I am always looking for ways to blend subject areas together to get more bang for my buck! 🙂 This FREEBIE file can be used to teach students about culture and our human fingerprints. It can also be used in tandem with Tanny McGregor’s trash can inferencing lesson! Hope you can use it!!! 🙂
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Love this!
Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher
Thanks, Amber! 🙂
Thank you for sharing! The original idea may have come from the book Comprehension Connections (http://www.amazon.com/Comprehension:
Connections-Bridges-Strategic-Reading/dp/0325008876/ref=pd_sim_b_3
The author brings a bad of garbage from a neighbor's house to her class and asks the students to infer information about the neighbor. If you haven't read this book, I highly recommend it!
Again, thank you for sharing (as always : )
Camille
An Open Door
Camille, that is my favorite professional book, hands-down! I know that Tanny has the trash can lesson, but the page I created was based off of another source. I remembered where it came from! I was given a stack of old dittos and sheets from the 1970's… I liked the idea of trash can archeology in one of the books… but I adapted it to create this sheet… to fit with Tanny's lesson! Eureka! I remembered! 🙂
This is ADORABLE! I want to do a book study with Tanny McGregor's "Comprehension Connections" sometime this summer. Would you be interested in doing it with me? I was going to ask a few other bloggers too. I absolutely LOVE her ideas, and I somehow ended up with 3 copies of the book so I could mail them to whoever wants to join in on the fun.
Let me know, sweet girl!
Lyndsey
A Year of Many Firsts
I would absolutely LOVE teaming up for something like that! Let me know! 🙂
ha! Don't trust the B in Apt. 23! I love that lesson and will definitely use this one too!
I've never watched that show! Ha! Thanks!
What a great idea! This is so cute. I think I might bring in a "trash bag" with things about me as a get to know the teacher. I might even let one child a week bring in a trash bag. When I intorduce inferencing, I can tell them they have been doing it every week! Thanks for the inspiration!
Kelly @ I'm Not Your Grandpa, I'm Your Teacher
I think those two lessons would blend together seamlessly! Have fun! 🙂
I adore this idea! Might have to take it and use it my own room for our Social Studies and Science standards! =) Love your stuff!
Thanks, Ginger! You are amazing! 😉
love it, thanks!!!
Yay! I am happy to hear that!
Thanks for sharing! 🙂 I love the concrete lessons from Tammy's book! 🙂
TeachPrayLove
You're welcome. Tanny is my favorite guru… 🙂
What a cute activity!! Thanks for sharing!
Lisa
Learning Is Something to Treasure
You're welcome!!!! 🙂
Hey Amanda – I just gave you a blogging award. I'm sure you get a million of these, but I just can't help giving you once since you were the one to inspire me to really jump into the world of blogging/TPT. 🙂 You can stop at my blog to pick it up. 🙂 http://permanentlyprimary.blogspot.com/
Thanks Sarah! I am actually going to do my duty as a blogger and try to post this SOON. Maybe even TODAY! 🙂 I just need to go back through and find the people I need to link back to! We should meet up again sometime! I really enjoyed chatting!
I LOVE this activity! You are right, it is perfect for both social studies and reading. Thanks so much!
Delighted in Second
Thanks, Jennifer! I hope your students enjoy it! 🙂
What a great lesson! I love it! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks, Eileen! 🙂
This is such a great idea! Thank you for sharing! 🙂
Sarah
Sarah's First Grade Snippets
Thanks, Sarah! I hope you can use it! 🙂
Amanda…Question for you. I tried to download this sheet (perfect for SS, btw) but the link does not take me to the proper place on TPT. I did a search on TPT and nothing showed up. Just wondering if you took it off the site. Thanks.