I found this great freebie while blog surfing tonight from Homeschool Creations
There are tons of things for fall both literacy and math printables. I know I'll be using some in my centers.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Kindergarten Gems
In science we have been studying living and nonliving things.
After a lesson about things that grow and change a fellow K teacher got an...interesting entry...(when you have 27 students you've got to laugh...to keep your sanity)
After a lesson about things that grow and change a fellow K teacher got an...interesting entry...(when you have 27 students you've got to laugh...to keep your sanity)
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| She said later it was a person and a hippo. |
Friday, September 23, 2011
The funnest game ever! - Graphing
We started our graphing unit this week. Here we are collecting data.
Here is the graph we then made.
Later in the week, we played Shake and Spill ("The funnest game ever!" according to one of my students). I put 5 two color counters in a cup. They cover and shake it 3 times (The best part) and then spill onto a math mat. Their partner sort the counters by color and the cup holder asks "Which has more and which has fewer" after answering they put the counters back in the cup and the other person shakes and spills.I wish I had snapped some pictures of them playing, but we still need a lot of practice working with others and I was just too busy. (We play this game a lot and I try to make it a math center so hopefully I can get some pics then)
The next day we played again only this time they sorted onto a graph page that was in a sheet protector.
After playing on their own for a while they each got a graph page and their own counters to shake, spill, and record so I could assess some skills. I took some dictation to see where they were with the concept of more and fewer and as expected there are still a few that need practice with drawing graphs and many of my level 1 ELL students need more practice with the vocabulary.
Later in the week, we played Shake and Spill ("The funnest game ever!" according to one of my students). I put 5 two color counters in a cup. They cover and shake it 3 times (The best part) and then spill onto a math mat. Their partner sort the counters by color and the cup holder asks "Which has more and which has fewer" after answering they put the counters back in the cup and the other person shakes and spills.I wish I had snapped some pictures of them playing, but we still need a lot of practice working with others and I was just too busy. (We play this game a lot and I try to make it a math center so hopefully I can get some pics then)
The next day we played again only this time they sorted onto a graph page that was in a sheet protector.
After playing on their own for a while they each got a graph page and their own counters to shake, spill, and record so I could assess some skills. I took some dictation to see where they were with the concept of more and fewer and as expected there are still a few that need practice with drawing graphs and many of my level 1 ELL students need more practice with the vocabulary.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Kindergarten Gems
Student: I need a God Bless You
Teacher: Huh?
Student: (points to the tissues) A God Bless You.
This came from another kindergarten teacher in my building but it made me laugh so I thought I'd share. Can you tell we work with ELL students?
Teacher: Huh?
Student: (points to the tissues) A God Bless You.
This came from another kindergarten teacher in my building but it made me laugh so I thought I'd share. Can you tell we work with ELL students?
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
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!
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)
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Tired of More Work and Less Pay
This is going to be a bit of a dump so I apologize in advance.
Is it like this for anyone else? More work for less pay?
My district has not given pay increases in 5 years and continues to take more out of my paycheck every year between furloughs and increases to the pension system.
On top of that we now have to have 2 grades per week per subject area in the computer for FIVE YEAR OLDS!!! Up from one a week last year. I mean come on we are still working on walking down the hall in a line and quite a few of my students still can't write their name even with a model.
Everytime I turn around there is another paper that has to be sent home and returned with information, which then I have to track down because my kids are horrible about sending things back in especially if it is only sent home in English.
Then who gets stuck with the morning Technology time (DURING MY READING BLOCK!) that would be me. Great. I'm suppose to run reading groups with 25 (And still counting) kids and we're just gonna throw that routine to the side for that day.
I know I should be thankful that I have a job and that things could always be worse, it's just been a rough day. Here's to hoping that tomorrow is better.
Is it like this for anyone else? More work for less pay?
My district has not given pay increases in 5 years and continues to take more out of my paycheck every year between furloughs and increases to the pension system.
On top of that we now have to have 2 grades per week per subject area in the computer for FIVE YEAR OLDS!!! Up from one a week last year. I mean come on we are still working on walking down the hall in a line and quite a few of my students still can't write their name even with a model.
Everytime I turn around there is another paper that has to be sent home and returned with information, which then I have to track down because my kids are horrible about sending things back in especially if it is only sent home in English.
Then who gets stuck with the morning Technology time (DURING MY READING BLOCK!) that would be me. Great. I'm suppose to run reading groups with 25 (And still counting) kids and we're just gonna throw that routine to the side for that day.
I know I should be thankful that I have a job and that things could always be worse, it's just been a rough day. Here's to hoping that tomorrow is better.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Alphabet Soup
One thing I mentioned in this post about letters was alphabet soup. This is a fun game I play each day to introduce the letters and is something that will transfer to my ABC center.
I use a pot from my housekeeping center and have the bag of letters ready to go. I scoop out the letter and the letter of the day goes on the left and any others go on the right. This is just a cookies sheet from the Dollar Tree with a piece of masking tape down the middle. I am thinking about adding a small yes and happy face to the left and an x with no on the right.
I use a pot from my housekeeping center and have the bag of letters ready to go. I scoop out the letter and the letter of the day goes on the left and any others go on the right. This is just a cookies sheet from the Dollar Tree with a piece of masking tape down the middle. I am thinking about adding a small yes and happy face to the left and an x with no on the right.
After we finish sorting we count the capital letters and lowercase and then how many together. We may also go over the letters on the other side.
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