Camping Unit

Hello Everyone!!
I know I said I probably wouldn't post again before school got out, but I wanted to quickly share this little pack that I hope to have time to do the very last week!  I wanted to save time to have a little end of year camping theme. I took some of the ideas from a camping theme we did several years ago, added some fun new things and came out with some anticipation for a fun week!! Here are a few things I hope to have time to do with my little learners!!

 

 

These are just a few of the fun little learning opportunities included in the unit! 

If you think you want to try to fit it in  SIMPLY CLICK HERE!  It is about 76 pages!

I'll try to click some pics as we are engaged in the unit to show you more. Till then...have a super duper week!! Are you counting down yet???  I find myself getting a bit teary eyed at this time of year.  I am going to miss these littles!!!

Thanks for stopping by for a peek at what we are up to!! Don't forget to leave a comment. We love hearing from you!!

Joyfully!

Nancy 

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Camping Unit

Hello Everyone!
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!!

Our favorite "camping" books!

Fishing Day! Fishing for Facts

Caught One!

Hiking Day!! Writing Acrostic Poems

I went hiking and saw...

Sight word stars on the ceiling! Can you see them?

Stargazing for sight words

I'm Sleeping in my sleeping bag...poetry

Reading to Flashlight

Reading to firefly light

Paper bag backpacks to hold some of our work!

Our very own little pup tent!!  Can't wait to read in here!!

Welcome to Camp VandenBerge!

hallway display of our animals

Happy Campers

Fireflies and Glowsticks Science!!

Put glowsticks in ice and hot water.  Look at the difference!!!

 Our Sci Fri experience was to ask questions about the effects of temperature on the brightness of glow sticks (fireflies). (Thanks to the sweet mom who supplied us with glowsticks for each kiddo!!!) We discovered that the warmer the environment, the brighter the glow!!!  The chemical reactions release more energy more quickly in a warm environment. Is that why we see more fireflies in the summer months???
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

Owls and twigs

Hello Everyone!
Phew! First Grade + Friday = Busy!  I tend to plan too many learning adventures, especially on Fridays! Fridays seem to fly by and we are practically running to get everything in.  Besides our Spell Check, Library, Book Buddies, Gold Nugget Trading Post time, Poetry time, Book Basket shopping, and Computer time, I wanted to fit in some good nonfiction learning about owls.  Luckily, I had a wonderful Watch D.O.G. (Dad Of Great students) help me out today!!  He helped with our Spell Check, helped research about owls, helped with a mini field trip to gather sticks for another activity, and helped us stay focused on behavior with talking about rules for life! :) (Don't touch it if it isn't yours!)  Because of his help we were able to get everything in that I wanted to.  We even had time to create some cute little owls and get them up on our window.  Those owl eyes are amazing!!! 
The sticks we gathered were used for making our names for a special backpack we're going to make for our camping themed open house unit! We are incorporating all of our studies on animals into a camping setting!!  Can't wait!!

Thanks, Watch DOG for helping us learn about owls!!

Mini field trip to gather sticks!! :)

Owls are keeping an eye on us!!

Names made out of sticks!! So fun!


Thanks for stopping by!!!  Take another peek sometime!!  We'll keep working hard!!
Have a wonder-filled weekend!
Joyfully!
Nancy