Tag: craftivity

Wed
11 Jul
2012 by

Space unit resources

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I am currently working on my Space Unit. 

We are required to do this, and other units, from scratch as we don’t use textbooks for Science or Social Studies in my school.
I have started with some planning looking at our Science Common Core Standards (we call them Competencias).
At the end of this unit my Second Graders should be able to understand the explain between day and night, moon phases, a little bit about planets, seasons…
But I just started with the MOON:
This is what I have so far:

Some good read alouds that could cover from K-2.

My favorite is A que sabe la luna? It is a story of a group of animals that want to taste the moon. It is a very sweet story that will teach some team work to my students.

I have also prepared a new science Fold and Learn activity that you can find on my TPT store: Moon Phases Fold and Learn.

I have a inclusion classroom with high diversity so I always try that my crafts work on different levels. 

I have also found this video from Discovery Kids that teaches about the moon.

And I have left the best part until the end, as a little recompense for the ones that have been reading the whole post 😉
You may have use NASA website with your students to teach about Space.
It has been translated into Spanish so I include a link.
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We have ESA in Europe (European Space Agency). And the good news is that it also has a kids site, and you can read it in many different languages. 

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I still have much to do on my Space unit but I’d love reading everyone’s ideas on this unit. 
Tue
05 Jun
2012 by

Ice creams make life better and currently June

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I have been reading all your blogs this week. Reading about Summer linky parties, end of the year games and so on. But I have 3 weeks left. We finish June 22nd. So we are having lots of tests and many teacher meetings.
In the middle of all this stress I finally managed to change my bulletin board. May flowers were shrivelling.

So I printed my latest craftivity and had an instant ice cream bulletin board. My students wrote about their favorite flavors and decorated their shops. 
We had extra time so we decorated some ice cream for the Bulletin Board with our names on it. 
Then I added some Summer clipart to fill some gaps.
Everything was quite quick as they could do it all themselves. Some even had some time to have fun with Summer fast finishers activities!
I can’t wait to finish our tests to start with all the end of the year fun!
Before that I am joining Oh boy 4th grade on the linky party. I enjoyed reading what is everybody doing. It’s a great idea for us, blog stalkers. 😉
Mon
21 May
2012 by

Give away reminder, my new craftivity and Summer games

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I just wanted to say THANK YOU!!!
44 new followers in less than a week!
If you haven’t entered the give away there are only three days left.
Last week was a great week in school. We still have classes till June 22nd. We are practising our writing abilities with lots of fun prompts.
Today I am presenting my newest writing prompt. I think it is the easiest, the more creative and the cutest. Yes, it’s my favorite:
A small writing prompt to create your own ice cream shop and write about your favorite ice-cream flavor.
We will be doing it next month, but I know some of you are on your last days so you can find it on TPT.
You can use it in English or Spanish.
I will also share some games you can use on your Smart Boards or your students can use at home.
Some Spanish Summer games to practice during Summer Holidays.
It is divided into 3 categories:
INFANTIL (3-5year-olds.)
PRIMARIA (1st-6th grade)
SECUNDARIA (7th grade and above)

Enjoy your last days of school!