Monday, October 6, 2014

Fire Safety Week: Ideas, Printables and Plans

October 6-10th is National Fire Safety and Fire Prevention Week.  Here are some ways to incorporate these important lessons into your week.


It's important to me to help my little ones not freak out and get all anxious when talking about fire.  My 6 year old, panics if when I accidentally set the smoke detector off from something smoking in the oven.  Hopefully, through this week of schooling at home we can learn, have fun, and stay safe always!

You can find all of these activities and more over on my Fire Safety Week Pinterest Board!  

Science Experiments:
Here's a kid-friendly science experiment, designed by Confessions of a Homeschooler, to show that fire needs fuel, heat, and air to stay lit. 

Free Printables and Lesson Plans


Teaching in High Heels has a free printable mini-reader that comes with word wall vocabulary cards.


The store "One Sharp Bunch" at TPT has this free sight word game that includes Dolch words thru grade 2.

 Comprehension Questions that go along with a YouTube video are available for free from the TPT store called "Promoting Success".  The video is linked in her product, very cool!


Here are 3 cute cut and paste labeling activities from "Grow Little Kinder Garden". 
These three little cut and glue freebies include labeling a fire truck, labeling a firefighter, and sorting household items that are safe/not safe to touch
 
Here is  free coloring page showing the steps to stop, drop, and roll.



Craft Ideas
Click over to Allkidsnetwork for instruction and a supply list for making this fire safety magnet. 

Here's a handprint craft that goes along with a cute song about firemen!  Idea came from Tippytoe Crafts.

Hands-On Activities
Creekside Learning has a variety of hands-on play ideas, including role playing how to get help in a house fire with a child's dollhouse. 


Books and Videos 

Have a Kindle or the Kindle App?  Read these stories about Fireman Max Books for Kindle

Watch Barny Goes to the Firehouse (Free with amazon prime)


Websites and Apps

 The Ultimate Free Resource for Fire Safety Week comes from the National Fire Prevention Council and their mascot, Sparky.  You can download free apps for both Apple and Android as well as read free e-books, watch kid friendly videos,  and there are also lots of printable activities.
 

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Morning Work Freebies for October (K-3)

During the month of October I will be participating in the  31 Days of Writing project and beginning this brand new blog!  I will be posting free stuff for teachers; everything from free resources, to discounts, and freebies just for being a teacher!  Items will vary, of course, but I think most will include public school, private school and home school teachers.  

Here's the best FREE resources I've found for morning work this month.  We have quite a few activity days planned for October so for 1st grade I'm shooting for 18 normal days of teaching.  Please do not worry and think that every single day has to be filled with reading and learning on a schedule.  Public schools nor Home schools simply do not operate that way.  There are always days of testing, substitutes, assemblies, and field trips.

All links are below the  pictures.

Kindergarten Morning Work:
Up first we have a 5 day sample kit for the little ones.  Includes letter tracing, beginning sounds, and color words.  
From The Barefoot Teacher
 

1st grade Morning Work:

This is a PowerPoint that includes daily math and reading questions, as well as calendar questions.  You can do this on your projector, iPad, or at the computer screen. 
From Britney May on TPT
Here's another cute sample pack.  It does include one page that has Halloween words.  The other sample days include a variety of skills including sight words and math review.

From Rock Paper Scissors
Next we have a printable booklet that can be used for morning work.  It is super and I can't wait to use it with Camryn. 
From Creative Backpackers

2nd Grade Morning Work

This Freebie packet includes 12 days of Morning Work for Second Grade.  It includes both language arts and math skills. 
From The Imagination Nook


Next we have a 5 sheet Freebie for morning review, including a daily sentence to edit.
From Primary "Teach"spiration