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Five for Friday: February 27
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Five for Friday: February 27

ByYukari Sloane February 27, 2015October 19, 2024

I am finally linking up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday again! Click on the image below to go to the linky and join up too 🙂 Did you notice my new blog design? I am IN LOVE! Let’s forget the other design ever existed ok? lol This one was designed…

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Teaching Composing Numbers in FDK
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Teaching Composing Numbers in FDK

ByYukari Sloane February 27, 2015October 19, 2024

My kids have been rocking math lately! I am so impressed by their ability to use the language that I teach them. We had a VP walk through our class a few weeks ago and she sat down with one of my students and asked her what she was doing.  She replied “Oh I’m decomposing…

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We are 100 Days Smarter in FDK!
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We are 100 Days Smarter in FDK!

ByYukari Sloane February 19, 2015October 19, 2024

On Tuesday we celebrated our 100th day of school! I was inspired by Cara from The First Grade Parade and went  all out this year!! First of all I couldn’t have done it without my wonderful placement student. She is just the best you guys. I’m so so lucky to have her helping me out,…

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Student Gift: Valentine You Knock My Socks Off!
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Student Gift: Valentine You Knock My Socks Off!

ByYukari Sloane February 4, 2015October 19, 2024

Can you believe it’s February already? Where did January go? Not that I’m complaining or anything but it really flew by! Valentine’s Day is already next week! We are having our Valentine’s Day celebration on the 12th since the 13th is a PA Day and the 14th is a Saturday this year. Here is what…

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Teaching Decomposing Numbers in FDK
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Teaching Decomposing Numbers in FDK

ByYukari Sloane February 3, 2015October 19, 2024

I feel like I haven’t posted about math in so long! I have been teaching math, I promise! 😉 Last week we started decomposing numbers. I started by telling them the learning goal “We are learning to decompose numbers” and then explained that decompose means to take apart. Our success criteria is “I know I…

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Fishing Fun! Alphabet & Ten-Frame Matching
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Fishing Fun! Alphabet & Ten-Frame Matching

ByYukari Sloane January 23, 2015October 19, 2024

Hi guys! I wanted to share a centre that has been super popular in my class lately! They are constantly asking me if it’s open. It is the fishing centre! I filled our sensory table with paper from the paper shredder. Then I printed the fish on coloured cardstock, laminated them and cut them out….

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Five for Friday: January 16
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Five for Friday: January 16

ByYukari Sloane January 17, 2015October 19, 2024

It’s that time again! I’m linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching to share 5 things from my week! January is the month of assessment (it’s not just me right?) I made two shape sorts so that I can check if the students can sort shapes by a given rule. The file folder shape sorts made…

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Go Noodle Sanity Savers!
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Go Noodle Sanity Savers!

ByYukari Sloane January 11, 2015October 19, 2024

Elizabeth of Kickin’ it in Kindergarten is having a fun linky & giveaway on her blog! I’m joining in since my kids LOVE GoNoodle! Go Noodle is a part of our everyday routine. After the kids have morning snack we do 1 GoNoodle dance and the special helper of the day gets to pick the…

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Five for Friday: January 9
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Five for Friday: January 9

ByYukari Sloane January 10, 2015October 19, 2024

I’m linking up with Kacey from Doodle Bugs Teaching to share five things from my week! Brrr it was COLD this week! We were at almost at -30 with the wind chill on Wednesday! Since we couldn’t go outside to play in the snow my ECE had them play with these “snowballs” instead! They turned…

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Throwback Thursday: 2 Easy Christmas Crafts
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Throwback Thursday: 2 Easy Christmas Crafts

ByYukari Sloane January 8, 2015October 19, 2024

Happy New Year! How is your first week back going? I was scared my kiddos would forget all the rules and routines for school being away for two weeks but they have actually blown me away these first few days! Today I’m posting about some easy peasy crafts that I meant to post in December….

