Thursday, January 31, 2013

February Math Fact Fluency!

We're getting ready to bring this fun Math Center to Room A-1!  Snow is falling outside and my Flaky Fluency Math Game is going to be perfect! My Kindergarten kiddies are working to learn math fact from 0-5.  Practicing with fun and interesting materials makes the work exciting and enjoyable for all the kiddies!  I'm going to introduce it as a partner game during Centers, however it will work well for a small group or even a single player! Check it out on  www.tPt.com  
Thanks for visiting my blogspot!
Kim

Flaky Fluency - A Math Addition and Subtraction Game

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Check Out My Teacher Store!

I've been working to create some new activities for my classroom kiddies and I thought that others might like to see what I've been working on and maybe use it too!  So, I've put some of my activities on Teachers Pay Teachers!  Check out my 100 Under Construction Freebie and my Groundhog's Day Mini Book!  I hope you like it and can use it with your Kindergarten kiddies!


                       
 
             100 Under Construction - A Math Unit       
                                                                                                            Groundhog's Day Mini Book
 
 

Monday, January 21, 2013

It's a PENGUARY January!

So don't you think that PENGUINS are fun and wintery and just right for January?  Why of course they are!  This week in Kindergarten Room A-1 we're pretty excited to read about and work with penguins!  Here's a Sneaky-Penguiny Peek at our Week!

I'll post some pictures of the kiddies and our classroom activities this week too!
Enjoy your week!


Elam – Kindergarten Morning Schedule Week of 1-21-2013


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
08:00:00 AM
Attendance


Lunch Count Announcements Pledge Folders
8:15-8:30
Handwriting Time
Handwriting Without Tears
Words For Me
TP 135
SP 71

Letter q
TP 136
SP 72

Letter x
TP 137
SP 73

Letter z
TP 138
SP 74




8:30-10:00
Lang. Arts

Story:
Penguins

Poem:
Penny Penguin Poem

Keep Book:
Ben Book

Go Pengins Go

Penguin Pals

I Love Snow

We Live In
Whole Group Time
Calendar/Day & Date/Weather/
How Many Days In School/Mystery Box/First Name Recognition/
Phonemic Awareness Songs/
LetterID/
Number ID 1-100
Sight Word Work/ Color Words Songs & Poems/Intro & Review new sight words

Review sight words:


No School
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Whole Group Time
*Repeat

Read and discuss rhyming stories, promoting phonemic awaremess.

Review sight words

Create an –en chunk chart
Do –en word fill in

Ben mini-book

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mini Book From The First Grade Princess


Whole Group Time




-en word ladder

Go Penguins Go
Mini Book


We Live In---
-en chunk mini book

Penguin Brainstorm Sheet

Penguin Shape Craftivity Activity
Whole Group Time
*Repeat




Penguin Pals Mini Book Cut and Create

Are Penguins Your Favorite Animal? Graph










Whole Group Time
*Repeat

Show and Tell







Poetry Binder
Poem:
Read, identify sight words, illustrate, send home.

Penguins Lay Eggs Writing Mini Book
from The First Grade Princess


Penguin Writing
Winter Is…”
Interactive Writing
Penguin Writing


Penguin Writing Penguin Writing Penguin Writing Penguin Writing
Making Meaning & Phonics

Making Meaning
If You Were A Penguin Story
Wondering
Phonics
WSA-3 Making New Words By Changing the 1st Letter.
Making Meaning
If You Were A Penguin Day 2


9:35-10:00
Reading Workshop
Silent Reading

Lesson: Wondering
Reading Workshop
Silent Reading

Wondering
Reading Workshop
Silent Reading


Wondering
Reading Workshop
Silent Reading

Wondering


Reading Workshop
Silent Reading

Wondering
10:00-10:45
Math
Math


Math 5.1.1
Shape Pictures
Math 5.1.2
Circles & Rectangles
Math 5.1.3
Triangles & Squares
Math 5.1.4
Clay Shapes


10:45-11:20 Music PE Tech Tools Art Tech Tools
Elam – AFTERNOON SCHEDULE-1-21-2013


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
11:25-11:35
CLEAN UP
FOR LUNCH

