1-2-3 Come Add Some "Egg-citement" To Teaching Time With Me

Are you working on telling time with your kiddos?   What’s the Eggs-act Time? packet, is filled with fun analog and digital time activities with a spring-theme. It's and "oldie but goodie" that's been around for a while, but is still a popular download.

Your students will enjoy making their own egg clock. Simply run off the pattern on a variety of colors of construction paper.

Teachers can easily whole- group assess, by asking students to show them an “egg-sact” time.  Children adjust the paperclip hands on their clock and hold it up.  Teachers can see at a glance who is having difficulty.

I’ve also included an egg spinning game as well.  Children play in groups of 2-4 and take turns spinning.

Whatever number they land on, they trace and then write that time to the hour.  The student who fills up their time card first is the winner.

There are also digital and analog traceable time cards so you can make Memory Match games, as well as Itty Bitty booklets, or play the game “I Have Who Has?”  Cards are for time to the hour, half hour, as well as quarter hour times too. 

For example, the child with the analog 2:00 O’clock card, asks for the digital 2:00 time card.  Students can also sequence these cards.

Play “Speed-Flash” where the teacher flashes a time card and students show that time on their egg clock.  The child who shows the correct time the quickest, by holding up their clock, earns a sticker for the back of their egg.

Match Three is yet another game with 3 matching time cards to the hour: an analog clock, a large digital time and a time that is written out.   Students can play a Memory Match game with these by finding all 3 matches, or play a card game with another partner that works like Go Fish.

This game is called, Do You Have The Time?  Deal out 5 cards and put the rest face down.  Students match their groups of 3 with the cards they have.  When it is their turn they may take a card from the pile or ask their partner “Do you have 2:00 0’clock? “

If their partner has any time card that is 2 O’clock they give it to them etc.  Play continues ‘til all of the cards are matched or when the timer rings.

The student with the most matches is the winner.  When you are done with the various activities, you can reward your students with a certificate of praise bookmark, which is also included in the packet.

Click on the link to view/download Eggs-actly What Time Is It? packet.  If you'd like to see all of my time-themed FREEBIES, click on the link to pop on over to that section of TeachWithMe.  I also have an entire Pinterest board devoted to free telling time activities, crafts, and ideas.

Thanks for visiting.  I just glanced at the clock on my computer; (So glad that that's there, as I totally lose track of how my morning is flying by!) and it's time to do some major work cleaning up my garden. 

Winter has certainly wrecked havoc out back, and I'm anxious to take advantage of a 50 degree day, where it's finally warm enough to work!  Wishing you a prosperous day. 

"A garden requires patient labor and attention.  Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions.  They thrive because someone expended effort on them." -Liberty Hyde Bailey

1-2-3 Come Practice, Review and Assess With a Bunny and Me

Spring has sprung and it's time to review some of those Common Core Standards you've been teaching all year. 

Sigh.... as we all know, just because our little ones passed an assessment months ago, if we didn't continue to practice it throughout the year, sadly, a few of them did not retain that information.

With that in mind, I designed the very versatile  "I'm All Ears" game packet that will make reviewing a variety of standards quick, easy and fun. 

I don't know about your kiddos, but I've found that if I make a game for anything, I've grabbed my Y5's attention and can easily have them focused for a nice chunk of time.

Use the large and small bunny for a center activity, assessment, or game.  Run off the large and small bunny heads on ivory construction paper; laminate and trim.

Program large and small craft sticks with whatever you'd like to reinforce.  Keep each set in their own Baggie. 

I've included a list of synonyms/antonyms and a list of contractions so you can easily program the bunny ears with words that fit your age group.  

Here are some ideas:

• uppercase-lowercase letters
• number-number word
• number-group/set
• contraction-words that make up the contraction
• synonyms and antonyms
• equation-answer
• color-color word
• shape-shape word
• 2 words-compound word
• singular-plural
• long or short vowel sound to a matching word example

As you can see the possibilities are endless!  I hope this makes those end of the year reviews a bit more fun and less tedious.  Click on the link for the "I'm All Ears" For Common Core Bunny Game Packet

Thanks for visiting.  It's hard to believe that the school year is almost at an end.  Aprill and May months always seemed to simply fly, as there was so much to cram into the limited time I had left. 

My timer's ringing, so I'd better check the "No Peek Chicken".  It's one of my favorite recipes and smells delicious.  Wishing you a carefree day.

"Sweet April showers do spring May flowers!" -Thomas Tusser

Spring Into Writing!

Do you need a quick and easy spring center?

This Easter bookmark reinforces counting skills for little ones and doubles as a cute keepsake card for someone special.

Run off the template. Students fold it in half and glue it.

They trace the numbers on the front and write 10 reasons why they love the person that they’ll be giving the bookmark to.

Make it an extra-special keepsake by running off your class composite.  Cut students’ pictures into ovals and have them glue their photo to the bottom back of their bookmark.

Click on the link to view/download the Easter-Writing Prompt bookmark.

Be sure and pop back tomorrow for some more springtime activities.

Do you have one you’d like to share? I’d enjoy hearing from you.  diane@teachwithme.com or feel free to leave a comment here, especially if you use one of my ideas.  Thanks in advance.

Egg-sactly What Time Is It? It's Time For FUN!

Looking for a seasonal game to reinforce time?  You’ve come to the right place.  What’s the Eggs-act Time packet is filled with some fun activities just in time for spring.

