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Mayflower Math & Pilgrim Parts of Speech

November 8 By Linda Kamp 4 Comments

It's all things Plymouth and Pilgrims in my classroom and I'm still wondering where October went!  I thought I'd share a few things we've been up to now that October has come and gone!   Some of my second graders are still having trouble identifying proper nouns so I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anchor Charts, Freebies, Holidays, Math, Thanksgiving Activities, Word Work Tagged With: anchor charts, math centers, Thanksgiving

Mayflower Morphology and a Thanksgiving Mish Mash

November 18 By Linda Kamp 3 Comments

We've landed safely in Plymouth Colony so I thought I'd share some of what we've been up to.  I recently attended a PD on strategies for teaching academic vocabulary and one of my favorite take-aways (and a big hit with my second graders) is the Morph … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anchor Charts, Thanksgiving Activities Tagged With: anchor charts, math centers, Thanksgiving, vocabulary

Host A Halloween Math Party!

October 29 By Linda Kamp 2 Comments

Try these easy ideas for a Halloween math party perfect for 2nd and 3rd grade! We practiced second and third grade math skills with pumpkins, spooky math center activities, and candy as place value manipulatives. #halloween #math #2ndgrade #3rdgrade

Each year my teammate next door and I throw a Halloween math party.  It's become a yearly tradition that our kids love because it's fun! We love it because everybody's engaged and still learning, and our admin loves it because it's standards based. Win-win-win! It's always a huge … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fall, Halloween, Math Tagged With: fall, Halloween, MATH, math centers

Waving My Wand & Some Teacher Friend Freebies!

October 26 By Linda Kamp 8 Comments

Oh happy day, Halloween falls on a Friday this year! My class is already candy-crazed and talking about trick-or-treating!We have all sorts of gobliny goodness planned for our little friends and I am  breathing a sigh of relief that it all happens on a Friday! Until … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Halloween, Math Tagged With: freebies, Halloween teacher poem, math centers

Five for Friday Valentine’s Edition!

February 15 By Linda Kamp 4 Comments

Valentines's Day classroom ideas for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade. Download these FREE valentines and pass them out to students with mini cans of Play Doh from the dollar store. Also includes a free printable measurement math activity page for students to use the Play Doh to practice math!

It's time for another Five for Friday and this time it's a Valentine's Day edition! With the 14th just around the corner I wanted to share 5 of my favorite Valentine's Day ideas for the classroom that your students will love! Be sure to grab the freebies and make the day both fun … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bulletin Boards, Freebies, Holidays, Math, Valentine's Day Tagged With: bulletin boards, Holidays, math centers, Valentine's day, valentines

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