First Grade Writing and Illustrations

Have I mentioned how I ♥ first grade illustrations?  First grade pictures drawn by my firsties make my heart happy, happy, happy! (For you Duck Dynasty fans, picture me saying that in my best Phil Robertson voice.)
For example, one of my firsties gave me this picture after we learned about George Washington:

While learning about Texas, we worked on writing "Did you know . . .?" sentences.  I've blogged about this before and you can check it out Here if you want to grab a copy of the writing form these were written on.  Anyhoo, I couldn't resist showcasing a few of these just because of the illustrations.

 

In the picture below, if you look closely, you can see the mockingbird sitting in the pecan tree, the Texas flag, the armadillo, the bluebonnet and the longhorn.  She tried to include as many state symbols that she could.   *LOVE*

 

I love how this next picture includes a blue ribbon beside the chili.

 

 

We've also been working on writing.  I gave my firsties the topic, "Texas is a nice state to visit"  and I got this little gem.

(you might have to click on it to be able to read it)

 

Then I gave them the topic, "Texas has many state symbols"

and I got another little gem.

And then, I just had to share this one because the dog is so cute.  Even when I provide my students with an example, they always manage to make it uniquely theirs.  The topic for this writing was, "Owning a dog is a big responsibility."

 

It's back to work on Monday after a nice Spring Break.  Only 11 more weeks of school.   Geez, how am I ever going to get in everything I want to teach in 11 weeks?

 

Amazing Animals

We've been reading "Amazing Animals" in our reading basil this week.  The kiddos chose an animal from the story and then wrote about their animal's adaptation.    (you might have to click on each picture to be able to read what each child wrote)

 

Later, we played a "Who Am I?" game where I read some clues about animals and the students tried to guess my animal.  I then let the students choose an animal, write 3 clues and then had them read their clues to the rest of the class to see if they could guess their animal.  My firsties loved it! 

Here is a sample:

 

I want to give a shout out to our Lady Badgers who are playing in the state basketball tournament in Austin tomorrow! 

Our little town is so proud of these girls!

Go Badgers!!!!!!!!

 

Journeys Sight Words

Here are unit 4 and 5 rapid response sheets for the sight words that go with the Journeys reading series.  Click on the picture to grab yourself a copy.

 

You can grab the units below by clicking on these prior posts:

Unit One

Unit Two and Three

 

Penguin Pattern Freebie

Don't you just love teaching about penguins?  My kiddos sure love learning about them!

We kept a penguin journal all week and every day my students would write something they learned in them.  I took the picture of the journal before we added the wings.  (I always wait until Friday to let the kids put the wings on because they rip up with us trying to keep up with them all week.)  The journal is a 9 x 12 piece of black construction paper folded in half with some handwriting paper stapled inside.

Outside of journal:

Inside of journal:

The students filled out a can/have/are chart about penguins which I didn't get pictures of {so sad} and then they used their chart to write sentences about penguins.  Then they added the cute paper plate penguins. 

If you would like a copy of the patterns to make the penguin, then click on the picture below.