Fill the ten frame is a game I invented to help my learners enjoy learning. A huge joy in the classroom is when you see your learners actively engaged in a game. They are having so much fun they forget they are doing real work. This is a complete victory for the learner and the teacher. Break Down Fill the Ten Frame Let me break this game down to show you how powerful and FUN it can be! Since we … [Read more...]
Why You Should Be Playing 20 Questions
What is the game 20 Questions and why should you be playing 20 questions in your classroom? This is a fun game that your students will enjoy! What is 20 Questions? 20 questions is a FUN game that your students will love. This game focuses on asking and answering questions, which every young child needs to work on! It also can be concentrated on one subject or another. For example, a game … [Read more...]
All About the Letter T
Working on learning all about the Letter Tt soon? Get ready! Let's make learning all about the letter Tt activities the best! One of my favorite subjects to teach in K is phonics. I LOVE teaching students the sounds letters make and how to put those sounds together to make words. {I can't lie... I love every subject in K. But I really REALLY love phonics too!} My school began teaching the … [Read more...]
Center Saturday
Who is ready for some FUN math centers? Each week I take a few minutes away from my crazy life and tell you all about my weekly work centers. This year I have dedicated my work centers to math.{I do have a grand scheme of where I want these centers to go towards, but I am not quite ready to go there publicly. Yet. I am working on it. Step by step.} We learned about the letter Tt, which … [Read more...]
Time for Tt…
Last week was a great week of school. We did some fun work with the letter Tt. We made ten frame treasure chests, put turkey cards in ABC order, charted words that started with the letter Tt, and we sorted jewels into treasure chests as well. My kids are ROCKING chart time. We are learning about so much more than the initial letter sound. We are talking about long and sort vowels, … [Read more...]
Tt Freebie
I have uploaded the next letter to my phonics pack.... Tt. Here is a peek at the phonics sheets. here is the FREE download I also created several Tt activities for this week. here on TpT, here on TN Most of these are digital versions of the letter themed activities I have used for many years. I have changed them to fit into my new Orton Gillingham/Recipe for Reading letter … [Read more...]
![I have another food related game ideas for you guys, but after chatting with Caitlin from Kindergarten Smiles, I am going to work a little more on one of the games to make it outstanding for you. I know you won’t mind holding tight until it is ready. I promise it will be yummy and […]](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/9b/66/61/9b66617f361bfc9ae66f96aa1cc0dbb6.jpg)
![Oh the weather outside is frightful… and I know it is still winter… {I live in GA and we might have a delayed start tomorrow because it is SOOOO COLD.} BUT I am already making some FUN plans in the spring using the NEWEST book from Lucille Colandro called… There Was an Old Lady Who […]](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/f0/d9/4c/f0d94c64ee9e97a08d808221f8fc2773--teaching-first-grade-kindergarten-common-core.jpg)
