tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70826130046631636272024-02-08T01:12:55.989-05:00Miss Law's KindersTwo years of teaching and tons of fun and learning that I wish to share with all of you!Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079372045264119235noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082613004663163627.post-87128112024989516162015-07-22T23:11:00.000-04:002015-07-22T23:11:04.951-04:00All About This Kinder Teacher: {A Kinder Tribe Linky Party}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This past month was seriously crazy busy with all things wedding, and then following the wedding, Alex and I went to Gatlinburg for a relaxing honeymoon.</div>
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Now I'm back as a married woman, and boy does it feel like the world has been lifted off of my shoulders with the wedding being over. Don't get me wrong; it was the absolute best day of my life, but it was a lot of hard work leading up to it. {Can I get an Amen?!) It is nice that for the first time in awhile I don't have anything to do. Perfect timing too since I return to work next week for our Kindergarten Jump Start program, a week long, half day class for our incoming kinders to get them acclimated before the first day of school. I have spent two days this week working in my classroom and now have the rest of the week to myself to do nothing. I'm looking forward to doing just that... nothing. </div>
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(I wanted to share some images that our absolutely wonderful photographer shared with us seriously the night of our wedding! We were so shocked to see them added to her business Facebook page the day after when we woke up. Such a sweet surprise to get such an immediate look at our day. We can't wait to see the rest! To check out her work via her Facebook page, click the images below.)</div>
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{Photography by: Christine Cherry Photography}</div>
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Okay, so now that all of the chaos of July has ended, I have time to do one of my favorite hobbies... blog!</div>
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I am linking up with the Kinder Tribe ladies for their first link party celebrating the beginning of their collaborative blog. Click the button below to check out their blog.</div>
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NAME: Did you notice the name change? :) Although I'm no longer Miss Law, I decided not to change the name of my blog. I wish I had taken the fact that I could get married in the future when I created my blog a couple years ago, but oh well! I kinda like the fact that it is still my maiden name because, and it might sound cheesy, but it is the name given to me obviously from my father, and since he passed away almost seven years ago, it is a little sentimental to me. </div>
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YEARS TEACHING/YEARS IN K: This is going to be my third year of teaching, and all three years have been spent in kindergarten. I really love the age, and I love my team!</div>
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I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT MY: Dr. Pepper. If you know me at all, this is a no brainer. I don't typically go to work without first getting a large Dr. Pepper from McDonalds. It is the best part of my day. Seriously. lol. (McDonalds sodas are seriously the best, but I would take a Dr. Pepper from just about anywhere.) I go through spurts where I give up soda and caffeine and try to live a healthier lifestyle alongside my hubby, but it never lasts too long. My addiction is just too strong. I also can't live without music. I do just about anything and everything with music on: studying, reading, blogging, getting ready in the morning, cleaning, cooking, etc. I, for whatever reason, just function so much better with music in the background. If you step into my classroom, chances are there will be Kidz Bop playing in the background during work time. I'm thankful to have always had students who work well with music as well... or maybe I'm just making them more like me. Either way, we are all happier with music on in class, and that is my best classroom management tool!</div>
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FAVORITE SCHOOL SUPPLY: Tacky! More specifically, the blue tacky. I can't think of the brand name, but I always get them pretty cheaply at Walmart, and I go through several packs a year. After painting my classroom walls two years out of my three years of teaching, I made a vow that I wasn't going to put anything on my walls that could mess up my paint, so I put EVERYTHING up with tacky. It is my favorite thing ever. Want to ever get me a gift or make me super happy? Refer to the above paragraph, or get me tacky. They all rank pretty high in my heart. ;)</div>
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FAVORITE KINDER BOOK: Have you heard of the Charlie books by Ree Drummond a.k.a. The Pioneer Woman? They are my absolute favorite books, and I love that there are several out. I always start the year with <u>Charlie the Ranch Dog</u> because it lets the readers get to know Charlie pretty well, so that when you read the others, you will understand his behaviors and get a good laugh out them. My students also like to look for the hidden chipmunks on the pages. It is a nice little added fun that was creatively added. Charlie also reminds me of our family beagle that we had when I was growing up who passed away a little over a year ago, so the books make my heart happy. (Click the picture below to check the book out for yourself. Check out the entire Charlie series while you're there!)</div>
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FAVORITE KINDER BLOG: Not exactly a kinder blog, but <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/">The First Grade Parade</a> by the beautifully talented Cara Carroll. I get a ton of my anchor chart ideas from her blog. </div>
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I LOVE KINDERGARTEN BECAUSE: Everything is still magical. For example, my favorite time of the year is always Christmas, and now that I am a teacher, it is even more favorite, if possible. In kindergarten, the kids still believe in Santa and his flying reindeer. I love that we can write letters to Santa and to see their excitement when we receive a package from Mr. Claus himself from the North Pole with tickets for us to go to the Polar Express party, complete with extremely cold bell inside for each one of us. Things like that make my job so fun, and it is a nice escape from the state mandated tests that these sweet kiddos have to go through all year long. </div>
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Alright, now that you have read more about me, head over to the <a href="http://kindertribe.blogspot.com/">Kinder Tribe</a> blog and get to know other kinder bloggers better!</div>
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I'm linking up with Farley at <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/">Oh' Boy Fourth Grade</a> for July's Currently. </div>
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You know what else that means?! Ahh! It's my wedding month, people! :) FINALLY!</div>
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<u>Listening:</u> I am currently listening to my television because I am binge watching <i>The Following</i> on Netflix. I am thoroughly enjoying the fact that I can watch new series back to back since I am on break. What in the world did I do last summer without Netflix?!</div>
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<u>Loving:</u> I am loving that I only have ten days until I get to marry my best friend in front of God, our loving families, and wonderful friends! No need to say any more.</div>
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<u>Thinking:</u> I am thinking about what crafts I am still needing to complete before next week. One thing I know for sure I need to do involves candlesticks and plates. Can you guess what I could be making? </div>
