My Kind of Teaching: July 2019

Not only do morning tubs help set the tone for the day, but they get students excited about coming to school each and every day. Who wouldn’t LOVE beginning the day with some play? Students enjoy playing the activities so much that they don’t even realize that they are actually practicing needed skills to be successful in school.

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As many of you know, I recently retired after THIRTY years of teaching. During the past year, I was blessed to continue my teaching journey in my own home as I homeschooled my grandson for kindergarten.

In doing so, it brought back memories and love for my sixteen years of teaching kindergarten at the beginning of my career. I just LOVE hands-on teaching, don't you? Even when I taught second and fourth grades, I tried to incorporate hands-on learning as much as possible.

I decided that second graders, third graders, and fourth graders would also enjoy morning tubs like we have this past year

Click here to see August Morning Tubs for Second Grade.

Click here to see August Morning Tubs for Third Grade.

Click here to see August Morning Tubs for Fourth Grade.

**There's not a lot of differences between the grade levels other than the math activities.

As I designed these activities, the prevailing thought was critical practice of second-grade skills but with those same fun hands-on activities that children enjoy in pre-k and kindergarten. After all, children of all ages enjoy play!

Keep reading to see all of the activities included!

Nine ELA Activities

Sight Word Game

Short Vowel Words

Has story prompts for what a student should write about

Narrative Writing

These flashcards are asking students to put groups of words in order.

Alphabetical Order

Noun Sort

Sentences

Short Vowel Puzzles

These cards are asking students to fix the punctuation and capitalization

Capitalization & Punctuation

Prepositions

Nine Math Activities

*The pictures below show only the second-grade math activities. The same activities are used in each grade, but the concepts are based on the standards for each grade.

Show Numbers to 100 in Multiple Ways

Flash cards that ask students whether a statement is true or false

True or False Math Comparisons

Addition to 20 Fact Fluency

Activity for adding or subtracting 1 or 10

Adding and Subtracting 1 or 10

These cards ask students to use change to pay

Money

Activity asks students to tell the time with clothespins

Time to the Hour and Half Hour

Nonstandard Measurement

Graphing

Numbers Within 1,000 puzzles

Fine Motor and Critical Thinking Activities

Mazes

Trace the Shapes

Trace the Lines

Logic

This activity asks students to show that they know how to follow directions

Following Directions

These activities are perfect for beginning the school year and will appeal to a wide variety of learners.

They can be used in a variety of ways.

v Place the activities in tubs that can easily be set out each morning to begin the day in a purposeful and meaningful form of learning and play.

v Set up the activities in a permanent location for the week or month for students to use during free time, as early finishers, or as centers.

v Make multiple copies of the activities if desired so that each student or group has a copy.

If you are looking for a new way of starting your day and adding some fun and play to your morning routine, these morning tubs might just be right for you.

See September Morning Tubs for 2nd and 3rd Grade Here.

Click here or on the picture below to see them in my TpT store.

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