I’m linking up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching for my first Five for Friday post! I finally have enough pictures from the week to do one of these! Here we go. On Tuesday we had our Rememberance Day assembly. It was organized by the 7/8 teacher and she did a fantastic job! One of…
This week we dived into another guided inquiry, community and community helpers. The FDK Personal & Social Expectation is: 3.1 recognize people in the community and talk about what they do 3.2 recognize places and buildings within their community, both natural and human-made, and talk about their functions First my ECE led a discussion on…
I am linking up with Farley at Oh Boy Fourth Grade for her monthly currently linky party! Listening: My last load of weekend laundry is in the dryer! Hip hip horray 😉 Loving: My grade team is awesome. I have been very lucky to work with awesome people every year but this year I feel…
I love teaching 3D figures because the kids love it too! Here is how I teach it! On the first day I tell them that I have a special surprise. I put a party hat, tennis ball, can of pop and a dice in a bag and pull them out one by one. Then I…
For the last two weeks we have been knee deep in everything pumpkin! First we showed them the pumpkins we brought in and recorded our schema. I copied this pumpkin chart from The First Grade Parade. Here are some of the pumpkin books we read… (Pumpkin, Pumpkin is a great one for the life cycle…
*If you would like to see what I did for patterning in 2015 click here* This week was all about patterning! The FDK expectation for patterning is… P4.1 identify, create, reproduce and extend repeating patterns through investigation, using a variety of materials and actions. First I introduced them to our patterning anchor chart that we…
Inquiry is a huge focus in FDK and it aligns well with my view that we should learn the student’s interests and differentiate instruction to engage the students using their interests. My teaching partner (ECE) is fantastic at picking up on these interests and she noticed that a lot of students were asking questions about…
*If you want to see what I did for 2D Shapes in 2015 click here!* Week 3 and 4 was all about 2D shapes in math! I like starting with 2D shapes because it is something that most of the kids already know and feel successful about. Here is the plan I made to keep…
Just wanted to quickly stop in and share a classroom management strategy that has been working well in my class this year! This year my kids have to get ready in the hall. My ECE and I both decided right from the start that we were going to aim for a calm, quiet space when…
This was our first full week of Kindergarten and our focus was names! I want all of the students to know each other (and their own!) names well so I decided to start the year by focusing on names. We started our “special helper” routine. Each day I announce the special helper and this person…
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