St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect opportunity to add a little extra magic to your Kindergarten classroom! With playful themes like leprechauns, rainbows, and pots of gold, it’s easy to integrate fun, hands-on math and literacy activities that engage young learners☘️ Keep scrolling to see my favourite St. Patrick’s Day centers for Kindergarten that not…
Hi guys! Happy Friday! Apart from feeling a little crummy at the beginning of the week (fever & cold carrying over from last week..) I had such a great week with the kids this week! Here are some of the highlights! 1. COMPOSING NUMBERS + ADDITION We wrapped up composing numbers and started addition this…
Hi friends! Welcome to another Five for Friday where I share 5 things from my week! 1. I Like Myself Writing My teammate shared this activity with me and I knew we had to try it too! My kids loved looking at the mirror and drawing themselves. I set out the book “I Like Myself!”…
Hi friends! Lots of people have been asking about how I organize my assessments so I wanted to share how I organize my numeracy assessments with you today! I will be doing a post about my literacy assessment binder soon as well! I use a nice big 3″ binder for both my literacy and numeracy…
Hi guys! Today I wanted to share a little bit about how I assess and create guided groups for math at the beginning of the year. During the first two weeks of school I try to pull all of my students one by one and do a beginning of the year number sense assessment with…
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 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!…
Happy Friday! I’m popping in to share 5 activities from my classroom this week! 1. Chicka Chicka 1 • 2 • 3 Do you know the book “Chicka Chicka 1 • 2 • 3”? This book was recommended to me at a workshop so I borrowed it from my local library. I love it! It’s…
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…
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