This week has been nuts. (Is there ever a week in Kindergarten that isn't?) For some reason the fact that Thanksgiving and Christmas are so close seems to make the days go by slower than ever and the kids seem to "forget how to be Kindergartners" as I like to say. We finished up our… Continue reading Counting Down
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Behavior Rewards
Today I finally got around to rewarding my little guys and girls for their good behavior last month! I try to do this right at the end of each month, but I always end up having to push it back a day or two because of special events, days off, you name it! Anyways, they spend… Continue reading Behavior Rewards
Thankful Turkeys
It's finally November! We survived conferences, Red Ribbon Week and Halloween all in one month!! What's even better is that it finally feels like "Fall" here in Southern California (although I heard it is supposed to be back up to 90 degrees by the end of the week). Either way, my class and I are… Continue reading Thankful Turkeys
‘Twas the Night Before Halloween
Ok, so, it's not exactly the night before Halloween, but it's getting close! Since my school spends all day Friday celebrating the holiday, I decided to spend Thursday doing fun Halloween activities in class with the little ones. This week has been out of control with Red Ribbon Week events, activities, dress up days and more, so… Continue reading ‘Twas the Night Before Halloween
PALS
I recently earned a Master's degree in Reading Instruction which has been so, incredibly useful for me as a Kindergarten teacher! In one of my classes, we were introduced to a strategy called PALS that I want to share with you today.PALS = Peer Assisted Learning Strategies - a.k.a. students helping each other to learn.I… Continue reading PALS
Pumpkins
Tomorrow we are going on our first field trip of the year to a pumpkin patch with First Grade! For the past few weeks we have been studying plant life cycles and what living things need to grow. Today, we took what we learned from that unit and applied it to our new unit on pumpkins.We… Continue reading Pumpkins
Beginning Sounds
As I have mentioned before and will probably mention again many times, I am loving interactive notebooks this year. I am working on a science interactive notebook post and freebie for you, but in the meantime I wanted to share an English/Language Arts interactive notebook page that my kids did today. We have been drilling… Continue reading Beginning Sounds
Parent Teacher Conferences Part 2
Today we finally begin parent teacher conferences! Woohoo! - As much as I dislike feeling like I am speed-dating and having to meet with 10 sets of parents in a row for fifteen minutes each, I really do think that this is a valuable time to get them on board with helping their child at… Continue reading Parent Teacher Conferences Part 2
Parent Teacher Conferences
This week I am running around like a crazy person with a million things to do which isn't too different from any other week, but it feels like a lot - we've got student council stuff going on almost every day, I'm leaving my class with a sub so I can attend a conference for… Continue reading Parent Teacher Conferences
3D Shapes
This week we are going to be learning all about 3D shapes in Math. I always have a hard time making this topic interesting and fun, so this year I've rounded up some great resources from pinterest and some of my favorite teacher bloggers.To introduce the 3D's I found this cute poem on pinterest. I… Continue reading 3D Shapes
Teaching To The Test-Taker 