I don't know about your students, but it seems like the moment May hit, mine suddenly lost all ability to stay still for even a single minute... and we go to school until June! So instead of completely losing my mind, I decided to go with the flow and create a hands on watermelon day investigation!Since this fit perfectly into our study of life cycles, we started by spending the first part of the week researching watermelons using my Watermelon Unit! We wrote about watermelons, labeled ...
Read More
Hands On Alphabet Activities for Letter ID Intervention
Alphabet recognition activities and letter ID intervention are so important in preK and kindergarten, but finding hands on activities can get difficult and it can get easy to fall into a rut. These activities will help you take the guesswork out of letter recognition intervention!The reason I love these centers so much is because they're editable! That means that I can choose my target letters, type them in, and print. I can have students practice matching uppercase letters to lowercase to ...
Read More
Living and Nonliving Things Activities for Kindergarten or 1st Grade
I love exploring living and nonliving things each spring because its the perfect way to kick off our plant and animal studies! We spent a week exploring what makes something alive and what living things need to stay alive!Living and Nonliving Things Picture SortsAfter reading about living things with the book, "What's Alive?" by Kathleen Zoehfeld, we complete this picture sort whole group. On day one, we did a simple picture sort to get my students thinking and to prepare them for our more ...
Read More
How To Get Your Kindergarten Class to Set Goals Independently!
When I tell people that my kindergarten students are setting goals, coming up with strategies to help them meet their goals, and keeping track of their progress towards those goals, they usually give me a "yeah, right" look. After all, they're still babies! But trust me - those babies are capable of a lot more than you might think!Today, i'm going to show you how you can EASILY get your students setting classroom goals too!Getting StartedWe started setting goals in November this year. I started ...
Read More
Try These Free Earthworm Activities with Your Class Today!
If your kindergarten or 1st grade students are anything like mine, they LOVE to learn about anything icky or slimy! That means that earthworms are right up their alley. We spent this week learning all about these wiggly creatures. You can too with these FREE earthworm activities!We read all about earthworms. We learned about how they are different from insects, their unique bodies, and how earthworms are helpful to plants and humans!All About Earthworms WritingWe made an anchor chart all about ...
Read More
Guided Reading for Level A Readers
Guided Reading for Emergent ReadersGuided reading in kindergarten is one of those things that we know we should absolutely be doing in our classrooms, but the amount of information and ideas out there can be overwhelming! At least, that's how I felt when I started teaching guided reading in kindergarten.But we know it's best practice! Every single year that I teach my students using guided reading, at least 93% of my students end the year on or above grade level. That's how I know it's ...
Read More
