Hi friends! I’ll be writing other blog posts still but this will be my last weekly round-up for a while.. since Friday was my last day of work! I’m officially on maternity leave! Here is what we were up to my last week of work! 1. COUNTING WATERMELON SEEDS We are working on 1:1 correspondence…
Hi friends! Can you believe it’s June? It’s even crazier for me, because I only have one full week until I’m on my maternity leave! So you’ll see some end of the year ideas in this blog post and the next! 1. POPSICLE PATTERNING These seasonal pattern bracelets are always a hit with my kids!…
Hi friends! Sorry I haven’t been keeping up with these weekly round-up posts.. I feel like they’re turning into monthly updates! I’ll be starting my maternity leave on June 8, so these weekly updates will be on pause while I’m off on leave.. but I’ll probably have at least one or two more posts coming…
Hi friends! I’ve been super busy these last couple of weeks. But I had a minute today, so I thought I’d pop in and share some of the things we have been up to in our class! 1. MOTHER’S DAY PORTRAIT GIFT BAGS So originally we were going to make “All About My Mom” books…
Hi friends! Today’s post is super short, but I wanted to share a freebie with you (that you can use tomorrow!) so I decided to still post! 1. SPRING BEGINNING SOUNDS One area of need for many of my kiddos is identifying beginning sounds in words and paying attention to beginning sounds when reading emergent…
Hi friends! I’m popping in to share some of our activities from this week! 1. SIGHT WORD GARDEN My friend and co-worker Amanda (@creativekindergartenblogontpt) shared this activity on her Instagram last week and I knew I had to try it too! My kids love craft activities, so I knew this was going to be a…
Hello friends! Back to back posts? Who am I? lol Here’s a little round-up with links of things I’ve been sharing over on my Instagram this past week! 1. READING STRATEGY BOOKMARKS I originally taught these reading strategies back in October and November and I finally printed out the bookmarks to add to the kid’s…
Hi friends! I’m sitting down today to share about the inquiry we just wrapped up! When we did our March inquiry brainstorm (I do these when there are no spontaneous wonders to expand on, I just ask the students to tell me everything they are wondering about about and I sort through them and pick…
Hi friends! I’m back to share with you some of the things we have been up to in our classroom this week! 1. CARD MAKING CENTRE So my kids are still OBSESSED with card making ever since we introduced it before Valentine’s Day. Our mailbox is full daily of cards to their friends and family!…
Hi friends, today I wanted to share how I teach about Earth Day and how to take care of the Earth in April! Here are the curriculum expectations I cover and the learning goal/success criteria I introduce as we learn about Earth Day: We start these lesson at the beginning of April, so that students…
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