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<u>Wanting:</u> I am wanting to chop my hair off in the worst way. Alex doesn't care for short hair; however, my hair is in some serious need of help. Blonde highlights were not kind to my scalp or to my hair when I began doing them a couple years ago, and I can definitely tell now. I want to get it cut up to around my shoulders in hopes of getting rid of the majority of what is harshly damaged. After all, it will grow right back, right? Lord knows I could use something that would be a little less work when getting ready! I need to keep it it's current length for the wedding so that I can have my hair styled the way I want it, but after that, I have no reason but to go and make a change.</div>
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<u>Needing:</u> A full body massage! When I stress, I tense my neck and my shoulders a ton. Combine that with my poor posture and you have one veeeeeeeery sore lady. I'm hoping I can talk Alex into finding a spa in or around Gatlinburg, TN while we are there for our honeymoon so that we can get some much needed, and well deserved I might add, massages.</div>
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<u>All-Star:</u> It is true. I am an all star jump roper! I was on a competitive jump rope team from first grade through sixth grade when I was growing up. Some of my fondest memories from my childhood involves my jump rope team. I am extremely excited about starting up a jump rope team at my school next school year. I received a Play60 grant from the NFL team, Indianapolis Colts, as well as a grant from the Scott County Youth Grant Making Council in my town. I will be using the money to jump start, no pun intended, our jump rope team. I will be having students from first through fifth grade as part of my team and we will practice and perform all school year long. This has some great opportunities that other team sports in our district do not, since younger grades will be able to participate and it doesn't have a particular season such as a fall or spring season sport. Last year we received word that our county, Scott, was 92nd out of 92 counties in the state of Indiana for health. When I heard that, I felt very compelled to try and make a difference since I am in a position where I could greatly impact the health of our young ones. So, the Bouncing Braves was created. Here is the logo I created for our team. Our school is Vienna-Finley Elementary, so the V comes from our school logo. I. AM. PUMPED!!!</div>
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Have a great July, and I can't wait to share all of the fun that this month has in store for me with all of you in the upcoming weeks! :)</div>
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I am linking up with Diana from <a href="http://mydayinkinder.blogspot.com/">My Day in K</a> and Jayme from <a href="http://teachtalkinspire.blogspot.com/">Teach. Talk. Inspire</a> for Tell All Tuesday, a summer weekly linky party. </div>
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This week's Tell All Tuesday is Summer Snapshot, which is a favorite summer trip, place, or a memory.</div>
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My Summer Snapshot is a picture taken of my fiancé, Alex, and me in the Bahamas last August right before we went snorkeling. This was my first time ever going snorkeling, and I was beyond excited. </div>
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Pictures cannot do it justice. The water was seriously SO clear, and the fish and coral were breathtakingly beautiful. </div>
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As you can see, this month's currently isn't the typical monthly themed currently to go along with the summer fun that June has to offer. That is because Farley is raising money for Wimberley, Texas. This town is very dear to heart for many reasons and has been hit hard by the horrible weather that has been going through Texas lately. Along with people and houses being washed away from flooding, pets are becoming homeless. There, thankfully, is a shelter in Wimberley called the Wimberley Adoption Group and Rescue, also known as WAG, where the pets can stay until their owners come and claim them. Since there are so many pets going to WAG due to the devastation of the flooding, Farley felt it was a good time to collect donations for WAG, and I completely support that. Being an animal lover, and a golden retriever mom, this completely touched my heart and I didn't think twice to click the donate button. If you are interested in reading more about how you can help, head over to Farley's blog by clicking the blog button above or by clicking <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2015/06/currently-june-2015-and-helping.html">here</a> to see how you can donate, too.</div>
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<u>Listening:</u> I am currently listening to the various songs I have on my End of the Year DVD that I am working on for my sweet Kinders. If you follow my Facebook page, you have probably noticed that I post tons of pictures of my class doing anything from arts and crafts to working in literacy centers. I take pictures, and document in a sense, the big things that occur in kindergarten, such as field trips, while also focusing on the things that we do every day as part of being a kindergartener, such as literacy centers. I do this so that at the end of the year when I create a movie for them, it captures every essence of their time in my class as possible. This year my video is THIRTY. MINUTES. LONG. Think I might have overdid it a bit? Oh well... It'll be well worth it to have all of those moments in one place for them, and their families, to look back on down the road. While DVDs are burning, I am also cutting out the DVD covers and telling myself that I will not cry this year at graduation. Better yet, I better just not volunteer to speak at the end. I was good until then last year.</div>
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<u>Loving:</u> This one was hard because it is a bittersweet kinda thing. I am loving that there are only six more days until summer break, only five with students, but it also makes me sad because I am going to HATE to give this group of kiddos up. Like seriously, going into slight depression mode over it. Kindergarten, probably more than any other grade, you can really tell just how far you took your kids. How so? Well, let's be honest. I had kids coming in who had never even held a pencil before the first day of school and several who had no idea what kind of contraption a pair of scissors were. Now, they are reading and writing sentences! It's remarkable! I love teaching kindergarten for this very reason of growing a student so much in your time with them, and it is SO rewarding; however, it is hard to believe that I will be letting these sweet, remarkable kiddos go on to first grade while I get a whole new set of kiddos who are back at square one. Can you say hello, ain't-no-tired-like-the-beginning-of-the-year-kindergarten-tired?</div>
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<u>Thinking:</u> I have an aide that I am so grateful to have in my classroom every morning for about an hour, and sometimes at other times if other classes don't need her during their time. I am trying to come up with a gift for her before the end of the year, but haven't been able to find the perfect one yet on Pinterest. If you have any ideas, shoot them my way. :) </div>
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<u>Wanting:</u> Popcorn. My favorite snack is popcorn, and it is so hard for me to sit down to watch any of my favorite shows without having some. I am out, and The Bachelorette is preparing to come on. This is a crisis if I have ever seen one!</div>
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<u>Needing:</u> I was really tempted to put popcorn here, too. lol. I may have a serious problem. No, but seriously, I am needing a good massage. I am a teensy bit high strung. Okay, maybe a lot, and it tends to make me tense up when I get stressed or anxious over things. I'm forty days out from my wedding, and there are six days left of school. To say I'm stressed and anxious may be putting things lightly. When I go to bed at night my back and shoulders ache, and a good massage would do me good. I'm thinking we may have to schedule that for our honeymoon when this is all over and done with. </div>
