Anchor activities

Boat anchor chart

This week our theme letter is A. We been learning about apples and continued that theme this week. But we also did some other things. We br...

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Geometry anchor chart sorting 2D and 3D shapes and naming them

We are about finished with our shape study (introduction/review). Most of my kiddos come in knowing their colors and shapes, but it’s fun to do a bit of a review, just to be certain. One of my awesome Kindergarten colleagues uses the Roger Hargreaves books to review shapes. She even has the most AMAZING puppets that another colleague made for her. I wish I had a picture, but you have to trust me that they are adorable. They are on my summer to-do list! So each week, we read one of the Roger…

Student Father's Day gift idea. Anchor magnets & card. Wooden anchors from a craft store-add a magnet to back-have kids paint- and add it to a card. Simple!

Let’s set sail on an art adventure and make a special keepsake for your little one! Capture their growing hands with this easy handprint sailboat craft

Do cool ocean science experiments with simple supplies from around the house. Explore currents, waves, marine animals, and more.

Get inspired with over a 100 anchor charts for reading, language arts and math.

Ocean {20 Activities} for Kindergarten. Ocean Activities for Kindergarten is perfect for your spring themes. This unit is based around essential questions with vocabulary cards with real pictures, anchor charts to reinforce concepts, labels for sorting, observations, writing and fun hands on craftivities that students will love! You will find everything you need for a complete ocean unit!

This top-rated resource for kindergarten and first grade classrooms has a teaching plan, printables, and hands-on weather activities for your weather unit.

Ocean Activities | The Kindergarten Smorgasboard

Foot Print Anchor Art

This can be done with any type of food but we did it with popcorn. This can be done during large group or small group. Give each student a bowl of popcon. Make a chart with tastes, smells, looks, sounds and feels. Ask each child to describe each of these and write on the chart.

First grade, introduction to 2D shapes!

Cruise Ship Theme- the fabric looks like water.

Windy Weather I began my lesson by assessing the students' previous knowledge. They are aware of the wind and it's effects on the surroundings HOWEVER they all had the HUGE misconception that the "clouds" make the wind"! But don't many adults do too? Wind video If you don't have this book in your library, BUY IT! It is simple and wholesome... it explains nature of wind and provides many examples of wind activity in our world. The students enjoyed it! We created an anchor chart "Wind", As the…