Monument'al Tour Guide and more...

Hi Friends!  I've been a busy lady since my last post!!  I wanted to share my Monument'al Tour Guide (from my Cherry Blossom Friends Unit).  We had a wonderful time learning about the monuments in DC while reading Cherry Blossom Friends by Corkey Hay DeSimone. I've added this guide for $1.50 to my store.

 

 

Click image below for more details on the 'Monument'al Tour Guide

If you purchased my Cherry Blossom's Unit, please link to the store by clicking graphic below to re-download your copy.  When completing our Tour Guide in class, I noticed a mistake on the Lincoln Memorial page.

Are you interested in reading about how I pulled together the unit?  Here's my latest article at Really Good Stuff on Integrating Science by linking on the picture below.

Here are a few pictures of our 100th day celebration...

 Mrs. Weaver (my team partner) is on the left.

My Valentines thanks to the wonderful Mrs. Randall's Learning Library and many variations found on Pinterest... 

Cherry Blossom Friends

Are you aware this year is the centennial celebration of the Cherry Blossom Trees given to the United States by Japan as a sign of friendship?  In honor of this remarkable event, Corkey DeSimone wrote a fabulous book called Cherry Blossom Friends perfect for spring.  Click image below for more information.

I love how the book features wonderful riddles perfect for primary students and rich history of the National Mall including the Tidal Basin and all the memorials of Washington DC for intermediate students.  The author also does a wonderful job of explaining the shipment of the 3800 tress from Japan to DC.

This past year, I recommended this magnificent read to my principal for one of our books of the month.  I was even more excited to hear the book was purchased for each teacher to feature in January.  My school looks so pretty decorated in pink.  I've been working with my students on a cross-curricular unit to align with the story. 

Included in the unit: Cherry Blossom Friends vocabulary flashcards, vocabulary response sheet, and vocabulary concentration, picture of schema chart and graphic images used for the chart, blossom KWL, Haiku poetry lesson, pictures of student poetry, and poetry reproducible, Non-Fiction Cherry Blossom book, Life cycle of a blossom tree poster, Non-Fiction vocabulary using Frayer Model, blossom artwork inspired by First Grade Best with graphics printable, pocket chart riddles to sequence, animal flashcards to match to riddles, pictures of the sequence activity, Monument'al Tour Guide book of all the memorials featured in Cherry Blossom Friends (written for primary and blank for intermediate classes).  

 

If you are interested in celebrating with my class, you can purchase this unit from my store.  

Click image above to link.

If you'd like more information on the 2012 Festival, link here