February Morning Tubs

February Morning Tubs

There are so many different things happening during the shortest month of the year!  Groundhog's Day, Valentine's Day, President's Day, Black History Month, Dental Month... it seems the list goes on and on.  

Although a couple of activities have graphics for some of these special days, the majority of the month have graphics that can be used at any time of the year that your students are ready for them.

Below is a quick overview of all of the activities included in the February Morning Tubs for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades.

ELA Morning Tubs

Predicting:
Students will choose from eight pictures to list the things in the pictures and what is happening.  The students will then predict what will happen next.

Poems:
Students will read the riddle, find the matching picture, and then use colored popsicle sticks to build the picture.

 I Spy February Vocabulary Words:
Print a class set and use anytime during the month!  Students will use magnifying glasses to find the hidden words, list them, and then find those words in the word search.

 Variety Parts of Speech:
Students will play the game to build a tower by answering the cards.  The student with the tallest tower wins the game.

 Prepositions:
Students will place mini-marshmallows to show the prepositions.  The best part?  Eating the marshmallows when finished!

 Writing Silly Sentences:
Students will roll the die to choose cards and then turn their six cards into silly sentences!

 Inference:
Students will read the paragraph to infer the emotions of the students and then draw their facial expressions.

 Alphabetical Order:
Students will write the words in abc order.

Point of View:
Students will write stories from the point of view of something in the picture.

Math Morning Tubs

 Skip Counting Puzzles:
2nd grade:  Numbers to 1,000
3rd Grade:  Numbers to 100,000
4th Grade:  Numbers in the Millions

 Adding/Subracting Odd & Even
2nd Grade:  3-digit 
3rd Grade:  4-digit
4th Grade:  6-digit

 Comparing Numbers:
2nd Grade:  Thousands
3rd Grade:  Ten Thousands
Fourth Grade:  Millions

 Ordering Numbers:
2nd Grade:  3-Digit Numbers
3rd Grade:  5-Digit Numbers
4th Grade:  6-Digit Numbers

 Adding Four Numbers:
2nd and 3rd grades

Multiplying 2-digit by 2-digit Numbers:
4th grade

 Math Fluency:
2nd grade:  Subtracting from 20
3rd and 4th grades:  Multiplication

 Snap Cubes:
Students will play a game to see who will win the winter games snap cubes contest!

 Fractions:
Students will spin, find the matching fraction, roll a playdough ball, and smash it.

Geo boards Shapes:
Students will complete task cards on the Geo boards.

Fine Motor Morning Tubs

 Dental Cursive Writing:

  Trace the Pictures:

  Dental Fine Motor Activities:

Critical Thinking Morning Tubs

  Finish the Grid:
Students will follow directions on the task cards to finish the grid.

 Who's the Mystery Person:
A partner game

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January Morning Tubs: Not Just for Prek and Kindergarten Students

January Morning Tubs

Begin your morning routines with these January morning tubs as students arrive to school each day to get them excited about the upcoming day.  You can even use them for centers, early finishers, or even indoor recess time.

Using morning tubs in the classroom is the perfect way to start your day and get your students excited about learning.  These hands-on activities are fun to use during the month of January and contain nine ELA activities, nine math activities, three fine motor activities, and three critical thinking skills activities.


These morning tubs can be found in three different grade levels: 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade.  There are only a few differences in each grade level in math to make sure that your students are using appropriate grade level activities.

The temps may be chilly, but the fun is smoking HOT!

ELA:

Parts of Speech Mystery Pictures

Students will read the clues in the squares on each whiteboard and find the puzzle pieces with the answers.  When all of the pieces are placed on the correct clues, a picture will be revealed.

Prefix Wheels

The students will choose the center circles with the prefixes and complete the puzzles by adding the correct words to the puzzles to complete larger circles.

Categories

The students will choose task cards and decide what the pictures have in common.  They will write five more words that fit in the categories and then name the categories.

Adjectives, Nouns, Adverbs

Students will find the correct path by placing pompoms, small erasers, or other small manipulatives on the boxes that have the correct parts of speech.

Variety of Skills

Students will read the cards, decide if the statements are true or false, and sort them under the correct headings.

Narrative Writing

The students will choose picture cards and write stories, including rich details about the pictures.

Antonyms

The students will put the road together any way they want.  They will then match the words on the cars with the antonyms on the road pieces.

Parts of Speech Roll and Cover

The student will roll the die and cover a matching word according to the key with his or her manipulatives.  The winner is the person with the most words covered with his or her color of manipulatives.

Mini Informational Text Reading

The students will read the informational passages to learn more about winter subjects.

Math:

Symmetry

Students will choose cards, practice copying the designs on the cards, and then finish the other halves as mirror images. 

Fractions

The student will choose a card and the blocks needed to show the fraction.  
*The fourth grade unit involves equivalent fractions.

Counting Puzzles

Students will put the puzzles together by counting within 1,000.

*3rd Grade - to 100,000

*4th Grade - to millions

Time

The student will choose a card, use playdough to show the time on the large clock, and write the digital time.
*4th grade - elapsed time

Geometry Pattern Blocks

The students will follow the directions on the gameboard to play. Each player will need his or her own gameboard.

Fluency Wheels

The students will complete the wheels by adding or subtracting the numbers in the centers to the other numbers on the wheels.
*3rd and 4th grades - multiplication

Money

The student will choose a card, place it on the money mat, and place the coins on the igloo to count.
*4th Grade - word problems involving money

2-D Shapes

 The students will sort the shapes into the correct cups.

Addition and Subtraction

Each player will choose two dominoes and place them on his or her work mat.  The students will make addition or subtraction problems out of the dominoes.  The player with the largest sum (addition) or smallest difference (subtraction) keeps all of the dominoes.  The person with the most dominoes wins the game.

*4th grade - 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication

Fine Motor Skills:

Cursive Writing

 The students will trace the winter words written in cursive.

Tangles

The students will trace the tangled paths with dry-erase markers.

Draw and Write

The student will complete the page by following the step-by-step directions to draw the picture. The student will then write a short paragraph about the picture.

Squares

Students will complete the nine-piece puzzles so that all of the images or images and words match on the interior sides. 

Magic Number Squares

Students will follow the instructions shown to solve the puzzle. 


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