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<u>Summer Lovin':</u> Like I said before, only forty days out from my wedding, so that means that the majority of my summer break will be devoted to all things wedding. I have my dress alteration next week, my trial hair run in two weeks, my bachelorette party in three weeks, and the list goes on and on for what I have got going on. I'm looking forward to every single bit of it, but I sure do wish the summer was longer so that I could have more time to get some R&R after the wedding before jumping back into school. Oh well, it'll all be worth it. :)</div>
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We watched those caterpillars for weeks continue to grow bigger and to enclose themselves into their chrysalides. This week we had our butterflies emerge from their chrysalides, and as soon as their wings were dried off, we took them outside to release them.<br />
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(Side story: One of our butterflies had actually gone belly up at one point today, and I had to have the conversation with my students that he didn't make it because I, of course, didn't notice that it was belly up until I let my students go look at the butterflies. I decided that in order to keep the others alive until we could release them later today that I would put a piece of a peach that I had in there with them. I placed the peach in their netting and that butterfly flipped itself over and began walking around and went straight to the piece of peach, which made my class cheer. It was like witnessing a resurrection. I realized at that very moment that the poor butterfly was probably near death due to starvation. Moral of the story, put fruit in the netting BEFORE the butterflies emerge from their chrysalides. Whoops!)<br />
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We did notice that one of the butterflies had lost one of it's back wings when emerging from it's chrysalis, so it was unable to fly properly. I found a nice spot near our school with lots of flowers to place it, in hopes that it will continue to live. Fingers crossed!<br />
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As part of our space unit, we talked all about Earth's rotation and moon phases today. We began our day by going outside to our playground at 8:30 a.m. in the morning and tracing our shadows. I didn't tell the class why we were doing it, and they really didn't ask since they love any excuse to use sidewalk chalk. I'll explain more about this activity later...<br />
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We went about our day until it was theme study time. We began our Earth's rotation and moon phases study by watching a short video all about the moon on Brainpop Jr. and then reading two short moon books on the MyOn app on our iPads.<br />
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After the video we talked about what causes the moon to be different sizes when we look at it on different days. We created a craft to help them understand the revolution of Earth around the Sun, and the moon's rotation around Earth, which causes the phases.<br />
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We then completed a yummy activity from Khrys Bosland from <a href="http://keepinitkoolinkinderland.blogspot.com/">Keepin' It Kool in KinderLand</a>. We used Oreos to show the phases of the moon. This activity looked and sounded so much easier than it actually was, but my students got the gist of it regardless of how some of them turned out, and they got to eat their cookies in the end, so that is really all that mattered to them.</div>
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We then headed back out to the playground at 2:15 p.m. in the afternoon and we had our partners trace our shadows again from the same spots we stood this morning. Can you guess what we found out? Our shadows had moved and they were smaller! It was a complete "ah ha!" moment for my kiddos because they took what we had been learning about all day and put the pieces together to realize that the sun was in a different spot in the sky because of Earth's rotation, so that made our shadows move and change size.</div>
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Here are our shadows at the end of the day.<br />
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We began what is quickly shaping up to be one of my favorite units this year, SPACE! There is so much that I am wanting to do this week, so I have had to break down my days to make sure that I can fit it all in. Today we began by learning all about astronauts. </div>
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We began by hopping onto one of our favorite iPad apps, MyOn, and reading the book <i>If I Were an Astronaut</i>. </div>
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This book was a perfect introduction into the lives of an astronaut while they're on the job. With the help from descriptive, and adorable, illustrations, my students were completely engaged in this book.</div>
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Following the book, we created an astronaut can, have, are chart. </div>
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We then completed an astronaut application writing prompt...</div>
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and created an adorable astronaut craft to go with it.</div>
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After packing up at the end of the day, I added all of our learning and fun about astronauts to our hallway bulletin board.</div>
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I am linking up with Farley over at <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/">Oh' Boy Fourth Grade</a> for the May Currently.</div>
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Listening: My fiance, Alex, and I recently subscribed for Netflix and have been binge watching Prison Break ever since. This past week my allergies have been horrendous and have caused some serious migraines and today I have felt under the weather as well. With that being said, it has given us the excuse to stay in, even though it is gorgeous outside, and get started on the fourth and final season of this series. </div>
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Loving: It has been a BEAUTIFUL weekend, and although I'm feeling under the weather, it is still SO much better seeing the sunshine coming through our windows.</div>
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Thinking: We only have twenty-five days left of school, and there is still so much I need to do before the end. Among many other things, I need to get my graduation gifts together for my sweet kiddos. It took FOOOOOOORRRRREEEEVVVVVEEEEERRRRR last year, so I'm anticipating it will again this year. </div>
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Wanting: I am in need of a serious vacation as soon as possible. Thankfully, I will get a vacation following my wedding, but it seriously cannot come soon enough. The beach is calling my name!</div>
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Needing: Like stated before, my allergies have been atrocious, and although I have taken both of my allergy prescriptions for the day, they are still not controlling everything very well. I need relief. :(</div>
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Yes: If you have been following me on Instagram or here on my blog, you know that in July I am getting married. We are in the final stretch to our big day with bridal showers and bachelor/bachelorette parties scheduled, and we couldn't be more excited!</div>
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Hope: Alex and I have yet to plan our honeymoon. Procrastinators? Nope. Just two people trying to pay for their wedding on their own, and a honeymoon has had to be put on the back burner in order to have the wedding of our dreams. We will be doing something, and we both are preferring a beach vacation, we just don't know where yet. Hopefully it'll get sorted out in the next month or so. </div>
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Dream: I commute thirty minutes on the interstate to work five days a week and elsewhere the other two days. My car has unfortunately felt the strain of the commute, and although it is a great little car and even better on gas, I am hopelessly dreaming of a new, more luxurious car. I promised Alex that as soon as the wedding was over, he would be first up for a new car, but then it would be my turn shortly after. Marriage is about compromise right? </div>
