Under The Weather....No Pun Intended

Wow!  I've been MIA lately.  Here's why....

I may or may not have been screaming so much Sunday night due to the Giants winning the Super Bowl, that I woke up Monday morning with a bad sore throat.  And.....by 10 am Monday morning, I was well on my way to losing my voice (which happens about 4 times a year).  I realized by Tuesday afternoon that there is hands down, no harder job to do than teach twenty 5 year old's without a voice.  And, as I sit here and blog Friday afternoon....I have yet to get my voice back.  If it wasn't Friday, I'd be calling a sub and writing sub plans--so, TGIF!

Anyhoo, over the past two weeks our reading and language arts unit has been all about weather and the four seasons.  So, I wanted to share some of the fun activities we have taken on while Miss Stec has clearly been under the weather....

Our unit story was A Rainy Day

Our unit skill for the week was identifying the main idea and details.  I made this response sheet above for our story.  We put the main idea in the umbrella and all of the rain drops were details from the story that supported the main idea.  This (freebie) response sheet is available here on TpT.  I uploaded it in Power Point so you can change it up to fit your needs!

 

The kids drew pictures and then labeled the details.

We read the story, Socks, Hats, Mittens and Caps

...and talked about different things that happen in each season.

Then, we made these fun, "My Favorite Season Windows"

 

My favorite season is winter because I can build a snowman.

 

 My favorite season is fall because I like to watch squirrels run up trees.

I used white construction paper and drew black lines to make it look like a window.  Then, I cut out different color curtains for the kid's to "hang" on their windows.  They drew a scene of their favorite season inside. These came out really cute!

Seasons/Weather Table Graffiti...

 

My colleagues and I recently started this new table graffiti project that we use to teach skills, letters, sounds, words, etc. etc. etc. during our guided reading block.  Above are some of our weather and season graffiti tables.  My next post will be all about this beneficial idea and how it works!

Until then, HAPPY HAPPY WEEKEND everyone!  

-Smiles :)