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Differentiated Kindergarten

Differentiated instruction in the classroom

  • Deck The Halls Banner Freebie
  • Customizing Boom Decks By Hiding Cards
  • Virtual Hands-On Alphabet Mats and Activities
  • Name Practice In Week Two
  • First Days of Face to Face

Deck The Halls Banner Freebie

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So many requests for a new banner . . . My email has been blowing up. So I decided to whip a quick one up that would work for whatever you decide to post in your hall or on your walls for the holidays. The Banner Deck The Halls! (or if you prefer, Deck the Walls!) is the banner I'm using to display some different artwork that my students will be completing this month. This banner is super simple to make and, of course, it's free from me to you! You'll need to secure two sheets of ... VIEW POST

Grab his free banner which will help you 'Deck The Halls' in your own classroom.

Customizing Boom Decks By Hiding Cards

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One thing for sure, when I create something, I'm always worried about giving teachers more than enough.' I want you to have choices but there is a fine line between 'a good amount' and 'way too much.' With that in mind, I thought it would be helpful for you to know that you can customize Boom Decks that you purchase for your students by hiding cards that you think are too difficult or too easy for your students. When You Have Too Much Of A Good Thing You're probably thinking, "Too ... VIEW POST

Find out a simple, useful way to customize Boom Decks by hiding specific cards from your students.

Virtual Hands-On Alphabet Mats and Activities

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When I made Hands-on Alphabet Mats for my students a couple of years ago, I never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would need a virtual counterpart for students. But then came COVID and everything changed. Now, even though we are currently face-to-face, I know that going virtual is a possibility and one I wanted to be prepared for if it happened. So I decided to create a virtual counterpart using Boom Learning™ Cards. Alphabet Mats Hands-on is the key in kindergarten. Using snap ... VIEW POST

Letter recognition fun doesn't have to be boring. Your kindergarten students will be so engaged in these hands-on alphabet mats. If you're virtual, no problem because there is also a virtual option using Boom Cards that will engage them as well.

Name Practice In Week Two

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When you've survived the first week of face-to-face teaching during a pandemic, you move onto name practice during week two. I'd like to think that my class list is pretty stable now but the reality is, with students being able to move back and forth from virtual to face-to-face, my class list will probably be a moving target for quite a while. So with that in mind, I'm glad I have editable name activities that I can enter, print and go . . . Week Two This week was all about names . . ... VIEW POST

What do you do the second week of school during a pandemic? You start to work on names. Using all the tools that we learned last week, we focused on reinforcing letter names and recognition while building stamina during literacy stations.

First Days of Face to Face

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In a time when everything is 'unprecedented' and 'new territory,' I just finished up my first days of Face-to-Face teaching in my new (old) classroom with my class of 20 kindergarteners. I thought it might be interesting to share a little bit of what I did to prepare in my part of the country, and how it went. This post does contain some affiliate links for your shopping convenience.  I do receive a small commission when someone purchases an item after clicking on a link. ... VIEW POST

What's it like going back to school after being gone for 6 months due to a pandemic? Take a look at my classroom and our first few days of face-to-face learning.

Inside Take-Home Fine Motor Kits for the First Nine Weeks

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Like so many of you, our district is required to have a virtual option for students. But, also like many of you, a boxed curriculum for kindergarten is does not always and adequately address the whole child or what a five year old needs to get ready for school. So when we started discussing what virtual kindergarteners needed, of course, our team said 'fine motor' and hands-on and movement. But how do you incorporate that into a virtual platform? Well, you can't. There absolutely has to be ... VIEW POST

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