The Printable Princess: Build a Sight Word (plus recording sheet)

The Printable Princess: Build a Sight Word (plus recording sheet): Today's blog post will be a quickie. I was just so excited about my latest Target find, I had to share it with my teaching friends!  ...

Fabulous Friday Freebies

Here is our weekly linkup party: Fabulous Friday Freebies. This weeks topic is anything math. Please link up any free items or teaching ideas relating to math.

An InLinkz Link-up

Perfect Song / Video For Teaching Letter Recognition and Sounds

This is my favorite video for learning letters and sounds. Check it out!

Three For Thursday: Spring / End Of Year

Welcome to my new linky party.  Here you will find awesome products, freebies, and teaching ideas relating to spring and the end of the year.  You are welcome to link up as well just please remember to link 1 free item or teaching idea for every 2 products.

An InLinkz Link-up

Spring Time Math In Kindergarten

In math we have been working on both addition and subtraction.  The way that I like to practice these skills is that I start the kids in each math group with adding 0 to any given number.  Once the group has mastered that they move on to adding 1, then adding 2, adding 3, adding 4, and finally adding 5.  After they master adding by each of those numbers they practice adding the numbers 0-5 to any given number, then they move on to adding 6, adding 7, adding 8, adding 9, adding 10 and finally adding the numbers 0-10 to any given number.  After the students can do that then their group moves on to subtraction and we practice those skills in a similar manner.  I have several TPT products to help with this.  Today we used my  Butterfly Addition Adding 0-10 product which is really helpful when teaching this way!  

Here are some pictures of the kids in action!  

After we check their answers they then can go ahead and color the butterflies!  

The kids were so excited with the cute design of the butterflies the first time they saw them!  This product brings and element of fun to learning!  

Awesome Math Video: Greater Than Less Than

Here is a super cute video for teaching the math concept of greater than less than!  Check it out!

Ten For Tuesday: 10 Great Resources For Teaching The Life Cycle Of A Butterfly

It is that time of year again when we are teaching life cycles in my classroom.  I am sure a lot of you are also doing the same.  I thought I would share some great resources for this unit.  You can click on the links or the pictures for more information.
Resource 1:  The Life Cycle of a Butterfly.  This book describes the various stages of a monarch butterfly's life, from egg to pupa to caterpillar to butterfly, as well as its migration and dangers that it faces.

Resource 2.   National Geographic Readers: Caterpillar to Butterfly

Butterflies are all around us. It's hard to believe these majestic insects with impressive wingspans and beautifully colored and patterned wings were once creepy crawly caterpillars. How in the world does this transformation happen? This Level 1 Reader gives kids an up-close look at exactly how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. With bonus information including different types of butterflies and poisonous caterpillars, this reader is one of a kind.

This high-interest, educationally vetted series of beginning readers features the magnificent images of National Geographic, accompanied by texts written by experienced, skilled children's book authors.
The inside back cover of the paperback edition is an interactive feature based upon the book. Level 1 books reinforce the content of the book with a kinesthetic learning activity. In Level 2 books readers complete a Cloze letter, or fun fill-in, with vocabulary words.

Resource 3.   From Caterpillar to Butterfly  A caterpillar comes to school in a jar and the class watches the caterpillar each day as it grows and changes. Soon, it disappears into a hard shell called a chrysalis. Where did it go? This is a perfect beginner's guide to the mystery of metamorphosis.

Named as a NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children, this book explains the life cycle from caterpillar to butterfly with easy-to-follow prose from Deborah Heiligman and warm, colorful illustrations from Bari Weissman.This is a Stage 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explains simple science concepts for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Let's-Read-And-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

Resource 4:  Explore My World Butterflies  The engaging Explore My World picture books invite kids to take their first big steps toward understanding the world around them and are just the thing for parents and kids to curl up with and read aloud. In Explore My World Butterflies, curious kids ages 3 to 7 will be excited to learn about the magical world of butterflies: their beauty, their importance to plant life, and their incredible metamorphosis and migration.

Resource 5:  Life Cycle of a Butterfly - YouTube 

  

Resource 6:  Butterfly, Butterfly! (a song for kids about the butterfly life cycle)

Resource 7:  Learning Resources Giant Magnetic Butterfly Life Cycle

Resource 8:  Life Cycle of a Butterfly Learning Chart

Resource 9:  Butterfly Garden Gift Set with Live Cup of Caterpillars

Resource 10:  Insect Lore 01010 Original Butterfly Garden with Voucher

Well there you have it....10 great resource for teaching the life cycle of a butterfly.   Tune in next week for a new Ten For Tuesday!