Mystery Box
CLEAN UP
FOR LUNCH

Mystery Box
CLEAN UP
FOR LUNCH

Mystery Box
CLEAN UP
FOR LUNCH

Mystery Box
CLEAN UP
FOR LUNCH

Mystery Box
11:35-12:05 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
12:05-12:35


Recess Duty Recess Duty Recess Duty Recess Duty Recess Duty
12:35-12:50 Pick Up Lunch Boxes, Bathroom







12:50-1:10
Center 1
Writing Table
Center 1
123Math
Center 1
Cut & Paste
Center 1
Listening Center
Center 1
ABC's
1:10-1:30
Center 2
Puzzles
Center 2
Number Work
Center 2
Color By Words
Center 2
STAR
Center 2
Computers
1:50-2:15
Writers Workshop
*
Writers Workshop
*Ways to share information
Books,PostersCharts
Writers Workshop
*Posters are about a topic.
Posters have pictures.


Writers Workshop
*Posters have pictures and words.








Science
What Will The Weather Be Like Today?
USTARS
Penguins Keep Warm, How Do We? Sheet
from First Grade Blue Skies
Science
Weekly Reader Penguins Info Sheet
(Animals & Their Habitats)


Science
Non Fiction Penguin Stories
(Animals & Their Habitats)
A Pretty Cool Bird Sheet
from First Grade Blue Skies
Social Studies
Weekly Reader
Arctic Animals
Polar Bears
2:20-2:30
PACK UP
Dismissal
PACK UP
Dismissal
PACK UP
Dismissal
PACK UP
Dismissal
PACK UP
Dismissal
2:40-3:20 PLANNING TIME PLANNING TIME PLANNING TIME PLANNING TIME PLANNING

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Here's a little peek into Room A-1!

So I thought it would be fun to show you some of the Centers and other parts of my room!  I seem to spend so much time there that I feel like I should add a pull out couch!  Do they have those at Target?

This is a photo of where I store the Writer's Workshop writing folders, paper choices and underneath there are baskets of leveled books.  My boys and girls are gaining endurance and stamina in Writer's Workshop!  They are writing for a little bit longer each week!

 
 
My leveled book baskets hold the books that I've collected over the years! The girls and boys can select books from the leveled baskets after we work together in our Guided Reading groups. 

 

 
 
 
This is my Computer Center! There are lots of great computer games that the kiddies can play in class!  We love Starfall.com, PBS Kids and Literative.com!  Check out some of these great computer websites!
 
 Writing Center!  This week we're writing numbers to practice from 1-30!  The January calendar is the perfect way to practice!  I post a model of the calendar (not in this picture) to help the kiddies that  need support.  For some of friends to modify the activity, I will use a highlighter to write the numbers in advance, then they can trace the numbers that they need to practice.
 
These baskets of sorted books are ones that the boys and girls can pick from during different units throughout the year! They love the rocking chair!  This year, the kiddies are really good about sharing time in the rocking chair!  There are years when I need to add a sign up sheet for rocking time!
 
 
Job Chart!
 
 
I love our Poem of the Week and so do the kiddies in my class!  Here's the format I follow for the poem!
Monday:  Read and/or sing the poem!
Tuesday:  Read it and find the sight words in the poem!
Wednesday:  Read it and then discuss the meaning of the poem!
Thursday:  Read it and discuss the punctuation!
Friday: Read it, put a copy into our Poetry Binder, circle the sight words and draw a picture to illustrate it!
 
Word Wall!  Read it, read it, read it, read it! Play games with the words, make sentences, discuss and compare words, find rhyming words, identify syllables in words.....the list goes on and on!


Counting the days to the 100th Day of school!  We work on numbers and number words and here's a little peek at the 123Math Center!
 
 
 
 

Monday, January 7, 2013

January's Jumping!

Hey!  It's good to be back!  This week we're reading "The Mitten" by Jan Brett!  We're working on retelling the story, sequencing and also talking about the characters in this great story! At the end of the week we'll do a story comparison with "The Hat" by Jan Brett! 

It's getting close Report Card time!  Over the next few weeks we'll be assessing in Reading, Math and Writing!  This week I'll be joining the Teacher Pay Teacher website!  I'm working on some great activities to post!