tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40903556611298038492024-03-17T00:29:01.258-07:00For the Love of KindergartenFreckleteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996028337741424793noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4090355661129803849.post-83364784879432346072012-11-18T22:26:00.004-08:002012-11-18T22:26:49.189-08:00SO THANKFUL AND HERE COME THE HOLIDAYS!<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hello all! I am so sorry that I have been neglecting my blog, but happy to say I have been working and playing hard! This past summer was really tough for my family and I, but thankfully things are looking much better and I can return to some fun passions like blogging. I have always been reading other blogs and getting great ideas as well as buying amazing things on TpT. That didn't stop! I just didn't have the extra energy to post on my own blog. I will also admit that I feel less motivated to post because I don't sell on TpT. It seems that many of my favorite blogs are written by creative and hard working teachers who sell great units on TpT. I'm just not ready for that, nor talented in that way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Anyway...I hope to post weekly and share some ideas and things that I am doing in my classroom. So many changes at my school that it is very overwhelming, but exciting!</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I am using <strong>Aimsweb</strong> for benchmark assessments and just starting to progress monitor several of my low babies.</span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lots of work, but so meaningful!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">I have 2 ipads in my room now and I am loving apps like <em><strong>Reading Raven, Teach Me Kindergarten, Monkey Math and ABCMOUSE.com</strong></em></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I am using ABCMOUSE.com in the classroom and have sent invites to my students so they can use it at home. What an awesome site!</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I am doing <strong>Debbie Diller</strong> style Literacy Workstations. My students work in pairs and I love it for the most part. They are getting much more independent and I am ready to begin Guided Reading and small group work.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I used <strong><em>Sign-up Genius</em></strong> for conference sign-ups and I loved it and so did my parents!</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">We just got on board with Gmail as a district and that was a big change.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">New principal, new kinder partner (we still share a classroom and do AM/PM) 30 students</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Our District is beginning to put pressure on us for beginning <strong>Common Core</strong> (I know we are behind!)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Rumors have begun that we will be adopting <strong><em>Treasures</em></strong> for next year and I am both scared and excited. (any thoughts on <strong><em>Treasures</em></strong> would be greatly appreciated!)</span></li>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">So much new stuff and yet I am loving my class and my job!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I just got a new Windows 8 laptop with a touchscreen so I can do my assessments on the go. It is really cool!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Well, thanks for reading my post and I hope to get back into posting photos and such soon. I use so many wonderful products from bloggers and I hope to share links to their work. </span><br />
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Freckleteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996028337741424793noreply@blogger.com185tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4090355661129803849.post-24032827263930988792012-09-15T11:02:00.003-07:002012-09-15T11:03:10.045-07:00Kindergarten Common Core<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hi Everyone! I have come out of hiding for nothing less than the <strong>most important</strong> book any kindergarten teacher can purchase! <strong> </strong></span></span><a href="http://corecommonstandards.com/core-curriculum/kindergarten-common-core-workbook/"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Kindergarten Common Core </strong></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My school district is a little behind the times on implementing The Common Core Standards, but this year we are in an "exploration mode". In other words... we are supposed to figure a lot of it out on our own! We are forming committees and trying things out in our classrooms. I have learned so much from the amazing teachers here in blogland...much more than my own district! Now along comes this fantastic resource for all of us to use. What is such a great bonus is that it has really cute worksheets, posters, cards etc... They look like the stuff we go crazy for on TpT! Since finding the world of blogging, I haven't purchased another teacher idea/workbook. I just go to TpT and get exactly what I need with the cutest clipart. This book is an exception! It is chock full of the essential information we all need...plus cute clipart! <strong>HEAVEN</strong> for this kindergarten teacher!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am going to be sharing this book with my District Curriculum Department (maybe not this post though ) and suggest (beg) they purchase it for all of our teachers. It looks THAT good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>My next post will hopefully be coming soon...now that I have resurfaced from a very difficult summer and start to the school year! Things are looking up!!!! </strong></span><br />
