Hi friends! It feels like forever since my last weekly round-up post! Here is what we have been up to in our classroom! Scroll to the bottom for the freebie! 1. NUMBER SENSE LOOSE PARTS TRAY I switched up my math loose parts tray and the kids ate it up this week! They are obsessed…
Hi friends! I’m back to share a bunch of new valentine themed activities we’ve been exploring in our classroom. There’s a freebie too so make sure you grab it before you go! 1. VALENTINE CHART & SENTENCES I love adding these themed word charts to my whiteboard centre to spark new writing. Students can draw…
Hi friends! I’m back! I took a week off most things “A Pinch of Kinder” last week so I could focus on my wedding! It turned out to be a gorgeous day (which we were so thankful for since we had an outdoor venue!). I’ll share some photos when I get them back from our…
Hi friends! I’m back with another weekly round-up. I hope you can grab some ideas to use in your classroom! 1. CAN YOU MAKE A LETTER TREE? My kiddos absolutely loved this provocation! I introduced the challenge and the students worked on making the tree that held the most letters! It imbeds counting, engineering and…
Hey hey! Is it anyone else’s first day of SPRING BREAK??? I’m so excited and ready for much needed R&R but first I wanted to recap my week. I know school may be the last thing on your mind right now but I hope you can use some of these ideas when you go back…
Hi guys! I’m linking up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching to share with you 5 things from my classroom this week! 1. CO-CREATED ALPHABET/NUMBER POSTERS I love making co-created posters with the kids at the beginning of the year. I find that the kids use the resources a lot more too when they are…
Hi guys! I’m linking up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday to share 5 things from my week! 1. Building Shapes & Figures with Sight Words I got this activity from Coffee Cups & Crayons. I printed sight words on popsicle sticks and set them out with brown clay. I encouraged…
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…
Hey hey! We have been knee deep in all things 2D shapes these past few weeks! I blogged about this topic in the past but wanted to share some of the new things I did this year. If you would like to see my post from last year you can click here. Here is an…
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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