Blog-slacking and Room on the Broom

I'm sorry I've been blog-slacking for the last couple of weeks! Thankfully I was able to knock out my Room on the Broom, Nocturnal Night, the Farm field trip, and my formal observation. Check back for pictures from all of these events this week!

Today I want to share pictures from our Room on the Broom activities with you! I originally posted my Room on the Broom Companion Activities here a few weeks ago.

The 46 page literacy and math companion pack was originally $8.00 in my TpT store but for this week only I'm putting it on sale for $5.00. Check it out if you are still interested in teaching this unit this year or want to save it for next year!

After wake-up work and MTSS we read the story Room on the Broom. Students completed one of the worksheets from the companion where they found words from the story and put the same words in alphabetical order.

When students finished the worksheet we met on the rug and discussed the 9 centers we were going to work through during the day.

Students worked in 2 math centers where they matched numbers to number words and recorded their matches on a recording sheet.

They also got their first taste of place value with a place value matching game. Students matched the number card to the base ten block pictures then recorded their matches on the recording sheet pictured below! I love exposing them to these things early and letting them practice with a concept before I officially introduce it to them.

Students also participated in a variety of literacy activities!

BA and his partner matched rhyming words from the story and recorded their matches below!

I never make time for my students to do crafts in class because we truly don't have a free moment to partake most of the time. Since this was kind of a fun break from the learning schedule (SHHHHH!!!!) I decided to sneak one in! Students made a broom and glued it to paper with a short excerpt from the first page of the story. Very basic but they had a blast (which is really all that matters :).

I picked up a second book from Chamblin Bookmine (this fantastic book store we have in the Ville) for only $3.00! I let students use the second book to help them complete the story map FREEBIE available in my TpT store!