The Crazy Pre-K Classroom

Finally blogger and I are no longer at odds with each other and I can post the photos I have been wanting to show you for the last week! My kiddos and I have been working on many activities from several of my winter units on tpt. I am so proud of their hard work, after all they are only 4! Below are pictures of the work we have done with my Build a Snowman CVC Unit , Winter print and go Unit and my Winter Animals Unit . I am especially proud of how much their handwriting has improved and the ability to work independently is finally kicking in. My new Word of the Day calendar and journal is a huge hit in my classroom. The kiddos are so excited each morning to learn our word of the day and how to use it in a sentence. I hope you will take a minute to check these units out in my store, I know you will enjoy everything they have to offer. While you are there be sure to download my Shape Snowman Freebie and my H ow many snowballs tall are you? Non standard measurement Freebie! Till next ...

Hello All, I have taken a few activities from my Winter Units on TpT and made them free for you to sample! Each one can be found as part of one of the Winter units found in my store. I hope you enjoy these and the sale I am having on all of my Winter units as a Thank you for being great followers! This 20% off sale will last through the weekend! Have a Wonderful Christmas and Holiday season!Use this link to get your freebies: Winter freebies link!

Hello All, I have just listed a new freebie from my Winter Worksheets set. The 48 worksheets focus on math and literacy practice that allow for differentiated instruction and they are common core aligned. Enjoy the sight word worksheet freebie! Click this link to get your copy: Winter Worksheet Freebie! Get the entire set here: Winter Worksheet Set Enjoy! Till next time, Christine

Hello All, This past week was so much fun. Between creating snowmen, playing in fake snow and having a cotton ball snowball fight we had a great time. One of my favorite activities was a non-standard measurement activity, measuring ourselves against numbered snowballs. I started by taping 30 numbered snowballs from bottom to top on my cabinet and then I hung a graph with each child's name and the numbers 1-30 with the title "How many snowballs tall are you?" Before starting the activity we counted the snowballs and I had each student estimate how many snowballs tall they would be, I also had them guess for me. I was surprised at how many estimations were close or correct. I recorded their estimations on the dry erase board and we then stood by the snowballs one at a time. We recorded our height on the bar graph. We talked about who was the tallest and who was the shortest, which children were close to the same height etc. After everyone had a chance to be measured...

Hey all, It was good to get back to work today but I am exausted! It is amazing how just 2 weeks can get you so off schedule! Anyways my class and I had a great time starting our Snowman Theme today that I just had to share! I started by reading them the teacher book, "How to build a Snowman" from my TpT Winter Snowman Unit This sequencing book starts with building the body of the snowman and identfying the top, middle and bottom. The next page has the arms going in on the left and the right. From there we dress and put a face on the snowman. The last page of the book says, "Can you draw me a snowman?" The kids had so much fun drawing their snowmen and i am going to add them to the end of our book and place it in the library. Here is a picture of the snowman my lowest student drew, youcan see that she was able to draw three circles and sticks for arms. This was a huge accomplishment for her: This next picture is a representation of the typical snowmen that w...

Be sure to enter my monthly giveaway! This month is my Winter Woodland Literacy Unit. Visit my giveaway page for more details. Good Luck! Winter Woodland Literacy Unit Visit the link above to see more of this great unit! Till next time, Christine

O.K. all I found myself with some nervous energy tonight and made a book to go with my Arctic Freeze Unit. It is super cute and works on number writing and number word writing. There are also 5 worksheets and 5 center ideas, have fun! Photos to come, uploader is not working right now, sorry! Same graphics as the Arctic freeze unit blog post Arctic Animal 1-10 book

Hello All, Last night I posted my newest unit to TpT all about the garb we wear in the winter. Super cute graphics from scrappindoodles make this book and sight word kit adorable. Be sure to check it out, the unit is 20% off until Wednesday. Make sure to download the freebie for this unit. p.s. don't forget to enter my monthly giveaway, visit the giveaway page for details! Till next time, Christine

I have a great unit on Teacherspayteachers.com and thought of a few more uses for the materials included. These extension ideas can be used in centers and for lesson planning. Have fun with these activities: Place the position posters around the room and have the children read the room. Give each child a clipboard (I use binder clips on my student white boards for this) and a piece of paper. Instruct the students to walk around the room and write the words on the paper. Name and date for portfolios. Cut out the frames on page 10 and use them to make number, letter and word flash cards. Cut out the blank acorns and use them to make a letter, number, CVC word or sight word flash cards. Use the clip art of the animals to create a graph, have the children choose their favorite animal, have them add their name above the animal. After all of the children have completed the graph, count the numbers for each animal, write the number and then show the numbers in tally marks. ...