Hi guys! Today I wanted to share with you my favourite lessons and resources for teaching sorting in Kindergarten! LESSONS: First of all here are my plans for sorting: You can click on the image above to download the plans in PDF for easy printing! On Day 1, I introduce our learning goal for sorting…
I’m back for some Five for Friday! 1. Chalkboard Cubbie Tags I found these chalkboard clips at Dollarama and fell IN LOVE. I decided to use them for our cubbie bins this year! These would also be great for your writing wall too! 2. Tactile Number Cards I wanted some tactile number cards but all…
Hi guys! Long time no blog! Actually I just checked and it has only been 2 weeks, but for some reason it feels like it has been forever since I last blogged! With report cards, case conferences and permanent teaching postings closing yesterday (for those of you who don’t know, I am a LTO) I…
Hi guys! I’m linking up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching to share 5 random things from this week! 1. Pinecone Observation Paintings My kids are still loving these water colour observational drawings/paintings. Some of the items we have been looking closely at and painting include pinecones (pictured above) and caterpillars. We often put magnifying…
Hi friends! I’m super excited to share how I taught probability to my class this year! In the past I was always scrambling around or teaching probability here and there. I finally put together a mini unit and it has helped me be much more intentional about how I teach the probability words this year!…
Hi everyone! I’m back today to link up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday and share 5 things from my week. 1. Earth Day Art My teammate shared this awesome idea with us and the kids loved it! To tie in with the reduce-reuse-recycle vocabulary we have been talking about in…
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 guys! Today I’m sharing my subtraction lesson plans & activities from this year. I hope this can give you some ideas for planning your subtraction unit! Day 1: On the first day we introduce the word “subtraction” and define it as “when you take away from a number and get a smaller number”. I…
*This post has been updated with new photos + freebies on June 10, 2024* Wow the year is flying by! I can’t believe we are working on addition already! Read on to grab some ideas for teaching addition 🙂 Addition Lessons: Day 1: On the first day I just introduce addition and tell them that…
Here is a short recap on the number line unit we recently explored with the kids. Our expectation for number lines in Kindergarten is: NS 1.1 investigate, using a number line, the idea that quantity is greater when counting forward and less when counting backwards
I love sharing lessons and activities that have worked well in my Kindergarten classroom to provide you with engaging ideas and to help you cut down your planning time!
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