Projects

I blogged about a couple of great units that we have been working on. The World Around Us and Space. My kiddos and their families never cease to amaze me! I just had to share some of our projects with you all. 


We sent out Flat Stanley as part of The World Around Us projects. They are almost all back and I have to say Flat Stanley is such a neat project. I have never done it before and now I can't wait until next year. They all came back so cute! We had them go all over the US and even on a cruise to New Zealand and Australia. The outfits and accessories that came back with them are wonderful! We had several DVDs and books made. Here is my hallway display: 

You can get my Flat Stanley Project in my TpT store for FREE here!!!! 

Next as part of my Space Unit I assigned each student something about space to create a research project on. I had topics ranging from the planets, Apollo 11 to the astroid belt. The students really did a wonderful job. They had to include five facts and two visuals. I had models and youtube videos created! I took a picture of a few of them: 

That project is part of my space unit that can be found here.





I thought I would have a little fun with this post too! I found the cutest linky party over at Buzzing with Mrs. B party so here it is:

I met my hubby way back in the sixth grade! We "dated" back then and he broke up with me! FOR MY FRIEND! He likes to say he had to play the field a bit and I couldn't lock him down at age 11!  Luckily for both of us he came crawling back ( I like to think so!) our senior year of high school and we have been together ever since! We have been together 10 years and married nearly 7!  

This is us at a western themed dance senior year of high school 2002! 

Here is a picture of us around Christmas time at a Broncos game! Both of us being Broncos fans was a huge attraction and has kept the piece all these years later! 

Space

Finish this sentence: You know you are a teacher when_____________________________. For me it is you know you are teacher when you get so excited about a unit or activity that you live and breath it.

Right now we are studying space. Since this is the first year I have even thought about it since I had astronomy in high school I have learned a bunch! Even more than that the kiddos are so into it! 

Here are all the things that I am so excited about and wanted to share with you. 

Phases of the moon book. I used the die cut to make these circles each kiddo had eight to make the phases of the moon. They turned out really cute. It took a bunch of time but they loved putting it together. 

I have seen that super cute Oreo project but I wanted something a little less sweet and that would last longer! 

Here is a youtube video I made to explain the project to my kiddos

Here is the unit that I created for my kiddos using the 1st Grade Core Knowledge guidelines.  You can check it out in my TpT store.

Astronomy Unit

You probably have noticed that I live for teaching with technology.  I like give the students the experience  outside of the classroom and for space I clearly am not Ms. Frizzle! I looked up several great videos on Discovery Education. ( This is a resource I could not teach with out!) The best one I found was A Closer Look at Space:Planets. I could not believe what has changed since I was in school. All of these "new" planets. Then what happened to Pluto and his moon? It is so interesting. This video told us all about it! 

I have included a ton of space fiction and non fiction in our featured books.  I love books! I am such a book worm but this one of the times that the iPad is the best thing ever! Space apps galore! 

Here are a couple great ones. But honestly there are tons and most are free! 

My kids are so fired up about space and so am I. I looked for the planets in the sky on my way home from work last night! Then I told everyone who would listen about it. This brings me back to you know your a teacher when____________________.  LOL. Next week we will finish the gas giants and then learn about stars! I created a really fun homework assignment for this you can find it here.

I hope to ask the school community to loan us some telescopes and have a star night sometime soon!