Leo Lionni...An Extraordinary Egg

Last year, I read a book from Leo Lionni

that I had never read before.

After reading An Extraordinary Egg....

I thought to myself,

"Well where have you been

all my life?"
And it responded by saying 
aww shucks...
(insert blush)

It's a cute little story about frogs

and an alligator.

You would think that as a

First Grade Teacher,

former Kindergarten Teacher,

former Pre-K Teacher,

and mother of 4 children

I would have read this book before.
You can't do it all sista!

Well....I'm just glad that I finally

made its acquaintance!

My First Grade Team

likes to have a Learning Camp

every May where our students rotate

through all of the First Grade Classrooms

and learn about reptiles and amphibians.
Sounds like fun...and a great way
to keep them engaged
during the cray cray month of May!

I thought that I'd like to add this

little gem of a book to our repertoire.

So....I made some easy to print

graphic organizers and writing paper.
Of course you did!
So predictable...you little
Energizer bunny!

Disclaimer: I really made all of this for MYSELF,

and our 72 little First Graders...

BUT....I will share with all of you!

After all...

that's what friends are for!

Sharing is caring my friend!

An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni

Writing Paper

An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni

Writing Paper

Enjoy!

And I hope you all have

an EXTRAORDINARY

last week of March!
May your Spring Break
be absolutely, positively
FABULOUS!

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie....Oops! I Mean Circle For Pi Day: March 14th ( 3.14)

At school my school,

teachers were asked

to come up with some

ideas for our students to be able to

learn about Pi on Pi Day (3-14).

Ummmmmm.....

O.K.

I teach 6 year olds....

but I'll give it my best!

I made a Class Reader that REALLY delves into

what Pi means and how to get to 3.14.

I will not lie, it is long....

but if you have a REAL pie right

there in front of your kiddos

they'll eat it right up!

He he he.

You can find it on TPT if interested.

Here's a little preview:
We Like Pi(e) by Regina Davis
on Teachers Pay Teachers

Also I have
Pi and Pie Venn Diagrams

Pi and Pie Double Bubble Compare and Contrast Sheets

Pi Three Different Graphic Organizers

Nine Different Choices of

Pi Writing Paper

A Pi Rhyming Sort Activity

and one of my personal favorites....

a Pi Number Tracing

where students cut, glue, and then

trace the first 100 numbers in pi.

In the middle of coming up with

all of this so that my 6  year olds can

better understand Pi....

I just kept thinking about

Laura Numeroff's little mouse character

from her story: If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.

Well....what would happen

If You Gave A Mouse A Circle?

That is the question that I had....

and now I have a little story to go with it.

If You Give A Mouse A Circle by Regina Davis
based on Laura Numeroff's storybook character.
For Educational Use Only....Not For Profit

This of course is FREE for all of our teaching friends.

I really hope that Laura Numeroff doesn't mind

my using her fantabulous mouse character to help

some children around the world learn about Pi.

It's for educational purposes only....not for profit.

 This story doesn't really go into the depth
of what makes Pi like my reader, We Like Pi(e) does.
The story, If You Give A Mouse A Circle delves more
into how to use pi to get the circumference of a circle.
I HIGHLY recommend that your students are
familiar with Laura Numeroff's little mouse
character before you use this for Pi Day.

Side Note:  I know that you can use the formula
circumference = 2 x Pi x Radius (2 Pi R)
but that just seems too complicated for my little ones.
I can barely type that out on my computer since
I don't have a key for Pi.....sooooo.....
I stuck with circumference = Pi x Diameter

At this point, teachers of older students
may want to stop the story and have
your students figure out the math without
the calculator.  I know that for my 6 year olds...
we would definitely need a calculator!

I hope your little ones enjoy Pi Day....

I'm really trying to embrace the idea of teaching Pi.

I've been thumbing through my standards,

and NO it's not in there....but that's ok.

Reading, writing, and math are throughout my

standards, so I think that this will work!

Let them eat Pi(e)!
Or at least a circle-shaped
chocolate chip cookie!

Happy March 14th!