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I hope everyone enjoys their sure-to-be busy May! :)</div>
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<br />Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079372045264119235noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082613004663163627.post-11535844057834718692015-05-01T15:29:00.002-04:002015-05-01T15:29:56.813-04:00Five for Friday-{Baseball & Derby Week}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm linking up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This week we celebrated two great things that are offered just on the other side of the Ohio River in Louisville, KY... Baseball & the Derby!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We began our week with learning about horses. We listened to books about horses on our iPads using the MyOn app. We then completed a can, have, are chart on horses. We ended by making adorable horses and writing one horse fact. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Halfway through the week, we got more into the baseball part of our unit. I was even able to dress for the part and use my favorite Tervis cup. (I may or may not be crazy about the St. Louis Cardinals...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We ate Crackers Jacks and graphed if we liked them or not. I couldn't believe everyone enjoyed them, but then again, I do have a class of eaters. </span></div>
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We also had graduation pictures this week. Only 25 more days of school with these sweet faces in my class. *tear* :( </div>
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We ended our day and our week by having our own horse race called "The Run for the Reese's." Students raced against each other in fours within our classes.</div>
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Check out that crown he won! (See why we call it "The Run for the Reese's?")</div>
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Although Earth Day has gone and passed, we have continued on with our learning on taking care of our planet. We began by reviewing what we have learned about taking care of the earth with this wonderful freebie from Cara Carroll at <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/">The First Grade Parade</a>.</div>
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We then put our pencils away and went digital. Yesterday my class blew my mind with their abilities to create Earth Day books using the Book Creator app on our iPads. Today they made me even prouder when we created public service announcement videos using iMovie on our iPads. </div>
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When deciding this was a small project I wanted us to complete this week, I worried about how I was going to pull it off because we hadn't ever worked in taking videos or on iMovie. I also worried about how I was going to be able to help every single one of my students with their video; I mean, after all, I am only one person. When I went to bed last night, while trying to fall asleep, I came up with a plan on how we would be able to do these videos without any tears...from me. Here is how I decided to do it. </div>
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I began by splitting my fifteen students into four groups. These groups had two tasks to complete in their first five minutes of meeting: decide on a group name and designate someone as the director of the movie and the rest would be actors. Now let me tell you, I thoroughly enjoyed (and still am!) the group names they came up with. Can you guess which one <strike>was</strike> is my favorite from our list below? Yep, The Combustible Lemons! I asked one of the group members in that group if she knew what combustible meant, and she did! #unexpectedproudmoment </div>
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I first met with The Rockstars this afternoon, but I also had time to meet with The Super Sanders. The process for making their videos went very similarly. We began by writing a "script" for their movie of what they wanted to make sure they included about taking care of the Earth. They had seven items on their script and it went like this (both groups had different items they wanted to include):</div>
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Each item on the list needed an individual video taken of it. The group's director decided on who was going to be in each video, and they recorded it. After each video was taken, they returned to their script and figured out what video they needed to do next and who would be the actor for it. I gave them all creative rights in decided how and where they wanted to do their video. I was there to just provide support when needed. This was the best part for me. Not because I didn't have to do anything, because that was definitely the farthest thing from the truth possible, but because I was able to see raw collaboration of my sweet Kinders. It made my heart so happy, but also a little sad to think about how far they all have come this year and how they are preparing to move on to first grade and leave my class. I'm not ready to let them go!!!! Okay, sorry for that slight tangent... back to business...</div>
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After the group had all of the videos they needed for their movie, we went to our iMovie app and created our first project. They decided on a theme for their movie and added their video clips to their movie feed in the order they wanted them. We then went back and added titles, or captions, to each video. </div>
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I'll be honest, it seems like it is a lot of work, but broken down into smaller parts, it is and was completely feasible. One group specifically was able to finish their entire movie on their own after me just showing them one time how to add a video clip to their feed and a title/caption. That made it SUPER easy. I was just there to help with finding letters on the keyboard, if needed. Seriously, if my Kinders can do this now, can you imagine what they will be able to do when they are in fifth, eighth, or twelfth grades?! So. Exciting!</div>
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I'm so pleased with these movies, and even prouder of the sweet kiddos who created them. I'm thoroughly looking forward to the movies that will be created by our other two groups tomorrow.</div>
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Holy cow! Today has got to be one of my absolute favorite days we have had this year because my students seriously blew me away with their abilities. I'll get to that in a moment, but first...<br />
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Happy Earth Day from Miss Law's Kinders!<br />
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We began our third day of our Earth Day unit by completing a super fun and adorable Earth Day craftivity. This craft has three hearts attached to the earth, each one with one of the three Rs on it: reduce, reuse, and recycle. We reviewed ways we can do all three in order to take care of our Earth, and then students wrote one way on each heart.</div>
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These made a great addition to our Earth Day hallway display. If you would like to grab this Earth Day Craftivity FREEBIE for your class, click <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Earth-Day-Craftivity-Freebie-1824463">here</a>. </div>
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After getting our arts and crafts on, we decided to go digital and write our own Earth Day books using the Book Creator app on our iPads. Now, this is where my socks were knocked off by my students. I told my class that I wanted each of us to create our own book on Earth Day and we orally brainstormed some ideas of what our books could be about. Since we have been spending quite a bit of time discussing the three Rs, it wasn't really any surprise when several of them said, "We can write about ways we can do the three Rs." They took that idea, and ran with it. I literally gave them all creative rights in making this book. They titled it Earth Day and decided that the most appropriate image to go on the front cover was the earth. </div>
