Cyber Sale and a Honey Bees Freebie

Hi All!

It's time to get ready for TPT's annual Cyber Sale 

and it's arriving tomorrow 

at a computer near YOU!

My own shopping cart is over-flowing with activities I'll need to survive the next 3 weeks.  What about you?  

Will you be teaching a reindeer unit?

Jan Brett author study?

Are you searching for math centers with a holiday twist?

Whatever the need, there's a teacher-author that can fill it.

My own Reading Street products will be on sale, too!

So go get your baskets ready, 

and don't forget to use the code below 

for an additional savings!

Finally... 

if your district

uses Reading Street, 

I have a FREE true/false activity for the Honey Bees story.

I'll be using it next week.  

Please leave a comment if you have 

other Reading Street ideas for me!

Enjoy!

Fact and Fiction Fun

Pinterest is an absolute addiction.   

It has a tendency to consume time I should be using to do laundry and prepare healthy dinners for my family.  

Sadly, though... it doesn't always happen that way but I'm told tomorrow will be better.

Recently, I made excellent use of my time when I pinned this project I found on 

Mrs. Wolf's First Grade Fun.   

I needed to teach the same concept but with a bee theme since my firsties are currently working on the Honey Bees story (Reading Street series).  

 

After we created our anchor chart, I asked my young friends to write the differences between the two.  Basically, this was a "just jot down what you remember" kind of assignment.

 

You can tell the author of this project was listening with BOTH ears.  

Under fact, she has written...

real, camera, (meaning the illustrations are made with a camera)

animals are not talking, to teach us something new

and

under fiction she has recorded...

make-believe, (illustrations are) drawn and colored,

animals talking

animals different colors

(we read) for fun.

 

By George, I think she's got it!

 

As for the art project, this bee is sporting a pink bow because she is a worker bee

 (and they're all female!). 

 

 

Buzz-zz Buzz-zz

Shame, SHAME on me!  

It's been way too long since I last posted.  Officially speaking, I was assigned a lovely intern from our local university and she arrived  about the time of my last post.  While she has definitely been a blessing to ALL the occupants of Room 217, her visit has required additional responsibilities.

In other news, I completed another supplemental collection of activities based on the Honey Bees story in the Reading Street series.   

 If you're in need of a copy, simply be one of the first 4 to leave a comment (and your email address) and I'll send it along for free!   

Otherwise, it can be found here in my TPT store.  

Go check it out!

If you find it useful, please return with an encouraging word.