Pete the Cat, Building a Staircase Freebie, and Other Randomness

My class ADORES Pete the Cat, so I used my Kitty Cat Style Pack to add some fun to our literature study!

 

We started our weekly estimation station last week, we record the estimations in our journal and explore the data.  Last week it was bears, this week we estimated pom-poms =)

I found the estimation station on Amazon for pretty cheap:

This is how I divide my groups for rotation, with my ship showing where each group goes each day.  Here is an old view of the ship, before the groups were added:

We worked on building a staircase with unifix cubes...I created  a quick and easy staircase for them to use (we added 11 and 12 out to the edge to extend the lesson as we worked).  You can pick up this freebie by clicking {here}! If you want to get MANY of my freebies all in one shot, check out my Facebook page and click on "Fan Freebies" tab at the top!

When I printed the staircase, the last column's top line was cut off...so I adjusted the print settings and it printed fine, but was a tiny bit smaller than the original.  I also could have just drawn in that line if I needed to =)

If you download the staircase freebie, leave a comment and let me know if you think you'll be able to use it!  I have more math freebies coming soon!