Father's Day Fun!

Mother's Day has come and gone!  As the end of the school year approaches, many of us will be enjoying our Summers as Father's Day passes.  So lets plan to show our student's Dads as much love before our kiddos are sent home for summer?!  I have a Father's Day Math and Literacy Pack that will have you covered for the holiday!  Enjoy!

Father's Day Math and Literacy Activities

This Math and Literacy Father's Day Pack includes many different things such centers, Father's Day cards, story extension activities, interviews between the teacher and student, coloring pages, writing prompts etc!  All of the products that have students make projects for their Fathers, an adaptation for Uncles and Grandfathers are included.  

The first center included is a Math center where students are instructed to graph their Daddy's favorite ties.  The center comes with four variations (only two are pictured below), so groups can work on an individual basis, then compare and switch! The two mats that are not pictured are different fathers and different colors!  The mat and tie cards that are a pair match based on corresponding colors so it is easier to store and keep year after year. There is also a follow up worksheet that all students can use to practice graphing Father's Day ties. The worksheet is different than any of the individual center mats so it can be used for all four versions!This math center is sold separately from the Math and Literacy bundle through the link below.

Father's Day Graphing Ties Center

 

The second second included in the Father's Day pack "My Dad Loves Sports and Vowel Sorts!"  In this center, students will look at the CVC word picture cards, segment the sounds and sort it between the five vowels on different sports balls! There are up to 66 CVC vowel cards that can be used! Included is also a follow up worksheet where students can draw CVC words in each vowel's boxes. 

Father's Day Vowel Sort Center

The next product within the Father's Day Math and Literacy Pack is the extension activities for the story "Just Me and My Dad."  The graphic organizers focus on the skills text connections, problem and solution and cause and effect.  There is also a craftivity where students will draw a picture of themselves and their father fishing with the phrase "Of all the fish in the sea, you're the perfect Daddy for me!"  There are fish and fishing rods given with the craftivity to add more dimension to their pictures!  Options for Uncle and Grandpa are also included!   These can be sold separately through the link below.

Just Me and My Dad Story Extension Activities

The Father's Day card included is a Superhero theme.  I did a similar card with my students last year and everyone loved it!  This year I used the wonderful clip art from Educlips! On the front of the card,  you will need to take a photo of your students acting like a Superhero flying through a city. Provided in this pack for the Superhero scene is the buildings, clouds, sun, trees, cars and the Superhero mask (Super Dad, Super Uncle and Super Grandpa). However, the cape and the blue backdrop are not provided. The backdrop I used was a large sheet of bulletin board paper that was in the supply closet of my school and the cape that I used was a big piece of black fabric that I tied around them!  On the inside they can draw a picture of them with their Father/Uncle/Grandfather and write them a note. There are options for students to write their own message to their loved once or to trace a given note for lower level students.  The Superhero Father's Day card is sold separately through the link below.

Superhero Father's Day Card

 Other activities included are handwriting pages, interviews, coloring pages and writing prompts.  All things include options for Dad, Uncle and Grandpa.  Enjoy and have a very Happy Father's Day!!!

End of the Year Laser Finger Gift

Hello all!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful Teacher Appreciation Week.  I know that the PTO from my school and student's families have gone above and beyond!  What amazing people.

As the school year is coming to an end, I started brainstorming different ideas for an EOY gift.  I wanted something that was fun, yet can still be geared towards education... and it hit me!  The laser fingers that are used for tracking during Guided Reading!!  I cannot take credit of this idea -- it was found as I was reading blogs when I started teaching Kindergarten (I believe from DeAnna Jump or DeeDee Wills).  The laser finger pointers are used to remind students to track their words as they are reading, and believe me they LOVE it!  Once a group sits down at the guided reading table, they ask for the finger lights.  It seriously makes them love reading.  I also think it could be doubled for a fun toy they would like to play with, also!

I am an Amazon Prime enthusiast, so that is where I bought them.  I was lucky enough to get 40 laser finger lights for $5.50, which covered enough for each one of my students to have one and extras for next year.  The link is posted below, but sadly I think they went up a few bucks. 

Amazon Laser Finger Lights

I decided to make a card to attach with them that is Free listed below!
 "You were shining bright all school year!  Relax this summer with a great book!"

The fun aprt about the pack is there are 12 different characters to choose from!  I tried my best to match the character to each student so they would love the card even more!

  

I always use Scholastic Dollars, and of course some of my own dollars, to get a student a book at the end of the year revolving around First Grade.  What better present to pair with the book than the Finger Laser light that they will use to track their reading?

 Find the FREE Finger Laser Gift: HERE.

I hope you enjoy!  Sit back, relax, and enjoy the last few weeks of the year!

I Love You to the Moon and Back Again, Mom!!

How fast is this year flying by for you?  We are down to 34 days left in Pittsburgh and I must say I am super excited for summer vacation.  May and early June are absolutely packed with activities for the end of the year, but in the midst of all the crazy, we cannot forget about the most important people in the students and our lives!  Mother's Day is on May 8th, so why not have yourself prepared with activities to do in your classroom?  I have prepared a Mother's Day Math and Literacy Pack that can ease your mind for the holiday, and focus on the rest of the activities for the end of the year!  Find the activity pack through the link below:

Mother's Day Math and Literacy Activities

The first part of the Mother's Day Activity Pack is a Literacy Center that focuses on Bossy E or Magic E.  At this point in the Kindergarten year, mostly all students are reading CVC words with ease, so it is great to challenge them by manipulating the vowel sound.  This center aligns with Mother's Day because the Mom on each card is there to help by giving a hint: "Make the A say it's name!"  The follow up worksheet allows the student to prove their success by drawing picture to align with the new CVCe word!  The CVC center can be sold separately through the link below!

Mother's Day Bossy E Center

I absolutely love this picking flowers center.  Students start with 45 different flowers in the basket.  They have to sort the flowers by color and then bundle them into a bouquet.  The ribbon for the bouquet has a tally mark on it, so they need to put the correct bow with the correct bundle of flowers!  There is a follow up worksheet for early finishers to cut and glue to match!  This center is great because it can be used for other times than Mother's Day also!  It is sold seprately through the link below.

Mother's Day Picking Flowers Center

 One of my favorite Mother's Day books to read my students is "The Night Before Mother's Day".  I have included several extension activities for the "The Night Before Mother's Day" that can also be sold separately through the link below.  The product's craftivity is a coupon book that the students can make for their Moms, Aunts or Grandmothers.  There are two options for the coupon craftivity: the students can create their own coupon ideas or they can use the provided coupons and draw a picture to match!

The Night Before Mother's Day Extension Activities

The coupon book also includes different clip art that the students can choose to look most like their mother, aunt or Grandmother!  They are not pictured below, but are pictured on the product preview. 

Growing up, my mother always used to say to me, "I love you to the moon and back again, and then some!" so I decided to make a card for students to send to their mother, aunt or grandmother for that!  The card includes a picture of the student inside of the spaceship traveling around the moon and back again!  The note on the inside can be traced with the given note or written independently by the students.  The Mother's Day card is sold separately through the link below.

I Love You to the Moon and Back Again Mother's Day Card

 The Mother's Day Pack includes a few fun other pages to use during your Mother's Day celebrations.  There are handwriting pages, writing prompts and even coloring pages.  The coloring pages in the product include four different versions so students can pick which one looks most like their mother!

Have a very Happy Mother's Day to all of you amazing mother's out there!