Hey Y'all! I have had a crazy few weeks and I just haven't had the time to take pictures and blog like I want to. I have the sweetest class but shoo wee... you know how exhausting Kindergarten sweeties are at the beginning of the year! My sweet brother, J.R. is in the hospital so please pray for him. He has an infection and he just needed a little bit of extra care. Anyway, I wanted to drop in and post a few freebies and let y'all know what I'm working on. We start our 2nd week of Farm ... continue reading...
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Book Talk Tuesday: Wiggles First Day at School
Teaching little ones the rules and procedures in the classroom is sometimes a tricky process. Wiggles First Day at School makes it much easier! Wiggles the dog came to school but he doesn't know the rules. Talking {barking} while the teacher is talking, not sharing and running inside are just a few of the problems that Wiggles has to work through as he learns the procedures. These are the procedures that are introduced in the book. 1: Back Pack placement 2: ... continue reading...
It’s Shark Week! Freebies for Comparing Informational & Narrative Texts
FREEBIES Shark style! Clark the Shark is a perfect book for back to school, but it is also great as you round out the end of the year. Energy is high and patience is low and helping kids understand the importance of self-control, following the rules and thinking before they act. Clark the shark has an abundant amount of energy and enthusiasm and this causes him a few problems at school. {Sound familiar?} He loves school and he is so EXCITED about it that his behavior gets a ... continue reading...
How to Start Teaching Writer’s Workshop in Kindergarten & First Grade
Do you struggle with how to get started? Writer's Workshop in kindergarten and first grade classrooms is one of the most powerful components. In Writing Workshop in kindergarten and first grade, students are encoding words that come from their thoughts and feelings, which is a much easier skill than decoding. Successful writers become successful readers! So, how do you get started? The answer is simple. Just jump right in!! I usually start at the beginning of the ... continue reading...
25 Back to School Read Alouds for the Primary Classroom
25 Back to school read alouds to pick up and share with your primary students to calm their nerves and create a few laughs. Back to School Read Alouds Are you getting ready to go back to school? Maybe planning the first week of school? Then this list of back to school read alouds is just what you need! You and your class are sure to enjoy these lesson-learning, diversity-filled, alphabet-listing, and just plain fun, read alouds during the first few weeks of school. #1 The King ... continue reading...
Math Workshop {handouts with FREEBIES}
Math Workshop for Kindergarten and First grade students. Hey friends, I hope that you are enjoying your weekend! This is a recap of the session that I did on Thursday at the SDE Kindergarten Conference here in Florida. In this session I explained how Deedee Wills and I structure the lessons in our math units so that the kids gain a deeper understanding of the math concepts that we are teaching. Our lessons follow a 5 step process as outlined ... continue reading...
Scarecrow Fun and Freebies!
For the Roll a Word you will need to write the words on a wooden cube. Clipart courtesy of DJINKERS Have your students play with a buddy or literacy center group to see who can color in their scarecrow first. Click on the pictures above to download the freebies. The Scarecrow picture above will take you to my Scarecrow unit on TPT if you want to check it out. ... continue reading...
What are the other kids doing? Literacy Centers POST TWO with Freebies!
click on the picture above to download the large icon Freebies. Each day this week I will share you with you some of the things we do in each center. The activities above will be included in Alphapalooza 2 which will be posted this week! Any flashcards that you have are perfect for matching games. These flashcards can be used for a variety of purposes in a variety of ways. Have them match ... continue reading...
Gingerbread Fun and Freebies
Gingerbread Fun Classroom activities for kindergarten with a free file. Math, literacy, crafts, and more! Kindergarten holiday play ideas too! Gingerbread Glyphs These are our Gingerbread glyphs. Aren't they cute? I love activities that incorporate reading, math AND fun! The kids cut all of their own pieces so they all turn out unique. This is the book that goes along with the glyph. Glyphs are a great way to incorporate collecting and analyzing data. NOTE: Some of the pictures ... continue reading...
Spider Fun! Throwback post with FREEBIES!
Click HERE to download the graph. Click HERE to download the spider book. We read lots of poems. Our favorite poems are the ones that use our names. ... continue reading...
Interactive Notebooks and Journal (FREEBIES)
Have you tried interactive notebooks with your kinders yet? These Interactive Notebooks give students the opportunity to interact and think about the stories and informational text that they are reading. These are great to use for read alouds, small groups and independent reading activities. What are Interactive Notebooks? How do you use Interactive Notebooks? What types of Interactive Notebooks do you use? Would you like to try a sample from my ... continue reading...
Insect Learning Fun, Freebies and a Sale!
We read lots of Eric Carle books and created our own papers to use in his style. No patterns, please! The kids use rectangles and squared to create their own unique insects. I LOVE the results. Much better than if I had given them patterns to trace. Building insects with pattern blocks. The unit includes a sheet for them to tally, graph and add the pattern blocks they used to build their insect. We always start out by charting what we think ... continue reading...
Literacy Centers Part Three Big Book Station and ABC center FREEBIES
Kids love Shared Reading time. There's just something about being actively involved in reading a story that you love. Each week I introduce a new big book. We spend a week reading the book, closely analyzing the text and getting to know the characters. Joy Cowley is one of our favorite authors. After we've spent a week on a big book I don't just put it away and forget about it. The big book joins all of the other big books in the big book center so that the Littles can ... continue reading...
Math Units with FREEBIES and Toolkit binder covers {REPOST}
Hi friends, as many of you are starting the countdown to summer you are already starting to think about next year! I don't think ANYONE works harder than a teacher. We never turn our teaching brain off! Deedee and I have received a lot of requests for more information about our Math units. So I thought I'd do a quick blog post to share how we structure the lessons and give you some free sample lessons so that you could check it out if you're interested. We are both ... continue reading...
Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Segmentation FREEBIES and how to video
Hey Y'all! I'm so excited to share some of my favorite Phoneme Segmentation activities with you. You can view my Periscope video to see how to use all of the activities. You'll want to fast forward to 1:50 so you can skip having to listen to the annoying welcome comments. If you want more Phonemic Awareness and Phonics ideas you can check out my Alphapalooza 2 unit on TPT by clicking below. Here are links if you want to get some of the supplies I used for the activities. ... continue reading...
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