This Easter Clip Art is a perfect addition to any bulletin board, flyer, or other printable that you use in your classroom.
With this activity, your students can work independently or with a partner to match the Vocabulary Words on the Marshmallows to the Word Groups on the Peeps. Students will determine if the vocabulary word on the marshmallow is an action, emotion, state of being, or wildlife.
Spring fun with real learning
Easter week in 4th grade is a great time to keep learning fresh while the class is buzzing about spring. Kids sort spring and holiday vocabulary into groups, write descriptive paragraphs, solve egg-themed math problems and read about how spring traditions are celebrated around the world. A favorite: 24 eggs ÷ 6 baskets = 4 eggs each. The click moment is when a seasonal theme gets a reluctant writer or mathematician excited to jump in.
Holiday weeks can be full of learning. These moves keep fourth graders on task and having fun.
Give students a pile of spring words and challenge them to sort the words into groups, then name each group. Explaining why words belong together builds vocabulary and thinking skills at the same time.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withName That Group Organizing Vocabulary Words ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Fill plastic eggs with word problems on multiplication, division and fractions. Students rotate stations, mixing up problem types so they have to think about which operation each one needs.
Why it works: mixing different kinds of problems in one practice set helped students do far better on a later test (Rohrer and Taylor, 2007).
Try it withEaster Clip ArtOpen it →Model how to find two facts about a spring tradition from another country and share where you found them. Then students research one tradition and share it with the class.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Teacher favorites right now: Easter Clip Art and Name That Group Organizing Vocabulary Words Activity.
Vocabulary sorts, egg-filled math review, spring writing prompts and reading about spring traditions around the world are all great choices. They keep learning going while the kids enjoy the season.
Use the theme to power real skills. A math review hidden in plastic eggs is still math review, and kids are far more eager to do it.
Many teachers focus on spring and seasonal themes, like eggs, bunnies and flowers, along with how different cultures celebrate spring. Follow your school's guidelines.
Hide plastic eggs with math facts or spelling words inside. Your child solves each one before opening the next.
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