Wordless Wednesday: Root Beer Float {Yummy}

Hello, Friends!

I hope you all have had a GREAT day.  Today, I'm linking up with Miss DeCarbo from Sugar and Spice for her Wordless Wednesday linky.

We've been learning all about solids, liquids, and gases. To put it all together, we made a root beer float and wrote about what's really found inside a root beer float.  So much fun!

So, any other fun ideas you have for teaching matter? 

Lots of love,

Jeannie

Do You Tableau?

Hello, friends!  

Have you ever heard of tableaus?  My students for the past 4 years have loved planning and creating these frozen pictures.  We have been studying different habitats for about two weeks.  Today, was their time to shine and actually be able to physically show me what they know.

First, let's back it on up!  A tableau is a where students create a still picture of a concept.  I have used them for vocabulary words, famous people, animals, and many other concepts.  Tableaus are such a fun way for students to actually be able to show that they know what concept you are reviewing is while having tons of fun. You can create a tableau of pretty much anything!

So, back to my classroom today.  Tomorrow is the big test on habitats.  My smarties are ready!  To review today, I had them plan with their groups for 5 minutes.  Then, they took about 2 minutes getting their tableau ready. Next up, is their finished tableau.  I always ask each student what they are trying to show me.  Their creativity really gets to shine.  You'll be surprised what they can come up with! :-)

Here are my groups planning. 

Next, they began to plan their tableau.

I didn't realize he was blurry.  He was an animal jumping out the water. :-)

And...our final product. 

This group is showing me the rain forest. The girl in the middle is a monkey.  The girl in the jacket is a monkey hanging from the tree.  The boy is a jaguar trying to get the monkey.

This group is showing me the ocean. The girl is the water and the boy is a dolphin jumping out of the water.

This groups created the desert.  The girl standing is the cactus.  The boy is a lizard and the girl is a snake. 

Do you have any fun ways to review before the test?  I hope everyone has had a wonderful day. Tomorrow is FRIDAY!  Woohoo!

Lots of love,

Habitat Rap

Hello, friends!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful day.  We have been reviewing habitats for the last couple of weeks.  My students get to choose a variety of things to do for each habitat that we discuss.  They can either draw a detailed picture, write a letter to the president telling him to keep the habitat safe, create a story or comic strip, or write a song.  I just HAD to share one of my student's raps with you.

Rainforest Rap

You need...you need...you need

You need to take care of the rainforest.  

It's so cool.

Now shake your tail.

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go...GO!  

All the animals say "Yahaaaaaaaaa."  

When I say rain you say forest

Rain...Forest

Now everybody...SCREAM!

He has the rapping part down, but didn't quite understand that he's suppose to write a song about the habitat itself.  However, it made my bust out laughing.  So, of course I had to share!  

Lots of love,

Life Cycle Fun

Hello, friends!

My smarties have been learning all about life cycles this week.  They LOVE learning about animals and there are so many crafts to make.  I love teaching all about animals.  So much fun!

First, if you haven't purchased Amy Lemons Frog and Butterfly Unit you need to check it out.  It's super cute!  Check out our pictures!

We made the butterfly life cycle using macaroni noodles and rice.  

Ribbitt!  We made frog hats with the life cycle wrapped around a sentence strip.

Click the picture below to check out Amy's adorable packet to find the crafts for the butterfly and frog life cycles.

Next, I couldn't find any crafts already made for the life cycle of reptiles, mammals, and birds.  So, I had to create my own.  Here's what we came up with.

Cock-a-doodle-do!  Check out some of my chickens!

Sea turtles are one of my favorite animals.  I LOVED the adorable sea turtles in the movie Finding Nemo.  I just knew that for a reptile life cycle, sea turtles would have to be made. Our sea turtles came out ADORABLE. 

The lovely Beth of Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Designs is making me some clip art of reptile and mammal life cycles.  I'll be sharing my bird and reptile crafts with all of you as soon as she posts her new set.  I can't wait.  Since I was already teaching these units, I had to have my kiddos draw the life cycles instead of  printing out the pictures.  They came out great without them, and my smarties learned so much!

We are making a squirrel hat tomorrow.  I saved mammals for last because we already know so much about them.  My kiddos are so excited.  

Aren't life cycles so much fun to teach???

I hope everyone had a wonderful day.

Lots of love,