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Clock Flowers!

Hello First Grade Gallery friends! Was it the best Teacher Appreciation Week ever for you? I sure hope so! I wanted to share a fun activity we worked on for our May bulletin board! We practiced telling time and made a project at the same time! See how cute they turned out!

Clock Flowers!
I did this with my Second Graders to review time to five minute intervals, but you could easily modify this for your Firsties. The flower pattern is from Amy Lemons time unit. I hope she doesn't mind, because I didn't see the new revision :), but I changed up the craft a bit to make it more of a math station activity to review for MAP testing.

First, I printed some rainbow arrows from Jen at Teaching in the Tongass to use as clock hand manipulatives. I also printed a sheet of digital clocks from Teacher Gems.

I had some great task cards from Rachel Lynette all copied and so I decided to do a scoot activity where each station required the students to model the time with the flower clocks and then use the recording sheet to write the correct answer. I am going to be working on additional sets of task cards because my class just loves to SCOOT! I'll let you know when they are ready!

Clock Flowers!

Once we finished the scoot, whichever task card was on the student's desk was the one they had to show on the clock project. They glued down the clock hands and wrote in the digital time. The digital clock is glued to one leaf.

The kids had a fun time with telling time and now, we have a colorful May Flowers bulletin board!




Life Cycles in the Classroom and a Giveaway

Hello First Grade Friends! Spring has finally sprung and it's time for me to begin some favorite science themes in the classroom! LIFE CYCLES!

I wanted to share some cute new items I've been working on that you may enjoy for your lessons and activities in the coming weeks like this butterfly flap book project!

Life Cycles in the Classroom and a Giveaway


Life Cycles in the Classroom and a Giveaway

This PowerPoint would be a great introduction for your unit and will go along perfectly with the project! 
I found some super photos of each stage I know your students would enjoy seeing!

Life Cycles in the Classroom and a Giveaway
 I usually project my PowerPoints on the SMARTBoard so the class can get a better view not possible with a read aloud. 
You can see more at my TPT store here, or by clicking on any of the images, if you are interested.

I also added a flap book for the life cycle of a frog.

Life Cycles in the Classroom and a Giveaway


Life Cycles in the Classroom and a Giveaway

There is a companion PowerPoint for frogs too!

Life Cycles in the Classroom and a Giveaway

Do you hatch chicks in your school? 

Life Cycles in the Classroom and a Giveaway

If so, you might like this cute presentation as well!

Life Cycles in the Classroom and a Giveaway

For more ideas for spring, follow me on Pinterest!
 I am always adding fun finds to my boards!

You can find more classroom photos, posts and social media links at my other blog~ Creative Lesson Cafe!
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I sure hope to see you there as well!

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Then, leave me a link to your Pin, blog post, Facebook Like or like on Bloglovin in the comments and I'll select one winner for a winner's choice from my Kidsrcute store!

Happy Spring!
 :)






Time to Plant, Grass Heads and a Freebie!

With our cute Mother's Day projects finished and sent home (whew!), we are ready to start a new unit on plants. Today the kids were busy crafting away these big and bold flowers that will decorate our bulletin boards until the end of our school year in June.

Our unit will include this project for labeling plant parts. You can get it at my shops.

Time to Plant, Grass Heads and a Freebie!

It was really great practice for cutting, gluing and planning out how to arrange the pieces. We did this whole-group and they turned out really cute!

I started the unit with this PowerPoint for the Smartboard. I found the most beautiful images to use for this. The kids just loved it!

Time to Plant, Grass Heads and a Freebie!


There are also some Thinking Maps having to do with planting in my Spring Mind Maps packet.

Time to Plant, Grass Heads and a Freebie!Time to Plant, Grass Heads and a Freebie!



This is our cute seed-themed May attendance for the Smartboard!


Time to Plant, Grass Heads and a Freebie!



Here's a cute freebie for your planting unit! Enjoy!

Time to Plant, Grass Heads and a Freebie!




Be sure to check out my Mother's Day post to see our cute pots and planting kits!

In case you were wondering what they were, here are the grass heads:

This activity is great fun! Have students bring in a colorful sock. The colorful socks should be bright but dark like blue, red or purple or the dirt stains will show through. Fill it with dirt and grass seed. Tie the end and flip it over. Push straight pins through button holes. Set them in a small cup of water or a saucer and watch your grass heads grow! I made these with an entire grade level of students so I rested them in an aluminum tray until they sprouted.


Time to Plant, Grass Heads and a Freebie!


The kids love giving them a haircut! If you don't want to use socks, the dirt can be put in a cup and students can add wiggle eyes or draw a face with sharpie marker. I can't wait to do this!









Clock Flowers!Life Cycles in the Classroom and a GiveawayTime to Plant, Grass Heads and a Freebie!

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