Halloween Activities for the Primary Classroom October is a great time to add a little bit of kid-friendly spooky fun in the classroom. This Halloween unit is packed full of fun themes and the best part? They all match state standards! Spooky fun & learning, all in one! Halloween Glyph Glyphs are a fun way to teach your students how to create and analyze data. For this Frankie Friend Glyph, your students will build a Frankie craft based on their answers to ... continue reading...
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Graphing Activities to use in your Kindergarten Math Groups
Graphing Activities to practice measurement and data. Concrete, pictorial, and abstract activities to develop a deeper understanding of mathematics. Graphing Activities In Kindergarten, students should be able to describe and compare measurable attributes, in addition to, classifying objects and giving the numeral value. During small-group instruction, students can gain a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts. So, make your math small-groups engaging and effective with this math ... 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...
ESGI Assessments Made EASY and a BIG FREEBIE
ESGI Assessments Made EASY! Do you struggle with keeping up with mounds of paper assessments? Do you struggle with what to do with the data once you've assessed your students? Do you struggle with how to analyze the data and use it to drive your instruction? Do you struggle with how to notify parents and provide them with the tools they need to help their students? If you answered yes to any of the questions, then this post is for YOU! Just like you, I struggled with all of the above, and ... continue reading...
Phonological Awareness Assessments
Do you get anxiety over knowing how many assessments students need each year? Or, how much data do you need to collect? You are not alone in these concerns! Elementary students have to undergo so many assessments each year to ensure they show academic growth. Thankfully, this year-long process does not have to be miserable for students! Students will be smiling and happy while completing these Phonological Awareness Assessments. The Importance of Phonological Awareness Does ... continue reading...
Fun & Engaging Kindergarten Alphabet Activities & Worksheets
Kindergarten alphabet activities and worksheets to develop letter identification and sounds. Hands-on and engaging tasks to get students excited about letters! Kindergarten Alphabet Activities It's that time of year again! Letter recognition ideas are on kindergarten teachers' minds! With a fresh set of kindergarten sweeties coming in, it's possible you have no idea where your students fall with knowing the letters of the alphabet. So, you begin getting prepared! It's time to find ... continue reading...
Sight Words Working on Fluency
I've teamed up with Stephanie Stewart from Falling into First to bring you this amazing resource. Dolch words are some of the most frequently used words in the English language. The Dolch words comprise approximately 60-75% of what is printed in almost any piece of children’s literature. These sight word sentence fluency cards cover the words on the Pre-primer and Primer lists. When you present sight words in short sentences rather than in isolation children are more likely to remember ... continue reading...
Let’s Talk Turkey Glyphs!
So what is a glyph anyway? The term "glyph" comes from the Ancient Egyptian times when they used pictures in order to tell a story. When I create a glyph I start with three (and only three) questions. You want to stick to three questions so that it won't be overwhelming for the little ones when you try to analyze the turkey glyphs and create data charts. Each answer can be determined by looking at a child's turkey. For example, If I look at the turkeys above me I can see that three of ... continue reading...
The Gruffalo Lesson Plans | Reading Comprehension for K-2
The Gruffalo lesson plans for K-2. Engaging 5-day lesson plans with differentiated reading response, vocabulary, sentence study, and a craft for this fun story! The Gruffalo A clever mouse outsmarts some woodland animals who want to eat him with the story of a Gruffalo. Little does he know, a Gruffalo is real and loves to eat mice. Your students will love this award-winning story! Through our engaging lesson plans students will strengthen their reading comprehension skills and have fun ... continue reading...
FREE Spine Labels for Binders: Getting Organized!
This is a throwback post that I did awhile back about getting our Guiding Readers units organized. Since this post, I've had quite a few requests to make matching spine labels for the Writing and Math units. So HERE YOU GO! Sorry, it took me so long! We also have a Free Year-Long Curriculum Map for Kindergarten and First Grade. (Scroll to the bottom of this post to grab the map and spines) If you want to read the throw back post carry on! If not, Happy Organizing. ... continue reading...
Engaging Readers: Getting it ORGANIZED!
Hey There! Happy Hump day! We've had a few questions about how we organize our new Engaging Readers units so I thought I'd do a quick blog post to show you! These are the supplies I used to organize mine. I used a 1" binder sheet protectors Binder pocket (one pocket holds all four books) ziploc baggies Clear packing tape Printables for the spine and fronts of sheet protectors click HERE to get yours. First, I put our cutie patootie cover (thanks to ... continue reading...
Inferring with Primary Students: The Case of the Missing Toy Sack
Inferring with Primary Students: Christmas Inference Detectives Activities for Kindergarten and First-Grade Inferring with Primary Students: Kindergarten and First-Grade Inferring is an important comprehension skill for young readers to have and I love giving them lots of practice with this skill. We infer each week with the story we are reading, but I also like to give them opportunities to infer outside of the text. Inferring is just putting clues together and using that voice inside ... continue reading...
Oceans of Fun!
I got up bright and early this morning and drove 2 hrs. in search of the perfect wedding dress for my daughter Taylor. SUCCESS! But, I'm one tired mamma so this is going to be a super quick post! We just started our ocean unit. Nothing gets boys excited more than sharks! (okay...maybe dinosaurs...but they still LOVE sharks too). We used interactive writing to label the parts of a shark. Comparing sharks and whales. Schema Chart Writing ... continue reading...
Common Core Standards Organization and Wishy Washy!
I've had a lot of questions about how I organize my Common Core Standards and Essential Questions. I display them on posters which are hot glued to ribbon. The standards are attached with velcro so that they are easy to change in and out. (Please excuse the bad picture above. The standards shown are from the 1st grade set. Notice that the clipart images match the standard and that the essential question clipart also matches. This helps the little ones who can't read understand the ... continue reading...
Leonardo the Terrible Monster Reading Lesson Plans for K-1
Leonardo the Terrible Monster reading comprehension lesson plans with student response activities. Print and teach lessons to engage your students in reading! Leonardo the Terrible Monster This story by Mo Willems is one of my favorite stories to read, especially in October around Halloween. If you are not familiar with this book, it is about a monster named Leonardo. Leonardo is not a scary monster, no matter how hard he tries! He does some research and thinks he finds the perfect little ... continue reading...