Primary Graffiti
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This beautifully designed blog is a great resource for teachers who work in looping classrooms or who are responsible for teaching several different grades throughout the day. Classroom ideas and lesson plans are presented alongside management tips.
Primary Graffiti
5y ago
A few years ago, I created this fun unit to use for a themed day on Valentine's Day. This past week, I started prepping the file for my maternity sub. I just love the unit. It has activities for each content area and the kids love the hands on activities.
This year Target is selling this cute set of heart books in a package of 8 books for $3. I picked up a couple to glue in the heart shaped unit.
To ensure my sub knows how to complete the activities, I completed a book myself for an example. Here's the preview images...
If you're interested in the unit for $2, c ..read more
Primary Graffiti
5y ago
This Wednesday is our 100th Day of School. I'm thrilled for the kids but sad for myself. I love all the themed activities you can do with the kiddos and dressing up with them just makes me giggle.
This year I'm on maternity but my sub is planning to dress up with the kids. I can't wait to see pictures of their little outfits. Keeping with our normal schedule, I modified the activities to fit the allotted time. I've planned a full themed day with most activities as previously paid units and freebies I've acquired from TpT over the past 11 years. I will link all pictures to their own ..read more
Primary Graffiti
5y ago
Hi Friends,
I wanted to drop in and share a free resource for Chinese NY. I went out on maternity a week ago and wanted to create something but being 37 weeks swollen wasn't allowing me to. I search TpT and found a great resource for my sub to complete with my class. I know this comes a day late, but you can always pin the content, link to the TpT and download the file, and save the videos for next year. I broke up the resource over the four day week since we were out Monday for the holiday. Each day we read a book and discussed the traditions. This came at a perfect time because we've ..read more
Primary Graffiti
5y ago
If you teach primary grades in October, you know it's a busy month. We have many topics that thematically are exciting for the kids. However, finding a 30 minute block of time between required subjects and pacing guides can be a tight squeeze. The month starts with pumpkins and fire safety. Toss in bats, owls, spiders or even nocturnal animals you are narrowing the timeline. How about Red Ribbon Week? And that's to say if your timeline is like mine, with the 50th day of school. It's a busy month but it's one of the most engaging and exciting months to teach. Our students are acclimated ..read more
Primary Graffiti
5y ago
Can you believe we are days away from October. Where is the time gone? This month is packed with themed content. I will be back tomorrow to share some of my favorite October resources: Fall Leaves, Fire Safety, Pumpkins, Bats, Owls, and Red Ribbon Week. Keep an eye out because there are many great resources and freebies... As for this post, I'm so excited to share my newest resource for The Legend of Spookley and a Pumpkin Investigation similar to the Apple Investigation in Seed to Seed: The Legend and Legacy of Johnny Appleseed. I will be back once we complete our learning and insert in ..read more
Primary Graffiti
5y ago
This school year I decided to take a different approach to reviewing letters during the first weeks of school. Each year I work on letter recognition, sounds association, formations and a list of words with the same beginning sounds. The kids never seem too engaged but it's important to review since a good percentage with my school demographics come into first with limited exposure and a big summer slide from kindergarten. This year I reviewed the letters and formations then sent the kids to their team to work on five letters at a time. For each day of the week, the kids would work on the ..read more
Primary Graffiti
5y ago
This week has been a blast. We dove into everything apples during our science/literacy lesson each afternoon. On Friday, we ended our week with a themed day of investigations. I scurried home after school this week to create the pages for the next day of lessons and investigations. The unit I created is a book companion and investigation booklet to align with Seed by Seed: The Legend and Legacy of John Appleseed Chapman.
If you're interested in the companion, click the graphic cover above.
Here's a cover to the book Seed by Seed. It's not an affiliate link. I encourage you to check ..read more
Primary Graffiti
6y ago
Hi Friends. This is the time of the year where we are slowing down and moving towards summer thinking. However, it's a perfect opportunity to engage students with all things hands on. It was this time last year that I purchased praying mantis for the first time. WOW, it was one of the most engaging few weeks. The kids were on egg watch, looking forward to seeing the nymphs emerge. Last year I created this wonderful unit but with it being so late in the year, I didn't package it and load it to TpT. This past week I ordered two new egg cases on Amazon for $8 and look forward to ma ..read more
Primary Graffiti
7y ago
Hi Friends, Popping in to share a new file. I'm out early next week to attend GYTO in Washington DC. Super excited to be visiting one of the most beautiful cities during blossom season! In preparation for my absence, I created a new low prep file for my sub. Here's what is included... Click graphic above! If you're interested in the resources shown above, click the cover graphic to snag a copy in my store ..read more
Primary Graffiti
7y ago
After several weeks off from school and I unexpectedly needed a sub for a few days. BOOOO! I've been so excited to come back and be with my little learners. I have multiple low prep resources but not one that helped prepare myself for multiple days off from school so I decided to create one. Here's a preview of all that is included in this file... I have several other low prep resources for Elmer and The Case of Stripes. Each image below has a link to a blog post sharing all the resources available in each low prep file ..read more