When I taught Kindergarten, we began to learn about letter names and sounds right away! We accomplished this by beginning to learn about our classmates’ names. Every day we played the Name Game. We started with “round one” of the…
A Scrabble Names Wall has been on my “wish list” of ideas for a few years. I finally tackled it this year and am very pleased with the results! Want to create a Scrabble Names Wall in your classroom? Read on for…
assessment • alphabet • anchor charts bee books • book bins • behavior • balanced literacy calendar math • classroom design dr seuss • daily 5 emergent readers • erase-a-rhymes fine motor • fonts graph of the week • graph of the day homework •…
Our school doesn’t mandate homework. If we do assign homework, it is to be practice only. This means that new learning (or relatively new learning) shouldn’t be assigned. For first grade, we assign no more than 15 minutes of homework….
Students in grades K-5 work with 3D printing. Each grade level works through a challenge. K: Magnets 1: Composed Shapes 2: Backpack Tags 3: Trinket Toys 4: Bubble Wands 5: Boats Project complexity for each grade level builds, so students…
One might think I own stock in plastic storage solutions, but I don’t. I just realize that a well organized classroom is beneficial for many reasons. Organization leads to students who understand structure and can carry out routines and expectations…
It’s not uncommon for my class to sometimes arrive late to recess, lunch, or a specialists class. Why? Because when we’re in the hallway, it’s expected that all students are making wise choices. This isn’t an easy task to accomplish. Whether it…
We love our classroom iPads! I’ve been moving my students toward a more creation environment, rather than consumer environment when it comes to iPad technology. We have five iPads in our classroom and they get used A LOT. We love…
Ugh! WHY, oh why haven’t I thought of these organizational systems earlier?! Missing Parts: This friendly container solves the problem of lost manipulatives, game pieces, and other ods and ends. We just add lost things to this basket I take care of them when I…
