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Wonder and Spark

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Chick Hatching Calendar - blank

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Practice Chick Handling with a Tissue Paper Chick

By Wonder and Spark

Young children need practice holding a baby chick BEFORE a live animal is placed in their hands. This product gives you a print out and pattern to make baby chicks out of tissue paper. This allows the children to feel the weight of a chick, have a

Subjects:

Basic Principles, General Science, Physical Science

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Printables, Lesson

$3.00

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Chick Hatching Calendar - blank

By Wonder and Spark

Students can count down the incubation period of your classroom chick hatching unit with this calendar. Print off one calendar per student to keep at home or print one for the classroom and hang it on the wall above the incubator. This packet also

Subjects:

Science, Easter

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Handouts, Printables

$1.00

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Baby Chick Handling Permission Form and Certificate

By Wonder and Spark

Use these freebies with your chicken hatching unit! Students take home the permission form to gain access to hold the baby chicks and afterward take home a 'Chick Holding Champ' certificate. These documents are easy to use and come with blank spaces

Subjects:

Basic Principles, Physical Science

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Handouts, Classroom Forms, For Parents

FREE

Digital Download PDF (31.75 MB)

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Cinquain Poems for Grandparents Day and other Holidays

By Wonder and Spark

This packet includes directions, a cinquain poem form page for each of the following events (Grandparent's Day, Special Friends Day, Veteran's Day, Mother's Day and Father's Day), along with two different blank cinquian pages for students to

Subjects:

Writing, Poetry, Presidents' Day

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Printables, Centers

$1.00

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Chick Making Words and "ick" Word Family Activities

By Wonder and Spark

Use these two pages to help develop your students' phonemic awareness and literacy skills. Students cut out the pre-made letters from the word 'chicken', then manipulate the letters to create different words. Students then record their ideas on the

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Spelling, Spring

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Worksheets, Homeschool Curricula, Centers

$2.00

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Caring for Chicks and Eggs Poster

By Wonder and Spark

This sheet gives visuals for how students should and should not handle eggs and baby chicks. It is especially useful for very concrete learners. This is also a great item to hang near the incubator or brooder box. (Sorry for the "org" on at the

Subjects:

Special Education, Physical Science, Spring

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Handouts, Printables, Posters

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Digital Download PDF (3.95 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Between the two of us, we have experience teaching kindergarten through fourth grade, assistant principal (elementary), principal (middle school) and curriculum director (K-12). (Confession, all those higher-up gigs belong to my mom. I handle the early childhood/elementary territory.)

MY TEACHING STYLE

My mom and I believe in offering activities that challenge all learners and stimulate creativity!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Me: Teacher of the Year and DisneyHand Award nominee Mom: too many to list! :-)

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Mama: B.S. Elementary Education, M.Ed. Educational Administration Me: B.S. Interdisciplinary Studies (Elementary Education/Early Childhood), M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction (Literacy Studies)

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I have a Gifted and Talented endorsement and am also certified in ESL. During the summer, I run my own Reading Camp for students entering first and second grade and speak at state-wide conferences (TEPSA). You can also follow my professional learning network on Twitter @nsmithk4.

GRADES

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Spelling, Specialty, Science, Basic Principles, Special Education, General Science, Physical Science, Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Poetry, Presidents' Day, Easter, Spring