Smart-board activity (The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat)

This is a notebook file for smart-boards. This smart-board activity goes along with the book "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat." In this activity students can move the objects and have the lady swallow them into her stomach. This help in retelling the story! Students will have to also sort objects by if they were swallowed or not swallowed. The next slide also has were the students move the objects that were swallowed to match their beginning letter. Students use picture to sequence the story. Students will be able to create a circle map on one of the characters. It also incorporates math by counting how many were swallowed by looking at a graph and having them write the number while determining more or less. Check it out on my teacher pay teachers account.


The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat Smart-board activity

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Look what I found! Absence note

As I was looking through different blogs the other day.  I found the CUTE absence notes from a creative classroom.  These forms will work great for my classroom.  You can send copies home with the parents the first week of school or even in the take home folders to fill out when their child was absent from school.  I think it is a great idea because it is so hard to get all the information that the office wants.  This way the parents will know exactly what they need to included the first time.


Absence Note

Jungle Theme Classroom

Happy Friday! Today I decided to start blogging and sharing ideas with all the lovely teachers out there.  I have been slaving in my classroom the past week and can I say "I am tired." This year I decided to go with the safari/jungle theme.  It has taken me all summer to put all those ideas into action.  I have uploaded a glimpse of what I have done so far.  I am still working on the finishing touches!

This is the Reading Center

As you walk into classroom, I have a display wall with bamboo & jungle leaf paper across the entire wall.

Home Center: Made a window to give it a home like feel

 Computer Center, group table, and part of the word wall

 Curtains were made to match theme and behavior chart on file cabinet was made to match.

 Writing Center: Bought animal print baskets to hold all the writing materials.

 Side view of the classroom

 Made chair covers in different animal prints and carpets to match

 Science Center with animal chairs

 Better View of some of the Word Wall

 Chair Covers and Reading baskets in animal print

 Group Time, Listening Center, and Blocks are in baskets on shelf. (ignore the board! Not finished because it will be taken down to install smartboard)

That is the start of my Safari/Jungle theme room.  I will post more pictures later when completely done.