color activities,

1-2-3 Come Review Shapes With Me!

I found that the more I immersed children in shapes and shape vocabulary, the quicker they grasped the standards.  I tried to give students a variety of activities to do, that would involve an assortment of standards, so that I was covering quite a bit, in  a short amount of time, with just one activity.

glyphs, quilt activities, back to school ideas, back to school activities, getting to know your student activities, back to school bulletin boards, quilt glyph, glyphs for back to school, glyphs for the 1st week of school, 1st week of school activities, september bulletin boards, CCSS for kindergarten and 1st grade, free CCSS for kindergarten and first grade, common core back to school, glyphs for fall, shape activities, math centers, shape games, hexagon activities, glyphs for the 1st week of school,Glyphs and games were wonderful alternatives, that my Y5's really enjoyed.  I get quite a few requests for glyphs, and by the number of people who download and PIN them, they are obviously popular.  The Quilt Glyph is covered with 2D flat shapes.

Run off and pass out the glyph quilts. Students write their name in the center. The teacher reads the Quilt Glyph directions and has students color the shapes according to their answers. To add that "finishing touch" students can glue a photo on their favorite shape.

glyphs, quilt activities, back to school ideas, back to school activities, getting to know your student activities, back to school bulletin boards, quilt glyph, glyphs for back to school, glyphs for the 1st week of school, 1st week of school activities, september bulletin boards, CCSS for kindergarten and 1st grade, free CCSS for kindergarten and first grade, common core back to school, glyphs for fall, shape activities, math centers, shape games, hexagon activities, glyphs for the 1st week of school, math games, Pre-cut a variety of colors of construction paper.  Have students choose one and glue their quilt to it.  Arrange all of the pieces on a bulletin board to resemble a large classroom quilt.  Your caption can read: "We are all wonderfully unique, yet we go together perfectly!"  Click on the link to view/download the Back to School Quilt Glyph.

glyphs, quilt activities, back to school ideas, back to school activities, getting to know your student activities, back to school bulletin boards, quilt glyph, glyphs for back to school, glyphs for the 1st week of school, 1st week of school activities, september bulletin boards, CCSS for kindergarten and 1st grade, free CCSS for kindergarten and first grade, common core back to school, glyphs for fall, shape activities, math centers, shape games, hexagon activities, glyphs for the 1st week of school, math games, Another way to review shapes is via the "Quick Quilt" game. Run off the template.  Students take turns spinning the shape spinner. 

Whatever shape they land on, is the one that they trace and color on their quilt. Encourage students to identify the shape by saying its name. 

The 1st one who completes their quilt, or the one with the most shapes colored in when the timer rings, is the winner. 

The rest of the players complete their quilts too.  I've included a black and white spinner, as well as one in color, plus both options, with shape- word labels.  Students can color they shapes any color that they want (I encourage children to use lots of colors) or they can color the shape to match the one on the spinner.

Click on the link to view/download the Quick Quilt Shape Game.

glyphs, quilt activities, back to school ideas, back to school activities, getting to know your student activities, back to school bulletin boards, quilt glyph, glyphs for back to school, glyphs for the 1st week of school, 1st week of school activities, september bulletin boards, CCSS for kindergarten and 1st grade, free CCSS for kindergarten and first grade, common core back to school, glyphs for fall, shape activities, math centers, shape games, hexagon activities, glyphs for the 1st week of school,Thanks for visiting today.  Feel free to PIN away.  If you'd like to see what other wonderfully creative items I PIN (mostly educational FREE stuff) simply click on the "Follow Me!" heart on your right.

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1-2-3 Come Do All Sorts Of Fun Activities With Elmer, Horton and Me!

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Since students have to compare and contrast, explain data etc.  I thought it would be fun for students to compare 2 of my favorite elephants: Horton and Elmer.

elmer the elephant activities, horton activities, seuss activities, elmer the elephant crafts, seuss crafts, horton crafts, elmer writing prompts, seuss writing prompts, horton writing prompts, horton bulletin boards, elmer the elephant bulletin boards, seuss bulletin boards, march bulletin boards, march is reading month bulletin boards, spring bulletin boards, elephant bulletin boards, elephant mask, elephant crafts, elephant activities, common core state standards for kindergarten, common core state standards for 1st grade, seuss games, horton games, elmer the elephant games, end punctuation activities, capitalization activities, color games, color cards, character setting event cards, beggining middle and end anchor chartThe packet includes:

  • Horton 3 character, setting, event cards
  • A Horton begginning, middle, and end graphic organizer or anchor chart
  • Horton retell the story bookmarks
  • Horton who, what, why, when, where, how anchor chart
  • Horton who, what, why, when, where writing prompt craftivity
  • 15 "Fix the sentence" (with capitalization and end punctuation) Horton cards.
  • Label the Horton bookcover anchor chart activity.
  • elmer the elephant activities, horton activities, seuss activities, elmer the elephant crafts, seuss crafts, horton crafts, elmer writing prompts, seuss writing prompts, horton writing prompts, horton bulletin boards, elmer the elephant bulletin boards, seuss bulletin boards, march bulletin boards, march is reading month bulletin boards, spring bulletin boards, elephant bulletin boards, elephant mask, elephant crafts, elephant activities, common core state standards for kindergarten, common core state standards for 1st grade, seuss games, horton games, elmer the elephant games, end punctuation activities, capitalization activities, color games, color cards, character setting event cards, beggining middle and end anchor chart2 Venn diagrams. 1 compares Horton Hears a Who with Elmer.  The other compares the character of Horton with that of Elmer.
  • 2 elmer the elephant activities, horton activities, seuss activities, elmer the elephant crafts, seuss crafts, horton crafts, elmer writing prompts, seuss writing prompts, horton writing prompts, horton bulletin boards, elmer the elephant bulletin boards, seuss bulletin boards, march bulletin boards, march is reading month bulletin boards, spring bulletin boards, elephant bulletin boards, elephant mask, elephant crafts, elephant activities, common core state standards for kindergarten, common core state standards for 1st grade, seuss games, horton games, elmer the elephant games, end punctuation activities, capitalization activities, color games, color cards, character setting event cards, beggining middle and end anchor chartHexagon adjective practice activities.
  • An Elmer Color Spin Game
  • Black & White, and Color Spinners
  • 4 graphing extensions
  • An elephant mask craftivity
  • A find the letters elephant craftivity
  • elmer the elephant activities, horton activities, seuss activities, elmer the elephant crafts, seuss crafts, horton crafts, elmer writing prompts, seuss writing prompts, horton writing prompts, horton bulletin boards, elmer the elephant bulletin boards, seuss bulletin boards, march bulletin boards, march is reading month bulletin boards, spring bulletin boards, elephant bulletin boards, elephant mask, elephant crafts, elephant activities, common core state standards for kindergarten, common core state standards for 1st grade, seuss games, horton games, elmer the elephant games, end punctuation activities, capitalization activities, color games, color cards, character setting event cards, beggining middle and end anchor chartTally mark activity
  • 30 elephant color cards + a cover so that you can make an Itty Bitty booklet. Great for playing all sorts of games.
  • Rhyming-alphabetical order worksheets with 47 words that rhyme with who and
  • A Horton-Elmer Lollipop certificate of praise.

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