American Folk Hero Reader's Theater Collection!

Please check out some of my newest Reader's Theaters . . . all about American Folk Heroes! Click on any of your favorites below!

Alien Craft!!

We made Alien Portraits using magazines!  It is So simple and fun!!  Start with the head shape out of construction paper.  Cut various items that would not normally be used for hair, eyes, nose, ears, etc… to create your alien.  

 

Valentine's Craftivity - You'll LOVE!

This Valentine Craftivity is great for learning about patterns, weaving, and is just plain fun and beautiful!  AND…it is a PRINT and Go – NO PREP!!  Who doesn’t LOVE that!?!

I have included step-by-step instructions with visuals for those who learn by seeing.  There are five different color combinations, white/pink, white/lilac, white/red, white/magenta, and a white/white so that you can print it onto any other color you might want!

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Birds On Carrots On Snowmen!!!

My class returned from winter break with many stories.  One story struck a cord with the entire class and myself as well.  A young boy was concerned about the birds being able to find food and getting too cold with all the snow, freezing rain, and ice.  He said he made a snowman and a bird landed on its carrot nose and tried to eat the carrot. 

I found this very sweet art project “Birds On Snowmen” on a wonderful blog – Marymaking.blogspot.com.  How absolutely PERFECT!!  My class is going to try our own versions of “Birds On Snowmen!”  I’ll supply the carrots!! 

December FREEBIE!!!

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My students love, love, love these worksheets!  They are designed to progressively become more difficult.  They begin with a three-word sentence printable worksheet.  Next, there is sentence.  Then, a five-word, six-word, and seven word sentence!  AND…NO PREP by you at all.   WOWSERS!!!

There are four parts to each worksheet.  First, the students read the sentence.  There is a picture provided next to each sentence to provide a reading cue.  Second, the students print the sentence on the lines provided.  Third, the students cut the words at the bottom and glue them in the correct order to build the sentence.  This helps the student to attend to word order, the uppercase letter at the beginning of the sentence, and punctuation at the end!  Fourth, the students illustrate the sentence to reinforce comprehension and meaning of what they just read and wrote.

If you like the FREEBIE above, then you’ll really like my set of 55 Sentence Reading, Writing, and Building Printables!  They are also designed to progressively become more difficult.

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I Am Candy Corn! Some History and a Reader's Theater!! How SWEET!

If I were CANDY CORN - I'd be the Queen of Halloween!  It's my favorite.  I love trying to take bites that separate the white from the orange and the orange from the yellow!  I'm not OCD - I just like to have a little fun!!  Love it (or hate it!?!?!?), where did this iconic Halloween treat come from?

Well . . . George Renniger, an employee of Wunderlee Candy Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, invented Candy Corn in the 1880's.  This little tri-colored sweet was initially called "chicken feed" due to its resemblence to the popular poultry food at the time.  It is made of sugar, corn syrup, fondant, marshmallow creme. and vanilla flavor.  The recipe has not changed in over 100 years!

Since Halloween is right around the corner - I am featuring my newest Reader's Theater . . .

  I Am Candy Corn!!  

 Please click below to check it out!

Whatcha Doing, Stinkbug?

Do you live in an area that's been inundated with STINKBUGS!?!?!?!?!  This is the time of year when those pesky creatures have turned from green to brown and are hanging off every screen in every window around our home desperately trying to get in before the weather turns cold.  I've created a really cute and informative Reader's Theater about these critters called . . . WHATCHA DOING, STINKBUG?  Click below to get it!