Camping Week

Three and a half more days!!  I cannot believe it.  Last week was Camping Week and I'm popping on to share a few highlights from the week.

Teacher truth... this was the third straight week of themes and with trying to clean up the room and prep it for summer painting, I didn't do a ton of classroom transforming.  I need to be putting stuff away, not taking more stuff out!

That being said I did put up a "tent" on our word wall that I created using a blue table cloth from Walmart that cost $.97.  I reused the flame from last week's torch to create a fire!  Little prep but it did put us in the camping mood.  

For math tubs this week we played two camping themed games.  The first game was a review of place value.  The kids needed to read and build the tens and ones to determine the different campsite numbers.

The second math tub game this week had my kiddos practicing their doubles facts with a game called S'more Doubles. Little prep and the kids had a ball using marshmallows as markers.

 

During our literacy block we worked on putting different camping words in ABC order.  

We also reviewed several vowel patterns this week.  We built words using our red and blue magnets and then the kids had to record the words on these camping themed pages.  After building and recording 9 words, the kids had to use three words in sentences. Clearly it's the end of the year and I need new markers!

To finish out the week my kiddos got to write about whether or not they liked s'more as well as a campfire story they wnated to share with the class. This was a great way to tie paragraph writing into this themed week!

The kids also listed all the words they could think of that had a camping theme.  Some of them came up with a bunch of words!

This is the first year that I have done themed weeks to finish out the year and I am so happy we did it!  It was so much fun and it gave me a chance to enjoy the last few weeks with my kiddos!!

To all of you that have a few more days left, hang in there, we're almost done!! 

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Camping Week with Freebie

This is the first year I've planned a camping theme and I'm EXCITED about it.  I know my kiddos will love the activities I have planned and I think we'll be up and moving around enough to keep the kiddos engaged and learning during the last few weeks of the year!

Here are my plans for the week ahead as well as some highlights!!

This week we're going to be reviewing long vowel super e words.  Most of my kiddos are reading and writing these words with consistency but we can always benefit from review.  I created a camping supplies hunt  around the room and as the kids rotate to each card they will need to spell long vowel words correctly.  I posted this long vowel hunt in my TPT store for free if you'd like to try it!

  As part of our camping unit the kids will also be playing these "S'more Doubles Practice" games during our afternoon math rotations.  There are two versions of this doubles game... one version the kiddos need to double the number they spin and place a marshmallow on the sum.  In the other version the kids spin the sum of a doubles fact.  They need to work backwards to figure out what doubles fact makes that sum.  



We'll also be using these tubs throughout our week as well.  The "What's My Campsite Number" game requires the kids to use their knowledge of place value to determine different campsite numbers. The other tub gives the kids some practice with ABC order.  They need to first order the words alphabetically and then record the camping words on a recording sheet.
 


Even through the New York Rangers did not make it to the Stanley Cup finals my kiddos are still huge fans of the team.  This week I created a math tub game to go along with the players on the team.  I listed the players and their numbers on cards and the kiddos need to sort the cards by the even and odd numbers.  I have a few kids that are eagerly awaiting this game during our math rotations!!  I can't wait to use them this week.  

Have a great week... hang in there if you're still in school this week!  

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