FREE Owl Welcome to Kinder Notes

I made these little welcome notes for my students. 

You can download these for FREE at my TpT store and then personalize them for your students. 

Enjoy!

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Havin' a Hoot with My Owl Theme (Part 2)

I have had such a wonderful response to my first Havin' a Hoot with my Owl Theme post that I decided share an update... and my new accents!  

You can see my original post {here}.

I am still loving owls... and have found that my students LOVE them too.

Here are a few fun owl activities we have done.

{click the pictures to find the posts about these activities}

(building owl vocabulary, non-fiction texts)

(scrapbook owls/facts)

(large owls with crayon & watercolor)

(crayon resist, Little White Owl)

(owl fact books)

FUN! FUN! FUN! 

Love my owl experts!

Here are some new pictures of my owl themed classroom. I am so proud to say that I made most of the accents!

wall art sample 

(preschool-4th included)

wall art sample 
(preschool-4th included)

If you are thinking about having an owl themed classroom, please check out my {editable} What a HOOT! Owl Classroom Accents at my Teachers Pay Teachers Store. 

The pack includes:

Name plates (editable)*

Book Box/Book Bin name cards (editable)*

*can be used for many other things

Large Month Signs for Monthly Storage Bins

Days of the Week

Kindergarten is a hoot (wall art)
Preschool, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th grade included 

Look whoooo's in Kindergarten

Preschool, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th grade included!

Please leave feedback and follow me! : )
 

Okay, Owl admit it...

I have a serious problem.

Last year I was going to "try to put a few cute owl things in my classroom" and "not become a total crazy owl lady". 

Too late.

I have owl rings, owl pajamas, owl art, owl bags, owl paper weights, owl ornaments, owl... everything.

I even have an Owl Love pinterest board:

Today when I went shopping for a rug I bought all of this:

and forgot the rug! ; )

The good news is that all of my students LOVED having owls in the classroom... and did an awesome job becoming owl experts.

Check out some of their learning HERE. 

Yesterday I received an email from one of my students with 

this ADORABLE picture attached:

Sam,  I just LOVE this picture!
 THANK YOU for sharing it with me!

Tomorrow I will be posting pictures of my classroom. 
I have worked really hard on creating a more organized, cheerful place to learn. : )

Owlets & Talons & Prey, Oh My!

 Last week we did a great owl vocabulary review activity.

I divided the children into cooperative groups. Each group was in charge of one vocabulary word. 

(owlet, talons, nocturnal, prey, predator, and roost) The group had the task of discussing, illustrating, and presenting their word to the rest of the class.

The children did a nice job discussing their word and problem solving to make sure that their illustration gave a clear picture of their word's meaning. 

I recorded their GREAT presentations, but was bummed to discover that the volume is just not loud enough to share. 

Way to go, Kindergarten Friends!

I am so proud of you all! 

We finished up our Owl Fact Books too!

Here are a few of the inside pages:

Labeled Parts of an Owl

Fun Facts: 

Diagrams (What Owls Eat)

Glossary:

 You can check out the post about the Owl Fact Books HERE!

Owl Always Love These Experts

My students and I have really enjoyed becoming owl experts. 

This week we made these adorable scrapbook owls ...

 and then added an owl fact on the back:

  

PLEASE check out my students sharing their new knOWLedge with you! : )

Another free picture slideshow by Smilebox

Spring Break Fun!

 My Spring Break has been wonderful!

The weather was beautiful and I shared many fun adventures with my hysterical children! 

We went to the Cincinnati Zoo and saw this cutie:

We traveled to Columbus to explore for a couple of days.

SO FUN!! 

Our trip included stops at...

 COSI:

The Columbus Zoo:

and my son's favorite... 

the Buckeyes' Stadium:

We also made several trips to the Cincinnati Nature Center to hike

and we celebrated Moo's 2nd birthday!

I shared my students' owl work with several blog posts:

Hosted a Library Linky Party:

and pinned a little:

click on the pictures above to check out the blog posts and my boards : )

Feeling rested, happy, and ready to take on the last 8 weeks of school. 


Hope you all had a wonderful break!


Looking forward to seeing all of my kindergarten friends tomorrow and hearing about their Spring Break adventures.