Crazy busy week. Halloween is always like that isn't 'it. As soon as it's over, I'm scrambling to pull everything down and get ready for Thanksgiving. It's less than tree weeks away you know! So while I have had every intention of getting these stations printed out, laminated, cut up and ready to go . . . here is my pile of laminate. Actually at the time of this blog, my husband and brother-in-law are cutting these all apart. I still have some time to pull it all together before ... VIEW POST
Planning Differentiated Math Stations For Thanksgiving
Planning Autumn Math Stations
Autumn is upon us in Northern Michigan and the trees are BEAUTIFUL. The squirrels are gathering up the acorns and I need to get out there and get a couple of buckets for my class before they have them hidden away for the winter. Acorns are a GREAT manipulative to use in your kinder class if you can get them, but, of course, you have to check for tree nut allergies within your class and you might want to stick them in a bag and put them in a freezer for a couple of days to ... VIEW POST
Differentiated Word Work and A Freebie-Kinder Daily 5 Book Study Chapter 6
I'm so excited about this Chapter. I've replayed and adjusted and maneuvered how word work is going to look and function in my classroom. All this thinking and pondering usually happens in the middle of the night when I'm in a dead sleep and wake up to an A-HA moment. Does this happen to anyone but me? Well, I've learned to sleep with a notebook next to my bed and as a result, I think I have a pretty good plan of action.First of all, I like the idea of being an area ... VIEW POST
Back To School Face To Face
In a time when everything is 'unprecedented' and 'new territory,' I just finished up my first days of Face-to-Face teaching in my new (old) classroom with my class of 20 kindergarteners. I thought it might be interesting to share a little bit of what I did to prepare to come back to school in my part of the country, and how it went. This post does contain some affiliate links for your shopping convenience. I do receive a small commission when someone purchases an item after clicking ... VIEW POST
#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 them. When I talk to teachers about providing fun, engaging and interesting materials for their classroom, one of the biggest frustrations I hear is, ”I would love to print everything in color, but I just ... VIEW POST
Nine Tools For Differentiating
One of the most common questions I get about differentiating invariably involves organizing and keeping materials separate for your different tiered groups. So to keep things quick and simple for this post, I wanted to tell you about some of the best tools I have found for differentiating instruction in regards to readiness. I personally like to organize my reading and math levels by color. Sometimes I have four levels, but most often, I use three. Pink is for students who are working ... VIEW POST
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