Math Work Stations Now Available!

I have just finished creating Math Work Stations and they are ready for purchase! The cost is $20.00 for the CD + $2.00 Shipping. I can ship anywhere in the U.S. These were designed with Kindergarten in mind. Included on the CD:

-more than 10 Math Work Station ideas for each content area (Shapes, Telling Time/Money, Patterning, Addition, Sorting, Graphing, Math Games, Measurement, Number Recognition, and Number Writing) -most have closer to 15 Station ideas
-Large room signs to label your Math Work Stations
-Small Pocket Chart signs to help manage your Math Work Stations
-management ideas, storage ideas
-a list of kid friendly web-sites, math trade book bibliography, graphing blackline master, and shopping information for materials I purchased and use in my classroom from Lakeshore

Please let me know if you have any questions!

The button has been posted at the top right of my Kristen’s Kindergarten Store. CD’s usually ship within 3 days of receiving payment.

Kristen

New Materials Available for purchase…

Hi Everyone!

Sorry that I have not posted in a LONG while…we went on vacation, my sister had a baby, and I’ve been taking classes!

In the few minutes I’ve had here and there, I was able to create a few more documents that I’ve posted on my Kristen’s Kindergarten Store blog.

Kristen

To Purchase Materials…

Hi Everyone!

I’ve been having trouble uploading several other materials for purchase, so I’ve created a new blog (http://kristenskindergarten.blogspot.com/) to help with that.  This blog will remain the same, but if you would like to purchase materials from me, either click above on that link or scroll down a bit and on the right you will see the link to “Kristen’s Kindergarten”.

I’ve moved the option to purchase the handouts from The Farmer’s Market there already and added a new option.  If you purchase the $5.00 option, I will send you a single set of printed pages for you to copy.  If you choose the $10.00 option, I will burn all the documents on a CD for you to use over and over and print things as many times as you would like.

I’m also working on getting a few other things together for purchase including “Word Family Boxes”, “Vocabulary Boxes”, and “Inquiry Science Lessons” (these are the lessons that are already posted here, but some might like the option to purchase them on a CD or in spiral bound book form to use over and over.  So be on the lookout for those options!  I’ll post here when I get those up and ready on my other blog.

I hope this isn’t too confusing!  In order for me to get these materials to you, this is the easiest way I could come up with!

Thanks to those of you who have already ordered!  You will recieve a CD with your order, for being the first customers!

Kristen

The Farmer’s Market Handouts Available for purchase

I’ve had several (like 45+!) e-mails asking if I would be willing to sell my handouts from my workshop to those who did not win my comment contest a few weeks ago.

I’ve obtained a button through PayPal so that can happen.  The cost is $5.00 + $2.00 for shipping.  I tried to keep the cost low (because I know that as teachers we don’t make a lot!   ).

What will you receive for your $5.00 you ask?

Full color copies of my Literacy Work Station checklist handouts, planning sheets (that have not been posted on the blog), poems, songs, bibliographies for themes covered (Monarchs, Farm, Fall Changes, Fall Animals, Composting/Worms), my Full Day Kindergarten schedule (newly updated for 2009-2010), binder tabs to organize the handouts, and photos taken during my workshop (June 15th, 2009).

Click the button to order now!   I will also post this button on the left side of the page, where it will stay!

I will be doing more of these workshops throughout the school year and will post a PayPal button after each of those handout sets are complete.

Kristen

The winners are…

Random.org picked these winners to receive copies of the handouts I will give at my June 15th workshop about Inquiry Based Science and Literacy Work Stations:

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Dawn, on May 22nd, 2009 at 2:49 am Said: Edit Comment

I really like the forms you created. I am a preschool teacher. I am always looking for systems to help me with organization. There is so little time in the classroom itself. I plan to incorporate your science theme page. It’s terrific! Thanks so much for sharing your terrific ideas! It is appreciated!

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Katie, on May 23rd, 2009 at 3:28 am Said: Edit Comment

I would love a copy of these handouts! I very much enjoy looking at your literacy workstation postst!

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Christi, on May 21st, 2009 at 4:24 am Said: Edit Comment

I like the LWS grid – it seems like it would be a good tool to see at a glance what some of the options are. I am hoping to really get things organized this summer and come up with a plan for really integrating them. Has anyone integrated math at the same time as literacy..? Congrats on presenting at the Reading Association Conference – early literacy skills ROCK!

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Denise, on May 29th, 2009 at 1:18 am Said: Edit Comment

I like your ideas that you have planned. Like all the other great ideas on your page that I have used, I will use these also. Thanks for all you do for the teachers.

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Kristen,
You are the best!!!! I’ve been in love with your site this entire year. I teach kindergarten in north dakota. You’re generosity providing teachers with such valuable resources is amazing! I check your site almost daily. I’m so excited to see how your farmer’s market science LWS workshop goes. Man, I wish I could be there! I’m a teacher that thrives on learning, growing and gaining more and more each year! Thanks for all you do!

Christy

If your name was chosen, please e-mail me at fuzzlady77@hotmail.com   I will send all the handouts electronically, along with some pictures to you by June 20th.

