Hey, y'all! I'm Kimberly from Kimberly Geswein Fonts. I've been making fonts since 2006 and have dabbled in various worlds of graphic design since my college days (that's a long time ago!) My husband teaches 5th grade in Orlando, Florida and I previously taught high school. I was having lunch with Deanna (yes, total name dropping, but I am real life friends with the Queen of TpT) and we were chatting about font usage and I forced her to let me take over here at Mrs. Jump's Class and ... continue reading...
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Alphabets and Fonts Clearance
If you love cute fonts then you don't want to miss the clearance sale at Lettering Delights. Many alphabets and fonts are on sale for as low as 50 cents! My favorite alphabet is the one shown in the picture above. It is called Scribble Kids. You can get all my favorites in the bundle called, Top 10 Fonts and Alphabets of 2011. The entire bundle is only $8.00 Please use the pink button to the left of my blog post that Says 9 Free Fonts to purchase them. If you are unsure how to use them ... 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...
Labels: leveled reader labels A-L, recycling, library books and phonics phones
Here are the labels that some of you requested. (click on the picture to download them) These include the leveled reader labels A-L, the tinker toys, action figures, puzzles, etc: and the large labels for recycling, library books and phonics phones. These are all in one file. I am working on the large labels for my Math tubs and I will get them posted soon. Also, many of you have requested the pirate themed items that are in my room. I will work on compiling them into one document ... continue reading...
Organization Station…Rewind!
I've had my blog for awhile so I thought I'd go back and revisit some of my old posts that might be helpful to you! Don't cheat by exploring on your own. :) I'll be back tomorrow with another rewind! Organization Station! Click on these two links to visit my posts about organization and download my free labels. Sorry....I'm trying to move classrooms and get ready for I TEACH K! so I don't have time to make any custom labels. However, if you like the font it is called Scribble ... 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...