The children had such fun learning about the Wizard of Oz. They did not fear the witch or the tornado. I imagine it is because the graphics are so "old fashioned" .
The children began the morning a few weeks ago with a melted witch in the middle of the hall.
I read the pop up book in the middle. It is phenomenal and wonderful for holding firsties attention!
Enter at your own risk!
Mrs. Carter: What are those things on your wrists?
J: um...well...um...they protect my wrists as I am writing. My wrists get sore ya know!
Tornado research and experiment.
The children LOVED this! I had a box of 96 crayons and they picked them and wrote their names! They seriously LOVED this! :o)
Brainstorming prior to reading about rainbows.
Another activity that seems too young for them. NOT!!! They had a ball!
Learned about weather, tornadoes, clouds, rainbows, and spring.
We did a lot of brainstorming and I was shocked how much the students knew prior to reading about the heart!
The cowardly lion needed courage. Our class has a lot of courage!
I loved bringing this "fairy tale" to life for your children. Many had never heard of it.
great pics. I used purchased this unit on TpT and cant wait to use!
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Fantastic Ideas!! Great job integrating a theme meaningfully.
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There’s No Place Like The Classroom
My absolute favorite movie. Just wore ruby red slippers in my wedding! Thanks for sharing the unit and a creative way of pulling from other subjects to carry on the theme! LOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to say thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas! I teach 6th, 7th, and 8th grade emotional support but my students are at a 1st or 2nd grade level academically, some even socially and they are going to absolutely love doing these activities! I am starting this week and I can't wait to get started thanks to your phenomenal ideas! I will definitely be following your blog from now on!! Looking forward to more great ideas!! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat is this unit called in TPT? Want to buy :)
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Jessica Carter
jessica_carter@scps.k12.fl.us
These ideas are great! One thing I wanted to mention, though, is that in your characteristics brainstorming you seem to be perpetuating the fiction that beautiful = good and ugly = evil.
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