Kindergarten Back-to-School Resources Out of all of the resources that I have made for my classroom over the years, these resources are my absolute favorite for back-to-school. They have all come out of years of classroom experience, routines, and student needs. I hope you find them all useful as well! Kindergarten Back-to-School Handbook Following the success and enthusiasm I received…
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Rhyming picture books are big in kindergarten classrooms. The ability to recognize and produce rhyming words is a large part of phonological awareness (the skills that include identify and manipulating language and words) and an essential skill for early reading success. Because I’m a big believer in early education and reading to babies from the first day you bring them…
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My students always LOVE using pointers in the classroom. We use them for concepts of print practice (pointing to different parts of the books/words/letters), to track words when reading in big books (these pointers are too big to point to words in regular-sized books), to go on letter and sight word hunts around our classroom, to point to letters…
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Kindergarten Readiness Handbook Kindergarten readiness has always been a passion of mine. During the summers, I teach pre-kindergarten to students who have never had preschool and are entering kindergarten in the fall. The majority of these students are largely unprepared for the demands of kindergarten; both academically and socially. Kindergarten can be incredibly demanding for those students who are not…
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Read alouds are my favorite time during the school day. I try to fit in at least two (but many days only get to one) every day. It is one of the only the only time when I have all of my kindergarteners in one area, engaged, and actively participating in their learning. Early on in my teaching career I…
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