It's that time of the year when my kinders are feeling confident and ready to run with base ten activities. One of there favorite activities is one that is inspired by a freebie created by Ocean's of First Grade Fun's Yolanda (She's awesome isn't she?) during the Debbie Diller's Math Stations Book Study a couple of years ago. I loved the idea, but I knew that my kinders needed a bit different tiering to make it work for their readiness level. I contacted Yolanda and she gave me her blessing ... VIEW POST
Fun Buggy Base Ten Freebie
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 assessment that is meaningful, thought provoking and that allows me to adjust my instruction to better respond to my students’ needs. Why do we assess? Ok, stick with me for a second while I switch gears and talk a ... VIEW POST
EDITABLE WRITE THE ROOM FOR SIGHT WORDS-JANUARY-DIFFERENTIATED
DIFFERENTIATED EDITABLE SIGHT WORD FUN!!! You add the Words YOU want. Save 25% off this product when purchased in the January Word Work Write the Room Bundle. Open this Editable PDF with Adobe Reader. You can usually download this for free if you don't already have it on your computer. This EDITABLE activity is differentiated to appeal to your kinesthetic learners and is tiered to meet the readiness of your students. There are several recording sheets for your use. These should give you ... VIEW POST
Freebielicious Educents Back To School Bundle
Did you see, did you see, did you see? A Differentiated Kindergarten and all the gals over at Freebielicious have teamed with Educents with this amazing deal for Back to School! Our Back to School bundle is 23 of our best selling products! Included in your download is craftivities, centers, small group games, printables, activities, organization items, posters, readers, and much more! Over 2000 pages of Back to School fun! All this for $30 - that's over 80% off the ... VIEW POST
Yatta!!!! Differentiated Number Fluency Fun
Yatta!!! (pronounced yacht-tah) What Is Yatta! Fun and fluency! That's what this face-paced, high-energy and well-loved game means in my classroom. My students can not get enough of it and here's the best part. . . it's easily differentiated and can be used with so many skills. I know what you’re thinking. “Marsha, what are talking about?” Well, here it is. I wanted a name for my new game, and I went to my experts . . . my boys! So ... VIEW POST
Back To School
That’s right folks. It’s that time of the year - - Back To School. While some of you have been back to school for weeks, I'm still in that nail biting, cold sweating, panicking to get everything done in the next 2 weeks countdown. Believe me, I think we all need a few laughs to get us through this time of the year. So, I'm teaming up with my best blogging buddies from Freebielicious to bring you Back To School Is No Joking Matter. and because I'm enjoying the company of a student ... VIEW POST