The Colors of Me

My friend Susanna from Whimsy Workshop shared a wonderful freebie called All About Me Rainbows that I couldn't wait to use!  It was a perfect activity to tie together our Color Weeks and everything else that we had worked on the past couple weeks. The children loved it! They got very creative with their color choices. Thank you, Susanna!    

Here are some of the activities that we tied together.  Along with reviewing colors, I "formally" introduce Writer's Workshop this week. We talked about caring for our writing tools after we read Harold and The Purple Crayon.

Harold only has his ONE crayon, and he really needs to take special care of that crayon and treat it carefully so that he can continue to have his adventures.  We decided that we are VERY lucky to have all of the colors we have- as well as colored pencils and markers to use.  

We watched Purple, Green, and Yellow on Tumblebooks on the Smartboard.  I like watching Robert Munsch books on the Tumblebooks, because he narrates his own books, and nobody can do it better.
This story is a great discussion starter for the correct way to use ( NOT USE...) and care for markers. 

The children read lots of books and explored our classroom library and reference areas, so that when they are writing and need help spelling a word or drawing a picture, they know where to go.  We have lots of places to find the color words.

We read lots of "Me" books this week, and talked about how important each one of us is to our class family. We talked about how we are the same and how we are different- and that our differences make us so special.  Here are some favorite "Me" books:

(I use this book to introduce "like.")

 (Guess what sight words I introduced with this book?:)

We did lots of math sorting activities last week.  After we had a discussion about how much more fun it is that we are different, rather than all the same, and how our differences make us who we are, I asked the children which noodles would be more fun to sort? Luckily- they got the idea!

As a "colorful" follow-up this week, I am going to read A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon.

In the story, when the Camilla stops trying to please everyone else and isn't afraid to be who she really is, her bad case of stripes goes away.

I found this idea from I Heart Crafty Things. She printed out black and white pictures of the children and let them add stripes! (I think with chalk.)

I am going to have each child write, "I like me!"  underneath his/her striped picture, because we are practicing those words.  Perfect!

Have a WONDERFUL, colorful week! 



Favorite Pins Friday! July 19th

First of all, I have to share my happy blogging moment! :)  Sarah from FCS and Then Some featured me on her blog for Treasure Hunt Thursday. :)

I am so honored.  Thank you so much, Sarah.  OH and the other thrill was that she actually had Justin Robinett in class! He and Michael Henry are incredible singers. I just love them. They do cover songs better than the originals, by the way.   Oh, Sarah, you MADE MY DAY!!! :)

Also, don't forget my 100 Follower Giveaway!  Stop over and play!


 I am linking up Cara at The First Grade Parade for Favorite Pins Friday.  I'd love you to follow me on Pinterest!

I want to start off with this  Sub Tub from A Teacher's Treasure.  What a great idea! Her post explains what she includes.

 

This pin is from I (heart) Crafty Things.    I loved it! She printed out black and white photos and let the children color them to go along with the book A Bad Case of the Stripes.  It looks like she let them use chalk.

 

 

Here are a few fun math pins.

I loved this activity from Beth Moore's blog From the Hive.

This pin is from Teach Beside Me . What a simple center to make- yet so many ways to use it- counting, sorting, patterning... 

 

This poem is for older grades- but I liked it.

 

My VERY favorite Kid Snippets Video is Math Class.  Kid Snippets are adults acting out what  children say.  If you like this- what am I saying- OF COURSE you will like this because it is all of us who have EVER taught math- saying, "AND ONE MORE... "  So- my other favorites on Youtube that I think  you will like  are Kid Snippets Basketball Class and Healthy Food.  Oh my gosh, my husband and I spent a whole night just laughing at these. 

 

And finally- the ones that made me laugh! 

 

(I loved watching Bob Ross!)

 

 

 

Finally- my "Hey girl"-  This one was actually SCARY cause I do have a secret stash of Dove chocolates that I keep "in case I want to give some away" to my teacher friends during the day who may need a little chocolate to brighten up their day.  UNFORTUNATELY- they are not "secret" from me, and Ryan, they are running reallllly low... get over here!  

Have a great weekend!