Now soaring in Kindergarten
I have used math journals for a long time in First Grade. This past year in Kindergarten, I had a little difficulty starting them. My writing journals were no trouble to start, but for some reason I put off beginning my math journals until later int he year. When I finally did start them, once we completed a lot of modeling, it was great and
Today to add to our shape classifying, I got the geoboards out and let the kids have fun. They.Loved.It. #bestteacherever I did use the materials out of my GeoBoard It! Pack (currently on sale, btw!…wink, wink) …the pack was a huge hit, I must say! I meant to take pictures of some of the recording pages where the kids record what shapes they made and plan
Last week we were working on sorting by different attributes. My kids had a blast! I created a few little sorting mats to go along with our study. {HERE} Get the freebie pack here in case you can use it! =) We also used toothpicks and marshmallows to create flat shapes. I got the recording page above from Life is Sweet
We are working on shapes this week, and I am trying to infuse the lessons with fun and excitement as much as I can. I shared it on my new instagram account, if you have an instagram account and missed the pictures, follow me at: http://instagram.com/firstgradeblueskies Or click the camera on the right side of my blog =) First we started by painting circles with marshmallows,
We are working hard on subtraction and decomposing numbers. I created this for morning work/time filler for my Kinders! Check it out! Kinder Subtraction Freebie Click here to get your 3 pages on Google Docs! Hope you can use them! If so, please leave a comment below!! =)
OhMyGosh….it has been crazy! I have been waiting for my observation for the last two weeks. It isn’t like I don’t do my job normally…but waiting for them to show up drives me nuts. I feel like at 9:01 if I am not already at stations, I am in trouble. So… bright and early Friday morning here they come walking in (before our reading
Just a quick update….Kindergarten is going well, I was feeling a bit overwhelmed and on the verge of a nervous breakdown at the first of the week, but then things calmed down and I felt much better toward the end of the week… Thank Goodness!!! =) We are supposed to begin small groups and stations Monday, so I am scrambling to get ready and change
Ta-Dah! I have finally finished and listed my newest ready-to-go math station for Geoboards! (thank you, Heather for the great suggestion!) I had such great feedback with my pattern block sight word station, I thought adding a new math pack was the perfect choice. Geoboards are usually those things that the teacher who had the room before you left a box of in the floor…and
FINALLY! I have finished my new pack!! It is an art, science, math, and writing pack all about frogs, specifically centered around the book Froggy’s First Kiss…but really, some of the extension activities could be used when studying frog life cycles (like the flipbook)…perfect during Valentine’s Day, or any time of year when you devote some time to Froggy! Here is what is included: TPT
This is an oldie, but goodie of mine. My kids *love* this station…and it integrates math and reading..how’s that for cross-curricular? The first is a set of my own creation of pattern block shape math mats with sight words on them…ready to place in a Math and Literacy Station…an awesome way to integrate geometry and sight words! Check it out by clicking the above pictures
