Reindeer Thematic Unit

On Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, On Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen.

Oh wait that is not exactly the reindeer we are talking about here. Here is a little sneak peek at my Reindeer Thematic Unit.

Miscellaneous writing prompts and graphic organizer activities are included in this pack. Coordinating pages are included in order to create graphs and graphic organizers as a whole class.

Labeling Activities are my favorite part of all of my units. The labeling section includes a colored and black and white poster as well as 3 differentiated labeling activities to best meet the needs of the students in your class.

   

The Reindeer Thematic Reader gives valuable information about Reindeer. A colored real life picture reader is provided as a classroom “Big Book” . A Black and white student reader is also provided that follows along with the classroom reader. This will allow students to have their own version with all the reindeer information.

 

Most of my units include a themed craft and my little reindeer guy is one of my favorites. He is simple and cute..the perfect little guy to add some holiday charm to any bulletin board.

My coordinating Reindeer Flip book can be purchased separately and allows students to record all their information they learn about reindeers during the reindeer unit. The flip book includes two different versions to allow for differentiation.

If you are interested in either of my reindeer products you can find them by clicking on any of the pictures or links within this post.

Fall Thematic Unit & Freebie

Happy Fall Ya’ll!!! Here is a little peek at my Fall Thematic Unit, complete with graphic organizers, reading comprehension passage, readers and more.

All of my units have a labeling component to them. For this fall unit the labeling component is offered as a freebie in my store and can be found by clicking on the picture below. It comes with a colored and black and white scarecrow labeling poster as well as 3 student activities for differentiation.

Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue

Happy October. Here is a quick sneak peek of my Christopher Columbus Thematic Unit.

This unit has many components making it a cross curricular thematic unit. Tying all subjects together in one fun theme makes the learning so that much better and so much more fun.

One of the many activities that is great to do for any unit, is using graphic organizers. Teaching our students to organize their thoughts is a vital skill that they will need throughout life.

One of my favorite activities to do during any unit is a labeling activity. This unit includes colored and black and white posters for Christopher Columbus as well as one of the ships. 3 differentiated student activities are included for each of the topics.

 

My thematic units include individual student graphic organizers as well as chart parts to complete the organizers as a class as well as vocabulary cards that feature real life pictures to display during the unit.

Students will have a chance to journal about Christopher Columbus’ travels in their very own journal. They will use their senses and all they have learned about Columbus to complete the journal pages.

 

The Classroom “Big” books and student readers both read the same. The full colored version of the book includes real life pictures to make learning more fun. The student readers are in black and white to allow your students to follow along and then take the story home with them.

This unit is also topped off with a fun craft to complete.

Pumpkin Life Cycle Thematic Unit

It’s Pumpkin Time!!! Here is a sneak peek into my huge Pumpkin Life Cycle Unit.

This unit has many components making it a cross curricular thematic unit. Tying all subjects together in one fun theme makes the learning so that much better and so much more fun.

One of the many activities that is great to do for any unit, is using graphic organizers. Teaching our students to organize their thoughts is a vital skill that they will need throughout life.

A family involved class pumpkin recipe book activity is included that you can choose to do with your class as well.

One of my favorite activities to do during any unit is a labeling activity. This unit includes colored and black and white posters for both the inside and outside of the pumpkin as well as 3 differentiated student activities.

Various Pumpkin Life Cycle Posters and Cut and Paste Life Cycle Learning Activities are also included for students to complete whole group or individually. They are provided in many formats, colored and black and white, to meet the needs of all classrooms.  

My thematic units include individual student graphic organizers as well as chart parts to complete the organizers as a class as well as vocabulary cards that feature real life pictures to display during the unit.

 

My favorite part of the entire pumpkin unit is being able to complete hands on activities with the students. Students LOVE using manipulatives for learning. This section of the unit includes a variety of different pages to perform a variety of different pumpkin investigations. Students will have the opportunity to bring in a pumpkin of some kind from home in order to help complete the activities. A letter to parents asking for pumpkins is included. Students will work on sorting the pumpkins in several ways, determine if the pumpkins sink or float, determine if the pumpkin seeds sink or float, taste different pumpkin flavored foods to see which is the class favorite, poll the class on their like/dislike of pumpkin pie, make predictions, and more. Graphing pages and classroom chart/graph parts are included in the unit. A pumpkin investigations booklet is also included (2 to each page) so students can compile all of their data/findings in one easy to locate place. This book also includes pages for students to describe a pumpkin using their 5 senses.

