their favorites!  They ALL
want to tell me right away what their pet's name
is and show me the house they designed
 and blanket they chose!
I know this is the
 LOUDEST
my classroom is every year!

Well...maybe not! :)

We will have a show and tell tomorrow!

Ran out of time........

Story of my life!!!

Anyway....

I love to pair up fiction and nonfiction books during a unit! 
I also try to have a story souvenir to match the theme! 
I give these on Mondays after reading the first fiction
and nonfiction story to introduce the unit.



Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction Pair:



Story Souvenir: 

small decorator stone from craft store




Let me back the truck up!
We began our morning with Babbling Abby's

Mystery Box Activity

Click the picture to check it out!




I just saw a post on this!  The teacher has the clues
hidden around the room and the kids go on a hunt!
I can't remember who or I would give credit!!

HOW MUCH FUN WOULD THAT BE
WITH....

MAGNIFYING GLASSES!!

So doing that for our next mystery!!




We also began Babbling Abby's
Let's Get Pop-Rockin'

Pop Rockin' Descriptive Writing Activities

Click the picture to check it out!

Just goes so perfect with our science unit
and adjectives study!



(Please forgive my chart! I never seem to get them made ahead of time!)


They are all kinds of excited about this project!

They can not WAIT to come back tomorrow
to find out what is in the bag!


I have put the pet rock 
items I use in a packet
for sale on TpT!

Click on the picture to 
check it out if interested!!

Rocks: My Pet Rock


I am looking forward to tomorrow!
We will be continuing all the fun!

Making rock candy and digging for rocks!
(chocolate chip cookies and toothpicks!)

Random Photo



50th Day of School!
(pre-blogging so I don't have a post to show pics and activities!)