Grinch Day!
On the last day before break we had our first ever Grinch Day! I first read about Grinch Day on Cara’s blog “The First Grade Parade” {you can find that post here} and then again on Amy’s blog “Step into 2nd Grade“.
Author: Yukari
Five for Friday: December 18
We made it! Happy Winter Break 2015!! I’m sharing some of my last week before winter break activities and linking up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching for her Five for Friday linky!
Five for Friday: December 11
By request from some Instagram followers I’m here to share five Christmas themed/December ideas from this week and link up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching for her Five for Friday! I hope you can use them in your classroom next week or next year!
Five for Friday: November 27
Hi friends! I’m popping in to link up with Kacey from Doodle Bugs Teaching to share five things from this week! We started to revamp our writing system this week as a division. I will post more about it when it is up and running but one change I made is going from paper in duotangs…
Five for Friday: November 13
Hi hi! I’m popping in to link up with Kacey from Doodle Bugs Teaching and share 5 random things from this week! We had our Remembrance Day assembly this past Wednesday. Our Grade 8 teacher always organizes a fantastic assembly paying tribute to our veterans. All classes made a wreath to present at the assembly….
Four 2D Shape Interventions for FDK
Hi friends! Today I’m going to share a few things I did in terms of interventions for 2D shapes. I like starting with 2D shapes because it seems to be an easy concept for most students and knowledge of 2D shapes is needed for strands like patterning, sorting etc. However there will always be some…
Teaching Length in FDK
Hi friends! Today I’m going to post about how I taught measuring length this year. As always here is the unit plan and lessons outlined for easy planning if you want to follow along with my lessons! Click on the image to download it as a pdf for free! I always start my measurement unit…
Five for Friday: October 30
Hi! I’m here to link up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching and share 5 random things from this week! At the beginning of the week we had the students guess what we (the teachers) were going to be for Halloween. I got this idea from Molly’s Instagram (@misskslittlerays). The kids had a blast!! And…
Alphabet Small Group Intervention
Hi friends! Today I am posting over at Kinder Tribe! I’m talking about alphabet data collection and small group intervention! You can snag lots of freebies like alphabet assessment sheets, editable recording sheets and a week’s worth of alphabet intervention mini books! Click on the image below to read more and download your freebies!
Teaching Patterning in FDK – Part 2
Hi friends! I’m here to share with you how I taught patterning to my class this year! Click here to see what I did last year. Here is what I planned for whole group lessons: Click on the image above to download my unit plan from google drive. On the first day we introduced patterning…
Hi, I’m Yukari!
I love sharing lessons and activities that have worked well in my Kindergarten classroom to provide you with engaging ideas and to help you cut down your planning time!
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