Don't you hate that very first head cold of they year. You know, kids have been sneezing all over you for 20 days now and finally, you have a full blown cold. UGHHHHHhh. Yep, that was pretty much how I started my day. It literally felt like my head was gonna explode.But of course, I didn't even consider NOT going to school. I plugged away, getting Daily 5(or 6 in my class) rotations going and we were right in the thick of it too, when my teacher neighbor Kerri ... VIEW POST
My day made better!
Baby Steps To Differentiating . . .and a freebie.
Hey, I'm not some kind of differentiating wizard. Starting out the school year is tough. Kindergarten always seems to hold interesting challenges because of our vast age ranges ( 4 year olds to almost 7 year olds in some cases), experience or lack of experience in school, readiness levels, learning profiles and intelligences. Throw in some challenging behaviors, different languages, and learning difficulties and you have a recipe for a classroom CRYING for differentiated ... VIEW POST
Mass Chaos . . .
It seems like a month since my last post, but I promise, I've been busy. There was the TpT sale. (Man, did I get some great stuff.) And with a great sale comes . . . printing, laminating and cutting. Man you don't know how much I hope there is some great parent amongst my kinder families this fall that is interested in helping out with some cutting.And I've finally, after several bouts of sick kids and repairmen, have gotten the chance to get into my room. It's not pretty ... VIEW POST
Back To School Blog Hop -Beads and Freebies!
It's Day 9 of the Back To School Blog Hunt!!! Which means, you have landed here at A Differentiated Kindergarten. Welcome! I share this day with Jessica over at Mrs. Stanford's Class. Make sure when you're done here, you hop on over and check out her blog as well.For any class, but especially for kindergarten, a new school year means exploring new ideas and materials. I love anything that is hands on and gives my kinders lots of opportunity for building up fine motor ... VIEW POST
Differentiated Stations Planning Template and Questions Answered!
Wow!!! I can't even believe all the great comments and emails I received from my last post. You guys are amazing! And . . . because you ask such great questions, I could easily see I need to do a quick (nothing fancy but to the point) follow up post just to answer questions and get you all that template I've had so many of you request.Firstly many of you wanted this template and so I needed to clean it up a little. You know I often tier by colors so I wrote that in my planning ... VIEW POST
Back To School With Guess Who? Sharon from The Convenient Teacher.
I'm delighted to introduce you to Sharon from The Convenient Teacher today. I PROMISE you . . . you are going to LOVE her. When you are done ooo-ing and ahhh-ing over the goodies she brought you, please leave her a little thank you note and travel on over to her blog to check out all the great freebies she has there too. I know that's where I'll be today!Hello, everybody. This is Sharon from The Convenient Teacher and I am happy to be here as a guest on Marsha's ... VIEW POST