This marks my class' sixth week of word family study, and I absolutely love the routines we have establish for participating in word family activities and the success my kinders are feeling in recognizing and reading these important words that will make reading so much easier in … [Read more...]
Ghostly Sight Word Practice Differentiated Kinder Style!
It's time for some fun ghostly sight word practice that doesn't involve a pencil or paper or printing or laminating. I'm always looking for ways to get my kinders moving, but this activity has proven to be a favorite because not only can they move but . . . it's fun ( . . … [Read more...]
Do You Have Stamina? We Do!
It's never an easy feat when starting out Daily 5 training in a kindergarten classroom. This year we were able to accomplish 15 minutes of 'read to self' and it only took us until the 5th week of school to get it done. Whew! If you're a Daily 5-er, you know that once you … [Read more...]
DO OVER!!! Sometimes ya just have to do it.
I am here to openly admit that I am a work in progress. I admit that as a mom, a teacher, a blogger and a friend that I often have to say "whoa . . . I totally need a do over." This time it was when I started pulling out my stuff from last year that I used for spider study … [Read more...]
I Spy A Freebie For Fire Safety Month!
It’s Fire Safety month and that means there will be a whole lot of STOP-DROP-AND ROLL talk going on in kindergarten. There is something so appealing about firefighters to small children. I know that after our local fire team visits every year, there is all kinds of make believe … [Read more...]
Playing Catch Up With My Daily 5 Plans
It's late start Monday (when we all get to meet with our grade levels for Professional Learning Communities work) today, so my Daily 6 (my version of Daily 5) stations are pushed back a day this week. The good news is that it gave me an extra day to collect some pictures to add … [Read more...]
Dear Parents, Get Ready For Ball Words
Hey remember me? I really am still around. Soccer with my boys is taking a ton of my time this fall (and I love it...really I do), but I promise, I am still checking in and trying to keep up. Oh know all you teacher moms out there get where I'm coming from . . . So … [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...]
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...]
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