tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74197378435813826832024-03-13T15:30:48.444-07:00KinderMyWayA blog about teaching in an early childhood classroom.KinderMyWayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07107918517456154302noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419737843581382683.post-52578241401039870922022-01-03T18:23:00.006-08:002022-01-03T18:28:14.567-08:004 January Math Activities Your Students Will Love<br />
When coming back from the long break, students will need time to adjust to the routine again. January is a great time to review concepts from the first semester before adding new skills. When planning activities for the students to work on, I love these fun, easy prep activities. <br />
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<b>1. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Graphing-Worksheets-Winter-Math-Kindergarten-Graphing-Printables-6454204" target="_blank">Graphing</a></b>
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Students will practice sorting, counting as well as scissors and gluing skills. These no prep worksheets make an easy center activity, morning work or homework. <br />
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<b>2. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/BoomInto2022-Winter-DIGITAL-Number-Recogntion-Activity-Number-Recognition-7586714" target="_blank">BOOM Cards</a></b>
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I love using BOOM Cards, digital task cards, during center time. This center is always a student favorite as it has students on a computer or tablet to complete the center. Students will click on the audio icon to hear the number and then select the number on the puzzle. When correct, a piece of the mystery picture will appear. There are 2 puzzles in each set.<br />
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<b>3. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Write-the-Room-Activities-for-Christmas-December-January-1598690" target="_blank">Write the Room</a></b>
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When students return to the classroom after a long break, movement throughout the day is important. This is activity is a great way to get students up and moving around the room while practicing math skills. Students will practice counting sets, ten frames, tally marks and base ten units and write the number on a recording sheet. Another easy prep activity for center time.<br />
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<b>4. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Math-Puzzles-2952240" target="_blank">Math Puzzles</a></b>
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Number sequencing is an important skill for young learners to master. These easy prep math puzzles are easy to differentiate for all levels of math learners in your class. These puzzles include addition, subtraction, counting dice, tally marks, counting by 1s and 10s and sequencing by size. I love that students are completing the same task but are working different skills.<br />
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You can find all these January Math Activities <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kindermyway" target="_blank">HERE</a>.
I hope these activities help make your January a little easier.
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18.0pt;">Happy
Summer! Are you out of school where you are? I am already enjoying the slower
pace of summertime with my family, but I like to think ahead to the next school
year while I have a clear head and I can search for resources from the comfort
of my couch! Getting ahead on planning and prepping school activities makes me
even more excited to meet my new class in the fall!</span></div>
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18.0pt;">If you are looking for some phonics
resources for next year that cover the entire alphabet, I have some fun,
low-prep resources to share with you!</span></div>
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18.0pt;">These Alphabet Ties are a fun
phonics resource that your students can wear! As you introduce new letters in
your classroom, give each student a tie. The students decorate the tie and
practice tracing the letter. </span></div>
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tie into a phonics lesson. As students are coloring the different pictures in,
have them say the name of the objects out loud and listen for that beginning
consonant sound!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18.0pt;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18.0pt;">Once the ties are decorated, your
learners will practice fine motor skills by cutting the tie out. The two lines
on either side of the tie also need to be cut out. These will be glued to the
top of the tie, and then fastened around the students when they wear them. </span><br />
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what you worked on that day, and can have great conversation with the students
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18.0pt;">Another easy resource that you can
prep for next year are my Alphabet Mats. These are as simple as printing them
now, laminating, and filing them away for later! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18.0pt;">Alphabet Mats are a fun,
interactive letter activity for early learners. The directions on each mat are
clear and simple: students must circle every picture they see that begins with
that letter, and put an ‘X’ on the letter every time they see it on the mat.
You could treat your class like a group of little detectives and give them
magnifying glasses as they “hunt” for the pictures and letters on their mats.
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.0pt;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18.0pt;">These mats are really versatile.
