Now soaring in Kindergarten
Common Core Math Question of the Day Common Core Math Question of the Day: As most of you know, I do a Question of the Day {here} with my kids…I did it last year in Kindergarten {seen here} with the Math Version {HERE} I went back to my first grade version this year. My kids love it as part of their morning routine…especially my EL
I love to draw…and paint….and create. It’s sort of my fav thing to do. When I can take a moment to breathe at school and help my kids draw, I love it…and they love it! We did these little leprechauns yesterday and I was so impressed at how they turned out! Each one unique and different So sweet and happy…until there is an “angry leprechaun”
It has been a busy week…and it’s only Wednesday!! Say what?!? Ok…back to reality. I wanted to share some of the things we did for our Read Across America (so far!) in case you are celebrating next week. How do you like the Seuss shirt I made? I got my craft on last weekend and made it just for our activities this week. I
So as many of you know, I had to have our Valentine’s Day activities yesterday due to snow and Dr. visits…it may have been late, but we still had fun! Have you ever seen those little plastic jumping frogs? Well, I impulsively bought them (6 for $1) and came up with a cute idea for extending our measurement studies =) I created a page
Exploring Numbers to 120 {FREEBIES} Exploring Numbers to 120 {FREEBIES}: I wanted to share a lot of the fun things we did during the week we were working on numbers. We specifically focused on: CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.A.1 Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral. We began by creating
I am happy to say that I am almost fully recovered from my bout with strep throat. So glad about that! Unfortunately, our 100th Day of School was last week while I was not feeling my best (not to mention I had two meetings during the day) so it was kind of a whirlwind of activities and I didn’t take pictures for most of it
Do you teach about biographies? Last week we used the anchor chart above to introduce what a biography is (…isn’t George cute?) I saw him originally at Apples, Crayons, and Caffeine. We brainstormed the things we thought a biography is, what’s included, and the questions it might answer. We read about Tomás Rivera in our reading series and also did a mini-unit on biographies and autobiographies.
I love celebrating the 100th Day of School! I decided to create a new packet to help with my 100th Day Fun and I have to say, I am in love with the result! Even my husband (aka the proofreader) said it was a cute pack…wow! Included are: 5 writing prompts 2 pages for morning work/daily work 2 class graphs 1 emergent reader for the
My Holiday Just Add Dice pack was such a hit, in my classroom and with teachers, that I have decided to make them for each season or holiday! This latest pack is mainly for winter, but also includes extra pages for the Winter Olympics, Chinese New Year, and Martin Luther King Jr Day. In all there are 27 dice games, easy to use…just print and
Snowman Glyph and Penguin Freebies Snowman Glyph and Penguin Freebies: Here are some pictures that I took before we got out…I love how the ” glyphs turned out this year! My kids had the BEST time making them! You can find it {here} on TPT *** I also updated my Penguin Freebie Pack! Grab your copy {here} on TPT! It includes a penguin directed
