I am busy lesson planning today, but wanted to share a little of how I fill up October with meaningful standards based learning! Here are some action shots from our learning in October from last year. I also created a new unit and it is on sale. More about that at the bottom of the post.
These games are from my October Math Centers
We also spend a week on Spiders which includes a study of expository text and a comparison of spiders and insects. This unit has literacy centers, math centers, science activities, art, and writing!
The boys in the picture below are playing exterminator! It’s a sight word game where you try not to be exterminated! 🙂
An all time favorite story and unit is Stellaluna. It is just a beautiful story and I created a week long book study along with an easy grading rubric. This unit has math, science, writing, art, and 5 different activities for reading response!
My newest unit, Plenty of Pumpkins, was uploaded last night and has 7 pumpkin themed math activities with corresponding interactive journal pages. These can be run on colored paper to add a little kick to your math journal or you can always students do the activities and put them on a regular sheet of paper if you don’t use journals.
My new Plenty of Pumpkins unit is discounted through tomorrow! Happy Planning!
Surviving the First Day!
What’s Working?
Pumpkin Glyph Bulletin Board Freebie
Bats, Stellaluna, and Visual Plans!
Lyndsey (A Year of Many Firsts) says
October 7, 2013 at 2:05 amYour creativity blows me away! Amazing!!!!
Mrs Cupcake says
October 7, 2013 at 2:39 amI love it all!! Great ideas!
❤Teri
A Cupcake for the Teacher
Jennifer White says
October 7, 2013 at 3:38 pmEverything you do is great!
Jennifer
First Grade Blue Skies
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Jeannie Partin says
October 7, 2013 at 7:22 pmWow! What fun.. I LOVE Stellaluna and this looks fantastic!
~jeannie~
Kindergarten Lifestyle
The Polished Teacher says
October 13, 2013 at 2:17 pmDo you have a math program that you use or is your entire math curriculum taught through centers? We use Envisions so I am seriously missing out on all the math center fun!
ThePolishedTeacher
Fabulous First Grade says
October 19, 2013 at 10:32 pmRaegan, I am excited to get on and find out what you have created next! I would love to know what programs you use to create such wonderful centers and activities! You do a GREAT job!
Anonymous says
November 22, 2015 at 11:37 pmHow do you play exterminator?