The Inaguration

WOW!!  What a day!  My principal arranged the day so that we started our day of celebration by talking about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his hopes and dreams for the future.  We then made our way to Barack Obama until we all gathered together in the gym/dining room to watch the inaguration together [...]

Down on the Farm (day 4)

Is it just me or has this week been crazy??  I feel like every time I sit down to do something, something else comes up!  
Here is what we did today–short and sweet!
We started our day by reading What Comes from Trees.  It is a little book I got from Scholastic a few [...]

Down on the Farm (day 1 and 2)

We started our theme by reading Mrs. Wishy-Washy!  Who doesn’t love that book??!!  Day 1, we took a picture walk through the story and then I read it out loud.  Day 2, I re-read the story and then we echo read it.  We also started a new predictable chart called, A Scarecrow…”.  I’ll take photos [...]

New Pictures…

Here are some newer pictures of my classroom as it gets a little more “used”.  I have also included pictures of my Literacy Work Stations pocket chart (with pictures that I made) so you can see those.  I cannot post those pictures because I used a program that I purchased for my computer and the [...]

Behavior Card

****Edit–this somehow linked to the wrong file, so I’ll post the corrected one soon! ***** 9/9/08
**** The correct one is now here!***** Kristen
I had to sit down and make a new behavior card because my 1/2 day cards just weren’t working for Full Day!   This is what I came up with:
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I [...]

Dr. Jean’s Color Farm Song

I made these pages a few years ago-okay more like 8-9 years ago, but they are still useful!  You can use them to show the kids how to spell the color words (they print out in the correct color) and the animals to cue them to what animal is coming next.
 
Needless to say, I haven’t [...]

Mini Economy Classroom Job Cards

Here are the cards I made to use in a pocket chart for our Mini-Economy Jobs.  You print them out on business cards and then tear them apart.  I would suggest laminating them before you tear them apart-or you could do what I did–laminate each individual one!   I hope they save okay and [...]

Unique Experience

I was presented with a unique experience today and I thought I would share it with you!  Yesterday, we had our staff retreat and it was announced that we would have a Chinese Teacher in our building this year to teach the 1-5 children Mandrin Chinese–which I am thrilled about!  My principal also announced that [...]

Pages for AM skill folders

Upon request, from a former SM Bulldog, here are the pages I use for my morning skill binders.  I also include and change out several other pages at any given time.  For example, I might type the children’s names out in a handwriting trainer font, print them out and have them practice writing their first [...]

More Pictures…

Here are some pictures that I took today, so enjoy and let me know if you have any questions/comments!
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This is where I store my skill folders that the kids use each morning when they first come in.  The blue tub on top holds dry erase markers.  The folders are well loved! The folders [...]