You could use them as morning work for letters you are reviewing. You could put
them out as centers during your literacy block. You could complete them whole
group after a letter has been just introduced...however you can imagine these
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18.0pt;">I hope everyone has a great,
relaxing summer, and that you find lots of ideas to inspire you to have a great
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Can you believe January is coming to an end? I will be happy to have warmer weather and sunshine again! I do love the month of February with all the fun themes: Groundhog Day, President's Day and of course Valentine's Day. Here is a fun, interactive center activity for your classroom. These Valentine's Day Counting Clip Cards can be used as an independent or small group center activity.<br />
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The packet includes number cards 0-20. The learners count the number of hearts on the love bugs and put the clip on the correct number.<br />
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Just print the cards, laminate and cut. Place at a center for a fun Valentine's Day center activity.<br />
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As your child is preparing to enter Kindergarten, there are a many ways to help foster the necessary skills to allow them to be successful in the classroom. Remember, just a few minutes a day can make the biggest difference! Also, be sure to just have fun. If your child doesn't possess all of these skills, it doesn't mean they are not ready. It just means they need more practice.<br />
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<li>Leave your child with another adult for small amount of time to ease the transition of leaving your child on the first day.</li>
<li>Play various games with your child to allow them to learn what it means to take turns.</li>
<li>Model what it means to help clean up after playing with toys/game </li>
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<li>Put puzzles together</li>
<li>Practice using scissors</li>
<li>Build with blocks</li>
<li>Use tweezers to move small items</li>
<li>String beads</li>
<li>Use playdough</li>
<li>Run, jump, skip</li>
<li>Throw/bounce ball back and forth </li>
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<li>Ask questions - not just yes and no questions. Examples: how can we make this building bigger? How did you know that? Why did you use the color red? Tell me more.</li>
<li>Practice upper and lower case letter recognition and sounds.</li>
<li>Read, read, read! It only takes a total of 20 minutes a day to help improve essential reading skills.</li>
<li>Ask questions about books - who are the characters, what happened at beginning, middle and end of the story? Look at the pictures and discuss what is happening. </li>
<li>Practice name writing - use chalk on the sidewalk, trace in sand/salt tray, use paints to paint name </li>
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<li>Practice counting objects</li>
<li>Practice counting aloud to 20</li>
<li>Look for shapes around the house/neighborhood</li>
<li>Look for/practice making patterns </li>
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<li>Use various tools to encourage art skills. For example, chalk, paints, beads, crayons, markers</li>
<li>Use pretend play each day - always encourage the use of the imagination</li>
<li>Use imagination to draw and color on their own</li>
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Yes, it's messy and it gets on the floor and the kids step in it and then it's on the carpet and everywhere else. However the benefits of using playdough is worth the mess. When kids squeeze and manipulate playdough they are building the muscles in their fingers and hands. These muscles are used for other skills such as holding a pencil and cutting with scissors.<br />
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Unifix cubes are another great fine motor skill tool. The student push the cubes together to make a variety of towers and other structures. <br />
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One of the students favorite items to use in the classroom are tweezers or grabbers. I have them out as a center to pick up a variety of items such as pom poms, seeds, beads, etc. My kids always love to grab all sorts of things around the room with these wonderful tools.<br />
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In my classroom each morning, the Kinder Preppers come in and after washing their hands and moving lunch clips, they need to complete several centers while we wait for everyone to arrive. First, they write their name and answer the question of the day. Next, they do a letter activity - write on a whiteboard, make letters using yarn or pipe cleaners, etc.<br />
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After that they head to the math center. This is where they can show me a number, make sets, etc.<br />
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The last several centers are usually puzzles, an art center and manipulatives to build with.<br />
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This daily routine makes for an easy transition as parents are leaving. It also gives the students an opportunity to have conversations with one another. I love listening to them discuss what they are doing in the center.<br />
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One of the centers I use for math is counting and number recognition. My students love to count and manipulate items. In this example, the students choose a cloud and then count out that number of raindrops to place below.<br />
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When we have center time later in the day, I leave the counting center out. This give the students an opportunity to count throughout the day.<br />
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On Monday before reading, we look at the cover of the book and chart predictions of what we think the story will be about. After reading the story, we look at our chart to see if any of the predictions were correct. As we re-read them we circle the ones that were correct.<br />
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On Tuesday, we use the anchor charts to review what an author and illustrator do. We then read the story again. Afterwards we practice rhyming words.<br />
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Prior to reading on Wednesday, we review the parts of a book and then sequence the story. Once we finish reading the book we decide if we forgot anything when sequencing. To assist the visual learners, we use the following pictures to help sequence the story. <br />
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By Thursday, depending on the students, I may choose to read the story or just review the story. We then sort words that begin with the letter Gg.<br />
