Primary Flynn

For the past 3 years I have been doing Butterflies in my classroom for the Living Things Unit.  I really liked my plant journal I created a few years back for my little primaries to record their observations so I decided to start to create a journal just like my plant journal but for caterpillars/butterflies.  I had one that I made last year but felt it needed some adjustments so I decided to wait until this year when I did the butterflies and really focus on what I wanted my little primaries to record.  End result...I have a new caterpillar/butterfly journal!!! I have put this journal in my TPT store at the following link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Caterpillar-and-Butterfly-Journal-2634069 Enjoy! Kemble :-)

We have new math and health outcomes so I have updated my checklists.  I have also added Science checklists for each of the units for you to print off.   There are checklists for Language Arts, Math, Health, Visual Arts, Science and Social Studies.  You can find the checklist for free at my TeachersNotebook shop at  http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/kemble_flynn/grade-primary-nova-scotia-outcomes-checklists Or for free at my TPT store at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Grade-Primary-Nova-Scotia-Outcomes-Checklists OR  my classroom website at http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/keflynn/Teacher%20Assessment%20Resources.html Enjoy!!   Kemble :-)

Hello,  I cannot believe I uploaded my plant journal in 2012!!!  I have been using this plant journal with my students for 12 years!!! My students still get excited when they get their journal and investigate their plant growth.   For the past two years I have started the Bean Greenhouses where my students put a few beans in wet cotton balls, place them in a ziploc and we put them on the window and watch them grow.  This year I have created a quick journal for my students to observe their observations.  I always give 3 beans to each student because the ziploc is rather small for any more.  This year my students will be able to get their Bean Greenhouse journal, put down what day it is of growing and then colour in what stage they see their beans. They can also colour in the weather - sunny, partly sunny or cloudy.     Every year I do a living things unit and plant a radish seed with my students.   However, I have never felt the kids have had a great plant journal to keep all their no

I find I skim over Earth day and this past year I finally got frustrated with myself and sat down and designed a few games for the kids so that by playing all the games, my students would really learn about reduce, reuse, and recycle.  At our school we have different bins for recycling but the kids seem to have some confusion what goes where.  I found after my students played these games for about 2 weeks, they really knew what things were recyclable and what items they could reuse again.  And I found the kids asking each other instead of me and that was just awesome to see!!!  I did save the games for Earth Day but I think this year I will get the kids to play it at the beginning of the year(because shouldn't every day be Earth Day?) so it will help them learn about recycling and in turn help recycle properly at our school.   So this package includes 4 different Earth Day games the students can play during centre time or just on their own after learning about Earth

These are the checklists I print out every year to record when I have covered an outcome.  This is just a simple way to keep me organized.  There are checklists for Language Arts, Math, Health, Visual Arts, Science and Social Studies.  You can find the checklist for free at my TeachersNotebook shop at  http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/kemble_flynn/grade-primary-nova-scotia-outcomes-checklists Or for free at my TPT store at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Grade-Primary-Nova-Scotia-Outcomes-Checklists OR  my classroom website at http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/keflynn/Teacher%20Assessment%20Resources.html I hope you find them useful!