tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11418200306791113492024-02-07T19:18:35.495-05:00Waking Up in KindergartenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06487216453890518915noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141820030679111349.post-26183202402836111232015-03-04T19:11:00.000-05:002015-03-04T21:01:34.303-05:00The Power of ReflectionMy journey in becoming a National Board Certified Teacher really taught me the importance of reflection and how it can change your teaching. This morning I was reminded of that during our staff meeting. The focus for our meeting was the importance of diversity and embracing that diversity to meet the needs of our students.<br />
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We have worked a lot this year talking about diversity and embracing diversity in our school. You can see some of the things we did in my post on <a href="http://wakingupinkindergarten.blogspot.com/search/label/Cultural%20Diversity" target="_blank">Cultural Diversity Day</a>.<br />
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Part of her presentation was this video clip.<br />
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This video really hit home for me. I also came from a family of teachers, my maternal grandfather was a teacher and then an administrator. I also have several aunts who are teachers and administrators. My aunt Libby used to spend summers with us and I remember hearing stories about her classroom and students while I was growing up. When my aunt died at a young age I was surprised to see so many of her students at her awake and funeral. When thinking back it was apparent that she had built connections with many of her students. As I am again reflecting on her funeral and the celebrations after I remember hearing stories of how she drove all over Atlanta to take one student to every swim meet he qualified for. I don't remember what the circumstances were but, she was his cheerleader and coach encouraging him to keep going. The story I remember the most was the impact that she had on PacMan. He was a football player at her school. He did not come from a very supportive family, but that did not stop him and that did not stop my aunt from helping him reaching his goals. He became a son to her and she even attended his mom's funeral years after he graduated and became a professional football player.<br />
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Even with all of these amazing teachers in my family when I got to high school, teaching was not something I was drawn to. I took the math classes and the drafting class to become an engineer just like my dad, my godmother and my godfather. That was until my sophomore year when on a whim I signed up for child development and meet Ms. Pimental (now we just called her "P"). "P" showed me that working with children and teaching was in my blood. She gave me the reins to show my true potential. Before I knew it I was writing the curriculum for the preschool that we ran and raising money to build a playground. When it came to to choose what path I would take, teaching was at the top of the list.<br />
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When I graduated high school "P" was front and center handing me my diploma and celebrating with my family. At my graduation party she leaned over to my dad and told him "I won!" to this he responded "you did." This is not something that I heard first hand but something I was told a couple of years later when "P" and I went to dinner. When I first heard this story I had a complete look of confusion on my face. She smiled and said "I won. You were on the path to become an engineer and I changed that. I showed you that your heart belonged in the classroom." I smiled realizing that she had WON!! This one teacher changed my life forever.<br />
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With reflections also come the "now what", what are you going to do to better yourself and your teaching. My goals for the upcoming weeks and the rest of the school year.<br />
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<li>Take the time to email at least one parent a week to tell them something positive that their son/daughter has done. Hopefully opening the lines of communication and building a relationship with them.</li>
<li>Make time in our schedule to get to know my students and reflect on how much they have grown. We need to share our student success and make them proud of themselves. </li>
<li>When picking topics to discuss or books to read think about my students and what they would like to learn about. And of course making sure we are being diverse!!!</li>
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I want to be a champion for my students. I want to make a positive difference in their lives!--This is my ultimate goal.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141820030679111349.post-35221681902630636592015-02-02T16:53:00.000-05:002015-02-02T16:53:00.294-05:00Gearing Up for the AquariumNext week we go to the Aquarium so this week and next we are going to be learning about aquatic animals. We started our unit off today by reading Swimmy by Leo Lionni.<br />
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I can't wait to see their learning shown through writing. This is something we have not done much of. You can grab a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Swimmy-Close-Read-4-corners-activity-1672271" target="_blank">FREE</a> copy of our 4 corners activity here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141820030679111349.post-40274816202973861322015-01-29T20:37:00.000-05:002015-01-29T20:37:00.334-05:00Fancy WordsWe have spent the last couple of days talking about "Fancy" words. These are words that make our writing interesting and add details. I introduced this topic by read Fancy Nancy and pointing the "fancy" words she used to describe differnt things she was doing. my kids were eating it up.<br />
