Journaling Tips 1. Write in your journals EVERY DAY! We start on the very first day of school and we continue every day after. I show them how to write the short date and then I give them a sentence like this: I like to eat _____________. They copy the sentence and sound out a word to fit in the sentence. 2. 3. 4. Then, as I've been Pinteresting lately, I found {this} amazing idea to color one end of your stick red and one end green. 5. 6. 7. You can download the journal shares for free {here}. 8. I know that I used to use composition notebooks for journals when I was first teaching. That's all the tips I have for you! If you have already purchased my Journals Through the Year, go and download it again! Mrs. Stamp's Kindergarten
silly sentences/dictionary kites I’ve been a little MIA lately. In all honesty, I’ve had the blogging “blahs”. Not a whole lot of motivation to sit down and post anything. …sanitzed my hands…and the hands of 17 littles…NO LESS than 2,347 times. …successfully cleaned up a few cases of the pukies {talk about gag reflex} …counted 6 kids absent on Friday & Monday…and sent two pukies home today. …cloroxed {yes, it’s a verb ;)} the desks NO LESS than 100,000 times. …immediately came home from school 4 days in a row, stripped off my clothes, threw them in the washer, and hightailed it to take the HOTTEST showers before picking up my boys from the sitter. Did I mention that our sweet little school is experiencing the CRAZIEST bout of sickness EVER?!?! Anyway, we’ve been *trying* to keep busy learning and here’s a little activity I introduced at the beginning of the week. I cut out lots of different feet programmed with /oo/ words. Hoping to get my blogging motivation back again soon :) I have lots of fun things to share!!
Sharing Kindergarten high interest word sheets Word work for us consists of VOCABULARY, SPELLING, PHONEMIC AWARENESS, and PHONICS. Each day I try to have three separate minilessons whole group. We also do a lot of word work during Guided Reading/Writing, Modeled Reading/Writing, Shared Reading/Writing, and Independent Reading/Writing. We use the White Board, SMART Board, and Pocket Chart. I use a combination of resources to address these four areas areas: VOCABULARY, SPELLING, PHONEMIC AWARENESS, and PHONICS. This is a great little piece on Phonics and Phonemic Awareness. What is on your walls? Color and Number Word Wall (Kindergarten, 2005-2006)- Based on T.L.C. I decided to create a dual word wall that focus on both numbers and colors, because my kinders were also working on shapes, I wanted to incorporate "TLC-style" art projects. Color Word Wall (First Grade, 2004 - 2005) - Based on Jane Cabrera's Book Cat Colors Number Word Wall (First Grade, 2004 - 2005) - Based on Donald Crew's Book 10 Black Dots Portable Word Walls Sight Words
What the Teacher Wants! thinking tables and cinquains KinderGals Writing I must say, I LOVE when writing workshop finally comes together. It usually happens right around the same time they have built their stamina for Daily 5 and are ready to start rotations. You know the moment? J under the easel P and C at the listening table using the crate seats :) K and K at the reading table. K under my desk. J again. J under the sink I standing by her desk T on the floor M, J, and J at their desks A standing at her desk S on the floor in the computer nook Just as a side note...
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