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<br />Each Friday, the students get to voice their opinion of the book. They can choose to write a journal entry that they liked the book or they did not. They must always add why they feel that way!<br />
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Whew! That is a lot of literacy skills practiced with one book. Of course, I do read aloud other books through out the day, but I make sure I have one anchor book per week.<br />
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In my February Read Aloud Lessons, you will find great activities for the following books: <br />
Go To Sleep, Groundhog! by Judy Cox<br />
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There Was An Old Lady That Swallowed A Rose! by Lucille Colandro<br />
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President's Day by Anne Rockwell<br />
matching upper/lowercase letters, matching words with pictures<br />
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<br />KinderMyWayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07107918517456154302noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419737843581382683.post-234113253421957582016-01-03T18:06:00.000-08:002016-01-03T18:10:38.628-08:00Happy New Year!Here we are starting off a new year - so hard to believe that 2015 is over! I have neglected this blog for too long and will be starting to blog at least once a week. I hope you will enjoy the posts and what I will be sharing with you. I'm excited for the new beginning and what 2016 has in store for all of us. Here is to a great new year.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed your time off from school and were able to relax a little and recharge your batteries. Here is one of the activities my K-Preppers will be doing this month. We will be reviewing numbers, shapes, letters and sight words. We will also begin word families and addition. So much fun to watch them learn! Since I have students at different levels, some will be reviewing numbers while others are ready to work on addition.<br />
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These printables are included in my January Color By Code product. It includes shapes, sight words, letters, numbers, addition, subtraction and word families. These are great for reviewing and practicing these skills. You can click <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/January-2283459" target="_blank">here</a> or on any of the pictures above to get these great activities.<br />
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<br />KinderMyWayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07107918517456154302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419737843581382683.post-60512400386422167422015-10-01T15:56:00.000-07:002015-10-01T16:04:12.989-07:00October Is Here!It's hard to believe that October is here with the 100+ temperatures we are experiencing. Although, next week it should cool down - it will be in the 90's. However, the warm temps won't keep us from reading fun October books. Here are some of the activities we will be doing this month that go along with read aloud books. <br />
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After reading <i>Even Monsters Need Haircuts</i>, we sort letters by upper and lowercase letters.<br />
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We also sort cards by letters and words. I love to leave these up during center time. The students always find their way to them and play school. What a great way to keep them learning!<br />
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We also read <i>The Monster Who Lost His Mean</i>. Such a great story showing how a character changes from the beginning of a story to the end. The kids love the pictures throughout the book. After we finish reading, we sort words by the number of letters in the word.<br />
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These are just a few activities that go along with read aloud books that are perfect for October. <br />
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<br />KinderMyWayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07107918517456154302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419737843581382683.post-16236151501346798702015-02-16T06:58:00.001-08:002015-02-16T07:05:04.678-08:00The Importance of Dramatic PlayI know many of us don't have time or space for dramatic play in the classroom anymore but it is still so important to the development of early learners. There is so much to be said for developing relationships, sharing, playing together and having meaningful conversations within our classrooms. These skills need to be developed more so now than ever before since we have so much technology in every aspect of our lives. Children need to play, use their imaginations and have time to interact with one another.<br />
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As students play they are gaining a very important skill set that helps them develop many parts of the brain that are not measured by an assessment. These skills are used to help develop the whole child. While children are playing they are using communication and language skills as well as social, cognitive and emotional skills. <br />
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The dramatic play area should be inviting for students. Including items in the area that give an authentic feel is also encouraged. The center should also include activities and supplies that encourage the students to use literacy skills. Below are pictures of what I used for a vet clinic. Simple items that were donated or purchased at the dollar store. The kids had a great time pretending to be the receptionist, vet and the owner bringing their pet to the clinic. The receptionist took down the information about the pet that was brought in and the doctor and the assistant had to complete a form to give back to owner about the pet. These two tasks encouraged students to use literacy and communication skills. <br />
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What a fun learning experience for the students. Yes, I know it's hard to find time and space and what would administration think!! But I say do what's right for kids and give them some exposure to dramatic play. <br />
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<br />KinderMyWayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07107918517456154302noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419737843581382683.post-81562877771598019512014-10-11T12:21:00.002-07:002014-10-11T12:28:34.218-07:00Fall Is Here With A FREEBIE!Finally, we are experiencing some cooler weather! Here in Arizona that means we are consistently in the 90s but that is so much better than the 100s. We have actually had lots of rain here as well.<br />