Your students will have fun making the large egg manipulative clock and teachers can easily whole group assess by asking students to show them the “egg-sact” time when they hold up their clock.

I’ve also included an egg spinning game as well.  Children play in groups of 2-4 and take turns spinning.

Whatever number they land on, they trace and then write the time to the hour.  The student who fills up their time card first is the winner.

There are also digital and analog traceable time cards so you can make Memory Match games as well as Itty Bitty booklets, or play the game “I Have Who Has?” i.e.

The child with the analog 2:00 O’clock card, asks for the digital 2:00 time card.  Students can also sequence these cards.

Play “Speed-Flash” where the teacher flashes a time card and students show that time on their egg clock.  The child who shows the correct time the quickest, by holding up their clock, earns a sticker for the back of their egg.

Match Three is yet another game with 3 matching time cards to the hour: an analog clock, a large digital time and a written out time.   Students can play a Memory Match game with these by finding all 3 matches, or play a card game with another partner that works like Go Fish.

This game is called, Do You Have The Time?  Deal out 5 cards and put the rest face down.  Students match their groups of 3 with the cards they have.  When it is their turn they may take a card from the pile or ask their partner “Do you have 2:00 0’clock? “

If their partner has any time card that is 2 O’clock they give it to them etc.  Play continues ‘til all of the cards are matched or when the timer rings.

The student with the most matches of 3 is the winner.  When you are done with the various activities, you can reward your students with a time praise bookmark.

Click on the link to view/download Eggs-actly What Time Is It? packet.  Thanks for visiting today, feel free to PIN anything from my blog or shopping cart.  I'm all about sharing.

Do you have a teaching tip you'd like to share with us?  I'd enjoy hearing from you. diane@teachwithme.com  or feel free to leave a comment here especially if you use one of my ideas.  Thanks in advance for your time.

"Spring is Nature's way of saying: "Let's party." -Robin Williams

Fun With Plastic Eggs!

Eggs are an easily recognized symbol for spring; you see them everywhere.  The plastic eggs are also an inexpensive manipulative.

I use them in a zillion different ways in my classroom.

IDEAS:

• Put part of a contraction on one side of the egg, put the other part of the contraction on the other and have students match them up.
• Have students find a half and then locate their partner with the matching half.
• Sort them by color.

• I have now collected eggs that are small, medium, large and jumbo and have students also sort by size.  They enjoy hiding them inside each other as well.
• Put a number on one side and a specified number of dots equaling that number on the other side and have students find the matching set.
• After they have found all the numbered eggs, have them sequence them.

• Put the eggs in rainbow color order.
• After my students have completed their tabletop work, they may choose a prize-filled egg from the Easter basket to take home.
• I fill them with jellybeans for jellybean sorting & graphing activities.

• Put math equations inside for students to solve.
• Put a writing prompt inside for students to write a sentence or a 1-paragraph story about.
• Put 3 stickers inside that students have to use, when writing 3 sentences or a 1-paragraph story.

• Hide them around the room and allow your students to find 1 to 2 to keep.

• Put an uppercase letter on one half and the lowercase letter on the other half. Break the eggs apart and sprinkle them around the room.  Set a timer and have students find the matches.  After they have found and put together all of the eggs, have them put them in alphabetical order and sing the ABC song.

• Make a set of eggs for all of the skip counted numbers that you have learned. Have students sequence them.

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• Put CVC words on the eggs as well as some word wall words so that students can choose 5-7 eggs and write sentences for Daily 5.
• Challenge students to learn a new word for the week.  Write a different new word in each egg and have students pick an egg out of the basket.  They crack open their egg and share it with the class.  This will be their bonus word on their spelling test and the one that they use in their work during reading and writing block time.
• Have students make long lines with the eggs and measure how long their line is.  Then have them take them apart and make a tower.  How tall can they build a tower before it topples?
• Have students make ABAB, ABCABC etc patterns with the eggs. How many patterns can they think of? 
• Use half an egg to make a circle stamp art picture by dipping the circle shape into paint and pressing it on paper or tracing it.
• Put pictures of flat and 3-D shapes inside the eggs.  Have students sit in a circle and choose an egg out of the basket.  They crack it open and identify what shape is inside their egg.  If they can identify it, they get to keep the egg.  If they cannot, the egg goes back in the basket.
• You can put anything inside an egg that you want to review.  Students choose an egg.  Play “I Have Who Has” with the contents of the eggs.  i.e. “I have uppercase letter A who has lowercase letter a? “Lowercase letter a asks “Who has the a ah apple word/sound?”etc.
• Play Doggy Doggy Who Has Your Bone? with a plastic egg and call it, Hen Hen Who Has Your Egg?
• Play Hot Potato and call it, Hot Egg

Use them for a quick and easy art activity and make a fat bumble bee, owl, bunny or pig (my personal favorites!)

Or simply add some wiggle eyes and a smile to make an egg creature.

Children can insert an "I love you!" note inside and give them to a family member or friend as a sweet Easter or springtime gift.

• Click on the link to visit Designs That Inspire for the directions for these cute animal "craftivities".

Have you thought of ways to include plastic eggs in your day? I'd enjoy hearing from you.diane@teachwithme.com or leave a comment here.

Thanks in advance.  Be sure and pop back tomorrow for some more fun "Spring Has Sprung" teaching tips!