Here's the buzz....

I am so excited for spring to come!  I get to go 4-bying or mudd bogging down my muddy mile long driveway for the next month.  Just love it...and so does my white car!  No, really..."Bugs and Insects" is one of my favorite themes to teach, and I would like to share a couple of the centers with you. 

Don't Bug Me, I'm Busy...Counting Bugs!
The students will estimate/guess how many bugs in the jar and write it on the line.  Count the bugs in the jar and write the actual number on the line.  Count and write how many of each bugs in the jar.  In the booklet, there are 6 pages of "buggy" fun!

The Ants Go...ADDING...One-By-One
The students will draw a number between 10 and 20.  Hold that many ants in their hand over the ant hill and drop the ants.  Then the students will count and record how many ants fell on the ant hill and how many fell off the ant hill.  Finally, the students will add the numbers together to record how many all together. 

Butterfly Kisses
The students will play the game "Memory" with the real and nonsense words cards.  Then the students will complete the worksheet by drawing lines to match the rhyming words.  

Just "BEE" Boppin' Around...With Sounds!
The students will read the words on his/her worksheet.  Then the students will cut out the bees with letters on them and place them on the beehive to make new words.  The words should be real words.  I make sure to check over the words before the student can glue them down.  Finally, the students will read the new words to a friend or the teacher.

Love Bugs & Crazy Daisies
The students will match the "Love Bug" to the "Crazy Daisy" by writing the short vowel sound and the long vowel sound made by each vowel. 

Flutter By & Catch...Number Words
The students will use a clip board and roam the room looking for butterflies.  When the student finds a butterfly, he/she will write the number word written on the butterfly to match the number on the net. 

If you would like to use these centers in your classroom {Click here on Saturday Morning!}.  All of these activities are FREE!  Thanks for "BEEING" the best!

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CREEPY - CRAWLY THINGS!

We all love things that are creepy and crawly.  I know the kiddos do!!!  I am going to post my Insects & Bugs Centers.  Please be aware that there may be some pictures that are not for your viewing eyes.  Just skip past them and see what else we like do in our classroom. HE HE HE

One student in the center would pick a word and say it.  Two other students would try to see who could be the first one to slap the bug with the word on it.

The students completed the sentence, My butterfly sees...

The students will drop the bugs onto the jar.  Then they will add the 2 numbers together or subtract the bigger number from the smaller number.  I will have my recording sheet on my teacher website.  www.luv2teachk.shutterfly.com

The students will turn over a bug of each kind and write the word for the picture shown by sounding it out on his/her sheet.

YES....he is painting with a real worm.  I was not sure about this idea, but the kiddos LOVED it!  We made sure to wash the worms carefully each time.  Then we after the week was finished we let the worms go outside. 

After the students worm painting was dry, they traced and cut out a worm.  Then added a googly eye.  Too cute!

Amber