No snow in our area to be able to make snowmen, so we did the next best thing! We read Snowmen at Night and made our own snowmen. Kindergarteners just love anything to do with snowmen! I did a read aloud and we discussed what the snowmen might do at night. One popular discussion was drinking the ice cold… View Post
Does your school participate in Response to Intervention? My school does and tomorrow is our school’s big Rti meeting! We try to make this long day as pleasant as we can. Our principal provides snacks (chips, salsa, Chex Mix, candies, drinks -think pop, water, coffee!). We also have a fabulous cook who also just happens to be a teacher. … View Post
I teach reading to students kindergarten through fifth grade. And to be sure, I use a lot of ABC activities with my younger students. But alpha boxes can be used with the older students. Each student can have his/her own alpha box paper or you can do it whole group on a chart. Because I teach small groups, I like… View Post
One of the activities my kindergarten kids like to do is letter sorting. A few of them were having some confusion on some of their letters (maybe too much time off at Christmas break??). One way that I have found to address this that the kids really enjoy is to do a letter sort. It really makes the kids focus on the shapes… View Post
Ms. T, over at Journey of a Substitute Teacher has started a fun topic and linky party on “What’s in Your Lunch Bag?”. My lunch bag is not all that exciting….usually half a turkey and cheese sandwich, carrots and a banana. It seems like most days I am rushed to eat and end up skipping on the banana. So the… View Post
Children, reading books, and talking about the books…What can be better than that? Mandy from Cooperative Learning 365 and I began the first book club for students at our school this year. And I must say it has been a hit! The kids are having such a fun time meeting each week to discuss the chosen book. I had… View Post
Mrs. K over at The Teacher Garden has posted a FABULOUS list of ways to use QR codes! 42 different ways in fact! I am so impressed. I have not used this new (or at least new to me!) technology in the classroom yet, but am very interested in this idea. I can only imagine how much fun the… View Post
