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 is a cool … [Read more...]
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Summer Linky Party- Writing
This summer Freebie-lious is creating a ton of pinky parties all about topics we love, you wanta to know about, and great ideas we HAVE to share. This week we are talking all about WRITING... Writing in K is unique. And it can be challenging... and it is so rewarding when everything clicks to the student and they discover they CAN be a great writer. How do you take a child on this journey? You … [Read more...]
The Daily 5 Chapter 2
Hey ya'll! I hope you are ready for The Daily 5: Chapter 2 of this amazing book study. I loved the intro chapter, but I really loved reading all the posts from you guys about the chapter. It really brings it to life and makes it real! My Take Aways I HATE assessments and I think sometimes... a lot of the time... we over do it. We work ourselves too hard for no reason. I don't mind … [Read more...]
Guided Reading Book Study- Chapter 1
The day is the FIRST day of our newest book study... The Next Step in Guided Reading. Our hosts this week are: First, I enjoyed about this book was how many similarities it shares with The Daily 5. That is the structure my school and district are using. I loved that this book specifically addressed: - balanced - whole and small groups - students work independently - establish routine - routine … [Read more...]
Center Saturday
Hello all. Here are my weekly work centers from this past week while we learned about the letter Xx, -ake family, subtraction, and Pets. (We also reviewed several topics from the past week like Motion and we are still working on our Paddy Potato Project.) And since Spring is officially here on the calendar, but not according to the weather, I updated my Center Saturday background to cheer me up … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day
Today was so much fun and so exhausting. I have a love/hate relationship with these types of days. These types of days are the reason I LOVE teaching, but the reason I sometimes feel like a bad mommy when I get home. We had a pretty typical morning with a calendar, daily 5, lunch, then recess. But this afternoon was a totally different story. We did our Forces and Motion unit on Day 4-Force, … [Read more...]
Center Saturday
Welcome to another edition of Center Saturday. I have been LOVING your center questions week after week. I love hearing what questions you have like do I come up with and create my own centers? YES! I make, create, and choose all my center activities. I thought everyone did that! (Who or what dictated your center choices?) This week my kinders are learning about the letter Dd, the word "had," … [Read more...]
Fun Number Recognition Games for Kindergarten called SMASH
Fun Number Recognition Games for Kindergarten called SMASH is going to be a hit in your classroom. In addition, I have made up a few games to aid in number recognition skills that my class LOVES! I want to share them with you because they are cheap, easy, and enjoyable... and they work to teach children their numbers 0-100. Number Recognition Game- SMASH This game was my creation … [Read more...]
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