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I hung both of these on our "Fancy Word" wall and the next day I saw some of these words in their writing.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141820030679111349.post-62619303707935565332015-01-27T16:37:00.000-05:002015-01-27T16:37:00.251-05:00Accelerated ReaderRecently our PTA bought Accelerated Reader for the entire school. At first we were told we wouldn't have to do much, but we quickly found out that kinders could not do it on their own. So after some brainstorming here is what we came up with.<br />
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Instead of sending our kiddos to the media with the rest of the school on Tuesday and Thursday morning we created a sign up genesis for parents to volunteer for time slots on Tuesday to give our kiddos the AR quiz one on one.</div>
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We were also having trouble communicating with parents to know what books students were ready to take a quiz on. The students could tell us what the story was about but not always the title or the author. So we created these slips that we then attach to the back of the homework. When a student is ready to take the quiz their parents fill out the form and send it into school.</div>
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Our PTA also purchased charms for our kids to wear on a necklace for every 5 quizzes they pass. My co-worker and I worked so hard the first week and even had volunteers and couldn't get the kids to 5 passed quizzes. So we switched it up and now students will receive one pony bead for each passed quiz they take. When they hit 5 they will get the 5 charm. </div>
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To help keep students necklaces in a safe place and so kiddos remember to wear them on Fridays I created an Acceralated Reader Hall of Fame. To identify whose necklace is whose I created these brag tags, that you can get here as a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/AR-brag-tags-1672238" target="_blank">FREEBIE</a>!!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141820030679111349.post-88428010534824566722015-01-26T16:30:00.001-05:002015-01-26T16:30:17.070-05:00Diversity DayLast Thursday we celebrated Diversity Day at my school. The kids had a great time and really enjoyed learning about different people who have changed history.<br />
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1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fju_XcUhqo" target="_blank">The Crazy Frog</a><br />
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2. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMuJxd2Gpxo" target="_blank">The Sid Shuffle</a><br />
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3. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39L-M5nhx6Y&index=1&list=PLd_c_oI4XQLJnBBms6BLkODsOSRXIYda7" target="_blank">Just Mario</a><br />
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4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w871vBqLj6E&index=15&list=PLd_c_oI4XQLJnBBms6BLkODsOSRXIYda7" target="_blank">Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride</a><br />
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5. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhvWf7OeEE&index=22&list=PLd_c_oI4XQLJnBBms6BLkODsOSRXIYda7" target="_blank">Happy Feet Move It</a><br />
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6. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr9ge4XGUYs&index=35&list=PLd_c_oI4XQLJnBBms6BLkODsOSRXIYda7" target="_blank">If your a kid Dance Around</a><br />
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8. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-GLuydiMe4" target="_blank">Happy</a><br />
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Snowy Match-students read the word then add a "magic e". They read the word again and match the word to the picture. </div>
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Wintery Fun!- students use the word cards to make a sentence. Then write the sentence next to the correct picture.</div>
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Rhyming Mittens-if the pictures on the mittens rhyme you color a happy face if they don't you color a sad face.</div>
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Off to work on some Valentine's Day word work and math a activities!!<br />
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First up how do you explain diversity to kinders. Earlier in the week our guidance counselor lead a lesson on being different. To get the kids interested in talking about being different she had the kinds think of something they could draw with her brand new box of crayons. With a little guidance they came up with a rainbow. She pulled a blue crayon out and drew the first line. Then she pulled another blue crayon out and drew another blue line, and another and another. (Before the lessons she filled the box with only blue crayons) When done she asked what's wrong with my picture. With a little guidance she got them to see that all the lines were the same. </div>
