Check this out

Anyone teaching with the new Common Core Standards needs to check out this blog Kindergarten Kindergarten. I tried to use some of her problem solving activities with my students last year with fantastic results. The kids made these on their own during free play after this lesson.

Here is an anchor chart based off of one of her warm up ideas.

Shoes Glorious Shoes

10 bagillion points to anyone that understands that reference to a musical.

So we started our sorting unit today and what better manipulatives then something the kids are intimately familiar with...their shoes!

I can't take the credit for this one because Mrs. Lochel over at Keeping Up with the Kindergarteners (awesome blog name) had it first.

Can you guess how they sorted them here? (The colors might be a little off but it's shoes with pink on the left and others on the right)

The kids thought the whole thing was hilarious! Can't wait to do more sorting tomorrow!