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
Chapter 3 and Time for a Freebie!
Beads Glorious Beads!!!
I have had so many questions about beads lately that I figured it was probably time to do a little Bead-ology 101 follow-up from last summers post. I think the majority of everyone has letter beads of some kind or flavor laying around their room somewhere. Sometimes it’s those tiny little square capital letter beads or another small pony type bead but if you are lucky, you have a set of these sweet little beads. I love these because they are colorful and sturdy and ... VIEW POST
Sight Word Fluency – Answered Questions
This is going to be a bit of a follow up to my blog about my Ball Words and Sight Word Fluency System post that I did last week. Since I've had so many questions regarding my Ball Words, I thought I'd try and hit some of the most frequent questions here. So hang on and hopefully I'll get it all covered. If you have ideas or other questions, please feel free to chime in with a comment. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Do you have a set of each ... VIEW POST
Getting ready for kindergarten is busy work! Yikes!
It's like one step forward two steps back I swear. You get one thing completed (or not) and there's something else that needs to be done.The state of my kitchen table is in permanent disarray.Yes, that is a computer, cutter and laminator all going at the same time. Believe me, if my color laser printer hadn't died in the midst of all this mayhem, it would be there too.It's busy work . . .animal pieces to be cut on the silhouette assembled and gluedlaminate to cutcalendar puzzle ... VIEW POST
My favorite things linky and a giveaway all in one place!
Mary, over at Sharing Kindergarten, is hosting not just one, but TWO fun events that you're not going to want to miss out on.The first is her HUGE giveaway in honor of reaching 500 blog followers. It's a big one you are NOT going to want to miss out on. There are some products up for grabs, including her Daily 5 Starter Pack that I could really use. You HAVE to check it out. It's an easy sign up and you won't be disappointed.The other event she's hosting is a My Favorite ... VIEW POST
A Freebie Plus Organizing and Differentiating Independent Self-Correcting Work
You’ve seen my self-correcting cards here before, but I’ve been receiving a ton of questions asking how I organize these cards in my classroom to keep them easily accessible and differentiated with kinder kids in mind. So, with that in mind, I thought I would give everyone a quick peek at some of the ways I have found to keep things together and organized in my own class. First of all, if you aren’t familiar with ‘self-correcting cards,’ these are the unique cards that you can find in ... VIEW POST
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