Habitats and ‘arrgh!’

We have been BUSY BEES that’s for sure….Open House is just around the corner and assessments and the weeks are winding down.  We always have habitats for our first grade open house theme.  Here are some photos of all the cute vines, bulletin boards, etc. 

My rainforest bulletin board – I found it in a rainforest book and then also came across it on Mrs. Jump’s blog as well.

Every child has a vine to put all their rainforest animals on and then they take their vine home after Open House.

I think the sloth and monkey are my favorites.  I have the girls add eyelashes and a little flower with pink cheeks.

I have them write facts in the monkey’s belly.

This is one of my favorite habitat projects – a cactus for learning about the desert.  It is made by mixing Epson Salt with paint – it gives the cactus a really cool,  bumpy texture.  Then I added broken toothpicks and a tissue flower in the corner.

“AARGH Matey”  We are learning about /ar/ this week

So I took a red plastic cup and stuck aluminum foil into it.  We added some /ar/ words to the front and we had little pirate hooks to wear on the way home…They LOVED it. I found this on pinterest for a pirate party — sometimes you just have to adapt cute ideas to make them useful for the classroom right?!? This was the first year I did it and will definitely do it again.

If you want to try it yourself:

This project is included in my /ar/ unit on TPT

I think the countdown has officially begun…enjoy your last few weeks my friends. :o)