Kristen

Summer is Here!!! :)

It was SO hard to say goodbye to this year’s class! I got all teary and there were a few that made me more so that way! One of the traditions at our school is that all the teachers and other staff gather on the sidewalk and when the buses are all loaded, we do a kick line!! So fun!!

How do you say goodbye to your kids?

On another note, just because school is out, doesn’t mean learning stops for me!! I have several books I’ll be reading and then I’m returning for a 3rd year of our Science Academy (to learn to be a facilitator) and then another Economics workshop. I’ll be posting my thoughts on those things, plus anything you would like me to answer, send it my way and I’ll post a Q&A here in a couple of days…maybe I could do that every Friday to get us through the summer!

You have until Friday ( 2 days from now!!) to leave me a comment on a post I wrote a few below this one to be entered to receive a copy of my handouts from my June 15th workshop!!

Kristen

Kindergarten Slideshow 2009

LWS Check Sheet

Hi Everyone!

Only 4 1/2 more days of school left!   I’ll actually be really sad when the last day arrives, but it feels nice to say it now, being on this side of it!

I’ve been working on planning my workshop this summer.  We’ve decided to call it, “The Farmer’s Market; Inquiry Based Science through Literacy Work Stations”.  Catchy, huh?

I was asked today to present it (okay, more like told that I was going to be!) presenting at the ISRA (Indiana State Reading Association) Conference in March 2010!   What an honor!

Okay, on to the reason for this post…

I made several sheets to help me get organized so I thought I would share them with you and see what you think.  Now, you can only have them if you promise to leave me a comment!   Honor system here! I want to know if you would use them, if they are user friendly, and if they make sense!

Here they are in no particular order:

LiteracyWorkStationsPlanningSheet (this one I posted a few days ago…but here it is in the same post with all the others!)

MonarchplanningsheetLWS (this one is the sheet that is posted above, however I filled this one in-at the workshop, this will be given; along with several others to the teachers to help them plan/get started planning and it will also show them the activites they will complete during the workshop)

sciencethemegrid (I created this sheet to show when I teach particular science themes throughout the year, some overlap from month to month)

LWS Check Sheet (This little beauty I created about 5 minutes ago–I wanted to have a sheet that would not only  help me make sure that I had materials for every station this summer during our workshop, but also throughout the school year as well.  It makes the planning sheet above seem a little redundant, but think of this one more of a quick check sheet that you could use when getting materials out/storing them away.  I envision myself putting this sheet into a large Ziploc with the materials that are checked so that they are ready for next year and I know what stations can be open/closed during that theme)

Anyway…there you go!  Remember HONOR SYSTEM–I want comments here people!!!   If you leave me a comment, I might be persuaded to send 4-5 people a copy of all the handouts given out at my workshop–and I know from the daily hit counter that there are more than just 12 of you out there!  SO LEAVE ME A COMMENT, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???!!

Kristen

LWS Planning Sheet

Here is a sheet I made that I wish I  had last year when setting up my Literacy Work Stations:

LiteracyWorkStationsPlanningSheet

Monkeys

Hi Everyone!

I’ve been too busy to post regularly, what with the end of the school year and the start of the summer of learning for me!   Here’s what June looks like for me (already–and it’s not even here yet!!)  June 1-5 and 10-12 Science Academy (I’m returning for a 3rd year) June 8th is open and June 9th, I’m learning about Open Court and the possibility of using it in our schools next year for Interventions.  June 15th, I’m presenting a workshop, June 16th, another one-day workshop offered by our district and then June 17th-19th and June 22nd-26th, I’m taking a General Economics Workshop for 3 credits.  Oh, and on May 29th and 30th, I’m taking International Bacculeraute (sp?) training so that I can incorporate it into my classroom (we’re going k-12).

In the meantime, this week, we’ve been reading 5  Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed–why did I choose this book??  Because we’re all so excited about the end of the school year, we’ve been acting like a bunch of Monkeys!

Monday, we took a picture walk and then read the story, we also started a Predictable Chart titled…Monkeys…

Tuesday, we listened to the book on tape and played some games and sung some songs that were on the reverse side of the tape.  We also started a KWL chart about Monkeys.  The children knew a little bit about Monkeys, and ended up with some great questions that they “Wondered” about.

Wednesday, we were supposed to go on a field trip to our local park, but it got rained out, so instead we watched A Bugs Life!   It was a fun time!

Thursday, we read another book about Monkeys, filled in some of the “l’s” on our KWL chart and then we read a book about Lemurs…which led to Madagascar…which led to me agreeing to watch it tomorrow afternoon!   In the morning we are having our Kindy Olympics.

We have 7 different stations set up and the children (with the help of LOTS of parents) will play their way through the events–just for fun, no competition!   We will have a parachute, trikes, relay races, bean bag tossing, jump ropes, obstacle course, and kickball.  We’ve never done it this way before–we usually have the Kindy 500 (since we’re here in Indiana!), but we wanted to change things up a bit for us and them this year!

Kristen