Measurement Olympics

This post has been a long time in the making.  Sorry for all of you who have stopped by and looked for the Measurement Olympics recording sheet.  I needed to make a few adjustments (I changed school districts and lost all of my files.  So making adjustments really means starting from scratch!).  I am using this with my first graders and instead of measuring with rulers we will be using different non-standard objects to measure.  I have left plenty of room for the students to write down the measurements with each tool they measure with.  We will use Unifix cubes, crayons, and jumbo paper clips.  If you are using a ruler, you will have plenty of room to record! Thanks for stopping by!

Animal Research and Shark Acrostic Poems

These last couple of weeks we have learned A LOT about different animals.  We have been researching our favorite animals and now we are working on publishing them through a website called Student Publishing.  I have done this the last three years and my students always love it and learn so much! Here is an example of our work.

Also, this week has been a review week for ELA so I went to Amy Lemons' blog and pulled some neato ideas for poetry.  We finished our Shark Acrostic Poems today and they turned out so cute! Thank you Mrs. Lemons for such a cute, fun way to review poetry.  Check them out on Amy Lemons' blog- Step Into 2nd Grade with Mrs. Lemons.  http://stepintosecondgrade.blogspot.com/  Here are our super cute sharks.

One other great idea from Amy Lemons.  Measurement Olympics! We are also reviewing in math this week and measurement is on the agenda.  When I found the Shark acrostics I also found Measurement Olympics. I immediately knew that I needed to do this too- so I created a recording sheet and added a twist.  After the Olympics, students will graph their results (another great review).  Hopefully you'll have fun with this too! Click HERE for the free recording sheet!

OOH by the way I am having a massive MATH sale on Teachers Pay Teachers from today (Wednesday) until Friday!  Go check it OUT! Have a great rest of the week friends!

Easter Fun

This week we are reviewing graphs and since we have a short week for Easter I decided to go ahead and create some fun spring graphs! I have gone ahead and posted them on TPT and you can click here to get them.  

On another hoppy note- We will be creating a bunny from toilet paper tubes.  I am so excited about this fun craft.  You can jump over to Pinterest to find the tutorial.  Have a great Easter week! 

Roll for More - Place Value and Addition Skills

Everyday in my class we do math centers.  This way I can meet with my lower kids and help them grasp the math skill from that week a little better.  Well, earlier this week we took a little break and my low kids did centers too.  So I watched them work with other partners, and I was so impressed with this one particular center because these kiddos were not playing the game like were supposed to BUT it was actually a better rendition than the original rules.  They were not only practicing their place value skills (the whole center was supposed to focus on this) but they were also practicing their addition skills (they were rolling two dice and then building the sum of the two with their tens and ones manipulatives).  Since I loved this idea I decided I would post it for FREE! Hope everyone enjoys it as much as we did!

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Hello Bloggers!

I am starting this blog to share my favorite ideas that I have used in room 214.  My goal as a teacher is to reach every student through their unique learning style.  I LOVE creating hands-on activities that reach every student and assists in successful learning.  By the time they leave my classroom I hope that I have prepared them to continue their growth in knowledge for the next grade and for the rest of their life.   Jump on the Jiving with Mrs. Jaap bandwagon to explore learning through the life of a second grader!