Fractions

We just finished our fractions chapter in math! To introduce the lesson I used the Hershey Milk Chocolate Fractions Book by Jerry Pallotta. It is a great hands-on way to introduce fractions. The students were paired together and shared a Hershey bar. We went through the book and had them break up their Hershey bar into fractions.

Another fractions activity we did were fraction flowers! They are perfect for spring as well. I got the idea here Fraction Flowers for FREE. Then my students wrote their own fraction sentences based on the color of petals they chose.

Some of my students even wrote theirs in cursive which we have been learning!

Moon Phases

In science we have been learning about the phases of the moon. I started out by using this video, Flocabulary-Moon Phases. It is amazing and has such a catchy beat! My students sing along with the video and it is stuck in their heads the rest of the day! Then we completed a moon phases matching worksheet that I found here on teacherspayteachers for FREE, Moon Phases Worksheet.

We also used Oreos to show our moon phases. There are a ton of different worksheets to use along with the Oreos, here are some examples, Oreo Moon Phases, Oreo Moon Phases 2. Of course they were allowed to eat them when we were done but they ate them along with the video. When the video would sing about a particular moon phase then they would eat that Oreo! 

I also found a leveled reader on www.reading-z.com that goes along with the moon phases. I used it during the Daily 5 for my read to self center. I found it here, The Disappearing Moon.

Butterfly Life Cycle

The last few weeks we have been learning all about the butterfly life cycle. We bought painted lady butterflies and they were sent to us a few weeks ago (we got them here Painted Lady Butterflies) My students were able to observe the butterflies going through their entire life cycle, up close and personal! They made observations in their journal about what they saw. Today they finally came out of their chrysalis! We were all so excited, since they aren't able to fly yet they all got a chance to hold them on a Popsicle stick.

This is how our caterpillars were sent to us! They grew about double the size over a few weeks and then began to form their chrysalis! The website where we purchased them also had all the resources that we used for free! We got to read about them, draw our observations, and so much more! The students, along with myself, learned so much more about the butterfly life cycle being able to see it actually happen. We even got to see a butterfly actually come out of its chrysalis!

Easter Activities

We had so much fun doing bunny activities for Easter! I found card stock bunnies in Target's dollar spot. I didn't know what I wanted to do with them but I decided to let my students be creative on their own and do what ever they wanted! I gave them a large white paper, the bunny, and paint and they were free to do what ever they pleased! They had a blast painting and they all turned out awesome.

Our math chapter we are on is all about Time so I decided to do a Time Scavenger Hunt with eggs. I found the scavenger hunt here Time Scavenger Hunt on teachers pay teachers for free! I put each clock in a plastic egg and hid them around the library. Each student got a recording sheet, they had to go around, find an egg, and record the time in the corresponding letter on their recording sheet. They loved this activity! It is definitely one I will do again.

We did some fun writing activities that I found on teachers pay teachers! 

The last activity I did involved more plastic eggs and phonics! I wrote the phonics sounds we have been focusing on on plastic eggs. My students had to twist the eggs around and record the words under the right category. I had them do it in partners and they could only pick one egg at a time and record all the words they could find.