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10 FUN Teacher Summer Things To Do
Yay, summer! Before it (too quickly) goes away, here’s a list of some FUN, stress-free teacher things to do over the summer for a great start! P.S. When I wrote this post, I had 10 items, but I’ve since added 2 bonus ideas. Let’s start the fun teachery things countdown! Fun Teacher Summer Things to…
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Dinosaur Unit Ideas for Kindergarten and First Grade
Ideas for a dinosaur unit in kindergarten and first grade. Making and studying fossils, digging for fossils, dinosaur centers, volcano, math, and more! #tejedastots
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Farm Thematic Unit Activities
Ideas for a farm unit with centers and activities across all content areas for kindergarten and first grade classrooms. Create a farm corner in your classroom with these simple ideas!
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What To Do With Extra Classroom Magazines
Do you have extra Scholastic News Magazines lying around your classroom? I hoard save Scholastic News magazines because I just love them and can’t imagine discarding them. However, we just never get to all of them and I always have a big pile by the end of the year. Well, I finally buckled down and…
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9 FREE Valentine’s Day Centers
February is a busy, busy month but hopefully you can squeeze in a little fun with these fun Valentine’s Day centers! The best part- most are completely free! Valentine’s Day Center #1: Our Favorites Carousel One of my favorite Valentine’s Day writing activities is this ‘carousel’ we do about things we love! I make 5 charts…
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Easy Peasy Centers
If you teach kindergarten or first grade, chances are you have centers (or stations) in your classroom. Centers are almost a necessity in primary grades, but aren’t you tired of preparing new centers week after week? I love having fresh, fun, meaningful centers, but one of the things I struggled with most was finding the time to…
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The Why and How of Teaching Comparing and Contrasting
If you ask a student to get you a red coat from the class closet, they will likely find it easily among a sea of black coats. However, if there are 3 red coats, they will need more guidance to find the one you want. This is where comparing and contrasting comes in. It’s a…
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Poem, Craft, and Jokes for some Pumpkin Fun!
Pumpkins, pumpkins, all around! Besides pumpkin measurement, centers, and experiments, here are a couple of activities for some pumpkin fun in your classroom! PUMPKIN COUNTING POEM We’ve probably all heard a version of this poem, and this one is perfect for October. I laminated the poem with the vine and the pumpkins, then added Velcro…
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Easy & FREE Halloween Centers!
Fall! It’s my favorite season of the year! One of my favorite things to do in the fall is go pumpkin-picking with my family. We have an amazing local farm and they have the BEST pumpkin pie, apple cider donuts, sweet corn…. so yummy! Another thing I love about the fall is Halloween! Throughout the…
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Stretching Words Out: Emergent Writing Strategy
It can be daunting for emergent writers to stretch out words, especially long words. Many kindergarten students are very artistic and can add details to their pictures, but when asked to add words, they sometimes hesitate or say they don’t know how to, even if they do have some letter-sound knowledge. Writing Warm-Ups To get…
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Scrabble Magnetic Letters: Easy Ideas for a Word Work Center
It’s been fun and interesting having a kindergartner at home while teaching kindergarten! I especially love when I sing a song or read a book her teacher has read and she thinks I’m a sorcerer because I know it too. One of the best things about teaching the same grade level as your child is…
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Reading Strategies: Tips for How to Teach Decoding
Teaching decoding strategies to beginning readers can be tricky. Read this blog post for tips on helping your kids become independent readers, using many different strategies when they get stuck on a word. #tejedastots