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April 23, 2017 by: Jennifer

Short Vowel Word Ladder Mats

Short Vowel Word Ladder Mats Short Vowel Word Ladder Mats:  I don’t know about you, but young kids can never have too many ways to practice cvc words.  I needed something I could use at my small group table and then retire to a station later.  I created these Short Vowel Word Ladder Mats for quick practice and review of short vowel word families.  Included are

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Filed Under: Alphabet, guided reading, Uncategorized, word work Tagged With: phonics, reading strategies, word families

April 2, 2017 by: Jennifer

Using Dice in the Classroom

Using Dice in the Classroom Using Dice in the Classroom:  This past week I had the privilege of presenting at the New England PreK-2 Conference in New Hampshire.  The teachers were so sweet and Manchester was lovely!  Anyway, one of the sessions was all about using dice in the classroom.   I shared some freebies and thought you might enjoy one of them, too!  Using dice in

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Filed Under: Math, Uncategorized Tagged With: dice games, Math

February 5, 2017 by: Jennifer

Gruffalo Activity

Gruffalo Activity Gruffalo Activity:  The Gruffalo is a fantastic story (and movie available to watch on Netflix).  It’s all about a mouse that in order to save himself from predators in the forest, he describes a “Gruffalo.” This scares the animals enough that they leave him alone.  The mouse is doing well until he comes face to face with a Gruffalo!  What he does next is clever

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January 15, 2017 by: Jennifer

Dramatic Play Idea

Dramatic Play Idea Dramatic Play Idea: Order Up! Restaurant Play to encourage writing, speaking, and listening skills! For as long as I can remember, my students have loved to play restaurant.  Even when I taught third grade, I would hear them at the writing station taking each other’s orders.  Now that I have made a commitment to including play in my kindergarten classroom, it was

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Filed Under: Play, Uncategorized, Writing Station Tagged With: play, writing

December 4, 2016 by: Jennifer

Christmas Ornament Craft

Christmas Ornament Craft Christmas Ornament Craft: Colorful and fun, that’s what these Christmas ornament crafts are!  I love an easy craft and cutting these triangles took hardly any time and I was able to use minimal paper since several sizes fit on one page of fabulous Astrobrights Papers. I used Terra Green™, Re-Entry Red™, Gamma Green™, & Stardust White™ papers. If you’ve never used or seen the Stardust White paper,

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Filed Under: Christmas, Freebies, Uncategorized Tagged With: Astrobrights, Christmas, freebie

October 30, 2016 by: Jennifer

Leaf Hunt and a Contest from Scholastic

Leaf Hunt Leaf Hunt: Even though it still sorta feels like summer here in Alabama, we are starting to see leaves turn color (of course the drought isn’t helping!)  I love fall and it’s one of the favorite seasons for little kids, I mean, who doesn’t love playing in the leaves? When I was asked if I would like to try out the magazine,  Let’s

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Filed Under: Fall, Freebies, Leaf Hunt, Uncategorized Tagged With: Fall, freebie

September 25, 2016 by: Jennifer

I Can Statements Kindergarten

I Can Statements Kindergarten I Can Statements Kindergarten:  How do I use “I Can” statements in a kindergarten classroom? I Can Statements were all the rage a few years back, I’m not sure if I drank the Kool-Aid on it or not.  I’ve been forced to post them in various ways over the years…as objectives, as “I Can” statements, goals, and the list goes on.  The problem

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Filed Under: Common Core, Directed Drawing, I Can, Ideas, sight words, Uncategorized Tagged With: common core, directed drawing, ideas, sight words

September 11, 2016 by: Jennifer

Alphabet Journal in Kindergarten

Alphabet Journal in Kindergarten Alphabet Journal in Kindergarten:  This year I tried directed drawing on the first day of school again.  Yes, you  heard that right….the first day!  It almost sounds crazy. If you teach Kindergarten, you know what I am saying, there is a good portion of kids who can’t write their name or numbers.  Why would I think they could follow along with

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Filed Under: Alphabet Journal, Directed Drawing, Freebies, Uncategorized Tagged With: directed drawing, freebie

August 28, 2016 by: Jennifer

No, David! Directed Drawing

No, David! Directed Drawing No, David! Directed Drawing:  Each year, one of the first books I read with my class is No, David! by David Shannon.  Then I follow up with David Goes to School.  Yes, the kids love to see his naked hiney running down the street, but they also love seeing all the things you shouldn’t do at school and home.  They can

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Filed Under: Beginning of School, Freebies, Uncategorized Tagged With: Back to School, Fall, freebie, No David

August 21, 2016 by: Jennifer

Colorize Your Classroom Contest with Astrobrights

Astrobrights Paper

Colorize Your Classroom Contest with Astrobrights   Colorize Your Classroom Contest with Astrobrights:  I love using color in my classroom, and everywhere for that matter.  I find that my students love it, too. For Open House, I took the simple, but cute route with Astrobrights Papers!  Parents and kids loved seeing their names posted on the boards!   On our first day, my kinders created

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Filed Under: Beginning of School, Ideas, Uncategorized Tagged With: Astrobrights

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