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<span id="goog_378631037"></span><span id="goog_378631038"></span></div>Freckleteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996028337741424793noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4090355661129803849.post-45226998818590045092012-07-07T19:11:00.003-07:002012-07-07T19:11:33.010-07:00I'm so excited!!!On Tuesday morning bright and early, I am flying to Vegas for the I Teach K Conference!!! I will be attending workshops Tuesday and Wednesday and hopefully getting lots of great ideas to share and use. I am especially excited about seeing Fran from Kindergarten Crayons when I attend her workshop! Of course Tuesday night will be sooooo much fun when I go to the blogger meet-up. I wish you all could come along! I will definitely share what I learn with you all!Freckleteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996028337741424793noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4090355661129803849.post-34221497820957863342012-06-22T23:09:00.002-07:002012-06-22T23:24:40.958-07:00Do you "stagger" your start times? New Pete Book<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wow! I can't believe how long it has been since my last post. I guess you can say that I burned out on posts and blogging and was just plain overwhelmed with the end of school. I still found time to read other blogs and check out awesome stuff on TpT and pinterest, but that was ll I could do.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway...now it is summer and I am happy to say that I am enjoying time at home with my family and friends. I am still looking at blogs and doing some summer reading for school and of course thinking about this coming school year.</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">We are going from 25 students to 30+ kids in our classrooms</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Our students are only in school for 3 hours and 20 minutes</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">We are having yet another new Principal (yet to be hired)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Not sure if we will be AM/PM and sharing classrooms or getting our own rooms and staggering the day with early and late start</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Starting RTI (if the new Principal wants us to)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Using Aims Web as the universal screener (again if the New Principal wants that)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Having 2 new teachers on our K Team of 4 (this past year we had 4 new teachers who were sadly laid off) These 2 new teachers for this year are coming from other grades at our school</span></li>
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<strong>I guess that really isn't a lot of new things, but it all feels very "up in the air" for me. I am waiting anxiously to see if I will have my own room or if I will be sharing. That will make a difference on how I arrange my room and set things up.</strong> <br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Do any of you have your own classroom and stagger the start times so you can have smaller groups at either end of the day? If so, how do you like that schedule? Do you feel it is helpful for your students? I would really appreciate any feedback you have.</strong></span><br />
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<strong>I hope you are all enjoying your summer and are getting recharged. I will be attending the Vegas "I Teach K!" conference for the first time. Just for 2 days, but I am really excited! I am so happy that the blogger meet-up is on the night I am there. It will be so fun! I hope to learn a lot of new stuff and add some to my blog!</strong><br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My daughter just told me this new Pete book will be out in September! Love it!</span></strong><br />
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<br />Freckleteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996028337741424793noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4090355661129803849.post-7141961475233423352012-05-06T10:00:00.001-07:002012-05-06T10:00:18.701-07:00What a Day of Shopping!HI Everyone! I am sure you are all busy shopping the amazing TAP sale today. I have spent some time picking up awesome freebies and now have a few items in my cart. Things are so busy at school and in my personal life. I have been slowing down on blogging and buying TpT units. It was just getting to be too much!<br />
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Now, onto the purpose of this post...I am going to share more of my journey into Partner Work.<br />
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I am having my students get into partners at the very start of the day almost every day. It is a random pairing and here are some of the ways I am having students become pairs. I have a special red heart bucket where I put the item for the day. I greet each child at the door and then give them one item. They now quickly start looking for their partner and sit down next to them. Anyone who cannot find a partner stands up near the front and I help them. Sometimes I call each team up to say their match and other times I just have them return the items to the bucket.<br />
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Here are some fun ways to become pairs:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you do Partner Work on a regular basis? How do you choose partners? What do you have them do together? I'd love to hear what you are doing if you don't mind sharing!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway...here are the units that I have recently purchased and I am prepping for my class. I just thought this might help someone else who is overwhelmed with all of the amazing blogs and materials being shared/sold out there.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I told you I was out of control! Thank Goodness TpT started letting me use some credit points.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All of these units offer some great activities and I am so thankful for the amazingly creative people who have made them available. I hope you will go and check out some of them for yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hi Everyone! This past weekend I changed the Post Office into The Pet Shop! </span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Students will get to "adopt" a pet and take it to the vet for a check-up. I know they will really love playing here! Now I just need to get through the work I have planned so they can get some Free Choice time to play in it! This will be up until the end of April.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a fun activity, but after one day of centers, I can see that it is challenging for a few. They have to write the blend and copy the rest of the word. 12 words is a lot for a few of my young ones, but they sure love trying! I let a couple of kids work as a team and that helped. It was perfect for quite a few kids! This is from Pam at </span><a href="http://candokinders.