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As a class they created a circle map tell how they are different. Then each student got their own crayon to write what makes them different, they added the crayons to a class crayon box to remind them that it is ok to be different. Grab you free copy of the class crayon box <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Diversity-Activity-Crayon-Box-1660684" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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On Thursday we will be building upon this lesson by looking at what diversity means and then we will celebrate something they have done for the first time and were proud of it. This will be our lead into talking about a historical figure who accomplished a first and changed history. Kindergarten will be focusing on Barack Obama. Stay tuned for the fun things we will be doing. </div>
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<b>Informational Text</b>: Pebble go and Pebble Plus</div>
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Going on a Lion Hunt</div>
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Great book but my kiddos love this you tube video just as much<br />
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<b>Essential Question</b>: I love the pictures in the book Lion and Mouse that for this week I decided that we would focus on how the illustrations help us understand the text.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141820030679111349.post-58568567472628118522015-01-16T14:10:00.000-05:002015-01-20T14:10:48.657-05:00Week of PenguinsThis week we focused on Penguins....<br />
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This week we also read Tacky the Penguin. First we described Tacky, then we compare what his friends thought of him at the beginning of the story and what they thought of him at the end of the story.</div>
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I found this craft project a little late it's going into my files for next year. :-) Click the picture to take you to the directions from Miss Kindergarten.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141820030679111349.post-9154384657115268832015-01-15T21:27:00.001-05:002015-01-15T21:27:44.621-05:00Bloglovin'Check me out on Bloglovin'<br />
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Our essential questions for the week was: What makes a snowflake?<br />
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We started off the week by researching snow on pebble go. The kids learned a lot and so did I believe it or not.<br />
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Some of the other books we read were...<br />
~Snowmen at Night<br />
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~There was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow (<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/There-Was-an-old-Lady-Who-Swallowed-Some-Snow-1662667" target="_blank">check out my retelling activity on TpT</a>)<br />
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As a fun crafty project we made snowmen. They loved it!!! and they didn't turn out too bad.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141820030679111349.post-87827350227164181722015-01-05T21:28:00.000-05:002015-01-05T21:28:06.437-05:00Hot CocoaLast month I decided to change my housekeeping center into a elf wrapping station complete with mini gift boxes, wrapping paper, and even a mailbox that went to the North Pole. My kiddos loved it!!! So for January I have turned my house keeping into a Hot Chocolate Shop. They were so excited when they came in this morning you would have thought it was Christmas. Most of the things I put in my shop are things I gathered from my house but I did purchase a couple of things from Amazon.<br />
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Things from home... empty coco containers, empty hot chocolate tins and boxes, hats, scarves, gloves, spoon, old travel coffee mugs (I also saw these at the dollar store the other day), and some disposable coffee ups. I also included some empty gift cards to starbucks and dunkin donuts.<br />
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Thing I bought... Melissa and Doug slice and decorate cookies and a coffee maker.<br />
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From Amazon I bought this awesome castle since we call our room the Kindergarten Kingdom it was only fitting.<br />
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I turned housekeeping into an elf wrapping station. (sorry no pictures) I went to the dollar store and bought elf hats, gift stickers, cheap gift boxes, and bows.<br />
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I took and under the bed storage box and made homemade kentic sand. It was so simple and the kids love it. I mixed 4 cups of flour with 1/2 a cup of baby oil and mixed it together.<br />
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With each story we either talked about the characters, retold the story, or talked about the main idea. For the informational text we also discussed vocabulary words. You can check out all the awesome activities we did and are going to do in my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Transportation-Comprehension-1538374" target="_blank">Transportation Comprehension unit </a>on TpT. <br />
