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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Friends of Ten | FREE Ways to Make Ten Activities
In this blog post: Your students will love learning ways to decompose 10 with the Friends of Ten anchor chart, making ten math games, and ways to make ten craft.
If you teach Kindergarten or First Grade, you know that decomposing numbers and making ten is a BIG math standard! These friends of ten activities really help students learn ways to make ten in a fun, hands on way.
Why do we teach ways to make ten?
Whether you call it friends if ten, making ten, or combinations to ten, learning ...
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4 Effective Calm Down Strategies for the Classroom
In This Post: Learn 4 effective strategies to teach your students how to calm down and self-regulate in the classroom.
If you teach elementary students, you know they can have BIG emotions. However, they may not know how to self regulate those big emotions or have the calm down strategies needed.
We want our classrooms to be calm and we want our students to learn. Those big emotions can get in the way of not only their learning, but other students’ learning if students do not learn to ...
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The BEST 100th Day Books for Kindergarten
The 100th day of school is right around the corner! I love filling our 100th day in kindergarten with fun centers, crafts, and 100th day books.
The 100th day of school can get a little hectic, so I like to break up each activity with a 100th day read aloud.
I’ve read a lot of 100th day pictures books over the years, and I’ve come up with this list of the BEST 100th day books for kindergarten!
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100th Day Of School Books for Kids
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The Best Resources for Kindergarten Centers during COVID and Beyond
In this post: These resources are my tried and true favorite resources for socially distant Kindergarten centers during COVID.It’s hard to believe that this time last year we really had no idea what the upcoming months would bring. The idea of socially distanced centers or virtual learning seemed crazy. If only we knew!
This past summer, after months of virtual distance learning, I began brainstorming ways we could have kindergarten centers during COVID while social distancing.
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Kindergarten Nonstandard Measurement Activities for Instant Engagement
In this blog post: Find low prep, engaging nonstandard measurement activities for Kindergarten math. Practice nonstandard measurement with length, height, and weight.
Nonstandard measurement is one of my FAVORITE Kindergarten math units because it has the opportunity to be so hands on. These kindergarten nonstandard measurement activities are no frills, but high engagement!
Activities for Comparing Length in Kindergarten
Before we begin nonstandard measurement, we begin with comparing ...
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FREE Valentine’s Day Writing Activities for Kindergarten and 1st Grade
In this post: Your students will LOVE these free Valentine's Day writing activities. Complete the How to Make a Valentine sequencing and interactive writing. Then, follow it up with the Valentine's Day emergent reader.
February is such a busy month in Kindergarten. From Groundhog Day to the 100th Day to Valentine's day, the fun never stops! Personally, I like to embrace the holiday chaos and use it to increase engagement in our everyday subjects.
We love to make Valentine's Day cards for ...
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The Benefits of Using Decodable Readers {Freebies Included}
When I began teaching, I would get SO frustrated because my students could decode words in isolation.. but while reading? Not so much. That’s when I discovered the benefits of using decodable readers in Kindergarten and 1st grade.
When I began including decodable readers in both our guided reading groups and whole group phonics instruction, I quickly saw the benefits. Not only were my students increasing in reading fluency, but their confidence as readers was also growing!
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