Another excellent activity for a Dental Health Unit. You can incorporate CVC word practice into your dental health unit easily with this printable set. User Suggestion: Cut the picture cards out and laminate. These can be reused. Dental Teeth Themed CVC picture cards and recording sheets would be perfectly used in: Work StationSensory Bin or Table Included In This Printable… Read More
Dental Health Hidden Sight Words
Are you planning a Dental Health unit? This is a fun, interactive literacy activity that would be perfect to include for your literacy center during Dental Health Week. How It Works: Students can read a poem, hunt for the missing words, and fill them in. This is the perfect way to include balanced literacy, writing and poetry into your dental… Read More
Jenga Tumbling Towers Games for the Classroom
Using Jenga in the Classroom A few years ago, I saw another teacher use colored Jenga blocks in a whole-group activity. The students were doing a math activity and each color represented a step in the process. This class was an higher grade level, so it got me to thinking about how I could adapt this for my kindergarten class!… Read More
Fun Rhyming Activities For Your Kindergarten Classroom
Rhyming is an essential skill for students to learn but it can still be super purposeful and fun to teach! There are great songs, books and of course activities and games that can help you teach the idea of rhyming to your students! What is Rhyming? Rhyming is defined as “(a word/syllable/ or line) having or ending with an identical… Read More
Using Environmental Print in the Classroom
Hello friends and happy teaching! I have shared about Using Environmental Print in the Classroom on my Instagram account multiple times, but each time I share an activity or picture, I end up receiving so many inquiries and questions about it. I decided to go ahead and share about environmental print here, along with a ton of free printable cards… Read More
Alphabet Soup – Alphabet Play-Doh Mats with Beginning Sound Pictures
These alphabet play-doh mats are the perfect addition to teaching letters and sounds. This activity can be great for students who are just beginning to explore the alphabet as well as for students who are needing a review. Alphabet Soup: Alphabet Play Dough Mats Each Set Comes With Individual Mats For Each Letter. Each Mat Includes: Uppercase Letter Lowercase Letter… Read More
The Pocket Chart Station in the Kindergarten Classroom
I am super excited about sharing today’s #31daysofkindergarten post. And today is all about implementing the Pocket Chart Station in the Kindergarten Classroom. I love this station because there are so many options for students to do, either independently or with a partner. This station utilizes so many of the ELA standards and skills I am teaching whole-group, which then… Read More
Teacher Hack: Easter Egg Sight Word Sensory Bin
Spare time doesn’t usually come in buckets and buckets around here but when I do have spare time there are a few things I enjoy doing most: spending time with my family, wandering around Target or the dollar store searching for finds for my classroom (like this one) or browsing pinterest for teacher hacks. I LOVE Teacher Hacks. They are like little… Read More
Fun Sight Word Activities For Kindergarten
Sight words. It’s a term that every Kindergarten teacher knows and most likely uses in his/her classroom. Sight words are very important to beginning readers, as sight words make up the majority (up to 75%) of beginning children’s print materials. And since many sight words cannot be sounded out or decoded, teaching students to identify and ‘read’ sight words, makes… Read More
Beginning Sight Word Instruction in Kindergarten
Please welcome Deirdre from Mrs.Garcia’s Super Scholars, as she writes about Beginning Sight Word Instruction in Kindergarten! Happy Tuesday, kindergarten teachers! This is Deirdre from Mrs. Garcia’s Super Scholars joining you to talk about introducing sight words. I believe it is never too soon to start introducing sight words. Sight word instruction is a daily routine, so I delve right… Read More