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">CanDoKinders</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Thank you Pam for the freebie!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week we are only doing the Sh book. The students have to write the word and can color. These great books are from </span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Digraph-Books"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Camp Kindergarten</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My students are getting a lot of addition practice with this activity! They have to pour out 10 beans, color the red beans and then write the equation to match. This is from </span><a href="http://kinderisahoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/100th-day-freebie.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kindergarten is a Hoot</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bought some cute felt flowers at Michael's. The students roll two dice and build the equation. Then they record it on a little whiteboard. No paper involved!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a great activity about addition and fact families. It definitely required an adult there to help students with the format and the beads. ( I also need to explain it a bit better so it goes smoother.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is free from Deanna </span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/4-Addition-Math-Centers"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">at Golden Gang Kindergarten</span></a><br />
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This is an awesome activity for students to work on counting tallies, reading number words, counting base ten blocks, counting objects and numeral recognition. <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Number-Match-Cut-Paste-Worksheets-Learning-Numbers-11-to-20">Click Here to purchase it</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our final "Short Book" that includes many of the sight words we have learned this year. Now I add "bonus" words and use more trade books for reading practice. They continue to write the word in our sight word writing book and we played a fluency game.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The kids worked in partner teams. One person looked for the teeny-tiny sight word with a magnifying glass and then spelled it for the other person who wrote it on the form. I told them it was a race and they LOVED it! Of course I let everyone work long enough to do most of the words and there was no prize for the first team finished. They were so engaged and worked so hard! This awesome activity came from Marsha at <strong>A Differentiated Kindergarten </strong><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-Differentiated-Dolch-Word-Leprechaun-I-Spy-11-Tiers">Click Here to see it</a> She has an Easter one too and I already have it ready to go for next week!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I am using this for a behavior management tool (yes, I am bribing them!) Each day students are able to earn a punch on their own card. 10 punches = a trip to the Treasure Box. That is for individual behavior. This lovely flower pot is for whole class behavior. When I feel the class is working well, listening, lining up quietly, treating each other well etc...I put up a flower. When the pot is full, they will vote for a class prize. Last week they earned a popsicle party because they filled the pot of gold! Just a fun way to encourage good behavior since we are still waiting for our Spring Break!!!</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;">Please leave me a comment. I get lonely without them! jk</span></strong><br />Freckleteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996028337741424793noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4090355661129803849.post-34865384980832249142012-03-17T19:42:00.000-07:002012-03-17T19:42:59.667-07:00I have finally joined the party!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"My sister and my mom and my dad because they are really, really special to me. I love them." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"My dad is so big and I am five and my brother is seven and my mom is sixteen" (she will LOVE that!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><em><span style="color: lime;">Remember to leave a comment if you have a second!!</span></em> </span></div>Freckleteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996028337741424793noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4090355661129803849.post-31921600414811765262012-03-13T13:50:00.001-07:002012-03-13T15:29:18.728-07:00Luck O' The Irish Fun: Pictures, Links and a Shadow Writing Freebie!<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week was busy, fun and frustrating! My centers were a little too much for my kids and me. The activities were not too hard and I had adequate help, but I made a mistake in letting students ask survey questions during centers. It got too loud! Lots of teachers talked about their kids having trouble staying on task(Spring Fever) I just think I over planned and lots of little things added up to a very hectic center time on Thursday. I am hoping things go smoother this week. It happens!</span> <br />
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<li>saying a word and the partner making a connection by saying another word (ex. "apple"-"pie") This was really fun and the kids came up with some great things!</li>
<li>reading sight word/short vowel books from Starfall</li>
<li>giving each other a quiz on sight words with whiteboards</li>
<li>matching base tens blocks and numeral cards</li>
