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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Teaching Sight Words in Kindergarten
Teaching Sight Words During Guided ReadingIntroducing and practicing sight words whole group is a big part of kindergarten, but do you also teach sight words during your small guided reading groups? If not, i'm going to tell you why you absolutely should be and how to do it effectively!I, of course, teach sight words whole group, but all of my students are at different levels and their sight word needs are different. It is a much better use of my time to really target the words each small group ...
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