I I’m jumping on the band wagon . . . the ‘my chair which I seldom set in is ugly so I want a new one but really don’t want to spend any money on one’ band wagon that is. Time4 Kindergarten did hers! And the hardest working kindergarten teacher ever, … [Read more...]
Organizing Daily 5 Literacy Stations in Kindergarten and …a freebie for you.
Daily 5 Literacy Stations!!!! Holy email, you all have a ton of questions, and while I’d love to claim that I’m an expert, I can really only tell you how this works in my own classroom. As some of you know, I do a form of Daily 5 . . . We call it Daily 6 in my … [Read more...]
Getting them from HERE to THERE…Starting Your Literacy/Daily 5 Stations in Kindergarten
As teachers embarking on the beginning of the school year, we have these visions of how our literacy stations will 'go.' In our mind, we see our students working on meaningful tasks at their level and engaged for the duration of their station time throughout the classroom while … [Read more...]
Using Color To Help You Tier Differentiated Activities.
Before I talk to you a bit about how I tier my activities by color. I always think it's important to preface things with a little review. Some of you have seen some of this so you can just skip over this first part. I never know who is going to stumble upon my differentiated … [Read more...]
Math Stations Tips (and a Freebie) Linky Party
Math Stations! So fun and, yet somehow, so hard to wrap your head around. . . When I first started contemplating math stations, it was shortly after reading Debbie Diller’sfabulous Math Work Stations. (You should really check it out HERE if you haven't read … [Read more...]
Beads Glorious Beads!!!
I have had so many questions about beads lately that I figured it was probably time to do a little Bead-ology 101 follow-up from last summers post. I think the majority of everyone has letter beads of some kind or flavor laying around their room somewhere. … [Read more...]
Assessment and Grouping: Chapter 2 of The Next Step
Assessment and Grouping-Chapter 2 The Next Step Chapter Two speaks about assessment and grouping. I’m passionate about assessment. No! Not the kind of paper pencil standardized assessment that we teachers dread and avoid if at all possible. I like the kind of … [Read more...]
The Next Step Chapter One: Welcome to Our Book Study Adventure
And so it begins…another summer book study! Chapter 1 of The Next Step. Today's host is Crystal from the one and only Kreative In Kinder and Tammy from Live, Love Laugh Everday in Kindergarten. Make sure you check out their posts. The reason I’m so excited … [Read more...]
Introducing Stations To Insure Independent Learning
I've had a ton of questions emailed to me lately regarding how I introduce activities for my Math and Daily 5 (my Daily 6) Stations so that students are working independently. When you have nine math stations going at one time, it's impossible to be everywhere so independence is … [Read more...]
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