Do you teach pattern book writing in kindergarten? If you don’t already, you need to start! When I began teaching writing pattern books in Kindergarten, I saw my students’ writing confidence SOAR!What Is Pattern Book Writing?In our Kindergarten Writer’s Workshop, we teach our students to write a pattern book. Pattern books are books that have a sentence with the same sight word pattern on each page. These books are usually about one topic, and each page features a different part of that ...
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The Easiest Kindergarten Math Game for Comparing Numbers
One of the biggest Kindergarten math standards we work on all year long is building number sense. My absolute favorite way to do this is by playing comparing numbers math games!We play partner games regularly as a part of our kindergarten math block. It helps give students extra scaffolded support practicing a skill before their independent practice.This partner math game is seriously the easiest math activity you’ll ever prep, but your students will be INSTANTLY engaged in comparing numbers and ...
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FREE Sight Word Fluency Practice Your Kindergarten Students Will LOVE!
It is so important that our Kindergarten students learn to read sight words quickly and fluently. If we want our students to have the brain space needed to decode harder words while reading, then sight word fluency is a must.These FREE sight word fluency passages are the perfect way to practice sight word fluency in Kindergarten. They are no prep and allow students to practice sight words in context.What Are Sight Words?Sight words and high frequency words are commonly occurring words in the ...
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Why You Need to Be Using Boom Cards in Kindergarten
If you haven’t been using Boom Cards in Kindergarten yet, you’re missing out! Boom Cards are amazing for both in the classroom and Kindergarten distance learning. They are interactive, digital, and self-correcting - perfect for a technology center or just for fun!What Are Boom Cards?Boom Cards are digital task cards that act like interactive math and literacy centers. Boom Cards are different from other digital centers because they are self-checking. When your students get an answer right or ...
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Why You Need To Be Using Decodable Books in K-1
Decodable books have been a big buzzword in education lately. But how do you know the most effective ways to use decodable readers in your classroom?Maybe you aren’t sure how to choose the best decodable books - or what they even are!In this post, I’ll explain how I use decodable books in Kindergarten and First Grade effectively - and no, that doesn’t mean just tossing all of your leveled texts and replacing them with decodables.What Are Decodable Books?Decodable books are readers that focus on ...
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What Does a Level B Guided Reading Lesson Look Like?
This blog post will walk you through the characteristics of Level B readers and what to include in a Level B guided reading lesson.Hip hooray! Your students are on their way to becoming strong readers. Your kindergartners are reading fluently at a guided reading Level A. So now what?Your kindergarten students are ready to move on to a level B! At a guided reading level B, your students will really start to shine as independent readers.They will begin to focus on the words rather than following a ...
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