I’m linking up with Blog Hoppin’ to share what I bought during the TpT Cyber Monday/Tuesday sale! This time around I stocked up on clipart! I love Whimsy Clips so I bought so much of her stuff! I’m working towards the Kimberly Geswein unlimited font license so I buy at least one everytime there is…
This month we are focusing on the M2.1 expectation in mathematics which is compare and order two or more objects according to an appropriate measure (e.g. length, mass, area, temperature, capacity) and use measurement terms. This week we focused on temperature for 2 days. First I read this book “Hot or Cold” and talked about…
Happy Friday! I’m linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching to share 5 things from this week! It was Anti-Bullying Week in our board this week. First we defined bullying and talked about how bullying is not just when someone is mean to you once or when a friend makes a bad choice a couple of…
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…
Save on Pinterest Jump to Freebie Shop the Resource This post was originally published in November 2014 and updated in October 2026 to align with the Ontario Kindergarten Curriculum, 2026. Introduction 3D figures were one of my favourite math topics to teach in Kindergarten. Students are surrounded by cans, balls, boxes and party hats so…
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…
Save on Pinterest Jump to Freebies Shop the Resource This blog post was updated on September 10, 2026 to reflect the new Ontario Kindergarten curriculum. Hi there! Patterning is one of my favourite math concepts to teach in Kindergarten because there are so many opportunities to explore it through movement, songs, manipulatives and play! Although…
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…
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