Beginning of the year activity using The Rainbow Fish This is a great getting to know you activity for the beginning of the year! The students will see that everyone is special and has something unique to offer. Materials: The Rainbow Fish Big book paper fish scale for each student Blown up Fish on butcher […]
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Teamwork Lesson for Learning to Work Together (6th Grade)
Students will learn how to work in groups. Objectives: Students will be able to define teamwork. Students will work together to brainstorm 3/4 words that teamwork means to them. Students will develop three or four positive guidelines for working in a group together. Materials: Markers Bristol Boards Lesson Plan: Anticipatory set: Name teams in your […]
Friendship – Do You Want to Be My Friend?
Uses Eric Carle’s Do You Want to Be My Friend? to teach about friendship. Objectives: To teach social skills and how to develop friendships. Materials: Book – Do You Want to Be My Friend? by Eric Carle. Large piece of butcher paper paints Lesson Plan: Discuss the meaning of being a friend and what good qualities […]
The Kissing Hand Activity for the First Week of School
Activities to go along with the book The Kissing Hand. Materials: Put the following items in a book bag or backpack or shoebox: Book: The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn Heart shaped stickers Hand cut outs Journal book Pencils or crayons Lesson Plan: Read the book at either your orientation, your first day of school, or send […]
M & M Counting Chart
Children graph the M&Ms by color, graph their favorite color M and M as a class. Objectives: To learn how to count and to help reinforce colors. Materials: A small graph with the different colors of M and M’s Try this printable M & M Chart from A to Z Teacher Stuff M&M’s A large […]
All About Me Biographical and Autobiographical Writing
Students will practice biographical and autobiographical forms of writing: autobiography, biopoem, character traits, classmate biography. Objectives: Write an autobiographical essay that utilizes all components in the writing process. (Prewriting, drafting editing, revision, publishing) Write a biopoem (biographical) that describes key character traits of one’s self. Conduct and write a biographical essay of a classmate using […]
All About Me Activities: Graphing, All About Me Cube, and All About You
“Me” Activities These teaching ideas were shared by members at the A to Z Teacher Stuff Forums. teacherkasey: Read Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes and talk about the children’s names (how did they get them, how many letters are in each, graph number of letters) Make tactile names (write children’s names in glue and have children put macaroni or […]
Fun With Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
This is a beginning of the year activity for a great alphabet book – Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Objectives: cut and assemble a coconut tree from construction paper without using a pattern form letters to place on their coconut tree recall and express their favorite part of the story You’ll be able to assess cutting […]
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Alphabet Review and Letter Recognition Activities
Magnetic Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree Make a magnetic Chicka Chicka tree for students to practice letter recognition and retelling Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Objectives: Story retelling and letter recognition Materials: Small coffee cans (metal) Duct tape Brown paint green felt magnetic letters Lesson Plan: Tape together 3 or 4 small coffee cans, stacked on […]
My Favorite Papers Ongoing Assessment Portfolio Idea
Students fill out papers throughout the year all about themselves to create a portfolio that can be assembled and taken home at the end of the year. Lesson Plan: This is ongoing… I begin the first day of school by passing out a sheet I created titled “Look At Me!” This sheet has topics that the […]
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