Field Trips, YAY!! They are one of most fun learning experiences for my students every year, but they also can be stressful. Sign this. Return this. Pay this. Who turned in what? Why can’t you go again? I need more adults. Wear this shirt, please. The list goes on and on and on, but we love […]
This week we are continuing with measurement as we explore weight. I wanted to hop in and share our activity we did today because it was so much fun for the kiddos! Your students are sure to love these activities for measuring weight! We added to our anchor chart “weight” yesterday and read one of […]
Well, this week we have dove deep into length, kindergarten style! We started by discussing what it means to measure, how we measure, and why we measure. I love it when it’s so easy for my little friends to connect things. They instantly were talking about measuring length by how tall people were or how […]
Teaching fractions in kindergarten can be tricky, but it also can be a blast! There are many hands-on activities that you can do. In math, it’s all about providing experiences that are concrete before moving to abstract. Here is a little glimpse at how we tackled fractions with fraction activities last week! Amazon affiliate links are […]
Spring simply lends itself to exploring living and nonliving things in the classroom. It’s so simple to begin to explain the characteristics of each because they are easily found around us as animals and plants grow and change. It’s a concept so simple, yet the students always have so much fun exploring it! *Amazon affiliate […]
I am back today to share an idea about Sight Word Table Bins that has been a LIFE SAVER for me over the past few year! Sight words are more of a challenge this year than any other year! We have over 100 words for my little kindergarten friends to learn this year! YIKES! Here […]
President’s Day lines up PERFECTLY with our curriculum. It’s not every day that a holiday is included in our standards. We spent some time on both Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Here is a peek at our Presidents’ Day activities! We started off our Presidents’ Day activities by reading several non-fiction books throughout the […]
This week we have been exploring Penguins through nonfiction, or expository, text. The kids always enjoy nonfiction. We started by reviewing nonfiction with this wonderful Mr. Harry’s Kindergarten video. The kids absolutely LOVE it! We have read several books. Our curriculum has us using the cover of the books to make predictions about the […]
I’m linking up today with a group of fabulous bloggers to share some “bright ideas” for iPads in an early elementary classroom. Now, I’m not guaranteeing this will be anything that changes your life, but I will say that these few changes have worked wonderfully in my classroom! I am blessed to have a school […]
Books. One thing every elementary teacher can’t ever have enough of! I can’t tell you how many Friday nights I spent at Half Price Books my first two years of teaching! My husband who was my boyfriend at the time sacrificed lots of evenings to help me hunt for just the right books! HA! Here […]
Happy Thursday! I hope you survived the day! I thought I would pop in and show you what I have put together for the Winter Olympics fun that is JUST around the corner!! I seriously hadn’t been this excited about a product in a long while! As a matter of fact, it came together rather […]
Be set for Martin Luther King Jr Day with this Martin Luther King Jr poem for your kindergarten, first grade, or second grade learners. Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored on the third Monday of January every year. For years, a man by the name of John Conyers, a congressman from Michigan, worked to honor […]
Since we have returned to school about two weeks ago, I have been hitting several important concepts hard with my students! It’s January so now I pull out the ‘ole “We are getting ready for 1st grade!” phrase quite often. I am working with my struggling little ones on many skills that I wish they […]
I survived! I made it through our first week back! I really have a GREAT class this year! We have a lot of work to do, but they are just super sweet. VERY HIGH ENERGY, but super sweet! This week in math we focused on numbers 16-20. Our curriculum breaks down numeracy and focuses on […]
Winter break is so good for me. I get to sleep, catch up on housework, complete fun projects, work ahead, and blog! I wanted to share a few products that I have completed, updated, and am working on. I also updated this set of literacy stations made just for 1st grade. I am currently working […]
It seems this year, more than any other, I am not prepared for Christmas. Usually my shopping was complete 2 weeks ago, gifts were wrapped and under the tree, and the house was filled with yummy smells! Let’s be honest…I just finished this morning. This year has been different. I have just been too tired […]
I’m going to do a quick flash back to about two weeks ago to share what we did in our class as we learned that great readers infer as they read. I started the week with a great lesson from Comprehension Connections. We safety-pinned emotion cards to the back of a child’s shirt and then […]
We are just SMITTEN about our little growing family! Read more about our little adventure HERE on our family blog.