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Here is what my focus wall looks like so far. I can't wait to add more to it.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141820030679111349.post-73345400444364239732014-11-03T13:59:00.000-05:002014-11-06T15:11:11.888-05:00November WritingThis year as a K team we decided that we wanted to include more writing in our homework. We started off by sending home additional handwriting pages for students to practice. Now that we have finished all of the letters we have moved into journal prompts. In class students free write about what ever they want but we still wanted a way for them to respond to different prompts. So I created a packet of different prompts that we can send home. We send home about 2-3 prompts a week. Before sending home the writing prompts we sent a letter to parents showing them the most effective ways to foster writing at home. You can get that letter <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0GmkiOc3J2QaFFJSllKVjZ1elU/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> for FREE!!! It is awesome to see what they come up with in response to some of the prompts. You can get these prompts on my TpT site <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/November-Journals-1538322" target="_blank">here</a>.<br>
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During Work on Writing I also give them a prompt but not in sentence form. For each month I create a different set of themed sentence starters that students can use to write about. Recently I have found that they enjoy coloring them more writing stories so I have started requiring them to turn them into me before they can take them home. You can get my November story starters on my TpT site <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/November-Writing-Prompts-1538290" target="_blank">here</a>.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOluniqRDvXXyq2RGR77ppFlvA_u1yPR7zHRTYbvLP7kBg3IHXsY76-SataixEu7qeGZMjmgckD9w7w57mTXZFKdxTrntgo1GSvBBPXlcdvLIDZkstRut23pLJEZHMR0Ww1OTtIBEQZ_w/s640/blogger-image-1340673940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOluniqRDvXXyq2RGR77ppFlvA_u1yPR7zHRTYbvLP7kBg3IHXsY76-SataixEu7qeGZMjmgckD9w7w57mTXZFKdxTrntgo1GSvBBPXlcdvLIDZkstRut23pLJEZHMR0Ww1OTtIBEQZ_w/s640/blogger-image-1340673940.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHa3wRUg-zyI2hKar2a5N4p_EUSEPrkoe-fxp4smhCuWyoPNz8bT1YdgnwOwlDHqV_KtMt_-Gwuse-5RkIWBnMFApVisdXd2aovcRvAWKb5bA7IH6Z50s73jLiFOXp2gzuB-Lg4zlkjY/s640/blogger-image--1046177538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHa3wRUg-zyI2hKar2a5N4p_EUSEPrkoe-fxp4smhCuWyoPNz8bT1YdgnwOwlDHqV_KtMt_-Gwuse-5RkIWBnMFApVisdXd2aovcRvAWKb5bA7IH6Z50s73jLiFOXp2gzuB-Lg4zlkjY/s640/blogger-image--1046177538.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGXqH44PGrCRUzvWGV_k3JG092-wUGGariO8qNKQhyd72FIIdnpuNpFOtNicmydNDclxE6H9LYf9FnFY_0EtOWNEjUd8GPq0JAYhOsxb7Uk4wMR2VgIuLIiwAfj_q8C2tZ62tl5yRj7U/s640/blogger-image-1703745199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGXqH44PGrCRUzvWGV_k3JG092-wUGGariO8qNKQhyd72FIIdnpuNpFOtNicmydNDclxE6H9LYf9FnFY_0EtOWNEjUd8GPq0JAYhOsxb7Uk4wMR2VgIuLIiwAfj_q8C2tZ62tl5yRj7U/s640/blogger-image-1703745199.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141820030679111349.post-6780415983749428072014-10-27T08:38:00.000-04:002014-10-27T08:38:00.735-04:00Rainbow WordsOver the years I have found that next to reading everyday, students being able to identify sight words is a key component in students ability to read. At my school we do a program called Rainbow Words to help kids learn their sight words.<br />
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Rainbow words are the Dolch pre-primer and primer words divided into groups of 8 words. Each group is then given a color. Students are given the red words to start and practice those words for a week. On Friday a parent volunteer comes in and quizzes students on those words if they know them all they are given the orange words. The next week if they know all of the red and all of the orange words they are given yellow words. This continues until students have mastered all of the words. Once they are able to identify all of the words we go back through the list to see who can write them. </div>
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When we introduce Rainbow Words we sent a letter home to parents explaining the program and why we do it. You can view that letter <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0GmkiOc3J2QOU1CRFJhS2RKQjQ/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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My wonderful teaching assistant has come up with this great way of making all the sets of Rainbow words. Each sheet contains 1 word 8 times. You copy the sheet on the correct construction paper stack all the sheets for that color on top of each other and use a paper cutter to cut them apart. When done this way you make 8 sets of Rainbow words at a time then all you have to do is hole punch them. Want to use Rainbow Words in your class? Click <a href="https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0GmkiOc3J2QRk44S0t2SUJhc1E&usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141820030679111349.post-83235224100376784852014-10-26T19:54:00.000-04:002014-10-27T22:05:51.840-04:00Last Minute Halloween Word WorkOn Friday I decided that my kiddos need some new word work activities so I packed up all the fall and farm games and went searching for some Halloween games. But when I opened the bin I wasn't impressed with anything that I found. So with 4 empty game buckets on my desk I went home.<br>
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Soo after our amazing camping trip (check out the sunrise on the beach) I sat down to make some new games. <br>
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This week my kiddos will spin the spinner and stamp the sight word. Get a free copy<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0GmkiOc3J2QeXF4WHY0RzZiQlk/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"> here</a>!!<br>
