Landform Dinosaur - Pinterest strikes again!

First, Open House was great!  I had 16 of 20 families come!  I love seeing how excited the kids are to show off all their work!  They were so proud of themselves, and rightfully so!
Second, a few months ago I found a great landform dinosaur on Pinterest.  Have you seen it?  The original comes from Ms. Jennifer’s Second Grade Class.  I thought the idea was brilliant.  My kiddos love anything visual.

ORIGNAL INSPIRATION

We did this little landform review in time to hang up the cute dinos for open house.  The kids had a good time, and they looked great.  Check it out:

Cute, right?  The only problem, is Ms. Jennifer didn’t share a file to download so we wouldn’t have to make our own dinosaur.  I do not like drawing in general, and it took me MANY tries before my dinosaur was presentable.  I’ve since made a freebie for you so you don’t have to draw your own dinosaur.  I’ve also made a checklist for students to refer to so they know exactly what landforms to look for on the dinosaur sheet. This is in English or Spanish for all the dual and bilingual classrooms out there.


PLEASE NOTE, I am not trying to take any credit for this great idea, it’s all Ms. Jennifer’s!  She’s the creative one who deserves all the credit.  I just wanted to help you out so you don’t have to waste time drawing the dinosaur, since I’ve already made one. 


You can download the freebie at my TPT store by clicking the image below.  Make sure to give Ms. Jennifer a shout out if you use this so she knows how great her idea really was!



Cheers!
Mrs. Castro Pin It

Me on the Map–Bilingual Set

I wish I would have shared this sooner!!!!!  Sometimes I don’t think very strategically about what I share and when…(must do a better job!)
I have been working on making a bilingual Me on the Map activity.  I’ve seen a bunch on different blogs, and knew we had to do this activity, but I didn’t see any that were bilingual and downloadable.  So I’ve created one.
I did not follow the more traditional circle pattern for this activity.  I have a couple of students who struggle very much with O.T. and I wasn’t there the day my students did this activity…I wanted it to be as painless as possible for all involved.
Take a look:
They turned out very cute, and really brighten up our room.  The students enjoyed the activity, and were able to tell me all about it the next day!
The set I’ve created has the materials to make this a Spanish or English final product.  It’s on sale on my TpT store this week only – click the image below to head on over.

Happy Earth Week and cheers to Monday being nearly over!
Mrs. Castro Pin It