This morning meeting for kindergarten and 1st-grade routine reinforces literacy and math skills. Your students will love Chit Chats! Let me show you how! Morning Meeting for Kindergarten Messages Some say that if you have a smooth and structured morning, then you set your class up for success the rest of the day. A morning meeting for kindergarten and first grade is a great classroom routine for students to build community while reviewing math and literacy skills. My Chit Chat ... continue reading...
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Zoo Animals | Chit Chat Messages & Close Reading
Zoo Animals unit packed full of resources! Engaging and fun activities. Chit Chat messages, close reading passages, crafts, and more! Zoo Animals Teaching about zoo animals is seriously one of the best times EVER! The littles get super excited and stay so engaged in learning. It can be hard to keep their attention at this time of the year, but it sure helps when they are having fun! I just completely updated this whole unit so it's ready to go for your upcoming zoo unit. Find it by ... continue reading...
CHIT-CHAT! This n that!
This is another poem that I use at the beginning of our Mental Images unit. I read the poem the first time for enjoyment and then I read it slowly a few times while the kids drew their Mental Image. Our dragonflies... these turned out beautiful. I forgot to take a picture of their writing. Our story elements chart. Going Buggy Glyph. I've had a lot of emails asking me about my schedule and how I ... continue reading...
Fun on the Farm: Learning About Farm Animals
These farm animal activities will make learning about farm animals fun and engaging! This unit is packed full of close reading activities, directed drawings, writing, a craft, and more! Farm Animal Activities Learning about farm animals is so much fun! Students learn about the different animals they may find on a farm with these farm animal activities. Students become farm animal experts through close reading passages, discussions, and investigations. Close Reading Passages/Chit ... continue reading...
Chit Chat Messages, Close Reading Passages & More! Giveaway
I just uploaded my newest resource to TPT! Go to my Facebook page and leave a comment for your chance to win the unit. I will be giving it away tonight at 9 p.m. This resource is on sale for the first 72 hours. :) Click on the cover to view the unit on TPT. ... continue reading...
American Symbols Activities and Resources for Kindergarten & First Grade
American symbols activities and resources. Informational texts, anchor charts, crafts, science experiments, emergent reader, math games, writing activities, and more! American Symbols Activities Teaching about American symbols can be lots of fun and students learn about important pieces of our history! These lesson ideas and resources are perfect for engaging students in the study of American symbols. Chit Chat Messages: American Symbols Chit chat messages are perfect for shared ... continue reading...
American Symbols & Presidents {Includes FREE Download}
American symbols for kids in kindergarten and first grade with a free activity too! American Symbols is one of my favorite units to teach! I took all of the facts about the U.S. symbols and broke them down into fun, engaging lessons. Here are a few pics of some of the activities. American Symbols for Kids: Chit Chat After reading the nonfiction text from my Chit Chat unit we used our newly learned information and context clues to fill in the missing information on our Chit Chat ... continue reading...
Zoo unit Day 1 Giraffes
I LOVE this time of year. My little sweeties are becoming independent thinkers and learners who have blossomed into readers and writers AND all of my Favorite units are in the Spring!! Zoo animals, Dinosaurs (my fave), and Insects (my fave), What???!! I can have more than one favorite! :) I spend two weeks on each of these units. There is just something about these topics that get kids super excited about learning! Today we learned all about Giraffes. ... continue reading...
Reindeer Activities | Nonfiction Unit About Reindeer and a FREEBIE!
Kindergarten and first grade students will love learning about reindeer with these engaging reindeer activities. Informational texts, response to reading, directed drawing, and more! It's nearly December! How is time going by so quickly? I hope your school year is going smoothly as we are approaching winter! This is always a fun time of year in the classroom. With the holidays coming, it can be a little difficult to find engaging activities that are not related to Christmas. If that ... continue reading...
How to Start Teaching Writer’s Workshop in Kindergarten & First Grade
Do you struggle with how to get started? Writer's Workshop in kindergarten and first grade classrooms is one of the most powerful components. In Writing Workshop in kindergarten and first grade, students are encoding words that come from their thoughts and feelings, which is a much easier skill than decoding. Successful writers become successful readers! So, how do you get started? The answer is simple. Just jump right in!! I usually start at the beginning of the ... continue reading...
Giraffes and Zebras: Zoo Part 2
These giraffes and zebras turned out adorable... if I do say so myself! :) I've had a lot of questions about my Chit-Chat charts. This is how I do my Morning Message. The idea originated with the Buzz Book from the K-Crew. I needed it to have a little bit more "meat" to it and I wanted it to be a way to not only cover the important skills such as phonics, sentence structure and grammar but also serve as a review for what we had learned the previous day. Another component of my ... continue reading...
All About Penguins Unit!
All about penguin lesson plan ideas for kindergarten and first grade. Reading, math, crafts, and anchor charts to help teach your students about penguins! Free file included too! All About Penguins! We love to learn about penguins each winter. It provides a great opportunity to teach your young learners using both fiction and nonfiction! All About Penguins: Charts Here are a few of the ways we organize our thinking! Penguin Chit Chats Chit Chats are a daily routine that we use to review ... continue reading...
America Part One: Statue of Liberty
We did a directed drawing of The Statue of Liberty. The kids did an AMAZING job! We wanted to find out the answer to the following question. It is really hard to explain to kids just how HUGE the Statue of Liberty really is! So, we measured out bulletin board paper for her foot (even the length of her toes is correct) to get an idea of how huge she is! All About The Statue of Liberty writing Our bald eagles... they turned out so ... continue reading...
Ants in my Pants and a FREEBIE!
We learned some cool facts about ants.... and played a fun Ants in My pants game to help us practice our addition facts. This is a SUPER easy game that my littles love to play. To play: You need a 12 sided die and each child needs a regular dot die. One child rolls the 12 sided die to determine the sum they are looking for. Then, each child rolls their dot die. The kids analyze the dice and on their white boards they record how many ways they can make the sum of ... continue reading...
Penguin Activities and Videos for Kindergarten and First Grade
Engaging Penguin activities and videos. Students will enjoy reading and writing about penguins, doing a science experiment, and making a craft. It's Winter... the best time to learn about penguins! What better way to embrace the winter months than to learn about an animal that loves the cold (well most of them). Learning about penguins can be such a fun time in your classroom. Here are a few lesson ideas for you! Penguin Activities Start learning about penguins with books and videos. ... continue reading...