My husband often asks me why am I constantly making new things for my classroom. Can't I just use the same plans I used last year and the same materials? You know, just change the dates! Well . . . yes . . . but . . . NO! My kids aren't the same as the ones I had last … [Read more...]
Engaging and Extending Skills With Familiar Differentiated Stations
I love it when stations start humming along on their own engines with very little need for intervention or instruction from me. I changed over new stations for math this week and Daily 5 in order to accommodate some October/Autumn/Halloween-ish themes and was delighted to see … [Read more...]
Differentiated October Sensory Fun in Kindergarten
What do you get when you mix the most beautiful time of the year with a kindergarten classroom? Sensory table fun! I know many of you have told me that you are no longer allowed to have sensory tables in your classroom because they have been deemed . . . 'unacademic.' … [Read more...]
#Colorizeyourclassroom with Astrobrights, A Freebie and a Giveaway from A Differentiated Kindergarten
Who wants to add color to their classroom without having to break the bank on color printer ink? Just about everyone. Well, Astrobrights Papers recently sent me a sweet packet of their new papers and a gift certificate to Office Depot, and I'm dying to show you what I did with … [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...]
Differentiated Spinners Revisited and a Giveaway!
Wow! Apparently, spinners are a hot topic. I’ve had so many inquiries as to "where" and "how" lately that I thought I had better revisit the subject to see if I can shed some light on using spinners to differentiate instruction. Spinners are a great motivator for … [Read more...]
Dog Days of Summer Sale on all Differentiated Kinder Items
It’s summer and you know what that means to every teacher out there, right? That’s right . . . It’s planning time. Time to plan this fall's room, your plans for literacy, how you’ll organize your math stations, what you’ll do to get those kiddos EXCITED and MOTIVATED to … [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...]
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...]
Doing Differentiated Dinosaurs Up Big With a Freebie!
It’s one of my favorite times of the year . . . Dinosaur Days have arrived in my classroom. Kindergarteners just have a natural curiosityand love for dinosaurs which makes studying them so much fun. This isn't my first dino rodeo. I've been sporting a dino theme each … [Read more...]
I Appreciate Teachers, A Big Ol’ Sale and Freebies! How About You?
It's that time of year. Time to appreciate our fellow teachers, time to take advantage of a Big Ol' Sale over at TpT and time for a freebie to you from ME! First let me tell you about my little freebie. I have had so many people ask about my No Fuss-No Muss First Grade … [Read more...]
First Grade Here I Come: Summer Review Fun
I’m sure I don’t have to tell any of you. But I’m not always sure that parents realize how much our students ‘lose’ over the summer months they are home, soaking up the sun and doing all the fun things that kids SHOULD be doing over the summer. But with a little bit of … [Read more...]
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