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After we typed and added our title and names to the front cover, we switched apps to our Kidrex app. What is the Kidrex app you ask? It is a kid-friendly search engine that you can feel good about your kiddos exploring in. My students typed in Earth in the search bar, clicked on one of the links, found an image of Earth, and saved it to their camera roll. They then returned to their book cover and added the Earth image. </div>
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We followed our cover page with an introduction page into what we really wanted to write about (the three Rs). This part needed a little scaffolding and I had to lend some serious ideas to get them to understand we needed to set the reader up for what they were going to read on the following pages. I made sure to use words that my students would be able to <strike>write</strike> type on their own, and with a few reminders of the silent e rule, they produced a great sentence. They then went back to Kidrex and typed in "the three rs" in the search bar and looked for a picture that would fit with our sentence. Every single student ended up with some sort of version of the recycle sign after exploring the links that Kidrex produced. They added it to their page, changed their colors around, and voila! Now on to the part they were itching to get to... the three Rs!</div>
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We paired up and took pictures of our partner showing examples of ways we can reduce, reuse, and recycle.</div>
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{Reducing our use of energy by turning off lights when we leave a room.}</div>
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{Reducing our water usage by turning off the water when brushing our teeth.}</div>
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{Reducing energy by turning off the television when we leave a room or go to bed.}</div>
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Tomorrow we will be trying to learn iMovie to make a public service announcement on the three Rs. I'm hoping it goes as well as this did; however, it'll be our first time working in iMovie, so we shall see. If it goes well, you'll surely read all about it tomorrow. </div>
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After working so hard on our Earth Day books, we went back to some crafting time and made <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Earth-Day-Freebie-Includes-Writing-Printables-Headband-669273">Earth Day headbands</a>, thanks to Danielle Mastandrea from <a href="http://www.krazee4kindergarten.blogspot.com/">Krazee 4 Kindergarten</a>.</div>
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Today we began day two of our Earth Day unit by reading our story of the week <i>Michael Recycle</i>. The rhyming nature and colorful pictures made this story an instant favorite in my classroom. </div>
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After reading through the story, we went back to our seats and completed an adorable glyph created by one of my teaching partners, Brittany Banister from <a href="http://iheartkindergarten.blogspot.com/">Mrs. Banister's Kindergarten Kids</a>. </div>
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We wrapped up our Earth Day discussion for the day by exploring Earth Day related stories on the MyOn app on our iPads. If you have devices in your classroom, you should most definitely check into purchasing the MyOn license for your class. It is well worth every penny!</div>
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I don't know about all of you, but it was extremely hard to get motivated to come to work today after this weekend. We spent Saturday with my in-laws and enjoyed the beautiful weather, and yesterday, since it rained ALL. DAY. LONG. Alex and I binge watched Prison Break while we worked on our wedding invites. It was the perfect way to end an even more perfect weekend, but I still wasn't ready for it to end.</div>
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Since we are in kindergarten, we started with learning what our Earth was. Thanks to Brain Pop Jr., we were able to watch a short video on our Earth that ended in ways to take care of the Earth, which was a perfect seg way into discussing the three Rs.</div>
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To begin our discussion on the three Rs, we watched another Brain Pop Jr. video all about reducing, reusing, and recycling. (Psst... It is a free video, so no subscription is needed to watch the video. Click <a href="https://jr.brainpop.com/science/conservation/reducereuserecycle/">here</a> to check it out for yourself!) If you haven't heard of Brain Pop Jr., do yourself a favor and check it out. I use Brain Pop Jr. as a resource so many types throughout the year, and the class LOVES the videos. Click the picture below to check out the website.</div>
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We talked about how not everyone takes good care of the Earth and does the three Rs, and reviewed the ways we could make the world a better place from what we learned through our discussion and the video.</div>
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We then wrote what we could do to make the Earth better on bandaids and bandaged up our sick and sad Earth. {On a side note, I found this idea on Pinterest, of course, but it did lend any information on who to give proper credit to for this idea. So, whoever you are who came up with this, THANK YOU!} If you'd like to do this with your class, you can grab my bandaids <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_-H1JX8bXCMQmtURTlwQVdPcUU/view?usp=sharing">here</a>.</div>
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We ended day one of our Earth Day unit by making Earth collages and adding pictures of ourselves to add to our bulletin board in the hallway. So stinkin' cute! (Once again, a Pinterest find!)</div>
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It's that time again, folks! I'm linking up with Kacey at <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a>.</div>
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If you follow my blog at all, you know that this past week has been our oviparous animal life cycle theme study. We spent one day this week learning all about what oviparous animals are, one day learning all about the life cycle of frogs, two days learning about the life cycle of chicks and hatching our very own chicks in class, and today we studied the butterfly life cycle. We began our study of the butterfly life cycle by reading two books, <i>Butterfly</i> by Susan Canizares and <i>How to Hide a Butterfly & Other Insects</i> by Ruth Hellers. The book <i>Butterfly</i> was a good introduction into what the butterfly life cycle looked like and how it went, while the <i>How to Hide a Butterfly & Other Insects</i> book was more for entertainment purposes because it talks about how insects use camouflage and the kids loved looking for the insects that were hidden on the pages. </div>
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We also had our Scholastic weekly reader that was all about butterflies that we read. We learned a new vocabulary word, symmetrical, and did a short craft to reinforce the term.</div>
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Cut the half of the butterfly out with the paper still folded, and then opened it up to find that it was a full butterfly!</div>
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and, voila! A perfectly SYMMETRICAL butterfly.</div>
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After reading the books, we turned to our iPads to create our own digital book of the butterfly life cycle using the Book Creator app. Notice how the students used their new learning of symmetrical when drawing their butterflies! I am one proud Kinder teacher right now!</div>
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{The Book Creator app has endless possibilities as far as uses in the classroom, and making a book is just one obvious one. If you have any devices in your classroom, I highly recommend this app!}</div>
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After last recess on Fridays, I most typically have some sort of snack to give my students. We are so busy during the other days of the week with that we don't have time to implement a snack on any other days other than Friday, so Foodie Friday has become a norm for us in room 103. Today our snack was all about the butterfly life cycle. {Thank you once again, Pinterest!}</div>