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Here is a freebie for Shadow Writing</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am using this cute little Leprechaun named "Lucky" of course. Each day he does something a little "naughty" and the kids have to figure out what it is. So fun! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a free activity from Mrs. Ricca </span><a href="http://mrsriccaskindergarten.blogspot.com/2012/03/march-math-literacy-centers.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Grab it Here</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">An awesome center on larger numbers </span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-Math-Station-Before-and-After"><span style="font-size: large;">Grab it Here</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a wonderful activity for students who are having trouble with segmenting and blending sounds. This is from Julie Van Alst and I have recently discovered her. She has a great website and blog plus a new TpT store. She is an RTI expert and she has quality activities for students who need intervention and extra practice. I have bought almost everything she has and I am making them to use. Please check her out! You won't be sorry! </span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phoneme-Segmentation-Breaking-Up-Words"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a link to the above activity</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am also having my students make an adorable Leprechaun hat </span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lucky-Leprechaun-and-the-Incredible-Shrinking-Hat-Project"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Found Here</span></a><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and "Lucky" will fill it with golden coins and candy on Friday. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Plus we will be doing a few fun activities for St. Patty's Day. Skittles math (taste the rainbow), an art project and a writing page. I also often have rainbow sherbet floats (rainbow sherbet = lemon lime soda with rainbow colored straws)</span><br />
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Here are a few photos from our day. We did a rotation with the 2 other morning kindergarten classes. In each room a Dr. Seuss book was read and then a follow up activity was done. 1 was art, one was rhyming and my class made a green egg from Nilla Wafers, frosting and a green M&M. They loved it! <br />
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After putting on our Cat in the Hat headbands, we went to the library for a Suprise visit from The Cat In The Hat (our old Principal who loves to act silly and read to kids) <br />
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Then we went back to our room for a Book Share! I have the students get in a large circle while holding their favorite book from home. After browsing the book for 30 seconds, we pass the book to the right. We did that until the books were back with the child who brought it. They get to see 25 books and look for a story they might like to read. Lots of fun!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Centers:</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been sharing the activities that we do in centers without really explaining how I run them. I do not have true Literacy or Math Centers. My students stay in heterogeneous groups (table groups) and complete 2 centers per day, for 3 days in the week. There are 2-3 activities in most centers. The activities are a mixture of reading, math and art or science. Truthfully they are whatever I want to teach for the week. All of the activities are must do! My groups are 4 students for all tables except one table that has 5. I explain the activities on Monday and then again briefly each day. One group is taught by my PM partner and the reading group by me. My parent volunteers supervise the other 4 groups. I always try to have a couple of centers to be basically independent. The differentiation happens through extension of some activities and by individual attention (especially in the reading group). In 3 weeks we will be finished with our Heart Word books (little red sight word readers) and then I will work more on individual reading conferences (see Mrs. Patton's post about this) I do not do traditional Guiding Reading groups in kindergarten. I have in the past and I find that it is just too hard for me, especially in a 1/2 program. I prefer to work on basic skills with the entire group and then for the last 3 months do a lot more differentiation and especially hit the reading strategies and comprehension. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Students are allowed to take the time they need to complete a task for the most part. We share and meet briefly on the carpet between the 2 centers and so some students are still working. To me this is another way of differentiating. Students who finish early are asked to read or complete a fun "I'm done" activity. (review) They are also encouraged to add more to their writing or drawing or whatever they have finished. Students can work at their own pace for the most part. They can move on to the next activity in their center when they are ready. There rarely is sitting and waiting for others to finish or not enough time to complete a task. My centers generally take 30 minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I keep my center materials in 6 tubs for the week. The children switch to a different table for the 2nd center and then I move the centers the following day. I know this may be confusing, but I hope you get some idea of what I do. The children love centers and understand the system after the 2nd week of school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I hope this helps! The rest of the week we do whole group activities and specials like library, computers and motor.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Students will review their sight words, read the blends and digraphs chart</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: small;">From <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Consonant-Blends-and-Digraphs-Chart">Julie Van Alst</a> She has amazing products!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Read the <u>come</u> short book and write it in their writing book</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Complete the <u>Come see the cat</u> page</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Read several trade books with the sight word come</span></strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Daily-5-Word-Work-Nonsense-vs-Real-Words"><span style="font-size: large;">Tara West </span></a>recording sheet<br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Seuss-Real-or-Nonsense-Words-Sort"><span style="font-size: large;">KindergartenLifestyle (great blog with freebies)</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">My students will ask classmates a question about somthing they like or dislike. They will write the totals in tally marks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This is from <a href="http://kindergartencrayons.blogspot.com/">Fran at Kindergarten Crayons</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> on cute lined paper with </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Cat in the Hat on the left to show how to use the lines</span><br />
