Lovin' the Kindergarten Chaos in the Classroom
Guided Reading for the Pre-A Reader Happy Wednesday friends and welcome back! If you missed last week’s review of chapter 1, click here and check it out! You can also check out the Live video playback on FB here. Today is all about Guided Reading for the Pre-A Reader – Chapter 2 of The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading. (A… Read More
Hey friends and welcome to the first week of our 2018 Summer Book Study; The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading! Can I just start off by saying that both Greg (The Kindergarten Smorgasboard) and myself have been deluged with positive comments and feedback on our book selection this year! I think every teacher wants to be better equipped when it… Read More
First of all, congratulations for making it through another school year and HAPPY SUMMER! I know we are all excited to have a moment to pause, take a deep breath and relax a little. I too am excited for this, but I am also looking forward to taking time to reflect, make needed and wanted changes, and moving forward with… Read More
Happy book study day friends! Have you caught up on your reading yet? We are on chapter 5 and it’s all about reading fluency. If I am honest, I have to admit that I was a little aprehensive going into this chapter. I have an internal struggle with ‘fluency’. Or fluency as I used to know it. The truth is… Read More
Hey friends and welcome to week 1 of our Summer Book Study! If you are not sure what I am talking about, head over to this post to read the details about it. Chapter 1 is titled ‘Time’ and is all about planning and how to utilize your students’ and your own time effective and purposeful. I will be sharing… Read More
Whose ready for another Educators’ Summer Book Study?! I know that I am always trying to better myself as an educator and often times, that requires self-initiated professional development. So again this year, I am teaming with my friend, Greg from The Kindergarten Smorgasboard to learn and grow from the book Making the Most of Small Groups – Differentiation for All, authored… Read More
Hey, hey, hey friends!! It’s our third week of our Summer Book Study reading, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success – Chapter 3. This week Greg from The Kindergarten Smorgasboard and I are happy to have Chad Boender from Male Kindergarten Teacher with us, as our weekly guest host. This week is all about chapter 3, which is The Truth… Read More
Hi Friends!! It’s week #2 of Summer Book Study, so welcome to Mindset: The New Psychology of Success – Chapter 2. I’m excited to share that Lisa from All Ya’ll Need and Dana from Common to the Core are joining Greg (The Kindergarten Smorgasboard) and myself for a review of this chapter. So head on over to read their take on… Read More
Hi friends and happy Summer!! I know some of us are still in school and some are already out, but regardless Summertime is here and that means another awesome book study to participate in! This year Greg from Kindergarten Smorgasboard and I have teamed up to host a Summer Book Study for Teachers – Growth Mindset, using the book Mindset… Read More
So happy to announce the launch of the @igniteyourpassionforteaching Las Vegas Conference! If you are a #ccsd teacher, you will NOT want to miss this! There are sessions from K-5, including Special Ed and Admin! There will be tons of giveaways and we are working on the PDE credit now! Who is in?!😃Head over to our website to check it out!! Only $27 too! #teachers #lasvegasteachers
This is a fantastic idea!!Let's talk data binders. What does yours look like? I have 2 of these 12 tab Avery Indexes. Each year, I tape in a new list of my kids. Their number corresponds to the numbered divider where all of their data is kept! It's so easy to stay organized!
Created these picture covers for my kids’ individual sight word lists and they LOVE it!💕How do you differentiate sight words? #kindergartenchaos #iteachk #kindergarten