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*Pepperidge Farm Pretzel Thins... they are in the shapes of butterflies!!!! I'm not sure if they typically come this way, or if it is a seasonal thing, but I was super pumped either way.</div>
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I passed out their life cycle paper plates and put one of each snack in the middle of the plate.</div>
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The finished product...</div>
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We also FINALLY got our caterpillars in from Insect Lore, and they couldn't have come on a more perfect day than the day we were learning about the butterfly life cycle. The class was excited to see some silk inside the cup of caterpillars after we had just learned that they made their chrysalis' out of silk they make, similar to a spider.</div>
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Umm, I thought yesterday was busy, but gee whiz! Today was even busier! Sure makes for a fast day though, so I'm not really complaining. ;) </div>
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Today we learned all about chicks and the chicken life cycle, and we couldn't have picked a better day to begin studying them because our chicks started to hatch this morning! Here is how our day went...</div>
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We began our chicken life cycle study by getting on the MyOn app on our iPads (have I ever mentioned how much I love that each of my students have a device?!) and listening to the story <i>Hatching Chicks</i>. The story talked about hatching eggs in a classroom. How perfect could that be, right? {If you haven't heard of the app MyOn, do yourself a favor and go check it out RIGHT NOW!...or after you finish reading about our chick day.)</div>
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We also listened to the story <i>Chickens</i>. Both stories offered great information on chickens and their life cycle, and was a great introduction into our chicken activities.</div>
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After everyone finished listening to the two stories, we met at the rug where we have all of our meetings and completed a can, have, are chart on chicks as a whole group.</div>
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We then discussed the chicken life cycle and how a chicken begins as an egg, then a chick hatches from the egg and grows into an adult chicken. We then drew and labeled the life cycle, which was then turned into an adorable chick craft I created. Click <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Chicken-Life-Cycle-Craft-1815591">here</a> to get this activity for yourself.</div>
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Like I said before, along with all this chicken life cycle learning, we also had our chicks begin to hatch today. When I left the school, we had three chicks, one cracked egg, and two eggs that have yet to do absolutely anything. My kiddos, and I, were SO excited about these sweet chicks hatching and it made the entire day full of excitement. We look forward to the rest of the chicks hatching and all of them "drying out" so that we can get our hands on them! :) </div>
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Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079372045264119235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082613004663163627.post-15284435341182756832015-04-14T19:40:00.000-04:002015-04-14T19:44:10.613-04:00Oviparous Animal Life Cycles-{Day 2: All About Oviparous Animals}<div style="text-align: center;">
Whew! Today was such a busy day full of learning. I am coming to the realization that I really enjoy teaching science related units, and I am loving everything about this week, but I sure am exhausted at the end of the day. </div>
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We began our day by wrapping up our frog life cycles discussion, and here is how it went. </div>
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We began by reviewing the frog life cycle by watching the Brain Pop Jr. video on Frogs. </div>
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After refreshing our memories on the frog life cycle, we slightly changed gears and began talking about the differences between frogs and toads. I read a book I checked out from my local library called <i>What's the Difference Between a Frog and a Toad?</i> by Mary Firestone.</div>
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We followed the book up by watching a YouTube video on the differences between frogs and toads. You can check the video out by clicking <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noTs7YJ5-Pk">here</a>.</div>
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After learning the difference between the two amphibians, we completed a Venn Diagram on the similarities and differences between frogs and toads. I think everyone did a great job on remembering what they had learned from the book and the video.</div>
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I added the Venn Diagram to our bulletin board with our adorable froggies we made yesterday. If you missed the post about this frog craftivity, you can check it out <a href="http://misslawskinders.blogspot.com/2015/04/oviparous-animal-life-cycles-day-1-frog.html">here</a>.</div>
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We then wrote in our journals which one, a frog or a toad, we would rather have as a pet, and explained why. </div>
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After we finished our frog activity, we began learning about what oviparous animals are. We read the book <i>Chickens Aren't the Only Ones</i> by Ruth Heller and then sorted animals on whether they are oviparous or not. </div>
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After sorting together as a whole class, we independently sorted animals into two groups based on if they are oviparous. I got this oviparous animals sort, and the animal picture cards above, from Khrys Bosland from <a href="http://keepinitkoolinkinderland.blogspot.com/">Keepin' It Kool in Kinderland</a>. {Psst, this activity is a FREEBIE in her store! Whoop, whoop! Thank you, Khrys!}</div>
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After we learned what oviparous animals are, we each chose an oviparous animal and worked on this oviparous animals writing craftivity. {I found this adorable activity on Cara Carroll's blog, <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/">The First Grade Parade</a> and adapted it to our kindergarten needs.}</div>
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{A peacock is oviparous because it lays eggs.}</div>
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{A dinosaur is oviparous because it lays eggs.} (If I had known someone was going to choose a prehistoric animal, I would have made a past tense writing prompt. Oh well...)</div>
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{A flamingo is oviparous because it lays eggs.}</div>
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{A spider is oviparous because it lays eggs.}</div>
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{A penguin is oviparous because it lays eggs.}</div>
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On Monday I went and picked up eighteen chick eggs for our kindergarten classes to hatch this week from my local hatchery.</div>
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As soon as my incubator was heated up to the perfect temperature, I placed my six eggs in and the wait began.</div>
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When we came into class this morning, we noticed that two of our eggs had cracks. One of the eggs continued to get a bigger crack throughout the day, which excited us all; however, the hatchery said we wouldn't begin to have any hatch until Wednesday, so I knew there wasn't going to be much more progress than just a crack. </div>
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Before heading home, I allowed everyone to come over and observe the eggs one last time. We were all excited to notice that the egg with the bigger crack began to move when we were talking near the incubator, and we could even hear chirping from inside. Seriously, so cool! I got just as excited as my students. I just can't help it! </div>
