When I get to certain letters in our letter order, I cringe. I just don't always have a lot of FUN materials to cover those tough ones. I mean letters like V, Y, Z can be tough to make fun, can't they!? Let's check out the VERY fun letter Vv. This is exactly why I made my letter packs... for all the letters... not just the easy ones. Check out our Vv Learning from last week, which is part of … [Read more...]
Center Saturday {with a freebie}
Welcome to my weekly post dedicated to MATH CENTERS. This week, we had a blast with Dr. Seuss, Presidents' Day and US Symbols, and St. Patrick's Day to help us to to review and learn more about math. I try to mix and match our math centers to cover MANY skills for our Some of these are a remediation or review to keep our learned skills in those brains. Other skills are fun … [Read more...]
Center Saturday
Hi all! Are you ready for CENTER SATURDAY!?! This is the weekly blog post where I show you are math centers from the week and tell you all about them. The goal is to inspire your center time activities to be more fun and engaging. This past week, we had MLK Jr. day off on Monday, so it was a short week. I also new our curriculum was full because I was teaching about MLK Jr. AND I had … [Read more...]
Center Saturday
Hi friends. I hope you are ready for a FUN Center Saturday post today.Since Halloween is behind us, I was almost dreading writing this post thinking about Halloween all over again. THEN, when I was preparing my pictures I remembered I had more Kk activities than Halloween activities. Check Kk activities in this bundle. Thank the Lord! Once I am done with a holiday... I am DONE with that … [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...]
Center Saturday
Happy fall! I can't believe how awesome our weather is! This week had a blast learning about the Letter Ll, -ag family, leaves, and continuing building number sense. {We specifically talked about comparing numbers.} I am still diving into math centers. This is only my second week, so I am not an expert, but I am going along with the experience to make it work for my amazing My … [Read more...]
Shapes and More Shapes
This week we learned a lot about shapes. Most of my students come to school knowing their flat, or 2 dimensional shapes. Start with a Shape Pre Assessment I love to do a quick check of their knowledge using a free app called Plickers with an Assess for Success {Shapes} Pack... This is a great way to USE technology and instant assessment the smart way. Think smarter not harder. Plus, after using … [Read more...]
The Daily 5 Second Edition {Chapter 8}
This is THE chapter I couldn't wait to get to. I mean, if we are training our little ones to be independent during reading, why not during math as well? Math is the KEY time to practice and work. I know I personally NEED to practice math skills many times to master them. {Flashback to Calculus in High School. I knew I was the dumbest person in the room... BUT I had to get the ideas … [Read more...]
Oceans Themed Activities In Kindergarten
As you begin your ocean themed activities in Kindergarten, I know you will love these ideas. We began DIVING into our ocean unit to complete the year, it is a great time to review our learning, finish assessments, and expand our learning opportunities. Ocean Themed Activities For Kindergarten Math You are going to love this math game. To start, add the inserts into the pocket chart dice. We … [Read more...]
Center Saturday (With a Tech Twist)
This week in GA has been atypical. I was at an all day iPad training on Monday, then we had snow days in Georgia for the rest of the week. {This never happens in GA... snow is a fake substance we make and let out kids play in with a sensory table! haha} So, I haven't seen my little loves in a week. Meaning, I haven't done centers with them in a week. I can't possible share with you … [Read more...]
Chicka Dee Math Freebie
Freebie Friday is here! I just finished updating my math unit for There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick! here on TpT, here on TN This past week, I was assessing my students for their report cards. One area I needed some extra support for my kiddos in was counting a ten frame and writing that number. (We have done it and done it and done it. I just needed an … [Read more...]
Freebie Friday
For Freebie Friday, I want you guys to have FUN and YUMMY activity to do at home with your kids or store away for later at school. Just go to the store now to get the star marshmallow packs to go with it. {You know they won't have them around all year, just seasonally.} I made a graphing and patterning activities for the FUN Grab it here There are two graphing sheets and two pattern … [Read more...]