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Mats from <a href="http://ingles360.blogspot.com/">Ingles360</a><br />
Recording sheet from <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math-and-Literacy-with-A-Cat-In-A-Hat">Growing Kinders</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Students sound out nonsense words (Julie Lee)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Review the blue cards with sight words already taught</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Read the Book 3 times</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Write the new word 6 times</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A Rhyming Book from </span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Hooray-for-Dr-Seuss-Day"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kim Adsit</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Mats from </span><a href="http://ingles360.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ingles360</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>I wanted to share the adorable counting game I made this weekend. The counting mats came from </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>I then bought mini Cat in the Hat stickers and Modge-Podged them onto water bottle lids. These will be great counters for my kiddos and very useful for counting practice that some of them still need.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>I will be in my classroom for many hours today so I can be ready for this week of Seuss related activities and assessment. I had a sub on Friday for a field trip with my daughter and I will also be out on Tuesday for an RTI committee day. Not easy when assessments need to get done.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Thanks to many blogger friends, my kiddos will be doing some great learning activities and of course listening to books in his honor. I created a shadow writing freebie for you to use. Who couldn't use an easy, independent activity next week? I will be assessing my students all week, so I know I need some easy, but meaningful activities for my students and they can always use handwriting/copying practice!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each year I give my students a mylar red heart balloon with a little Valentine note attached. I bring them into the classroom the day before and tape them to the tables for a decoration and then we tie them to their treat bags before they go home. They look so fun and make the room really look like a party! The students are always so excited to take them home and I get lots of hugs for giving them such a special Valentine! We LOVE them!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The kids had a great time doing some really fun and yes, academic Valentine activities. Many of them I got from my wonderful blogging friends (Thank you! I'm just too tired to post them!) Of all days, our Superintendent chose today to come by for a visit! I was so proud that she saw the students having fun, but also working on math and language arts standards. She especially loved seeing my students opening their valentines and then going to personally thank each classmate. It is by far my favorite part of the day! They are just so sweet,polite and genuine!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Okay....Here is the craziest Valentine I have ever been given by a Kindergartner:</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, he is an adorable little boy who was very proud to give me this doggy Valentine. Do you think his parents looked at the card he chose? Did they not understand it? They are learning english as a second language, but come on the pictures are pretty universally inappropriate for a child to give a teacher. I never laughed so hard! Of course I had to show my kindergarten team and everyone in the front Office. I will be saving this one for sure!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Happy Valentine's Day everyone and I hope you are filled with love from your students, family and friends! I know I am!</span>Freckleteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996028337741424793noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4090355661129803849.post-65186926792912500222012-02-07T22:40:00.000-08:002012-02-07T22:40:49.307-08:00This Week In pictures and Links 2-6/2-10<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Wow! What a week I have been having! So busy at school and at home, plus a computer virus and now I think I have a cold virus! Anyway, I am finally posting this week's activities in my classroom. </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I am going to just let the pictures do the talking and I will add links to the people who have created some of the wonderful activities I am using.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">By the way...thank goodness there is only one 100th Day of School! It was fun, but everything took longer than I thought it would and I was rushing my poor kids to get through everything I had planned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-100th-Day-of-School"><span style="font-size: large;">Julie Lee</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We will be walking to a nearby mailbox to mail them.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I take a picture of each child mailing their Valentine.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Enjoy and please let me know if you use it!</strong></span></div>Freckleteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996028337741424793noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4090355661129803849.post-7540767494280640702012-01-30T21:58:00.000-08:002012-01-31T23:22:23.827-08:00This Week in Pictures and Links 1/30-2/3<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some of the Center activities my students are doing this week:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Listening Center and a follow-up book from Mailbox a couple of years ago. They glue the missing parts of the picture. The book is about how a shadow is made.