Showing posts with label Life Cycles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life Cycles. Show all posts

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Butterfly Fun


Here's a look at a few butterfly inspired projects!


Our Nonfiction Book Picks




A great idea taken from Mailbox Magazine! 


We love to write our own poems!


Here's the framework we used to write our poems.

Butterflies
Flutter by the (insert adjective), (insert noun).
Flutter by the (insert adjective), (insert noun).
Flutter by the (insert adjective), (insert noun).
Flutter by, my butterfly!

I used sentence strips in a pocket chart to model the poem with the students.
(Sorry, I did not take a photo.)
I also had a few pre-made word cards for the adjectives and nouns.
I modeled the poem using the pre-made word cards.  Then the students provided their own ideas written on post-it notes.  The post-it notes allowed for ease of repeated student interaction.  
(You could easily transfer this group lesson to a small group station activity.)


Here's a look at a quick and easy art project!


Grab the watercolors and paper plates!

Students cut out a "v" at the top and bottom of the paper plate.
Students paint their watercolor designs.
Allow to dry and add the body.
Fun, quick, and beautiful!


Here's a look at the poem we added to our poetry notebooks this week!

Sorry, I do not have a download for you!  We are in the midst of testing!

It's been one busy month for me!   (...And we still have one month to go!)

Happy {almost} TGIF!

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Eggs and Teaching Blog Addict



Click on over to Teaching Blog Addict to view my post tonight!



I just added a few "eggcellent" ideas to inspire your teaching week!


A Reading Response Activity



 Life Cycle Sequencing and Writing Activity



Hope you have a great evening!