Martin Luther King Jr. and Peace Doves from Paper Plates

The children created the work for this bulletin board right outside of our classroom. We completed our writing after reading several books about Martin Luther King Jr. You can get the writing sheet here on Google Drive free. They wrote their opinions....I think and Martin Luther King Jr. thought. This is part of a unit here. The unit includes anti-bullying materials and friendship activities. I also have free downloads for the anti-bullying resources. We created the doves out of paper plates. The dove art was also a fractions lesson. If you are interested in how to make the doves please comment below and I will add the directions. I love this board. The children did a great job!

Transportation Go! Go! Math Centers for the Common Core

This math unit is free to readers for 48 hours. Please leave some feedback for the unit. Click below on the Teachers Pay Teachers Link and you can get the whole math unit for free until Sunday June 16th at 9:00 pm Eastern Time. Enjoy!!

I hope you will enjoy this free transportation freebie for Math. I know the boys in my class were thrilled to see cars, trucks and helicopters in their math centers. All children at this age are fascinated by the big modes transportation they see!

You can get your copy of the Math Bump It Game Here on google drive. You can also see the many math centers I have created to help you save time in your classroom at my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.

Pets in the Classroom our Reading Buddies

The children in my classroom love to read to our Guinea Pig Sweetie. Sweetie is a gentle,quiet and kind listener. I have several small stools that the children pull right up to Sweetie's cage when they want to read to her. I have always had pets in my classroom. Currently I have a Beta Fish, Mr. B, and hermit crabs. I have had a black snake and a corn snake as well as millipedes and earthworms. I am fortunate to work in a school where pets are encouraged and we have a lot in our school. I feel that pets are so important for the children. One of the daily jobs in our classroom is to be the zoologist. Each child has the opportunity to be the zoologist several times a year. It is a favorite job and as the year goes on the children become more independent feeding and watering the pets. I spend time at the beginning of the year teaching the children about pet care. The most I do at this time of the year is hook the water bottle up to the cage for Sweetie. The benefits of having pets in the classroom are many. The pets teach kindness, how to care for something that depends on you, exploration about animals and they give companionship to the children. Many children may never get to experience pet ownership due to housing restrictions so a pet at school is their first pet experience. Pets in the Classroom has a grant program for teachers to get classroom pets. They awarded over 22,000 grants last year for classroom pets. There are also a lot of great articles on this site if you are interested in having a classroom pet.

I can't imagine my classroom without pets. I would love to hear about your classroom pets!

The Mitten Math and Literacy Freebie

Hi everyone I hope you have had a great week. I had the wonderful good fortune to be a featured writer at The Curriculum Corner Jill and Cathy have some wonderful ideas so please check them out! I shared a sampler unit for The Mitten. There are two math centers and two literacy centers. You can find them here This is what the freebie looks like. You are getting a ten page file!

You can also get the unit from Google Drive Here.

We are expecting wintry weather here in North Carolina again. The second Friday in a row. The neat thing is may have more thunder snow. It was really weird last week hearing the thunder and seeing the lightening everything was so bright! Enjoy your weekend! Sarah