My students have been L O V I N G crafts (seemingly more than usual) this year. And I love a craft that has an academic goal, in addition to fine motor practice. So I've been trying to incorporate at least two per week that correspond with our various learning goals.Some of our favorites have been our shape crafts: Reindeer 2D Shape CraftsBat 2D Shape CraftsApple 2D Shape Crafts And to share the 2D shape craft love, I'm sharing a Snowman 2D Shape Craft download ... Read More about Snowman Shape Craft F R E E Download
Kindergarten Read Alouds in November
November is such a fun month to be in a kindergarten classroom. There aren't many days in the month with Thanksgiving break, Veteran's Day, and our parent-teacher conference schedules. But it makes the days we are together that much more meaningful. My favorite books to read in November center around these themes:- being grateful and thankful for the people and things we have in our lives- helping others and giving back go our community- the changing ... Read More about Kindergarten Read Alouds in November
Favorite Halloween Reads
An interactive read aloud is the purposeful read aloud of a story to focus on specific content, central theme(s), and vocabulary. They are an essential component to balanced literacy that provide many opportunities for all students to engage with rich texts. Interactive read alouds are typically done whole-group with pauses throughout each read to: discuss the text and theme discuss the illustrations and ... Read More about Favorite Halloween Reads
Setting up your year for success
Starting a new school year is the best feeling ever. It's a feeling unique to teaching; new students, new supplies, new curriculum, and sometimes even a new classroom. It's a clean slate in many ways, but also one of the most stressful and busy times of the year. In kindergarten, there are a few things that I like to focus on to set my year up for success: classroom management, parent communication, and assessments. Classroom management Classroom management and ... Read More about Setting up your year for success
Kindergarten Writing + FREE Writing Checklist
Teaching writing in kindergarten starts on day one and is a major focus every day. Writing involves a variety of different skills: letter identification, sounds, letter formation, fine motor and handwriting, sentence structure, and more. And because it is so complex, it is important to be consistent with how you teach it, the time devoted to it, the structure of your writing workshop, and how you edit/review students' writing.A couple years ago, I began using a simple ... Read More about Kindergarten Writing + FREE Writing Checklist
Name Craft FREE Download!
Last year, I began doing monthly name crafts and we all LOVED them. They were successful both during distance learning and in the classroom and helped to create amazing bulletin boards that my students adored.All of my name crafts focus on the same skills: name recognition and spelling, handwriting, letter recognition, and fine motor (cutting). I simply print and my students take it from there. I typically print on colored cardstock, so my students can focus on ... Read More about Name Craft FREE Download!
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