Thank You (and some pumpkins, too!)

First and foremost, I need to say thank you.

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Working at an air force school and teaching the children of the men and women of the armed forces is an amazing thing.  The children that I teach sacrifice so much every day.  I am so proud to be able to be their teacher.  Hearing our students sing, “I’m Proud to Be an American” and “God Bless America” to their parents this week and seeing so many parents in the audience in uniform brought tears to my eyes.  What an an amazing group of people.  Thank you for your service and for protecting our freedom. 

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Now on to the goodies! I feel like October flew by!  My camera has been stuck in my bag, and I haven’t taken it out! I have forgotten to take so many pictures – so here is what I have of our pumpkin unit!

The first few activities are from Julie Lee’s pumpkin pack:

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  The children picked a word, read it, and wrote it two more times.

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This one was a bit tricky for some kiddos, so I gave them an alphabet strip to match the letters.  They put each set in ABC order and then wrote the letters.

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The children picked an item from the bucket and wrote the beginning sound on their pumpkin.

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The children spun the spinner, counted the pumpkins and wrote the number on a pumpkin.

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At this center, the children practiced matching the number word to the number.

The next pictures are activities that I created.

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The children counted the dots (seeds!) on the pumpkin and matched the pumpkin to the correct number and wrote how many seeds were on that pumpkin.

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Sequencing Teen Numbers

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The children match the CVC word to the picture and then wrote the word again on their response sheet. 

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And the weekly pocket chart activity.

Lots of freebies for you today! I love reading all of your comments – leave a little note if you download! Smile

Happy Friday!

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and the words for the sentence strips:

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And a couple of fun little books:

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A little emergent reader for whole class work:

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And some alphabet writing practice:

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25 comments:

  1. Thanks for being so generous!! I especially love the emergent reader for the whole class.........so cute.

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  2. Thanks for all the pumpkin stuff. This will go in my file for next year!

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  3. Thank you for the fabulous freebies! Is the Pumpkin CVC matching in Julie's pack also?

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  4. Your blog ... by far ... is my most favorite! Coming back to kinder was a big change for me and stealing ideas from you has really saved me. Thank you for always sharing!

    Britt
    A Day in the Life of a 2nd Grade Teacher

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  5. Thank you, thank you, thank you! You make life as a new teacher so much easier. I can't thank you enough!

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  6. @Mrs. Crowder - the pumpkin CVC is in my fall math and literacy pack :)

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  7. Thank YOU so MUCH for sharing for freeeee! I love your site and I love when we share things for free with each other! :)

    Thanks Kelly
    http://fromkindergartenwithlove.blogspot.com/

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  8. Thank you for the freebies! You have such great ideas and activities.

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  9. I just love your ideas! I can't wait to try them with the kiddos! Thank you!

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  10. WOW - thanks so much for the freebies! I have followed you for a ong time now, even won a giveaway last year. YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!

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  11. Thanks so much for sharing! I really enjoy your blog and look forward to learning from you! Thanks for the freebies!!!! :D

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  12. Wow! What a treat! Thanks so much!

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  13. Thanks for the freebies! I love your blog and all the wonderful ideas you post!

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  14. I love Sunday nights when I can sit down and read your blog! You always have fabulous ideas and free downloads to help me out! Thank you so much :)

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  15. Thanks for the freebies, but most of all, thanks for the inspiration! Love your ideas! :)

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  16. Thanks for the fun freebies! Your blog is full of amazing ideas.

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  17. LOVE LOVE your blog! Is the math pumpkin seed recording sheet in your packet as well?

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  18. @Madamsara - YES! the pumpkin seed math center is in the packet :)

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  19. LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

    Sarah
    shetrick@gmail.com

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  20. Thanks so much for all the pumpkin stuff! One of these days, I'm going to request a classroom visit to your class. I'm not that far away from you, near Winnipeg, and I'd love to see you in action! Thanks again for the freebies.

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  21. Thanks for sharing! You are amazing! And I'm so excited. I'm getting your 50 days of school packet tomorrow! Thanks!!!

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  22. Thanks a million,Kathleen! I have 6 days left of the school year...changing to Kindy in September and can't seem to get away from your blog...reading everything and LOVING IT!!...and YOU!!!

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  23. Thank you, these will get used in my classroom for sure!

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