Before we left for vacation, I was able to squeeze in a week and a half of Main Idea & Details practice. Since I used to teach Kindergarten, I tend to think that it's best to introduce a strategy by modeling, guide students as they practice using it on their own, and then give them… Continue reading Main Idea & Details
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New blog!
Hello friends!Thanks for stopping by my new blog! It's not exactly the prettiest blog yet - I hope you'll bear with me as I get this thing up and running. After three years in Kindergarten out in California I decided to move back East to be near family and am now teaching 5th grade in… Continue reading New blog!
Staying Busy During the Summer
Hi Friends!I hope you are enjoying your summer so far & (if you're as crazy as I am) planning for next school year. I'm not going to lie - I spend all year long thinking of a million different ideas for TPT products that I would love to make if I had the time and now… Continue reading Staying Busy During the Summer
Makeover Madness Continued
Alright, I'm obsessed. I made over one product and now I want to make them all over! Here is my new & improved Kindergarten Progress Report: *I updated the cover to make it more inviting & to provide more information about the product *I edited the page layout to make it easier for teachers to… Continue reading Makeover Madness Continued
TPT Seller Challenge Week 1: Makeover Madness
It's finally Summer!!!!!! I have been on vacation for almost a week now but, as I mentioned in a previous post, I had to jet set to the East Coast for my brother's wedding on our last day of school. The entire wedding weekend was a blast and I didn't have a single second to… Continue reading TPT Seller Challenge Week 1: Makeover Madness
Memory Books
Wow. I have been meaning to post about so many different things these past few weeks and have just been way too busy to sit down and actually do it! We are down to three days of school left which in itself is crazy, hectic, and exhausting, but on top of that I am moving… Continue reading Memory Books
Teaching Writing in Kindergarten
Hello friends! It has been a busy, busy week in Kindergarten. We are finishing up our last Language Arts unit, doing so many tests that I can't even see straight, and trying to have fun with pre-summer activities. Today we finished up our last writing sample of the year and I wanted to share a… Continue reading Teaching Writing in Kindergarten
SIGHT WORDS
Hi there! Today I want to share with you the way that I have been teaching Sight Words in Kindergarten for the past few years. So far in my teaching career I have worked with two different reading programs - Open Court and Journey's Common Core. Both of these programs only require Kindergartners to learn… Continue reading SIGHT WORDS
Mother’s Day
It's almost Mother's day & this year I made my own craft for the kids to do but then found an adorable activity on the blog Teaching with Love and Laughter and I just had to do both.First we read My Mother is So Smart! by Tomie DePaola. If you don't have a copy of this book… Continue reading Mother’s Day
Subject-Verb Agreement
According to our Journey's Kindergarten Curriculum, I am supposed to be teaching subject-verb agreement this week, however, we do not have any of the resources that go along with the plans, so I had to get a little creative! I made my own little subject-verb agreement unit which includes posters, whole-group pocket chart activities, and… Continue reading Subject-Verb Agreement
Teaching To The Test-Taker 