This week our theme is fairy tales. I started off day one with Jack and the Beanstalk. I made this very large beanstalk outside my classroom door to get my kids thinking about what we would be learning this week. I also left a little note outside the door for when they arrived. I tweaked this just a bit and got the letter idea from
Babbling Abbey. She did something similar for her Wizard of Oz unit. The kids loved this and it is a cute display.
We also planted lima bean seeds and are observing our plant growth. I got these cute Lima Bean Experiment books from teachers pay teacher. You can find the link for her fairy tales unit at http://www.firstgradebrain.com/ Her unit has lots of cute ideas that I will be posting throughout this week! I will be posting more pictures tonight from my home computer.
Today we studied Princess and the Pea. I used the graph we did below with the unit I purchased from The First Grade Brain. They really got a kick out of this graph and the lips. I made a fun treat called a frog kiss. It is lime Jell-O with a Hershey kiss on top. I planned on putting a gummy frog at the bottom, but I couldn’t find them this year. Regardless, my kiddos loved the treat!
I love your fairy tale ideas. I love the sign saying there are magical things going on. I use fairy tales in my third grade classroom and would have loved to copy your sign. Too late though. I copied your button for my blog. Come and visit http://www/doreensrockin3rdgrade.com to see how I used fairy tales. Thank you for your resources.
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