In my last post I talked about how we are focusing on getting our students to write their names. We have set up some centers to help them work on getting them to spell their names correctly and to use uppercase and lowercase letters appropriately. For this center, the letter beads and pipe cleaners were …
I just finished the first week back in kindergarten. It was hot, fun, hectic week and I am glad it is over! That first week back is always the most stressful for me. Now we can get into school routines and get settled in for the year. I haven’t posted anything to the blog in …
write the room: Get students moving around the classroom with this math write-the-room activity that will have students engaged and practicing their addition skills. After making my Unscramble the Room sight word activity, I realized that I hardly have any math write-the-room activities. That’s when I thought of this Add Around the Room center. Write …
I have added two more packs to my Teachers pay Teacher store. My goal for the summer was to add at least one thing a week to the store, and so far I have added 8. I have already met my goal in the first couple of weeks of summer vacation! That doesn’t mean that …
Getting students to write can sometimes be hard. You want to motivate them, but still leave them to be creative and write what they want. That is when writing prompts come in handy. I have created two new packs with ideas for list writing and letter writing. For this pack, I made a poster to …
In my last post, I showed you the two new Back to School literacy centers I added to my Teachers Pay Teachers store. I have now added two Back to School Math word problem packs too! The first one contains 5 addition problems. Students have to use a variety of strategies to show their answers: …
I know… the dreaded words… “Back to School”. We just finished one school year and I am already looking ahead. I like to be ahead of the game, but I think I have outdid myself this time! I have put together two Back To School packages to make the transition to the new school easier. …
It is getting closer and closer to the end of the school year, and we are looking for ways to review and reinforce concepts that we have been learning throughout the year. Here are 4 worksheets to use with students to reinforce the concept of collecting data and graphing. By collecting simple data, students will …
Symmetry for Kindergarten: Use hands-on activities to engage students in learning about lines of symmetry. Use a variety of materials to practice symmetry for kindergarten students. To get my students to understand a line of symmetry, I used a lot of hands-on materials and provocations. I put together some ideas that you can incorporate into …
We have moved on to money in math now, and I wanted to give the students the freedom to explore coins, but with some structure and direction. I like the idea of coin rubbings; it gets their hands involved and the students like how they look. Instead of just a bunch of rubbings on a …
