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...]
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog Printables
You are going to love using this book There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog book by Lucille Colandro because you can use this book to integrate many skills across many subject areas. Let's help you get lesson plans ready to go. Get the Book First, you can grab this book with this book on Amazon. I got my copies of the book through … [Read more...]
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell
This time of year is too crazy to try to put together amazing lesson plans by yourself. Let's face it... this month is crazy! Recess is going to be inside, specials are going to be canceled, and you are most likely going to be sick and need a sub at some point. I am here to help with this There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell Literacy and Math Unit. If you need some of these books, … [Read more...]
More Thanksgiving FUN
I know Thanksgiving is almost here... but I have to share some of the learning activities my little wonderfuls have been working on. Today I have a writing activity, math game, and STEM project we worked on... all centered around Thanksgiving. Last week during Daily 5, we took these Pilgrim Job cards... and selected a job we would want to do if we were a pilgrim. Then we wrote … [Read more...]
A Year in the Making… Timmy Learns: Colors and Shapes App
Kindergarten teachers of the WORLD... I hope you are ready for my HUGE news. I am BEYOND exited... completely honored... and absolutely full of PRIDE to present to you an educational app I know you are going to LOVE. Introducing... Timmy Learns: Colors and Shapes App. Not only have I played this game, my own child has played this game, and my class has played this game... but THIS … [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...]
Oceans of Fun! {With a Freebie}
We began DIVING into our ocean unit last week and we are wrapping up our school year this week. {That is right... we have 5 more days with students and I am in full OVERLOAD mode.} I am so excited about this ocean unit because it has been in my mind for two years... and now I get to see it in print. Here are some of the activities we SPLASHED into this week to review our ELA Common … [Read more...]
Pet Lesson Plans PLUS
Last week, my class used the theme of Pet Themed Learning Fun. Since we just finished using our Pet Lesson Plans Plus unit a few weeks ago, I had to share the new changes and improvements to make Pet Activity for Learning Fun. {I added a TON of games and activities that are not in this post but that I know you will love.} Doggie Fun Word Game I added a FUN segmenting game with dog bones to … [Read more...]
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover
St. Patrick's Day is coming and I have a plan to get your little loves activity engaged in learning using this book, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover! Every student loves the old lady. She eats the oddest, craziest things things and gets our creativity flowing. I love to read to my students out loud to show them emotions, voice hesitations and speed, and fluency to my … [Read more...]
Number Line Ideas
I have seen a few great and useful ideas for using number lines in your classroom. I know this is an area I need to {and plan to} step up on using this upcoming this year. I want to incorporate a number line into my daily calendar time and into my math activities. I want to use it to build on number sense, number comparison, and then stretch it into addition and subtraction. Here … [Read more...]
Seasonal Eraser Math
I found these awesome seasonal erasers and had to get them. (I think you can still get them at Party City!) You can also grab them here on Amazon. I LOVE erasers for math. How do I use them? 1. Patterns 2. Counters 3. Sorting... add a few of those cute black pots and BINGO. (They always sell them in packs, so I end up with an extra one or two every year.) 4. Graphing So, I made this super … [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)
![Check out this super CUTE Mother’s Day craft my are making for their fantastic mothers. Since I LOVE bright colors, I made all my copies onto bright paper. We cut out and assembled all the pieces on day and left them inside our baskets. And because I didn’t have Easter grass, I had to make […]](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/ff/49/8f/ff498f824838e9544c596f8d72cf4d7c.jpg)
![I had a sweet email from a blog reader asking me about the “Write Me Three” Units I put together. She asked me to “explain how to use” the Write Me Three sheets I make. Here are my kids completing their Write Me Three activity. I jumped on this chance because I simply LOVE […]](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/12/d0/5f/12d05fbe8e6edb2e2ad36dfda216e434.jpg)
