What do you do for morning work in your classroom? I have decided to try morning math tubs. They are simple to implement, hands-on and engaging, and they require no grading while I am trying to complete attendance, lunch count, and those other morning tasks that must be done. I am creating an entire year of morning math tubs, which will include 10 sets of 10 tubs. This set is my 3-D shapes version. Each tub can be completed by one or more students. The tubs can then be rotated the next day.

Students sort the environmental shapes by name on the sorting mats. 

Students sort the shapes into 2-D (flat shapes) and 3-D shapes (solid shapes).

Students use linking chains to link a 3-D shape with a matching environmental shape.

Shape Puzzles-Students create 3-D shapes.

Students match 3-D shapes with environmental shapes.

Shape Roll and Cover-Students roll a dice, and cover a matching shape. They play against a partner if they choose.

Students build the shapes using toothpicks and/or play-dough.

Students place a clip on the correct 3-D shapes that matches the environmental shape.

I will place each activity in a separate tub on student's tables in the morning.

Click here to get my 3-D shape morning tubs or math centers. You might also like the BUNDLE, which has numbers to 10, 2-D shapes, 3-D shapes, teen numbers, and addition so far! It will have a total of 10 morning tubs sets when complete.

Click here to get my butterfly life cycle hat.

Click here to get my frog life cycle hat.

Click here to get my chicken life cycle hat.

Jelly Bean Number Words-The kids read the number words and then cover the number word jelly bean with the correct number of candy jelly beans.

Jelly Bean Graphing-Students create a bar graph of their jelly bean colors.

Jelly Bean Measuring - Students measure each line using Jelly Beans!

If you would like to use my jelly bean activities in your classroom, they are available in my TPT store for $1. 

Click here to get my jelly bean activities!

Spring Poems for Shared Reading-These poems are full of sight words and are perfect for shared reading, guided reading, and filling those book boxes! We create a spring poetry journal! We highlight the sight words, practice reading with fluency and rhyme, and then use these for independent practice reading. They love them!

After learning a new poem, we put it together in a pocket chart. It then becomes our new poem in the pocket chart center. We use highlighting strips to highlight our sight words in the poem. It is exciting to hear them read the words as they are putting the poems together.

You can get the pocket chart poems here!

We use these simple predictable sentences as a warm up in guided reading. They are very predictable for new reading. Some of my kids still need dots for tracking print. You can see my simple predictable sentences here!

Sometimes we work with simple predictable sentences in the pocket chart. When we learn about the life cycle of a frog, this set of predictable sentences will be incorporated into the pocket chart center. I give them a printable of the simple sentences to use as a guide. Check out my spring predictable sentences pocket chart here!

The kids can decorate their pop-up card and then read about the president.

Here is the pop up feature. Each card has a pop up president!

Grab my Presidential Pop Ups by CLICKING HERE!

February is dental health month. This healthy teeth pocket chart sort is an easy way to start the conversation about healthy teeth. After my kids sort the pictures into "good for your teeth" and "sad for your teeth" categories, I will place this pocket chart in my pocket chart center. I will keep it in the center for a couple of weeks so that each student gets a chance to use it independently. After the kiddos complete the pocket chart, they will create "healthy teeth" and "not healthy teeth" pockets as independent practice. They can take these home to show their parents what they have learned!

For independent practice, my kids will create these "good for your teeth" and "sad for your teeth" pockets. They will put items that promote dental health and items that do not promote dental health in each pocket.

Grab my dental health pocket chart here!

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