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After coming back to school from being gone all weekend, my kiddos were extremely excited to see that we are beginning to see some changes. I wanted to share the progress our marigolds and beans have made in such a short amount of time (less than a week!).</div>
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Our marigolds have began sprouting. We talked about the parts of the plant we can visibly see already and what the parts' jobs are for the plant.</div>
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Our beans have began to sprout in our "houses."</div>
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Today we began our week long Oviparous Animal Life Cycles unit. This is always such an exciting unit because students get to witness some life cycles in the classroom, and that makes it an exciting unit for me to teach. </div>
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We began our unit today by studying the life cycle of frogs. I opted to not have tadpoles in my classroom this year, mainly due to the smell of them, so I found some great videos on YouTube for my class to watch so they could see real pictures of the stages in the life cycle of a frog. Here are two videos that I showed.<br />
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{This first video is a short, quick reference to the stages in the frog life cycle. This kid does a great job of explaining the stages, and my class enjoyed that they were learning this from another kid. I even had some say they wanted to make videos like him when it was over.}<br />
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{This second video is long, but completely worth it. It doesn't miss a beat on the development of these frogs from their eggs.}</div>
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After we watched these two videos, we discussed the stages in the frog life cycle and made these fun and easy life cycle frogs. Click <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Frog-Life-Cycle-Craft-1815672">here</a> to get this craftivity for yourself.</center>
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Here is the finished product.</div>
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When you flip up the mouth, there are four tongue "pages" with a stage of the frog life cycle on each one.</div>
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Tomorrow we will continue on with talking about frogs. We will also begin talking about what oviparous animals are and will read the book <i>Chicken Aren't the Only Ones </i>by Ruth Heller.</div>
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We began day four of our plant life cycles unit by writing in our journal four things that plants need to live, survive, and thrive. After writing their sentence, they had to draw a picture of a plant with the four essential things in the picture. We have been working really hard on adding details, and I think they nailed it!</div>
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We ended our plant life cycles unit today by planting grass seed in these face cups. I gave students eyes, a nose, and several mouth choices to choose from. They colored, cut, and pasted them onto their clear cups, and made their own little "people plants." I LOVE how these turned out!</div>
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I was a little sad for this unit to come to a close today, and that I had to cut it a day short because of having to be out of the classroom tomorrow for Kindergarten Roundup, but it sure has been fun and memorable.</div>
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Next week we will begin our oviparous animal life cycles units by hatching chicks and observing caterpillars turning into butterflies. I'm really looking forward to sharing all of it with you! Have a great weekend!</div>
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Here is how day three of our plant life cycles went...</div>
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We began our theme study by watering our marigold seeds we planted yesterday.</div>
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We followed up by completing these adorable flower crafts.</div>
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I then introduced the life cycle of a bean sprouting by using this activity from Caitlin Clabby from <a href="http://kindergartensmiles.blogspot.com/">Kindergarten Smiles</a>.</div>
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Then came the much anticipated bean "planting" activity.</div>
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*a roll of paper towels (the more absorbent, the better)</div>
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*sandwich size ziploc baggies</div>
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*construction paper to be made into a house (optional)</div>
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I started by tearing apart enough sheets of paper towels for each of my students.</div>
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I then gave each student one sheet of paper towel, a baggie, a bean, and a color of construction paper of their choice.</div>
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They began by cutting out their "house" from the construction paper. </div>
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I wrote their name on their houses and allowed them to decorate them while I called groups over for the next couple steps.</div>
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After they finished cutting their houses out, they brought me their paper towel and their baggie. I folded their paper towels in half, and then in half again.</div>
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The final step was to tape them to my large window in the classroom for us to sit back and observe. </div>
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This is my first time doing this activity, and with the help from one of my teaching partners, Goni, I was able to get it done fairly easily. Now, I'm excited to see them sprout! </div>
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I will update as our beans begin to sprout and as our marigold begin to bloom.</div>
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Tomorrow will be my last day doing plant life cycles with my Kinders because our district will be holding our annual Kindergarten Roundup on Friday, so I will be out for that. I'm excited to finish up the unit with tomorrow's activity. On the agenda for tomorrow: growing grass. :)</div>
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Despite illness and my need to leave work early today, we continued our study of plant life cycles today.</div>
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We began our study today with an independent labeling activity from Caitlin Clabby from <a href="http://kindergartensmiles.blogspot.com/">Kindergarten Smiles</a>.</div>
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We followed up with the much anticipated seed planting activity.</div>
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For our planting activity, I purchased the following from our local Walmart:</div>
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*a large bag of Jiffy Natural & Organic Seed Starting Mix</div>
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*Jiffy-Strips (32 count)</div>
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*Solo Clear Cups</div>
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*three different types of marigold flower seed packets</div>
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You may be wondering why I am putting the Jiffy-Strip pots into the cups rather than just adding soil directly into it. Well, a couple weeks ago, my teacher partners and I planned out the rest of our year's themed weeks since we are down to the last grading period. I then realized that Mother's Day will be coming up very soon, and I started wondering what I was going to have my students make to send home to their sweet moms. Then it occurred to me that this week would be a great opportunity to plant flowers for plant life cycles week, and hopefully they will have started to grow by Mother's Day so they could take them home to their moms. We will decorate the cups the week of Mother's Day, and then will send them home that Friday. It was a perfect idea!</div>
