This was a real week in first grade. You know what I mean? Everything isn’t so new anymore. I am not calling Johnny, Ronny or Jenny, Penny. I have it. No matter how many ways they change their hair and clothes…I got this. I know them. They know me. It’s ON!
We’ve had some fun while learning this week. One of the things we did was solve ladybug picture problems. Then we made our own ladybug picture problems for our friends to solve.
I typed as they told me their ladybug story. Then I printed and they put the story problems right on their pictures. Some had subtraction stories and some had addition stories. The great thing is that when we solved each others stories they knew that if some flew away or were eaten by birds then the number was going to be less!
We finally got our self portraits done too. It was the perfect way to wrap up our week!
First we drew ourselves with pencil. I modeled by drawing myself first and did A LOT of self- talk. I also experimented with different shapes for my facial features so the students would see a variety of ideas. Then I put a mirror at each table! They LOVED that!
Once the sharpie was done, it was on to coloring.
On a different day, we did the writing activity. My class was best suited for the fill in the blank version of this activity. Really it was pretty open ended on three of the blanks so they were stretched to write out of their comfort zone. The writing template is in my Fall Art and Writing Pack.
Then I allowed them to mount and glue all the pieces together to create one magnificent display!
We didn’t quite fit all on one board…don’t ya hate that!! Plus I had 2 absent…sigh…
Finally, I have an apple skip counting freebie to share. Just click the picture to download all 4.
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Ash says
September 15, 2012 at 12:26 amLove the self portraits! They came out great! You have some wonderful artists!
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Bren P. says
September 15, 2012 at 12:34 amThe self-portraits are adorable! Thanks for the freebie! 🙂
megandw says
September 15, 2012 at 12:34 amWhat engaging, meaningful and FUN activities! Thanks for sharing!
Miss Foote says
September 15, 2012 at 12:45 amThis post makes me miss Bridges SO much. I loved ladybug story problems.
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Miss Cosby says
September 15, 2012 at 12:58 amWe are doing addition stories this week and that is the perfect craftivity!
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Lori Rosenberg says
September 15, 2012 at 1:02 amI love your pictures. The self portraits and writing activity are way too cute!
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Thea says
September 15, 2012 at 1:19 amReagan,
What an inspiration! Your explanation of this activity was well written and well "illustrated." Thank you for sharing such a great idea.
Miss Nelson says
September 15, 2012 at 1:40 amYour portraits are great! Thanks for the freebie.
Traci says
September 15, 2012 at 1:49 amMirrors! Awesome idea.
Miss T says
September 15, 2012 at 2:15 amLove the portraits!
I do those math problems in classes too, with bugs and ocean critters!
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Katie Lawson says
September 15, 2012 at 2:22 amI love the idea of giving them mirrors for the self portraits! Can't wait to try this with my kinders! 🙂
Storie says
September 15, 2012 at 4:14 amYour self portraits turned out great. I grabbed a copy of the freebie. Thank you for sharing this!! I noticed that every page's directions says count by 2 even though some count by 1s, 5s, and 10s. Just thought you might want to know 🙂
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Reagan Tunstall says
September 15, 2012 at 9:56 pmOk I couldn't stand it! I fixed it. 🙂 Please grab it again! Thanks for letting me know!
Amy Howbert says
September 15, 2012 at 4:37 amI'm your newest follower! I've heard so many good things about you! These self-portraits are absolutely darling!! Love them!! You are creative & fun, please come visit me!
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Fluttering Through First Grade says
September 15, 2012 at 5:06 amThe lil ladybugs are adorable and love the idea of giving them mirrors for their self portraits. There is nothng more precious than seeing their drawings of themselves. Perfect keepsake. Looks fabulous Reagan!
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Across the Hall says
September 15, 2012 at 1:01 pmI can't pick a favorite part of this post. At first I thought it was the ladybug word problems {adorable}, the I got to the self portraits {so cute}, and then, the freebie, which is cute and totally what my kiddos need right now!
Thank you!
Halle
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Tania says
September 15, 2012 at 6:20 pmLove the self portraits and the use of mirrors.
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Jan says
September 16, 2012 at 5:32 pmThanks for the great freebie- I look forward to using it. Right now we're working on counting to 120 and place value- because that's what some… well somebody at the district level thought it would be the appropriate place for it in the pacing guide…sigh…
I have the Fall pack and love it! We made the self-portrait pictures for our hall bulletin boards. I wish I could have used your templates, but again, the DO wants to see original writing… But they can't stop me from using the template as a guide:-)
Thanks again for sharing more wonderful ideas!
Katie P. says
September 16, 2012 at 7:11 pmLove the skip counting freebies! Thanks so much! We're doing skip counting next week so these are perfect!!!
Katie 🙂
Barbara says
September 17, 2012 at 6:42 amGood stuff, Reagan! I'm pinning it all. Thanks for sharing.
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Delighted says
September 30, 2012 at 12:28 amAbsolutely love the self portraits!
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