I absolutely love using editable centers because they allow me to target specific sight words that my students need to work on. I can just type in my word list and - BOOM! - I have 10 targeted sight word centers ready to print.
Spin and Cover
Spin and cover is a great sight word game to have students play as partners or by themselves. Usually my literacy centers are individual, but for this sight word center, I allow students to find a partner.Students will spin a word, find it, and ...
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100th Day of School Activities
Are you having your hundred day soon? These free 100th day activities are all you need to have a fun, memorable day!Best of all? They're all free! Grab them at the bottom of the post.
We had so much fun all day, and then we had parent teacher conferences at night, so I got to hear about all the great conversations they had about the 100th day activities when they got home!
100 Day Crowns
These crowns were super easy to make!Students began by taking 10 strips with 10 squares on each ...
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Penguin Activities for Kindergarten and 1st Grade
This time of year is one of my favorites because we really start to get into our nonfiction units! We really loved learning all about penguins this week. This post is full of penguin activities, including a free penguin directed drawing!
Penguin Labeling
I love working on labeling whole group! I made this penguin out of butcher paper and then students came up and stretch out the words to label.
Since I decided to have us work on one page of our penguin research books a day, we often ...
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The Best Valentine’s Day Activities and Crafts for Kindergarten
Can you believe it's almost Valentine's Day already? If February seemed to sneak up on you this year, then these Valentine's Day crafts and activities - included freebies! - will be perfect for you!
This Valentine's Day craft is perfect to send home as a parent Valentine's Day gift! The rocket is cute on its own, but there is also an optional writing prompt.Grab this Kindergarten Valentine's Day craft here!
We made this adorable BEE My Valentine craft to display around our room, but ...
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Polar Bear Directed Drawing
I don't know about you, but last week was 110% chaos in my classroom! For some reason, beginning of the year behaviors were starting to sneak back in and we were having trouble listening and following directions.That's why I decided to do this polar bear directed drawing on Thursday. Of course, it went with our polar bear unit, but it also was a great way to practice those listening skills in a fun way! My principal even showed up for a surprise walkthrough during this activity and said he was ...
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Free Gingerbread Positional Words Reader
This free gingerbread positional words reader (here) is perfect for working on positional words with your class! We use this during our gingerbread unit, which you can read about here.Depending on the level of your students, you can work on receptive language and following directions to place the gingerbread on each page, or you can have students read each page themselves.My friend Abby had a great idea to laminate the book and make it reusable for her small group:
She made it a little more ...
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Gingerbread Activities for Kindergarten
Our past two weeks have been full of fun, hands-on gingerbread activities! The December chaos has hit my room hard, and these were this was the perfect way to let us have fun while still learning a lot.
The History of Gingerbread
We started the first day by activating our schema about gingerbread and reading about their history. If we were going to be spending weeks doing gingerbread activities, I thought knowing what gingerbread actually is would help!
We read this nonfiction book ...
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The Easiest Winter Trees Craft for Kids
This is a winter craft that I love pulling out year after year! It's so easy to prep and it always turns out cute. So when I had literally half of my class out this week, it was easy for me to switch up my plans for the afternoon to make this winter trees craft!
See how cute they turned out (even if kindergarteners do not yet understand the concept of 'less is more' when it comes to paint.)?
Materials needed:* White triangles (not pictured. I just made a full-page triangle in ...
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Germs and Hand Washing Activities for Kindergarten
You know you're a teacher when these are your best friends:
It feels like the germs and sickness are never-ending! That's why, when it gets really bad, I pull out this tried and true activity.
We start by reading about what a germ is. I love the book "Germs Make Me Sick." Students need some background knowledge on why they should avoid these unseen things.I have all of my students sit in a circle. Then, I tell them I am going to pretend to sneeze and the green glitter is going to be ...
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Reindeer Activities
If you've taught kindergarten in December, then you know it can get a little crazy. I learned a long time ago that the best way to survive is to embrace the chaos!That's why I love learning about reindeer every December! My students are amazed to find out the reindeer are real and - big shock here - they don't fly. Mind. Blown.
As we read about reindeer (which we learn are also called caribou), we add information to our anchor chart on sticky notes. I love this because I can laminate the ...
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