I Love You "Beary" Much!

We've been learning all about bears in my classroom.  We smashed a whole bunch of fun/learning into one week! All of these are available in my Bear Unit {on sale this weekend!!!} and are perfect for the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day.

We snuck in some gummy bear sorting! I LOVE the fact that they say that they love this "game".  They have no idea they are learning!

We sorted the Fact and Opinion cards and then wrote an opinion piece on our favorite type of bear:

All of these {and more... 100+ pages} are available in my TpT store. 

This unit is on sale this weekend!

At the end of the week, I gave them these little bookmarks {available for FREE below}:

Clipart and fonts on the bookmark are from KPM doodles and Kimberly Geswein Fonts

Happy Tuesday!

We have winners of my BEAR UNIT! They've each won my bear unit with over 100 pages of fun  activities to do that integrates bears into math, literacy, and art.

You can check it out {here} and it's on sale until Friday. :)

Congrats ladies! I'll be emailing you very soon with your new unit! :)

Here's something that wasn't in the unit {for obvious clipart reasons}, but I'd like to share it with you! :)

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freezing weather, snow, and bears...oh my!

Guess what? We had snow. I know, right?  The day after Halloween, we HAD SNOW and it was only about this much. but I pouted like a 4 year old.  It happens every year at this time and yet I'm always completely baffled when it does! Which brings me to my next point. WINTER.  YIKES!!!! This year is flying by and it means a LOT OF INSIDE RECESS. {insert dramatic music}

I looooove teaching my kiddos about all those fun winter topics....penguins, snowflakes, icebergs, and bears. I usually teach my bear unit in January, but some teachers might like it as a good transition from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Which now brings me to my next point..... A BEAR UNIT! This unit was actually supposed to be a mini-unit, but I went overboard and after over 100 pages, I think I'm done.

Here's what is included:
*Facts book
*Anchor charts
*Graphic organizers
*Counting bear game
*Place value bear game
*Bear food taste test activity
*Number, picture, word match {with color or black/white}
*Gummy bear graph
*Addition bear sort {with color or black/white}
*Bear word problems
*Bears in a cave {missing addend game} {with color or black/white}
*Bear fact and opinion sort {with color or black/white}
*Opinion writing about favorite type of bear
*Antonym sort and match {with color or black/white}
*Polar bear craft with informational writing
*Paper plate bear craft with informational writing
*Polar bear poem with vocabulary cards
*Teddy bear day!!!!!
  -Parent note
  -Compare and contract
  -Teddy bear measurements
  -Teddy bear questionnaire
  -Teddy bear writing
  -Corduroy reading response
  -Corduroy craft


Here is a sneak peek of a few things:

You can grab yourself a freebie right now! Here's the antonym bear match with the recording sheet. :)

{Click the picture to snag that}

And so, this bear unit is on sale right now to Sunday!

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You can win this unit {or any unit from my TpT store} just by following my TpT store and leaving a comment on this blog post, telling me your favorite {or yours students' favorite} thing to do during inside recess! Then, using random.org, I'll randomly pick 3 winners and I'll let you pick an item from my TpT store. 
Don't forget your email address!




Contest ends Saturday {November 5th} at 11:59pm {EST}