Measure Me Valentine!

The past two weeks we have been measuring maniacs in Kindergarten! After what felt like a million snow days (three), I needed a quick check to review...and of course we had to use CANDY, because let's be honest-students can only use so many cubes, erasers, paper clips, etc. Unfortunately my great idea to use candy hearts to measure Valentine pictures was a flop because of the amount of strange allergies in my class. So instead, we used the next best thing-skittles! After measuring, students had to answer questions about height, and they were completely engaged! Hope this activity provides a touch of fun on this never-ending Monday :) 

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Far Out

As a resource teacher, I pull 2nd grade guided reading groups. I needed to spice things up after the winter break, so I decided to have all my students read varying levels of books about space. With our books, we will be using context clues, determining the main idea, and identifying text features. Then, I am going to pull the groups together to compare and contrast their texts. This week, my kiddos needed their engagement upped a little. So we built "constellations" out of marshmallows and toothpicks!

Then I used a graphic organizer to guide them in writing "how to" build the constellion.

Then kids loved it and you can find that freebie in our TPT store!

Kristen