It’s the thirty-second day of school. Over half my kinders are ‘Top Bananas,’ I’ve introduced and we’ve reviewed over half the letters of the alphabet, they are showing signs of segmenting and blending, they totally ‘get’ patterns, and I’m feeling like it’s time to introduce word families. Since you all have had so many questions about this part of my classroom routine, I thought I’d show you a bit more about how I introduce, differentiate and maintain this part of my ELA instruction. I’m ... VIEW POST
Ingredients For Successful Word Family Instruction
Planning on Valentine’s Word Work Stations and a BIG BIG Sale.
February has arrived and that means that it's time to turn my thoughts from polar animals and snowmen and turn them towards that pink month. The one that my kiddos never want to end. In fact, they love it so much and the month is so short that we're usually utilizing Valentine's activities for the entire month. I have to say, I'm ok with that.So time to say good-bye to my sweet snowmen at night in the hall outside my class. Didn't they do a great job on the snowflakes ... VIEW POST
Setting Up For A Successful Year Of Daily 5 In Kindergarten
The beginning of the kindergarten year is such a blur. About halfway through it, you try to look back and figure out exactly how it all started. It gets difficult to remember the hard work and organization that it took to get your from there to where you are now, but by remembering the parts that went well and the parts that didn't, you can always improve each year. So I'm trying, desperately to make sure I document these first days of math stations and now Daily 5 Stations so I can adjust ... VIEW POST
Morning Work Tubs – Getting Started With Morning Work Stations
Whether you call them Morning Work Tubs or Morning Work Bins or Morning Work Stations . . . engaging morning work can be the difference between loving arrival time and dreading it. ⭐⭐If you'd like to see a detailed account of how I implement Morning Work Tubs, what is included in each set and the materials used, check out my Morning Work Stations page for all the details HERE. Please note: If you'd like to save BIG, this product is part of a Morning Work Bundle. You ... VIEW POST
Differentiating Word Family Study
This marks my class' sixth week of word family study, and I absolutely love the routines we have establish for participating in word family activities and the success my kinders are feeling in recognizing and reading these important words that will make reading so much easier in the coming months. They are recognizing chunks and referring to the word family wall regularly, and I can really see how confident they have become. Needless to say, we love word family work. I've had quite a ... VIEW POST
Short ‘A’ Word Family Word Work Galore Bundle-Differentiated/Aligned
Short ‘a’ Word Families Galore Word family study is an essential part of reading instruction. They represent patterns in our language. By mastering these single syllable words, students become more comfortable with rhyming and eventually learn to decode longer, more complex words. All this will help your students become better readers. This Word Family packet includes six short ‘a’ families included in Short “a’ Word Families Galore. THIS UNIT IS HUGE-193 PAGES LONG. PLEASE CHECK OUT THE ... VIEW POST
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