MLK Day 2018

My students love it when I put up an upcoming holiday on our math calendar!  But what is funny, is that its not only the holidays that we are out of school, but the ones we are in school for too.  It's because they've realized that I always plan something fun that day!

The next holiday will be MLK Day, and my students know that on Tuesday, when we return, our class will do lots of things related to Martin Luther King, Jr.  I have several things planned all throughout the day, and I've listed them below.

Morning Work:
1. "I have a dream" color sheet.

2.  Thinking map:  Circle map to show what they already know about Dr. King.

Shared Reading:
1. Read aloud the book titled Martin's Big Words.

Here is a good choice for an upper grades read aloud.  It's called Who Was Martin Luther King?

Independent Reading/Reading Groups:
1. Read and complete color/comprehension sheets  (first one for grades 1-2, second one for grades 3-5)

 

Shared Writing:
1. Together we will create a class chart titled "How to be like Martin".  This will open up a great discussion of the book we read earlier during Shared Reading.

Independent Writing:
1. Students will create their own "I Have a Dream" small book.

Social Studies:
1. Watch Brain Pop video about the life of MLK or read the book titled .
2. Complete cut/paste time line activity.

3. Compete cut/paste fill-in-the blank activity sheet (Upper grades:  scrambled words fill-in-the-blank activity sheet)

 

If you are interested in doing any or all of these things in your classroom, you can download the complete unit titled, Martin Luther King, Jr., An American Hero here.

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What Are You Doing for MLK Day?

I'm SUPER excited about my brand new blog!!!  It took a while, but it's finally complete.  I want to thank Megan Favre at A Bird in Hand Designs for her talented design skills!

I moved to 1st grade last year and was so excited, that I wanted a brand new blog to go along with the new move.    I  have another blog titled 3rd Grade Grapevine, as I had been a 3rd grade teacher for many years!   At first, I put a few 1st grade things up on my 3rd grade blog, but just felt that wasn't the best place for them.  I also felt like those readers would rather read about 3rd grade teaching material and classroom events, so I hesitated to blog about my 1st grade happenings.  Solution... create a 1st grade specific blog!  Yeah!!!

About the move to 1st grade....  Being honest, most of us do not like change, and I must admit it took a lot of additional work (I knew it would), but I was ready for a new perspective!  Wow!  Did I get it!  I knew it would be uncomfortable at first, not knowing the curriculum like the back of my hand as I had in 3rd, and having to create all new material from scratch.  That's actually, one reason I put off the move as long as I did.  Another reason I waited, was to have my youngest child get to 3rd grade with me.  I had done that with the other two, and she didn't want Momma to move before she got there!  LOL

I've started working on a new series of products called American Heroes.  These products will contain material for both primary and upper elementary grades.  I've just completed the first product in this series just in time for MLK day, Monday, January 18th.  You can find this product on TPT simply titled Martin Luther King, Jr., or click on the cover image or preview below to go directly there.

To celebrate this brand new blog and the start of a brand new series of products,  I'm posting a FREEBIE here for my readers.  Just click if you want Martin Luther King, Jr. The Early Years, and you will to be taken to Google Docs to grab your freebie.

If you click on the various social media button at the top of this page,  you can follow me on FB, Bloglovin and more.  I'm just getting Twitter and Instagram started, but I'd love to have new followers.

Check back soon to find out the next person in the American Heroes series.  Get my GRAB button or  click FOLLOW me on this blog, and you'll receive a notification of my next post.

Here are some great books I have in my classroom library that I like to read aloud.  My students love to take the books I read aloud, and put then in their book box to read during independent reading time that day.

            

I would love to hear from you...  Were you able to use this FREEBIE in your classroom?  Just click on the "comment' button below.


I hope you and your family have a Happy New Year!

Bringing in 2016 with a brand new Blog and a FREEBIE!

I'm SUPER excited about my brand new blog!!!  It took a while, but it's finally complete.  I want to thank Megan Favre at A Bird in Hand Designs for her talented design skills!

I moved to 1st grade last year and was so excited, that I wanted a brand new blog to go along with the new move.    I  have another blog titled 3rd Grade Grapevine, as I had been a 3rd grade teacher for many years!   At first, I put a few 1st grade things up on my 3rd grade blog, but just felt that wasn't the best place for them.  I also felt like those readers would rather read about 3rd grade teaching material and classroom events, so I hesitated to blog about my 1st grade happenings.  Solution... create a 1st grade specific blog!  Yeah!!!

About the move to 1st grade....  Being honest, most of us do not like change, and I must admit it took a lot of additional work (I knew it would), but I was ready for a new perspective!  Wow!  Did I get it!  I knew it would be uncomfortable at first, not knowing the curriculum like the back of my hand as I had in 3rd, and having to create all new material from scratch.  That's actually, one reason I put off the move as long as I did.  Another reason I waited, was to have my youngest child get to 3rd grade with me.  I had done that with the other two, and she didn't want Momma to move before she got there!  LOL

I've started working on a new series of products called American Heroes.  These products will contain material for both primary and upper elementary grades.  I've just completed the first product in this series just in time for MLK day, Monday, January 18th.  You can find this product on TPT simply titled Martin Luther King, Jr., or click on the cover image or preview below to go directly there.

To celebrate this brand new blog and the start of a brand new series of products,  I'm posting a FREEBIE here for my readers.  Just click if you want Martin Luther King, Jr. The Early Years, and you will to be taken to Google Docs to grab your freebie.

Here are some great books I have in my classroom library that I like to read aloud.  My students love to take the books I read aloud, and put then in their book box to read during independent reading time that day. 

            

If you click on the various social media button at the top of this page,  you can follow me on FB, Bloglovin and more.  I'm just getting Twitter and Instagram started, but I'd love to have new followers.

Check back soon to find out the next person in the American Heroes series.  Get my GRAB button or  click FOLLOW me on this blog, and you'll receive a notification of my next post.

I hope you and your family have a Happy New Year!

I would love to hear from you...  What do you think of my brand new blog?  Just click on the "comment' button below.