bats

Like most teachers, I love to decorate my classroom for the holidays, a costly endeavor until I found the Target Dollar Section. Clearly geared towards teachers, the Target Dollar Section provides a wide variety of holiday-based classroom materials. On my last trip, I found the following:
—Halloween classroom decor: Small rugs, window clings, spider webbing, hats, faux leaves and containers

—Party supplies: Bingo, paper plates, plastic ware,cups, confetti, tablecloths, treat bags

—Treasure Box items: reward charts, stickers, pencils, erasers, rings and other small trinkets

Plus the pricing is perfect; everything is $4 and under! This makes holiday decorating feasible and fun!

Halloween is just around the corner and kids are focused on costumes, candy and creepy creatures–it’s enough to make you batty! Use this “Stellaluna” and Nonfiction Bat Unit to engage all learners while teaching critical Common Core Reading, Writing and Science standards. In this unit, students will:
–Retell “Stellaluna”
–Compare and contrast characters
–Identify cause and effect
–Make text connections
–Pair fiction/nonfiction books (twin texts) to increase comprehension and build nonfiction reading skills
–Identify and use text features to locate important information
–Ask and answer questions using text
–Participate in shared bat research
–Plan, draft, edit and publish bat report on enlarged bat (teachers can hang from ceilings)

Supplemental homework and cooking activities are included as well.
A literature list and directions for making a classroom “Bat Cave” for classroom are also provided.
***Common Core Standards are listed next to each activity.

Download the Stellaluna & Bat Unit here.

Wise Tool of the Week: The Target Dollar Section

Going Batty!