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Match the Trick or Treater to their corresponding bucket. (<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Trick-or-Treat-CVC-picture-word-match-1520204" target="_blank">Trick or Treat CVC picture word match</a>)<br>
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Sort some monster candy by it's ending sound. (<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Monster-Ending-Sound-Sort-1520181" target="_blank">Monster Ending Sound Sort</a>)<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5icsg87X-EDj2u7HYv6U-95kF7oWu-6dkAkv9BVDPMuKSL_N6Y8MPGK9ObBSMNJlYYLsfhD-nBxH23r7_e7ch0qU7QvEiBnYbqkApoW15J68aWnXZP5JMAbAgpiNay6pR6YaXZcU7Mc/s640/blogger-image-1060494182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5icsg87X-EDj2u7HYv6U-95kF7oWu-6dkAkv9BVDPMuKSL_N6Y8MPGK9ObBSMNJlYYLsfhD-nBxH23r7_e7ch0qU7QvEiBnYbqkApoW15J68aWnXZP5JMAbAgpiNay6pR6YaXZcU7Mc/s640/blogger-image-1060494182.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141820030679111349.post-52120830410056325282014-10-23T07:30:00.000-04:002014-10-23T07:30:01.578-04:00Transitions and not the Movement KindThis week we have been working on adding transitions to our narrative writing. For this we looked at a couple different stories to see how they began. What we found was that many stories started with one day..., last week, So we write these down on the first car of our transition train.<br />
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On Friday we looked at the end of stories and saw that they ended with words like suddenly, last, finally. We added these words to the end of our train.</div>
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Here is what our train looked like when we put it all together.</div>
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Grab your FREE copy of the transition train <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0GmkiOc3J2QNWNZOTNEYllGSWc/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Here are some of the books that we read.</div>
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We also visited Pebble Go and learned all we could about pigs.<br>
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And just for fun we did a cute piggy craft. Get your FREE copy <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0GmkiOc3J2Qb2I1Zkp0YmoxeE0/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Next up cows!!!!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141820030679111349.post-79950879177072567372014-10-20T20:20:00.000-04:002014-10-21T07:37:37.902-04:00No more Pumpkins...So last week I made a million things with pumpkins. This week I have moved on to something with a little more of a Halloween flare... skeletons!!<br />
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Here is a simple sight word activity! Grab your copy <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Boney-Words-pre-primer-1487128" target="_blank">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141820030679111349.post-23788895074096396282014-10-16T17:53:00.000-04:002014-10-21T07:31:59.936-04:00Pumpkins, Pumpkins, PumpkinsLast week I went a little overboard on the PUMPKINS!!! By the end of the week my coworkers were asking me for other games besides pumpkins. <br />
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We matched uppercase and lowercase letters with pumpkins.<br />
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We filled in the missing letter with pumpkins.<br />
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We rolled pumpkins to practice our sight words.<br />
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We rolled pumpkins to practice writing our numbers.<br />
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I think I need to find a new obsession!!! Maybe skeletons....</div>
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After we identified the setting was the house we used our 5 senses to describe it. Here is what we came up with....<br />
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I made each student tell why they described it that way. So when they said that the house was soft the students said that they saw a rug in the kitchen and it looked soft. They also said they could smell dinner in the house. Another student came up and pointed in the book to where the family was eating dinner. Because this was the first time we did an activity like this some of the describing was hard but we worked through it as a class and I was very happy with the end product. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141820030679111349.post-34239181807442029142014-10-13T15:35:00.000-04:002014-10-13T15:35:00.482-04:00Beefing up Writing ConventionsLast week I noticed that many of my kiddos were struggling with capital letters at the beginning of sentences, writing in lower case letters, and using spaces. So what I have decided to do is beef up my morning messages to allow students to practice some of these skills. I am going to start each morning meeting message like this...<br />
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Then I am going to have students complete the sentence and then add 2 or 3 more sentences. While writing the sentences we will focus on using our capital letters at the beginning of the sentence and putting spaces between the words. Time to bring out the jumbo spaceman.<br />
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My goal is to use some of the simple lessons from <a href="http://toyingwithwriting.com/TWW/Home.html" target="_blank">Toying with Writing</a> and Toying with Writing Too to keep students interested and engaged.<br />
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