And so it begins…another summer book study! Chapter 1 of The Next Step. Today's host is Crystal from the one and only Kreative In Kinder and Tammy from Live, Love Laugh Everday in Kindergarten. Make sure you check out their posts. The reason I’m so excited about this book is that so much of it can be directly tied into what we are already doing with Daily 5. You remember our Daily 5 book study from last year don’t you. If not, you can click HERE to find my first ... VIEW POST
The Next Step Chapter One: Welcome to Our Book Study Adventure
Chapter 3 and Time for a Freebie!
It's time for my reflections on Chapter 3! I love that we are getting into the nuts and bolts of D5 now. This is the putting it all together, getting organized and making it work . . . all starting to come together little by little. So here's what I came up with while I followed along with Tammy's guiding questions:1. Establish a gathering place for brain and body breaks. (Do you call your gathering place anything special? A few of my teammates did. Annie called ... VIEW POST
Get Your Books . . . We’re Doing a Book Study!
While there will be tons of fun things going on from the Freebielicious authors this summer, I wanted to give you a quick heads up about the book study that's going to be taking place so you can get your book and be ready to go. All the details aren't hammered out yet, but if you remember the Daily 5 book study from last year, I'm sure it will go pretty similar to that. Great discussion, resource information and, of course, some Freebies along the way. But to get started, ... VIEW POST
The Daily 5 Second Edition Book Study: Chapters 1 and 2
So I’ve just finished up my second year of my revised, made-to-fit-for-me version of Daily 5, and, honestly, it just gets better and better. I feel like I’ve made it my own, and my kinder friends have found great success with it. So when the Freebie girls threw around the idea of doing a second ‘The Daily 5’ book study on the new 2ndEdition, I knew that I wanted in. I needed to know what ‘the sisters’ had in store for us now. So if you're interested too, just make sure you stop by ... VIEW POST
Daily 5 2nd Edition Chapters 5 and 6 or “Make it your own and make it work!
Before I start this chapter review, I need to preface it with the fact that Daily 5 has been successful in my classroom mainly because I have been able to adapt it to my kindergarten students and their needs and behaviors. You can’t be afraid to do the same. Just because something doesn’t work, don’t ditch the whole philosophy! It's just like what we know about differentiated instruction . . . Assess, instruction, adjust! Each year that you do it, you will find ... VIEW POST
Kindergarten Daily 5 Book Study: Chapter One
Hey, I hope everyone has their book and has decided to join my pal, Tammy, over at Live, Love, Laugh Everyday In Kindergarten as she leads us through our Daily 5 Book Study just for kindergarten.Tammy offered up some guiding questions in her initial post about chapter one. I hope you had a chance to down load her guide and take advantage of her questions to guide you through our first chapter. The interesting thing that occurred to me as I read through them were that they were the same ... VIEW POST
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