Life Cycle

Last week, we talked about Life Cycle and Metamorphosis. My students loved the word METAMORPHOSIS. It was fun to teach them about it. At school, I have access to Brainpop Jr. and used one of their videos to introduce the topic.

We learned about the Butterfly Life Cycle, the Frog Life Cycle and the Human Life Cycle. 

I started the week by letting the students draw their own life cycle. Here are some of their work.

For the Butterfly Life Cycle, I let my student create a flap book in which they drew and described the stages. 

They did a great job!

Later in the week, I started talking about simple metamorphosis and complete metamorphosis. To make sure they understood the concept, I let them create an unique insect. They needed to draw a picture of their insect and their life cycle. Also they needed to identify if their insect had a simple or a complete metamorphosis. I can assure you they all mastered the concept. 

simple metamorphosis

complete metamorphosis

complete metamorphosis

I ended my week talking about the Frog Life Cycle, and I found a very cute craft at Mrs. T's First Grade  Class. 

Before saying good-bye, I would love to share with you a gift from one of my students! This is the cutest and most creative pencil holder I have ever seen in my life! I love it!!!

 I have two more weeks before my summer starts! I am planning to let my students work on their memory books soon!

Memory Book in Spanish

Memory Book in English

 You can check out my store to find it!

I hope you have a great week!

Mynda

Mother's Day Card

Are you ready for Mother's Day? 

 I am going to keep it simple this year.  I am going to  read a story about how exceptional moms are and let the kids write a card to their Mom letting her know why she is so special to them.

One of my favorite books is "Lo mejor de Mama / Lo mejor de Papa" by Laura Mumeroff. 

After we read this book, I am going to give them the option to write about how their moms are so special or write an acrostic to describe mom.

And later we are making this cute craft to decorate the card.

Simple and cute! You can find it HERE!

Don't forget about TPT Teacher's Appreciation Sale! All my products will have up to a 25% discount!

I hope you have a great week!

Mynda

Now and Then

In Social Studies, we are still learning about how science and technology have changed the way we meet our basic needs. A week ago, we emphasized on how transportation has changed. Last week, we learned about how our clothing, housing, games, chores and food have changed!

 I started the lesson showing  The First Thanksgiving Scholastic website to my students.

Then my students compared the way a kid lived in the past and the way we live today. They described and compared the clothing, housing and more. After they wrote about it, they drew a picture of them half past and half today!

Here are some of their great work!

They also wrote about how housing has changed. They compared the house from the past

 with their houses today.

Some of my students made a replica of the pilgrims houses!

It was a fun week!

Mynda

Animal Characteristics FREEBIE!

Last week was all about animals!

We learned about animal characteristics, how their bodies help them survive, migration, hibernation and more.

I started the week talking about the different body parts and their functions. To introduce the topic, I showed them different pictures of animals. They observed, described and classified the pictures. Later my students organized their ideas in a flap book. They chose three characteristics of their animals and wrote/drew about it. Here are some of their work.

They also wrote about how animals used their bodies to survive. Students also described specific characteristics some animals have. To make it fun, I gave them a paper plate, construction paper, markers and crayons and they created their own animals. Here are some of their writing and animals creations.

The last topic of the week was camouflage and they love it! I presented a short power point presentations with pictures of different animal camouflages. They were fascinated! After we discussed and read about it, they had time to draw an animal with camouflage. They impressed me with their pictures and details. Here are some of them.

You can find these activities in English & Spanish here for FREE!

Have a great weekend!

Mynda

Transportation Now and Then

I am ready to spend the weekend with my family! But before I do that. I want to share the activities I did in class with my students.

We learned about transportation and how it has changed throughout the years. We started the lesson practicing what we learned about timelines.  They created it a Timeline about boats and how they have change.

We also learned about cars and airplanes. They created a Venn Diagram to find differences and similarities between both of them.

After we learned about the different types of transportation, I asked them to write a reflection about what they learned.

 I needed to put my creativity in practice so I made this fancy car full of my students' thoughts.

Here is a picture of all the work my students did!

I hope all of you have a great weekend! 

Mynda