Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Hi all,

One of my favorite activities at the beginning of the year is to read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.  Then I pass out magnetic letters and we act it out with a big coconut tree drawn on the board.  The kids enjoy bringing up their magnetic letter when we get to it in the story.

After that, we make our own coconut trees and repeat.  This way they can each have all the letters.  Here are some pictures.

We first made our coconut trees, then cut out and ordered our alphabet letters.

We acted out the book, then glued the letters on. These first two were mine. The ones below are all student work.

This one likes when they all fall off, of course.  I love that even one of the palm leaves is falling.

The scattered approach

Another scattered one.

One of my more orderly kids...

It's so fun how each one is individual to the child.

So there ya go.  A fun, easy, beginning of the year alphabet review.

Joell

Spreadsheets are done & student welcome

Spreadsheets on Teacherspayteachers!

I finally finished the 1st grade common core spreadsheets!   Now, I know some teachers might be afraid of spreadsheets, but these are very simple to use.

Here's a video I made to help you out if you need it.



You can find both the math and language arts versions in my tpt store.

I would suggest using my spreadsheet with some of the great assessment packs already out there on teacherspayteachers.  Here are a few on my wishlist:

The Lesson Plan Diva's math assessments
The Lesson Plan Diva's Language Arts Assessments

Jodi Southard's Math and Language Arts packets.

Back to School

I've also been working on bulletin board ideas for welcoming the students at the beginning of the year.  I got these really cute frames and got them all ready in powerpoint.  I'll be meeting with parents and students the week before school, so I'm hoping to take pictures and then put them up on the board.  Here's my template.

Aren't they cute?  

Well, that's it for today.  I hope you're enjoying your summer.

Joell