</strong></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Fluency Chart from<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sight-Words-To-Rock-Your-Room-Too">Fran Kramer's Packet</a> and review of vowel sounds (fluency) and sight words. They love to beat the timer!</strong></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Our Heart Word book reading and then reading books with the Heart Word </strong><em>we</em><strong>. I go over reading strategies with the group and then listen to individual students read. I encourage using the strategies and ask comprehension questions.</strong></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>From <a href="http://moffattgirls.blogspot.com/2011/03/sight-word-printables-read-trace-paste.html">MoffattGirls</a></strong></span></td></tr>
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<a href="http://mrsriccaskindergarten.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">Mrs. Ricca's Kindergarten ( lots of great freebies!)</span></a></td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/100th-Day-Math-and-Literacy-Centers"><span style="font-size: small;">Katie Mense's 100th Day packet</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>iPad work: the students took a turn at taking a "quiz" on the iPad on the sight words we have learned so far. They loved it!</strong></span></td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sight-Words-To-Rock-Your-Room-Packet-1"><span style="font-size: small;">Fran Kramer's Sight Word #1 packet</span></a></td></tr>
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<a href="http://lilcountrykindergarten.blogspot.com/search/label/3D%20Shapes"><span style="font-size: small;">Lil Country Kindergarten</span></a><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Sorting shapes from </span></strong><a href="http://mrsriccaskindergarten.blogspot.com/2012/01/3d-shape-sort.html"><span style="font-size: small;">Mrs. Ricca</span></a><br />
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Freckleteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996028337741424793noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4090355661129803849.post-90071283731269064702012-01-30T20:45:00.000-08:002012-01-30T20:45:56.707-08:00Day 1 of "Partner For the Day" was sooo Fun!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My kids came in and took a sight word from my bucket. They listened to me explain the rules and when I said "Partner It Up" they walked around on the rainblow rug and showed their card. They took about 1 minute to find their partner and sit down "knee to knee and eye to eye". They read and spelled the word to each other after saying good morning and sharing a bit about their weekend. Then each partner team came up and put the words in the pocket chart. They spelled and read the word and then the class echoed them. Lots of enthusiasm and participation! Much more than when I ask them to spell!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next, the students high-fived their partner and went back to their regular spot on the rug. After centers, I asked the students to find their partner and line up at the recess door together. I was so busy helping a student finish up and then putting the centers away, that I am not sure how they walked out the door. I did see lots of smiles and friendly behavior.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After recess they came in and sat with their partner to share something fun they did at recess. More talking and smiles!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At the end of the day they gave their partner a hug or a high-five!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><em>I hope tomorrow is as fun! I wonder what they will do if they have the same partner...</em></strong></span>Freckleteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996028337741424793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4090355661129803849.post-7983372984470660382012-01-29T22:51:00.000-08:002012-01-30T20:47:05.759-08:00"Partner It Up" Working in a Team Everyday in K!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>So... I have always had students helping each other and sometimes working in partners, but not nearly enough. I went to a workshop st the N.CA Kindergarten Conference about working in partners and I watched Fran Kramer's Blog Expo presentation and I had a thought (pretty rare these crazy days!)</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am going to have students work in partners everyday! They will walk in the door and choose something out of a container.</span> <br />
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They will go to the rug and when I say "Partner It Up!" They will find the person that they are to be partnered with for the day. Here are my plans for the week:<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*Choose a sight word and find the person with the same word. They will read and spell the word for the class together.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*Choose a number and find the person with your same number. They will lead the class in Heidi's number song!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*Choose a rhyming picture card and find the picture that rhymes with yours (Pictures were free from Fran if you watched her presentation) The partners will say their rhyme to the class.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*Choose a puzzle piece for a shape puzzle. The partners will show the match to the class.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Whenever I want the kids to work in partners, that will be their partner for the day! They can line up together, sit "Knee to Knee and Eye to Eye" for sharing ideas. They can learn something new about each other. The possiblilties are endless!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What do you think of this idea for having a special partner of the day? I'd love to hear your ideas of how they can choose an item from a container on the way into class and that is how they will have a random partner for the day. Make sense?</span>Freckleteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996028337741424793noreply@blogger.com5