Here we go again. It's summer and I always promise myself that this year I WILL NOT obligate myself a book study or linky, but when a topic is so good and meaningful that it makes you want to write about it, I think that you just have to make the time to do it. I mean THIS is the stuff that teachers really need to hear about and not necessarily my obsession with what everyone has in their Target cart. So this summer I'm teaming up with a bunch a fabulous teacher-bloggers to talk about ... VIEW POST
Making Sense of Math: Real World Connections
Chapter 3 and Time for a Freebie!
It's time for my reflections on Chapter 3! I love that we are getting into the nuts and bolts of D5 now. This is the putting it all together, getting organized and making it work . . . all starting to come together little by little. So here's what I came up with while I followed along with Tammy's guiding questions:1. Establish a gathering place for brain and body breaks. (Do you call your gathering place anything special? A few of my teammates did. Annie called ... VIEW POST
Dive Into Shapes Giveaway from Differentiated Kindergarten and Learning Resources
Hands on! That says it all for me. I’m constantly looking for new and engaging ways to interest my students and get their ‘hands on’ items that will help them learn. So when the folks at Learning Resources sent me their new Dive into Shapes, I knew my students were going to go crazy over it. My little guys can never seem to get enough fine motor work, and if I can couple fine motor and working with shapes then I'm one happy teacher. Plus, look at all those bright fun colors. I ... VIEW POST
Learning Resources Constructing Words Giveaway!
There is nothing better than finding a product that gets your students engaged and excited for learning. Learning Resources helps you put a little fun in your word work centers with their new Word Construction. My kinder friends loved this nuts and bolts approach to making new words. The kit comes with 6 plastic bolts for building words and 30 printed nuts. The nuts have several letters printed on them (Green nuts have vowels!) so that they can make more and more words ... VIEW POST
Boom Cards – Short A Word Family Distance Learning
These 6 bundles include word work activities for the AD, AG, AN, AM, AP, and AT word families. Most decks contain 30 or more cards with seven different activities in each deck. Every page includes verbal instructions and verbal cues so that students can identify each picture easily and independently. These cards are a great way to practice word families alone or as a companion set for my Word Families Word Work Galore set. YOU WILL USE THE PDF TO ACCESS THE SINGLE-USE, ONE CLICK ... VIEW POST
8 Tips To Help Support a Kinesthetic Classroom
8 Tips to Help Support a Kinesthetic Classroom? Don't be mistaken! This is not a 'flexible seating' post. Flexible seating is part of the puzzle piece, but throwing a bunch of wobble seats and bean bags in a classroom, does not solve the problem by itself. What's the problem? The problem is that children are wired to move and even with the best intentions and understanding of that fact, I really had to work very hard to physically get my classroom ready for that. I think I have a 'kids need ... VIEW POST
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