Easter Math & Literacy

We had a short week this past week at school and it was even shorter for me!  On Tuesday, I had curriculum meetings and was not in the classroom, and on Thursday, I was home again with my little one.  She just can’t kick what she has.  She has been fever free for a few days now, hopefully she’ll be healthy now!!

Because it was a short week, I combined our math and literacy centers so that there were a total of 5. 

Here is a quick glimpse of what we did:

We had lots of fun on our IWB – my friend created this flipchart – we were practicing symmetry here.

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Some jellybean graphing fun!  Each child got their own plastic egg filled with jelly beans and sorted, counted, made a pattern, and graphed their jellybeans.  I believe the original idea for this came from Mrs. Gagne’s Kindergarten.

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This center came from Mailbox Magazine.  The children choose a carrot, clap the number of syllables, and write the word (and write the number of syllables).  This was a great review for my kiddos since we hadn’t really worked on syllables for a while.

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I got this center from a friend – the kids choose 2 different colored eggs from a basket and fill in the number on the number grid.  Great practice for quickly finding numbers on the 100s grid!

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I used the adorable chicks from Dollar Tree for this center! Last year, I just used an egg, but this one is too cute!

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The eggs for this center also came from Mailbox Magazine.  The children match the picture to its ending sound and stamp the word.

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At this center, the kids cracked the egg, and put the number word (zero-ten) in the write order.  They also wrote the number and made tallies for each number.

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14 comments:

  1. Wow, so many fun learning opportunities! Your students are lucky to have you. Love your new blog design!
    Jenn
    http://finallyinfirst.blogspot.com/

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  2. so cute!! I love the crack a sight word game, do you have that template you can share??!

    Hadar

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  3. I also like the Crack a Sight Word and Crack the Egg worksheet!

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  4. Hi Kathleen,

    If you are sharing, I would like a copy of the "crack a sight word" and "crack the egg" worksheets too!

    Thanks and Happy Easter!

    ~ Amy

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  5. I would love the copies you used for these centers. I went to TpT but was unable to find them. Willing to share?

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  6. I would also like a copy of the Crack the Egg sheet. I have the chick containers and was just waiting for inspiration.
    Jennifer
    gorham_2@yahoo.com

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  7. hi!
    love all these printables! would you share? teach3875@yahoo.com
    thanks!!!

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  8. Thank you SOOO much for sharing all your fun centers. I'm just finishing up my first year of teaching (whew!!) and starting a file for all my ideas for next year. Your blog has been a huge help in showing me the possibilities! Thanks.

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  9. Adorable as ALWAYS! Please, share:)
    keandrad@ymail.com

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  10. I agree! Your center ideas are very cute and I'm sure the kids loved them! I would love if you would share with me as well. I'd like to use these next year with my kiddos. My email is algerber@yahoo.com. Thanks so much for sharing these awesome ideas!

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  11. I would also love to have a copy purchase or share :)

    woodwardjamie@aol.com

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  12. I loved all of these sheets that you have! I also would love to have copies if would share. passthejunk@yahoo.com

    Great blog!

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  13. Wonderful ideas!! Love crack the egg. Would love to use in my classroom. If you would share your worksheet. I would really really appreciate it. Thanks so much.
    schoudelm@pvo.k12.il.us

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  14. Hi, I am creating an egg unit for my student teaching and would love to use your ideas. Would you share the worksheets?
    aleksandra.mccadam@cortland.edu
    thakns

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