Monkey Kingdom

Spring is my favorite time for teaching science. Starting the first part of April we begin to work on our plants, animals, and habitat units. I love teaching these units! They are so much fun and there are so many cute things that you can do along with the units. It also helps that most of my little firsties love animals so they are actually focused on the units without me doing any crazy tricks. 

 

This year we ended up going to the Monkey Kingdom movie with our other first grade class and our third grade friends. It tied in perfectly with our animal unit and the kids loved it. I can’t believe how much they learned during the movie. They retained far more than I anticipated. Since they were so excited we spontaneously added an art project with a writing component. We made our own monkeys and then wrote things we learned about monkeys. I love how they turned out and I am so happy with the sentences my kiddos wrote.

Thank you for reading about our monkey project!

 

Spring Writing Freebie

Spring Writing Freebie

This is the time of year when the kids are getting a little antsy and want to be outside.  Why not bring a little of the outside into your classroom with this spring writing idea.  Students write a persuasive letter to their principal, trying to convince her why they should have a class garden.

Click here to download your free sample.

Sharin' a Little Sunshine: Spring is in the Air!

We are so excited to present our very first monthly linky - and we warmly invite you to participate!  The more, the merrier!

As you may have already guessed from the title of this post, our theme this month is everything and anything to do with spring.

To join in the fun, just grab this button to include in your post:

...and nab this handy template to organize your springtime ideas, activities, links, and books:

(To use this template, save it as an image to your computer.  Use it as the background for a power point page, use text boxes to add your info, and then save your whole new creation as a PDF and/or as an image to include in your blog post.)

Next step:
Link up with us!
(Please link directly to your Sharin' a Little Sunshine post url to keep things easy to find.)

And the optional-but-awesome final step is to visit other linked-up blogs... and leave some love!

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SPRING!

An InLinkz Link-up

And for even more springtime ideas, visit our Pinterest board!
Follow Confessions of aTeaching Junkie's board Spring is in the Air! on Pinterest.