New Year's Printables from Charlotte's Clips

The Christmas Parties are finished, so I had little time to create this printable and clip art.

I wanted to share them with you too.

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Clip Art from my Blog

Government Branches Song

Help your kiddos learn the responsibilities of each of the three branches of our US Government

using this easy to learn song. 

 

Its song to the song of Three Blind Mice. 

 

 

Winter Science Journal

Oh, is the weather outside frightful or delightful? What do the trees look like? What is on the ground? How does it feel? How about having students record their observations in a winter science journal? Or, assign it for homework as a fun family project?  Here's the cover.

Here's the Word bank.

Want to find out more and get your free winter science journal? Just click on the picture below.

Hope you are having a great winter! Thanks for all you do to make a difference for your students.

Helping Students Understand Literary Devices Freebie

Many students struggle with making distinctions between literary devices, literary techniques, literary elements and figurative language.  Come read my blog about how to help these students and get a free copy of this printable handout.  Click Here

Cheers,

What are your dreams for the New Year?

Want a great writing or drawing activity to set the New Year off great in your classroom?

Click on the image below:

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A Cool Reading Freebie

Hi everyone!  It is Teresa from Fun in K/1.  I wanted to share a fun Winter reading comprehension freebie with you.  It is perfect for 1st or 2nd graders.  Students will read a 4-page story with illustrations about building a snowman.  You can copy the story front-to-back or in booklet form (4 to a page).  Then there is a reading comprehension quiz that includes multiple choice and short answer questions.  My favorite part is the magnifying glass where students must show where they found their proof.

Click here to come over to Fun in K1 and download this freebie.

Literature Link - Giraffes Can't Dance Freebie

Need to put a little fun in your read alouds?  Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae is a super cute book about overcoming a fear.  We were reading books about dancing.  We also read Rap a Tap Tap by Diane Dillon.  This book features Mr. Bojangles.  Youtube has some great movie clips with him and Shirley Temple dancing!  Great history!

We did a compare and contrast with Song and Dance Man on a T chart! 

Click on the pages to get a direct link to the freebie!

 

Try some creative writing with a prompt!

Click Little Priorities to see original posting.  I have a few youtube links.

Snowball Fight...at math time

Hello Friends!  Are you looking for some winter fun to start the new year?  Maybe a snowball fight or two?  Check out my missing addend game to add some winter fun to your math centers.  All you need is something to use as a snowball and someplace to hide them. 

 Count how many snowballs you have, then while everyone is hiding their eyes, take some away.  The task for your students is to figure out how many you have hidden.  Come on over to where we are all dancing our merry kinder kapers and pick up your free recording sheets to go with this game.  Just click on the picture or my blog button.

Happy New Year Read and Write

Only 3 days left til New Year's Eve and 2014. Have any special traditions for celebrating the New Year? How about a fun reading and writing activity about New Year's traditions in America for your first day back from vacation? Here's a sample of the reading activity.

Want to find out more and get your free download? Just click on the picture below. Have a very Happy New Year.

Thanks for all you do to make a difference for your students.

Cloze sentence practice that is out of this world!

You can never have enough practice with fill in the blank {cloze} sentences, right?
Here's a space-themed freebie that reviews sight words and consonant-vowel-consonant words.  Click on an image to grab your activity!  :)

Count Down with the New Year from Charlotte's Clips

Free New Year's Printable to help students practice those tricky teen numbers 

from Charlotte's Clips.

Download Free at Charlotte's Clips and Kindergarten Kids

Keep Calm and Keep on Blogging

How to Write Different Types of Leads

We are in the middle of our Opinion Persuasion writing unit in our classroom, and when we get to the lesson on how to write a lead, my students will look at me like I am speaking a foreign language.  I am not kidding!  

 

Have any of you had that same response? 

 

Over time, I have found that although my kiddos are genuinely listening to my instructions and what I think are great lead examples, they just can't keep this in their heads without visuals.  Now when I teach these lead examples, I show these charts on my smart board, and it really helps them make connections to what I am saying.  I also have printed versions posted on our wall for continued reference.  If you can use this, click on either of the images below.

 

 

Here is one of the types of leads demonstrated... 

I hope this can help you in your writing units, no matter if you are teaching Opinion or Persuasive writing or another writing genre. 

 

 

 

 

Winter Sentences using Sentence Frames.

For many struggling writers and ESL students, writing is such a difficult skill to learn. I find that teaching with sentence frames helps students learn the parts of a sentence and how to write them. Using themes helps students write because they have lots of words in their word bank to use.
I start with the parts of the sentence. I give each student a set of the cards below:

I cut up a sentence into parts and hold up each card. Then students hold up the sentence part card. That way I can assess every student at the same time. (put them in a pocket chart.)

Then I have them practice by unscrambling a sentence and illustrating it.

Want to find out more and get your free packet? Just click on the image below.

Thanks for all you do to make a difference for your students.