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Free Kindergarten Websites for At Home Learning

Teachers need breaks. We squeeze twelve months of work into a ten month period, and pour every ounce of our soul into our kids each year. We use our breaks to recharge our batteries so we can give even more to our students. But we never could have imagined a “break” of this sort: an indefinite break from our classrooms, where most of us do not know when or where our teaching will continue. The ... Read More about Free Kindergarten Websites for At Home Learning

Teaching writing in kindergarten

Teaching writing in kindergarten is exhausting. In a perfect world, students are sitting and quietly writing while you walk around, provide positive reinforcement, encouragement, and have a few “teachable moments.” The Reality In reality, writing time in kindergarten looks a lot like this. You are trying to help a student stretch out the sounds s/he hears in a word while 5 other students are ... Read More about Teaching writing in kindergarten

The most effective way to do literacy center rotations

We all know the feeling. You ring the bell and 20+ students are yelling your name and the words “Where do I go next?!” It’s pure chaos, and you definitely did NOT plan for your literacy center rotations go this way. Trust me, I’ve been there. I’ve made the rotation charts with the cute cards and graphics and tried to explain to my kids how there are 4 columns because we are doing FOUR groups ... Read More about The most effective way to do literacy center rotations

Literacy Centers: Word Work Activities

Can you imagine a world where Mondays didn’t equal teaching the week’s new literacy centers so your students’ could complete them independently? Well, it’s time to stop wishing and start doing because this dream has just become a reality with word work. With 8 different choices, word work is just one literacy center that has transformed my small group teaching from whack-a-mole to… well, actual ... Read More about Literacy Centers: Word Work Activities

Literacy Center Activities: Word Work

As teachers, we have a million things to plan for. Math lessons, reading lessons, writing lessons, social studies, and science (is that it?)… the list goes on and on. Once we have our whole group and small group lessons planned, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Until we realize… crap! What are the rest of the kids gonna do while I’m teaching my small groups?! We start to stress out ... Read More about Literacy Center Activities: Word Work