This is such a fun poem! I love, love it! It is great for mental images and inferring (for a beginning lesson). This poem is from the book, Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? and Other Disasters: Poems Lee Bennett Hopkins (Author), Wolf Erlbruch (Illustrator) I created a response sheet for this poem and My Neighbor's Dog is Purple. (see yesterday's post). Just click on the picture to download. Okay y'all! ... continue reading...
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Guided Reading Lesson Plans | Be an Expert! (FREE Download too!)
Guided Reading Lesson Plan template and free download. Reading levels in kindergarten and first grade to create guided reading lesson plans with free books! Are you wanting to master guided reading, but feel a wee bit overwhelmed? I get it! Guided Reading is just one more thing you have on your plate.. or do you? Are you currently conducting guided reading lessons in your classroom? I am sometimes surprised to hear that some emergent classrooms do not. Don't ... continue reading...
Tacky the Penguin Lesson Plans (plus a free download)
January is such a fun time! Some of my favorite activities center around January themes! Several years ago my friend Deedee Wills and I sat down and discussed some of our favorite January read alouds. Deedee mentioned that she felt as if she was skimming the surface with her read aloud and that she was looking for ways to make her instruction more intentional. She felt like she was bouncing from one idea to another and not going deep enough. Does this sound like you? What we came up ... continue reading...
American Symbols & Presidents {Includes FREE Download}
American symbols for kids in kindergarten and first grade with a free activity too! American Symbols is one of my favorite units to teach! I took all of the facts about the U.S. symbols and broke them down into fun, engaging lessons. Here are a few pics of some of the activities. American Symbols for Kids: Chit Chat After reading the nonfiction text from my Chit Chat unit we used our newly learned information and context clues to fill in the missing information on our Chit Chat ... continue reading...
Polar Express Unit and Free Song Download
I uploaded my Polar Express unit to TPT last night. I still have some more stuff that I want to add to it but a lot of you were emailing me that you needed it NOW! :) I will let you know when I finish updating it. It is on sale until Friday. :) You can click on the picture to view the unit. Linda McCardle put the song I wrote for this unit to music. You can get the song by clicking on the link below. Thank you so much ... continue reading...
Pirates, Free Literacy Center Downloads and Pete the Cat
This is how I manage my literacy centers. The pirates ship was made using styrofoam sheets and paint. You can buy the sheets at most craft stores. You draw your shape onto the sheet and then cut it out with a hot wand. Super easy! The little pirates are birthday party invitations that I bought at Target. Each child is placed in a group...pirates, anchors, pirates ships, jolly rogers or maps. So you can see that today the pirate ships will complete the activities at the abc center and then ... continue reading...
BYE Bye Insects
We said goodbye to our insect unit. Every year this is one of the favorites so it is hard to say goodbye to those pesky critters and move on. :( We end our insect unit with a class favorite... Build a Bug! They use candy, marshmallows, and pretzels to build a model of an insect. Did I mention how much they LOVE this activity? Here are a few of their creations. WOW! My sweeties did such a good job. Here are some insect journal ... continue reading...
Labels: leveled reader labels A-L, recycling, library books and phonics phones
Here are the labels that some of you requested. (click on the picture to download them) These include the leveled reader labels A-L, the tinker toys, action figures, puzzles, etc: and the large labels for recycling, library books and phonics phones. These are all in one file. I am working on the large labels for my Math tubs and I will get them posted soon. Also, many of you have requested the pirate themed items that are in my room. I will work on compiling them into one document ... continue reading...
Alphabets and Fonts Clearance
If you love cute fonts then you don't want to miss the clearance sale at Lettering Delights. Many alphabets and fonts are on sale for as low as 50 cents! My favorite alphabet is the one shown in the picture above. It is called Scribble Kids. You can get all my favorites in the bundle called, Top 10 Fonts and Alphabets of 2011. The entire bundle is only $8.00 Please use the pink button to the left of my blog post that Says 9 Free Fonts to purchase them. If you are unsure how to use them ... continue reading...
Colorful Cats and Chicka Chicka Fun Freebies!
Oh my goodness y'all! It has been so long since I did a blog post. When I signed in I got an error saying I wasn't recognized. Okay, well not really but it has been awhile. Shoowee! Do y'all think parents know how hard we work at the beginning of the year? Usually a Sonic coke provides a pick me up but even that hasn't helped. My get up and go, got up and left!!! The good news is that we all get through it and by October we are usually well into our routines and feeling fine. How many ... continue reading...
Throwback Thursday…. Colorful Cats and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!
Hey y'all! I hope you're having a great Summer! I don't know about y'all but it feels like it is flying by. I'm smack dab in the middle of moving to Florida and trying to get everything ready for I TEACH K! in Vegas next week. I hope to see y'all there!!! Once again, I'm linking up with my sweet friend, Cara's Throwback Thursday post. Colorful Cats Glyphs... Our Colorful Cats Data Analysis sheets... Rainbow Milk Science ... 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...
Math Workshop Model with FREEBIES
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 big ... continue reading...
Secret Stories with Katie Garner
For those familiar with the Secret Stories- Cracking the Reading & Writing Codes with the Brain-in-Mind! my name might sound familiar! I'm Katie Garner, author of the Secret Stories, and have been brainstorming with Deanna the past few weeks about this shared blogging endeavor! These "Secret Sessions" will be posted both here and on the new Secret Stories BLOG. Click for the Secret Stories "Awesome Anchors" Pinterest Page A handful of times each month, ... 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...
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