Thanks for stopping by for a peek into the wonderfilled world of first grade! I want to share some highlights of our Camping Theme. We had so much fun studying the animals you would find while camping, researching through Pebble Go, reading poetry, writing poetry, reading books, both fiction and nonfiction, writing our own nonfiction pieces, celebrating reading with camping day, and doing firefly science experiments. We got to show it all off at our annual Open House! Enjoy the view!!
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| Our favorite "camping" books! |
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| Fishing Day! Fishing for Facts |
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| Caught One! |
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| Hiking Day!! Writing Acrostic Poems |
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| I went hiking and saw... |
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| Sight word stars on the ceiling! Can you see them? |
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| Stargazing for sight words |
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| I'm Sleeping in my sleeping bag...poetry |
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| Reading to Flashlight |
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| Reading to firefly light |
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| Paper bag backpacks to hold some of our work! |
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| Our very own little pup tent!! Can't wait to read in here!! |
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| Welcome to Camp VandenBerge! |
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| hallway display of our animals |
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| Happy Campers |
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| Fireflies and Glowsticks Science!! |
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| Put glowsticks in ice and hot water. Look at the difference!!! |
firefly printables are here! :)
Fireflies and Glowsticks printable
Sleeping Bag Poem Printable
I can't wait to catch some fireflies this summer!!!
Thanks for taking a peek into our world!!
Hope your tomorrow is just as bright!!
Joyfully!
Nancy
love the shoes with the acrostic poem. Did you create this unit?
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Nancy - your camping stuff is absolutely adorable...you have VERY cute ideas! I'm your newest follower! Can't wait to visit often to see what you are up to. COme over and visit me I'm having a lucky 300 giveaway. :o)
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Can I just say ADORBS! I love this Nancy! You have some of the cutest ideas. =)
ReplyDeleteI will have to do the glow sticks in the hot and cold water.
I am happy to be your newest follower. I would love for you to come visit me when you get the chance. =)
Heather
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Hey Vicky and Heather,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your positive comments! I love creating new ways to incorporate fun into learning. I am soooo "hands on" so I tend to make the lessons for my kids hands on!! My team is great with brainstorming!!! I do save a lot of time for books in the hands of my kids, though!!! Reading is priority 1!
I am just learning how this whole blogging thing works. Next on my list is learning how to embed my documents!! Thanks for your patience!! Joyfully!
Nancy
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your ideas! Thanks for sharing them with us. Can you tell me how you made the paper bag backpacks? I would really like to do this next year :o) YOU ROCK!
ReplyDeleteI am getting ready to do a camping unit in summer school. Your ideas are wonderful! If you have the fish facts game to share I would love that! Thank you
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I totally love your ideas and can't wait to start the year with those great acrostic poems - so cute. Thanks for sharing your ideas. Please come and checkout my camping ideas (on my brand new blog - yep, a newbie here).
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Happy Camping,
Marta
Just stumbled upon your blog. LOVE THE CAMPING projects. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog via Pinterest. I am teaching summer school and our theme is Camp. I am excited to do the firefly/glow stick experiment with my kids. Thanks for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteWow! So sorry I didn't publish the author of the poem adaptation. It is Amy LV. Sorry I didn't tell where the inspiration for the Glowstick experiment. It is from "Let's Explore.net." The puptent construction came from my husband. The little tents were created and shared by my entire team. Most things I share are my creations or adaptations to fit my needs, or come from teamwork. You might recognize some of them because teammates have blogged about them and shared as well! Hope that helps!! Joyfully!
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Teachers have shared for years, that is the nature of teachers. Then TPT came along. Are all ideas on TPT original? I don't think so! I also see many of the same things on TPT with a slightly different version. Must everything be sold now? Are TPT sellers angry because some people are giving and it hurts their business? Nancy, I think it is wonderful that you SHARE with teachers and you are always so positive and happy. I love getting your email and I thank you for your sweet spirit. If I was top seller on TPT, I don't think I'd make a negative comment to a sweet, giving person. I may rethink some of my future TPT purchases! So sad!
ReplyDeleteI'm not trying to be ugly at all. I think it is wonderful that you share. I share lots of stuff for free too. I'm just saying that if you are going to use someone's ideas you should give them credit. There are many times that I see your adorable crafts and I recognize them as belonging to someone else. I also recognize the comment above. It was posted last year on another post I think. Right?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure which craft connections you are talking about, but I try to adapt inspiration to my own classroom and level of learner. I also see a lot of my craft connections and classroom activities being adapted to fit someone else's needs. I loooove to see that!! It makes me happy to see that someone could use even in some small way something that has worked for me in my classroom.
DeleteI'm also not sure which comment you are talking about as being "posted last year."
Trying hard to be joyful about these comments! Thanks for making me rethink things that I share.
Nancy
I don't think there's anything wrong with sharing ideas for free. I think collaboration is a beautiful thing. I also don't see anything wrong with selling products either. :) It's a personal choice. However, just about everything in this post looks like it came right out of Cara Carroll's camping unit. Personally, I think credit should be given when credit is due whether it's free or it comes with a price tag. Just my two cents.
ReplyDeleteJust an FYI! Cara and I taught together the year we did this!! If you see her posts for that same month and year, you will recognize that!!! We shared creations! I didn't think I would have to give credit to something that we came up with together.
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Nancy
On another note, I also try hard to leave positive comments on blog post of fellow teachers.
DeleteTeaching is not a competition or a race for popularity. Some have forgotten that!! Just my two cents!
Joyfully!
Nancy
Nancy, I don't want it to seem like I'm attacking you. That isn't my intention at all. Please feel free to delete my comments.
ReplyDeleteThe intent of my blog is to share positive teaching experiences with parents, homeschoolers and teachers. It is not my intent at all to share things that would hurt someone else's sensitivity to "ownership." I see so many ideas that I adapt to meet my students needs. I usually try to give "credit" where it's due if I honestly can find the source. I will try to do a better job at this. I hope you know that Cara and I taught together the past couple of years including during this camping unit post. That's why so much looks the same. We had so much fun planning together, and feel blessed to have had that opportunity. I have been a follower of your for quite some time and am continually impressed with your creativity. I hope you keep it up! Thanks for your thoughts!! :)
DeleteI just looked at Cara Carroll's preview and list for her unit. I only saw 2 things that were similar out of over 35! What does Nancy have to gain? Do you think all 35 ideas of Cara's were original and she had no inspiration from anyone else? Deanna, have you created everything you have ever done in your classroom with NO inspiration from others? And if you are meaning my comment as the "above" comment, no it isn't from another post. My comment is ORIGINAL! I think you and Cara have made plenty of $$. I'd be out enjoying it instead of being rude to a giving teacher. I've spent lots of $$ on purchases from you and Cara, two of the top sellers on TPT. Even though some people may share, I still buy. You don't share near the amount Nancy does, and you can sure afford to. You have gotten your last penny from me!
ReplyDeleteTeaching and blogging has turned into a popularity contest and a race. What is that about??? I love being able to share whatever it is I'm doing and if someone can "borrow" one of my ideas to help their little ones understand something...YAY!!! That's all I have to say about that! Got to get busy creating!! ")
DeleteI have done a camping unit. This will be my sixth year for it! We go fishing for math facts too! I love the hiker acrostic poem and glow sticks. We might add these on this year.
ReplyDeletewooo! great ideas! I am planning a camping theme for summer school and you are amazing! thank you! Paula
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