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I began by cutting apart each Jiffy-Strip pot, enough for each student.</div>
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I then called each table of students up to grab a cup. They added a tiny bit of soil in the bottom and then added the Jiffy-Strip pot into the cup. </div>
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We then very carefully added soil around the sides of the pot and into the pot. </div>
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Students then used their pointer finger to make a hole in the center of the soil.</div>
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Next, it was time for the seed planting. These are the three marigold packets I purchased for my students to choose from.</div>
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We began one of my absolute FAVORITE units of the entire year this week: plant life cycles!</div>
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We started our unit by charting our schema. </div>
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{I found this adorable anchor chart idea from Cara Carroll over at <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/">The First Grade Parade</a>.}</div>
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After discussing what we already knew about plants, we read the story, <i>Bright Yellow Flower</i> by Judith Hoffman Corwin. We then went back to our chart and added misconceptions and our new learning.</div>
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We followed that by reading the adorable story, <i>What Does a Seed Need?</i>, by Liz Goulet Dubois. I was a tad worried that it might be too easy of a story to use as a read aloud for my Kinders; however, they LOVED the pop ups, pull tabs, and spinning wheels on each page so much that it kept them entirely engaged. </div>
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After reading what a seed needs to grow and thrive, we charted the four things that seeds/plants need. (We also discussed that seeds and plants need space.)</div>
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Thanks to Teri over at <a href="http://acupcakefortheteacher.com/">A Cupcake for the Teacher</a>, we were able to make these precious flowers that included the four things that flowers need. </div>
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Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079372045264119235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082613004663163627.post-68424069984703263142015-04-06T18:55:00.002-04:002015-04-08T19:54:22.257-04:00Class Play- {The Wide Mouthed Frog}<div style="text-align: center;">
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This past Friday, we performed our class play by Heidi Songs, "The Story of the Wide Mouthed Frog." The play was absolutely precious, and I am so incredibly proud of how well my Kinders did. I wanted to share with you some pictures from the play.<br />
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The Mother Wide Mouthed Frog and her babies went in search of food to feed her babies.</div>
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If you have been following any of my blog posts or Instagram posts, you probably know that we have been doing all things Easter themed this week. This adorable Easter Bunny Writing Craftivity was a big hit in my room, and they look great pinned up in the hallway. </div>
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Although the weather was PERFECT most of the week, we ended our week with a little bit of rain. We made these rainy umbrellas to practice our addition facts. Each student picked a number 4-10, cut it out and pasted it onto their umbrella. Then they had to write four different addition problems, one on each raindrop, and hang them from the umbrella. They turned out so adorable, and they look great on our cubbies! It was a great way to reinforce and practice an essential skill.</div>
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We have been practicing for quite awhile on our class play, "<a href="http://www.heidisongs.com/our-products/details.php?id=92&keywords=The_Story_of_the_Wide_Mouthed_Frog">The Story of the Wide Mouthed Frog</a>," by <a href="http://heidisongs.com/">Heidi Songs</a>. We are performing a practice round for our peers this morning and then performing for our families this afternoon. We are all so excited to show off all of our hard work to everyone! I highly recommend Heidi Songs for any Kinders wanting to do a play. </div>
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I am SO excited for their Final Four game on Saturday against Wisconsin. My fiance and I are planning on going to my parents house to enjoy some drinks and treats for the game. I can't think of a better way to watch the game. :)</div>
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<br />Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079372045264119235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082613004663163627.post-87969523715345620472015-04-01T21:56:00.000-04:002015-04-01T22:05:54.826-04:00Currently- April<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm linking up with Farley over at <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/">Oh' Boy 4th Grade</a> for April's edition of Currently.</div>
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Listening: I am listening to last night's episode of <i>19 Kids and Counting</i>. It was an episode I have been anxiously waiting to watch, but I could not get Alex to watch it with me. In the episode, Jessa Duggar is getting married, and watching it just gets me so excited for my own wedding in three months! (Wait, did I really just say THREE months?!)</div>
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Loving: The sunshine! I'm not too proud to say that I deal with seasonal depression, so when the weather begins to change and the sun starts shining more and the temperatures start to rise, it does AMAZING things for my mood and state of mind. </div>
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Thinking: I have a ton on my plate this week. I am a bit overwhelmed right now with things for my kiddos and for my classroom. I thought it was a brilliant idea to schedule our class play for the first Friday back from our spring break. It sounded so great at the time, but in hindsight, I wish I would have waited another week or two. This week has already been crazy busy with getting back into our routine, because let's be honest, any time that we have a break, Kinders forget just about everything. We have also been celebrating Easter all week and I have had so many cute, fun activities planned that I have had to ration because we have to make sure we practice our play throughout the day at some point and still get through all of the essentials along with everything else. I am wanting to have an Easter egg hunt with my kiddos on Friday, but I'm really unsure of when I will be able to fit it in. There just aren't enough hours in the day sometimes.</div>
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Wanting: another Kentucky win on Saturday! If you follow me on Instagram, you probably already know that I am a HUGE Kentucky Wildcats fan. I am so excited about their season this year, and I am so pumped for them to play Wisconsin in the Final Four on Saturday! Go Cats!</div>
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Needing: Dr. Pepper. I have been working on some props for our class play at home for the past two hours, and I am still not finished. I need some caffeine so that I can power through the rest of this tedious work! </div>
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Eggs-plain your name: Well, for right now, it perfectly fits my class because of obvious reasons; however, when I get married in July and my last name changes, it will eggs-plain the beginning of my teaching career as an unwed Kindergarten teacher. (Yeah, I didn't give it too much thought when I created my blog that Alex and I would be getting married anytime soon, and then he literally popped the question a couple months later. Go figure. Story of my life, but I am SO excited!)</div>
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Have a great April!</div>
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