Are you looking for back-to-school books for your kindergarten classroom library? I have a great list of great books to share with you! Last year, I wrote some blog posts about literacy and math books that are perfect for the beginning of the school year. Recently, I acquired some new picture books that I think …
Take a deep dive into CVC words in Kindergarten, and learn more about the reasons to teach them, and how to teach them. When learning to read and write, CVC words are a stepping stone to get kindergarten students ready for more complex words. I love introducing CVC Words in different ways to my students. …
Use a fun and interactive activity to teach about story elements and have students create their own coding story. I teach about story elements all year long to my students. We identify the main character, setting, problem and solution whenever we read books together. This is a great way to reinforce comprehension and retell skills. …
Teaching letters to kindergarten students is the first step to making them readers. Here are my 5 tips for reinforcing the alphabet in your classroom. So often I get asked how I teach letter names and sounds to my students. In this post, I’ll share my top 5 tips for teaching the alphabet. Before I …
Reinforce uppercase and lowercase letter recognition, letter formation, and letter sounds with hands-on and engaging activities. These digital task card decks will work on learning to identify and name the letters of the alphabet. Boom Cards are a great way to reinforce skills and concepts with your students. I love using them in the classroom as a math or …
play-based literacy: A discussion about play-based literacy learning in the kindergarten classroom. What that looks like, what it means and how it works in my classroom. This post contains affilitate links. If you buy a product after clickling on the link, I may receive a small commision. I discussed the topic of play-based literacy on …
Kindergarten printable no-prep literacy activities that will reinforce letter formation and recognition, or sight words. Use these for emergency sub plans, easy planning, or back-up centers. I have reflected on the difference between Play-Based and Paper Centers in a blog post. I am a proponent of hands-on and play-based learning. It is so important for …
We have been trying hard to make sure our literacy and math centers are still engaging as we approach the end of the school year. Here are a few activities that our students have found engaging over the past week. Roll and Add Our students practiced their adding skills with this math provocation. They rolled …
Kindergarten Writing: read about tips and tricks to get your kindergarten students writing. With hands-on ideas and a freebie to get your writing center started, you will have your students writing in no time! I’ve had this question a few times: How do you get your kindergarten students writing? I am going to try …
This past week we worked on subtraction using a number line, and finished up our Earth Day activities. We also challenged our students with a coding STEM activity that uses binary code (keep reading for a free printable). Our students practiced writing CVC words with different centers. Keep reading to see what we have been …