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With the cooler temperatures and shorter days, it's fun to add a fall theme to the classroom. This week we are going to learn about scarecrows! I love this theme since most kids don't know what a scarecrow is or its purpose. I love to make cute scarecrows to hang from the ceiling - it gives us a sense of fall. <br />
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In the discovery/sensory table, I will be putting hay and scarecrow pieces for the students to touch and build their own scarecrows. It's always fun to see what they come up with. <br />
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I hope everyone else is getting excited for fall and winter and the upcoming holidays. Such a fun time for the students!<br />
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To add to your fall theme, I have just finished a fun fall math worksheet packet. Included in the packet are 30 pages of fall themed math worksheets - ready to use - no prep needed! These are great for morning work, centers or homework. The packet will be 50% this weekend only!<br />
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Here is a link to the worksheets in my TPT store!<br />
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<br />KinderMyWayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07107918517456154302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419737843581382683.post-62887787686652335202014-08-09T05:00:00.000-07:002014-08-09T14:33:52.508-07:00You Oughta Know - Storyline OnlineThis is another link up with many other bloggers for the the series of You Oughta Know About. Be sure to click on the links below for great ideas.<br />
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I selected Storyline Online. This is a great website for books that are read aloud by celebrities of all ages. The books are fun and the kids love to watch the books to be read aloud! And it is absolutely FREE!!!<br />
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Here is how it works. Click the image below to get to the website.<br />
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Once you are there you can select a book by title, author or reader to have read to the students. Find a great book to have read to your students. What a fun way for students to see the book and watch the animation on the screen.<br />
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Good luck to those heading back to school. We started this week and I'm so thankful the first week is done! <br />
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Since my summer vacation ends one week from today, I decided to review a different type of book this week. I selected my favorite summer read, The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin.<div>
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The story is about Charles Lindbergh's wife, Anne Morrow and her life as an Aviator's Wife. She grew up as the daughter of an Ambassador and was well educated. After she and Charles married, she became a pilot herself and went on many exploration flights with her husband. </div>
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I was surprised by the ending and what became of their lives. I read it on the way to California and then I had to finish it on the beach. Don't you just love books that are impossible to stop reading?? </div>
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This week I am teaming up with several other bloggers on a series called "You Oughta Know." Be sure to hop over to the other blogs to find some helpful tips to use in the classroom.<br />
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I selected to share GoNoodle. I used this last year with my little kinders and they begged for it each day! Click <a href="https://www.gonoodle.com/" target="_blank">here</a> to get yourself ready for brain breaks! You should find yourself at the home screen of GoNoodle.com. Just sign yourself up!<br />
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Once you are signed up and select a mascot for your class you will find this screen. This little "champ" will grow with each brain break your class participates in. <br />
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Click play! You will see a list of options to play. I have used most of them but my class loved the Go Noodle button. </div>
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After clicking on Go Noodle you will come to another selection of options. Select one your class will enjoy - mine loved to Boogie Down!<br />
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Once you have completed a brain break, you will go back to your "champ" and he will grow for each minute your class participated in a break! The kids love to see him get bigger and bigger.<br />
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<br />KinderMyWayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07107918517456154302noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419737843581382683.post-55104327080117191632014-07-10T10:37:00.002-07:002014-07-10T10:55:49.829-07:00Phonics Practice and a FREEBIE!Phonics is the most important building block to reading. Students must be able to recognize letters and identify the sound connected to them in order to begin their reading journey. As teachers, we are always looking for different fun ways to introduce and reinforce this important skill. <br />
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I have used these easy, fun to make, alphabet ties in my classroom to help introduce or reinforce letters and sounds.</div>
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They can be used as a whole group, small group or as an independent center activity. Super simple and fun activity.</div>
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First the students practice writing the letters then color the beginning sounds and the ties. </div>
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Students wear the ties home and their parents know what they learned in class!!</div>
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<li>Make and laminate several ties and have stuffed animals wear the ties. Students search for the different animals with the ties and read the letter or word.</li>
<li>If you use Elf on a Shelf during the holidays, I have had our elf wear one a couple of times!</li>