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Comment DIGRAPHS if you want the link to the digra Comment DIGRAPHS if you want the link to the digraph blog post where you can download FREE Google Slides lessons✨ + pick up centre ideas and the link for the FREE Digraph word charts!
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I see a lot of people picking up the digraph pack so I’m bumping up this post + I edited the digraph lessons and activities blog post to include links to my more recent digraph FREEBIES✨
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Comment DIGRAPHS and I’ll send you the link😉
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Comment STPATS for the link to my St. Patrick’s Comment STPATS for the link to my St. Patrick’s Day blog post with 12 St. Patrick’s Day themed centre ideas including a FREEBIE🌈✨
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In case you’re planning to incorporate some St. Patrick’s Day activities, here are some of my favourite centres☘️✨ The first STEM activities is one of my (and the kid’s) favourites! Thanks you Lia (@fdk_learnandplay) for sharing this idea years ago🧡
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Comment STPATS for if you want the link to the St. Patrick’s Day activity blog post where I explain all of these centres in detail and grab the shamrock painting recording sheet for FREE🧡
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#stpatricksday #literacycenters #literacycentres  #mathcenters #mathcentres #watertable #STEM #teachersfollowteachers #teachersofinstagram #teachersofig #iteachtoo #iteachk #iteachkinder #kindergarten #kindergartenteacher #earlychildhoodeducation #prekteacher #teacherresources #canadianteacher #ontarioteacher #fdk #fulldaykindergarten #elementaryeducation #playbasedlearning
Tally Marks Mini Unit is ready✨ Comment TALLY if Tally Marks Mini Unit is ready✨ Comment TALLY if you want the link sent to your DMs!
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If you already have the “Kindergarten Math Lessons + Centres: The Year Long Bundle” it’s been added there! Go to the product page and then click on page 8 under “Products in this Bundle” and you should see the unit with a download button beside it😉
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After many requests a tally marks mini unit is finally here! I hope you enjoy using these lessons and centres with your students🤍
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Please note: I created the Mario or Luigi one with the editable file but that printable is not included in the file (I was just testing the editable file out + took a picture to show you an example of what you could make!) I cannot sell or share files with licenced or trademarked characters (this is why I put “building blocks” on one of the sheets instead of Lego (because Lego is trademarked)). I talk about this often so I think most people know, but I just wanted to make sure I put in a note about it so you don’t think that sheet is included and are disappointed when you see that it’s not!
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#tallymarks #surveys #popsiclesticks #kindergartenmath #handson #teachersfollowteachers #teachersofinstagram #teachersofig #iteachtoo #iteachk #iteachkinder #kindergarten #kindergartenteacher #earlychildhoodeducation #prekteacher #teacherresources #canadianteacher #ontarioteacher #fdk #fulldaykindergarten #elementaryeducation #playbasedlearning
Next Newsletter Exclusive Freebie👀✨
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If you’re on my email list, the March Newsletter will land in your inbox tomorrow morning at 7:00AM EST and you’ll get 5 of these “Ask and Tally” printables for FREE! Not signed up yet? Comment EMAIL and I’ll send you a link to the sign up form🤍
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I’ve had a few requests to make non themed versions of the surveys in my older spring and summer packs.. then last week an old co-worker and friend messaged me saying her students LOVED the spring surveys and were asking to do more (music to my ears☺️) and asked if I could create some for her. I already had a mini tally unit on my to do list so I bumped it up to this week and I’m sending 5 of these “Ask & Tally” pages to my email list✨
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There will be a mini unit coming with lesson plans, more “Ask & Tally” options (with an editable version😉) and tally mark centres too! If you have my printable year long bundle it will be added there as a free update😉 More info coming soon…❤️
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#kindergartenmath #tallymarks #teachersfollowteachers #teachersofinstagram #teachersofig #iteachtoo #iteachk #iteachkinder #kindergarten #kindergartenteacher #earlychildhoodeducation #prekteacher #teacherresources #canadianteacher #ontarioteacher #fdk #fulldaykindergarten #elementaryeducation #playbasedlearning
Can you believe it’s less then 2 weeks until Mar Can you believe it’s less then 2 weeks until March Break? After receiving many requests to create a similar activity mini book like the popular “Winter Break Challenge”, I created this “Spring Break Challenge” a couple of years ago🌼
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I love these (and from the reviews so do you!) because…
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✨ It’s a simple no prep activity to send home that works on crucial Kindergarten literacy and math skills
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✨ You can edit the parent letter page and the BINGO page (an editable PowerPoint file is included!) to make it just right for your class❤️
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✨ The BINGO page encourages socio-emotional skills, family time and/or getting outside☀️ 
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Want to grab these for your class?
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🌼 Comment BREAK and I’ll DM you the link 🌼
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#teachersfollowteachers #teachersofinstagram #teachersofig #iteachtoo #iteachk #iteachkinder #kindergarten #kindergartenteacher #earlychildhoodeducation #prekteacher #teacherresources #canadianteacher #ontarioteacher #fdk #fulldaykindergarten #elementaryeducation #springbreakactivity #activitybook #socioemotionallearning #kindergartenreading #kindergartenwriting #kindergartenmath
Comment ADDITION for the link to the blog post whe Comment ADDITION for the link to the blog post where you can grab the addition freebies✨🤍
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In our class we typically start learning about addition in March! If you’re planning to teach addition next too, swipe through for some centre ideas! (the last 3 are freebies on my blog✨)
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Need lesson ideas or want to grab the freebies? Comment ADDITION and I’ll send a clickable link to my “Teaching Addition in Kindergarten” blog post❤️
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#addition #handsonlearning #mathcenters #mathcentres #teachersfollowteachers #teachersofinstagram #teachersofig #iteachtoo #iteachk #iteachkinder #kindergarten #kindergartenteacher #earlychildhoodeducation #prekteacher #teacherresources #canadianteacher #ontarioteacher #fdk #fulldaykindergarten #elementaryeducation #playbasedlearning
If you have been waiting for the next pack in the If you have been waiting for the next pack in the new holiday and seasonal centre pack series.. spring centres are ready!
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I know most have us have lots of snow and it doesn’t feel like spring is coming anytime soon but snag it today and tomorrow until 2PM EST at 50% off and be ready for when the weather warms up🌷✨
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Comment SPRING if you want a clickable link sent to you via DM😉
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#spring #springcenters #springcentres #handsonlearning #teachersfollowteachers #teachersofinstagram #teachersofig #iteachtoo #iteachk #iteachkinder #kindergarten #kindergartenteacher #earlychildhoodeducation #prekteacher #teacherresources #canadianteacher #ontarioteacher #fdk #fulldaykindergarten #elementaryeducation #playbasedlearning
As promised! My popular Pink Shirt Day FREEBIE got As promised! My popular Pink Shirt Day FREEBIE got a refresh🩷✨
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Fonts and clip art has been updated throughout plus I’ve added some new stuff including:
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🩷 New lessons (with read aloud suggestions and links to online read alouds) and student thinking recording slides (in pdf and Google Slides so you can project and write on them if you have a SMARTBoard!)
🩷 2 New Writing Pages
🩷 Pink Shirt Day Shirt Design Ideas Chart
🩷 Pink Shirt Day Mini Book
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Pink Shirt Day (Wednesday, February 26 this year) is the perfect opportunity to explore important topics such as showing kindness everyday and being an upstander. I hope this FREEBIE makes that easier for you🩷
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Want the link? Comment PINK and I’ll send you a clickable link via DM💕
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