The Classroom “Big” books and student readers both read the same. The full colored version of the book includes real life pictures to make learning more fun. The student readers are in black and white to allow your students to follow along and then take the story home with them.

Another fun activity that is not a part of the unit, but can be purchase separately is our Pumpkin Life Cycle Flip Flap Book.

This flip-flap book is a great addition to my Pumpkin Life Cycle Unit. 4 versions of the book have been provided to best suit the needs of your class and can be used for differentiation within the classroom. This flip book is 8 pages long including the cover.

The versions included are:
-Blank pages labeled with ordinal words: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Draw the Pumpkin Life Cycle
-Blank pages labeled with the stages of the Pumpkin Life Cycle: seed, sprout, vine, flower, green pumpkin, orange pumpkin, Draw the Pumpkin Life Cycle
-Simple Sentences with space to draw on life cycle stages labeled pages
-Simple Traceable Sentences with space to draw on life cycle stages labeled pages

 

New Adventures

In March of 2014 my world changed forever when my sweet baby girl was born. Fast forward 9.5 months to today. How can my baby girl be 9.5 months already. I don’t even want to talk about the birthday that will be happening in just a couple months time. If we don’t talk about it, she won’t grow up right?

9.5 months ago was the last time I stepped foot in a classroom. It was actually longer than that due to extreme pregnancy sickness my entire 9 months. The day I became a mommy was the day I no longer was a teacher…in a classroom. Now I say, in a classroom, because I am a teacher. I get to be the best kind of teacher in my eyes and that teacher is called MAMA. I get to be my baby girls MAMA, teacher and more. And I get to do it from the comfort of my home and I couldn’t be happier. I miss teaching the little ones, but am so glad that I get to stay home with my sweet girl and watch her grow, because friends, she is growing right before my eyes and most of the time I am way too afraid to blink for fear she is a teenager when I open my eyes.

Even though I am not in the classroom anymore, I still have soo many ideas flowing in my brain and do soo much with my little girl on a daily basis and I want to share it. My eventual goal is to homeschool my daughter and any future babies that come along. I wanted a new fresh place to share the ideas I am currently doing with my little girl, sensory activities, baby play activities, eventual preschool activities etc., so I started a new blog: Mac-n-Taters.

It is here that I will be sharing all the “teachery” things I do with my little girl. Mac-n-Taters was formed as a way for me to share my journey through parenting and teaching my little ones. I strongly believe that it is never too early to start teaching your children and believe that they can learn amazing things when given the opportunity, no matter what the age. I strongly believe play is an important part of learning and you will see a lot of that at Mac-n-Taters. You can read all about what my blog will entail at my first post HERE. I would love to have to hop over and follow along. 

Now I have to brag on the blog designer for my new blog. Parker from PJs Design Laboratory is the man behind the design.

Parker is the UBER talented hubby of Susan from Thank God Its First Grade. I knew exactly the look I was going for and wanted all sorts of stuff added, like drop down menus.  I contacted him and started asking all sorts of questions and friends he made it happen. He researched how to create drop downs for me, made them and installed them.  I am in LOVE with it all. He even helped fix my blog after I severely screwed it up after posting my first post and trying to add something…I call it sleep deprived mommy brain, but others may call it crazy…I will let you decide :) I HIGHLY recommend him if you are looking for a new design. He got it all done so quickly and was the definition of professional!!!

Onto my next adventure, in addition to TPT, my new blogging adventures, and being a full time stay at home mommy, I have also started an Etsy shop for all of my invitation creations. I actually started this back in July and have been slowly adding to it as I go and have time. I would love to have you hop over and check it out and if you are on the hunt for custom invitations or have an idea I would love to hear it. I am always looking for more ideas to create :)

Some of my favorites so far include my Valentine Invitations and my Milk and Cookies Invitation. 

Thank you for following along on all my adventures. I plan to continue My (Not So) Elementary Life as a “filing cabinet” of sorts for my TPT products and showcase others from time to time as well. Thank you for all your support and I look forward to sharing with you and hope you will come follow along with my new adventures :)