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There are countless ways to use the ties in your classroom. </div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">FREEBIE!</span></b> If you are interested in trying the ties in your classroom, you can find a sample <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz2viC4e3HRQNFRiX1R0YWZKdkk/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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KinderMyWayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07107918517456154302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419737843581382683.post-63785061673140659632014-07-08T08:40:00.001-07:002014-07-08T08:40:10.489-07:00Tuesday Book TalkHappy Book Talk Tuesday! As the temperature and humidity increase, I'm finding myself sitting indoors or lounging in the pool reading a book - exactly what I love about summer.<br />
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This week I selected Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton for my read aloud book talk. My kids love Splat and his mouse friend, Seymour. They always wonder how a cat can be friends with a mouse. We then have a discussion about being friends with everyone no matter who they are.<br />
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Splat is nervous because it is his first day of school and he is worried he won't make any friends. Splat decides to put his friend, Seymour, into his lunchbox to make himself feel better. During class, Seymour gets out and all the other cats want to chase the mouse. Splat now worries that his classmates won't like him because Seymour is his friend. However, Seymour ends up saving the day for the other cats! The students love the story and the illustrations are great in all the Splat books. <br />
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I love using this book the first few days of school and having a discussion about being nervous the first day of school. We make a graph of kids that were nervous or not nervous and discuss why they were nervous. We also graph if the students knew someone in the class before they came to school. This leads to discussions about friendships and how we make friends. <br />
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For more book ideas, see Deanna Jump's blog post found <a href="http://mrsjumpsclass.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<br />KinderMyWayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07107918517456154302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419737843581382683.post-2733816450891034652014-06-26T20:01:00.003-07:002014-07-01T08:49:31.828-07:00Book Talk Linky PartyI am participating in a book talk linky party hosted by Deanna Jump! This is a fabulous way to find new books to use in the classroom. <br />
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One of my favorite things to do in the classroom is read aloud to the class. I love to be animated and silly and find the students love this as much as I do. Afterwards, I always find them in the reading center reading the book to each other with the same animation. It is so fun to watch!<br />
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One of my favorite books is Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming.<br />
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The students love that the bunnies outsmart Mr. McGreely each night. They also love the sound effects the author provides. While reading, I like to change my voice to a deep, thundering "Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!" and a quiet, whisper voice for "tippy, tippy, tippy, pat." The students love to join in and use the same voice as it is repeated throughout the book.<br />
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I also share with my students that I have a garden and bunnies also live in my yard. I have tried to outsmart them as well and end up like Mr. McGreely and have nothing but nubs left in my garden the next morning. I ask the students what I should do to keep them out. It is quite funny to hear their suggestions! <br />
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However, the BIG change for me was to finally decide to switch grade levels and schools. I have been teaching at the same school for 12 years and in the same classroom for 11 years. See - I don't like change. It doesn't mean I haven't seen change - I have had over 6 principals, 8 assistant principals (3 this year alone) and a number of teammates come and go. I have been fortunate to have taught with my friend for the past 10 years and two additional friends for the past 6 years. So, needless to say, it was a difficult decision to make but I feel it was the right decision.<br />
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Next year I will be teaching KinderPrep at the new state-of-the-art facility our district has built. I went to see my new room and realized after packing and packing and packing, the new room isn't nearly as big and lacks a storage closet! So one of my many summer projects is to go through all the boxes I brought home and decide what goes and what I really need to keep. <br />
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I hope that all of you have a wonderful, restful summer. Don't forget it's vacation time so don't overwork yourselves! Take time for a book, your family and rest up - the new school year will be here before you know it!<br />
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I will blog about my new adventures and what the changes bring for me! In the meantime, enter my giveaway to celebrate summer vacation. Click <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Read-Trace-and-Graph-Sight-Words-Bundle-Pre-Primer-and-Primer-Set-1228109" target="_blank">here</a> to see the product I'm giving away. <br />
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As an extra incentive, I incorporate my classroom reward system into the task cards. The students can earn "warm fuzzies" for each set of cards they complete. They love to collect the fuzzies!<br />
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I found these expandable file folders in the dollar section of Target. They are perfect for storing the recording sheet and the task cards in one location in the classroom. <br />
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The students find the task card set they want to do and pull out the recording sheet. They take them to their desk or back table to work on. <br />
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I have many tasks card sets for the students to choose from and rotate them throughout the week. I love the smaller file folders to store the cards in (also available at Target for $1) when I am not using them!<br />
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If you would like to try using task cards, I put a few examples of what is available in my store! I hope you enjoy them.<br />
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6 pages of Sight Word Graphing<br />
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Sight words included in packet: you, that, or, one, had, by, what, can, said, there, use, she, will, up, other, about, many, make, like, into, look, her, would, time
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