More baby bird life cycle & weekly assessment sheet

 Happy hump day!  So, first of all...this sweet little message from my kiddos at recess just made my week.  "Mis Nida is the most best teachr evr"...how presh. I LOVE my class.  Summer will be bittersweet...I'll hate to say goodbye to such a great group of kids.

Anyways, If you've been following me at all you know about all the fun things my class has been doing with the baby birds that hatched on my back porch.  I wanted to share how we ended our little unit on these sweet babies.  A wonderful cohort of mine found a book that was super similar to my story with the birds.  ((See below))

We read this book that has excellent pictures of baby birds that were so similar to the ones I have taken.  Then we made a venn diagram to compare and contrast.

 We completed the baby bird fun by writing about the two types of birds.  It was great and my kiddos loved all of it.   Click on the picture below to snag it for FREE.  ENJOY!

This is how I displayed it in the hallway before we added the compare & contrast writing.

Also, I've been thinking ahead to next year and have started revamping a few of my most used documents.  Check out this most used document of mine and click the picture below to grab it as well. 

Hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the week! 

Today is def. a Monday!  I am WORN outttt...TCAP week is tiring & we're not even taking the TCAP. ..but I'm hoping for a better day tomorrow!  Today I decided to revamp my spelling test sheet.  It just needed some pasaz...you can grab it for FREE by clicking on the picture.

Also, everyone has got to check out my soul sista in teaching's new blog!  It rocks!  There we are...on our last day of our first year teaching.  Check her blog out here: http://teachingincardigans.blogspot.com/

Cinderella Unit

I have made a few more things to use for the Cinderella unit I will be doing this coming week.  It includes the following:
*Fairy Tale Element Poster
*If I had a fairy godmother writing
*Venn Diagram to compare & contrast Cinderella
*Illustration sheets to show a current day "slipper scene"..from the prince and cinderella's point of view

It should be a fun week of reading!!

Check out the unit by clicking on the picture below!

Next week we will review comparing and contrasting.  We will do this with different versions of Cinderella, while studying cultures.  Check out this freebie HERE!!!

Life Cycle of Bird Photographs

I've been using my "Life of a Bird" booklet and my kiddos have loved it.  These are the series of pictures I've been showing them to show how they've grown and changed.  You can get these pictures for FREE at my teacherspayteachers store by clicking on the above picture.  Have a great weekend! :)

Ok- Check out THESE cuties!! They are growing under my porch!  That's right...baby birds!!  I'm in LOVE with them.  I go out and look at them ATLEAST 10 times a day...okay maybe not 10..but A  LOT!  They are so cute & I've NEVER seen a bird grow like this!  Then I started thinking...man this is so exciting...I bet my kiddos would LOVE this!  SO I started documenting their lives every day!  I have pictures & videos! Then I decided...this is not only cool but a STANDARD! So I made this...

What is it?  It's a booklet that includes actual pictures taken of my birds by ME!  This booklet allows students to document the birds lives for themselves and to observe and state the changes they are seeing in animals.  (sound familiar?!) 

THEN***

I made a video!  I put some video (including video of the mama feeding the babies) to music and BOOM!...an amazing lesson! Here is an example of the video...

You can download this fun activity for your kids HERE!

Okay friends! I found an amazing master's program that I am starting THIS May!   You even get an Ipad with the program and it's all online.  I'm super/nervous to start it...but it should be great!  Check it out!
http://www.bethelsuccess.net/programs/maed/

Types of Sentences

I am totally enjoying my spring break this week! Here is a poster packet I made to use when studying the different types of sentences 

Check it out HERE!

Also, we did this really fun activity with the different types of sentences for Valentine's Day.  My kiddos loved it.  It was really fun but challenging at the same time.

You can dowload this fun FREEBIE HERE!