I’m a bit late but back to hook up to the Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites Book Study and Strategy 4 is all about games. I love that research supports what parents and teachers have known for so long. Game play builds cooperative relationships, allows students to … [Read more...]
Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites! Chapters 1 and 2 Bookstudy
I’m jumping on the Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites book study train this week a couple of days late, but I’m still delighted to be taking the time to re-energize and re-affirm my feelings and philosophies about teaching that start to get a bit hazy around this time of the … [Read more...]
Daily 5: 2nd Edition-Daily 3 Math – My Differentiated Kinder Spin on it!
I need to start out this chapter first and foremost by saying that most of the time I was reading it, I felt like I was nodding in agreement, because it is basically very similar to how I structure my own math stations with a few adjustments. In a similar … [Read more...]
Daily 5-2nd Edition Chapter 7: Houston We Have Lift Off . . .and a FREEBIE
You’ve started Read To Self. You’re setting your foundation lessons and your kiddos are building stamina. So now what? We may build our read to self-stamina by practicing a couple of times a day, but since that only takes a small portion of our ELA block, … [Read more...]
Daily 5 2nd Edition Chapters 5 and 6 or “Make it your own and make it work!
Before I start this chapter review, I need to preface it with the fact that Daily 5 has been successful in my classroom mainly because I have been able to adapt it to my kindergarten students and their needs and behaviors. You can’t be afraid to do the same. Just because … [Read more...]
Daily 5 2nd Edition Chapters 3 and 4. Let’s Do This!
Ok, so we are ready to get into the thick of things with Chapter 3 and 4 this week. I hope everyone has their book by now and is ready. But if not, the beauty of Daily 5 2ndEdition is that it is a VERY easy read and you can catch up quickly even if you don’t have your book … [Read more...]
The Daily 5 Second Edition Book Study: Chapters 1 and 2
So I’ve just finished up my second year of my revised, made-to-fit-for-me version of Daily 5, and, honestly, it just gets better and better. I feel like I’ve made it my own, and my kinder friends have found great success with it. So when the Freebie girls threw around the idea … [Read more...]
Chapter Three of the Next Step: Non-readers and Emergent Guided Reading Tips, Skills and a Couple of Freebies
Chapter 3: The Next Step You know, I tell myself every year, “this summer, you’re not going to do a book study.” And every summer, of course, I do and I never regret it because, quite honestly, every time (so far) I’ve learned new things or have been able to tweek what … [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...]
