Community Workers - Photos and FREEBIES!

Hi there!  Well, the snow is falling outside my window.  *sigh*  So much for "spring" break.  But still - I am happy to be home, getting work done around the house and spending time with my little munchkin (who, by the way, is 40 weeks old today)!

 

Right before spring break started, the Kindergarten class I work with finished up their Community Workers unit - or at least I decided they were finishing up the unit, LOL.  I did not want to come back to the same theme after spring break, even though I had SO many more fun activities I wanted to do with them!  I was really bad about taking photos throughout this unit, but we had a lot of fun with it.  Here are a few shots:

 

 

I only get to see these kiddos for a short period of time daily, so this "Community Workers from A to Z" anchor chart took us a few days to complete.  (Oh yeah, please ignore the fact that I totally spelled "optometrist" wrong on the anchor chart.  Mrs. Unger was not prepared for that one and I had to later look up the correct spelling!)

 

I had two sweet friends volunteer to visit this classroom and talk to the Kinders about their jobs.  Our first guest speaker was a photographer!  I feel so fortunate to have gotten to know him over the last few years.  He photographed our engagement, wedding, maternity, and five generation photos.  Great guy!  And he did an awesome job with the little ones.  :)

 

 

As you can tell from this picture, the kids were glued to him and his cool cameras!

 

Our second guest speaker was a sweet friend of mine from high school and she is a nurse!  After watching her presentation, you could tell this was "not her first rodeo," as my husband would say.  She had definitely worked with kids before.

 

 

Can you imagine how excited the kids were when they were told they got to KEEP the masks!?  :)

 

 

I made up a little card for each of them.  It says, "Thanks a 'latte' for visiting our classroom," and I included a small gift card to Starbucks.  All the kiddos signed the inside.

 

 

If you are interested in snagging your own FREE copy of this simple, little "thank you" card, please visit my TPT store by clicking HERE!

 

Annnnnd....after a failing attempt to sell my "Community Workers Matching Cards," I am giving them to you for free.  One can dream of becoming the next Deanna Jump, can't she?  :)  Here you go:  Grab the cards by clicking HERE!

 

 

Enjoy the rest of the week.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Presidents Day Writing and TWO FREEBIES!

So our writing topic this week is "Description of a Person."  I love open-ended topics like this... lots of options!  I decided to incorporate some Social Studies by talking about Presidents Day and our country's leader, President Barack Obama.

Here is what we did today:

1 - First, I hung a large color portrait of Barack Obama on the whiteboard.  I found this little gem a couple of years ago at a local store called Merchandise Outlet.  I gave each student a Post-It note (to ensure that each child had an opportunity to speak) and when they were able to think of a description of our President, I wrote it on their Post-It note.  The kids stuck them around the portrait.  This was like our pre-writing brainstorming session.

2 - Next, the students and I worked together to move their Post-It notes on to our writing tree map and place them under the most appropriate branches.  If you would like your own copy of these labels, click HERE to visit my TPT Store and grab this FREEBIE!

3 - Then, I passed out our clipboards, mini pencils, and copies of the writing tree map.  (There mini golf pencils are perfect for little Kindergarten hands, by the way.)

4 - Finally, I removed one Post-It note at a time and guided the students in writing the description on their own copies of the writing tree map.  If you would like your own copy, click HERE to grab this FREEBIE at my TPT Store!

As you can see, we did not finish writing all the descriptions today.  Unfortunately, we have early release tomorrow and no school on Monday (due to profesional development), so this writing activity will have to wait until Tuesday!

I hope you are able to use this activity in your own classroom to compliment your Presidents Day lesson.  Thanks for stopping by!  :)