Kindergarten Lesson Plans Week 8 featuring ideas for How Do Apples Grow! How Does an Apple Grow Reading Lessons I love this book because it has a lot of information about apples and the illustrations are beautiful! However, a word to the wise. There are discussions in this book about male parts and female parts. 😳 So you ...
Kindergarten Lesson Plans Week 7 featuring ideas for The Art Lesson by Tomie dePaola. The Art Lesson Close-Read I’ve always had a soft spot for Tomie dePaola books and The Art Lesson is a great little autobiography to share with your class. Here are the retelling cards we use. We have found that students can…
Kindergarten Lesson Plans Week 6 featuring ideas for The Recess Queen! If you look at this book, you can tell it is a little frayed around the edges… Yes! I love it that much! The Recess Queen Read-Aloud Lessons The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill is a great back to school book, but it can honestly…
Kindergarten Lesson Plans Week 5 featuring ideas for Chrysanthemum! Let’s do this! (NOTE: This blog post contains affiliate links, but the ideas are my own.) Week 5 Lesson Plans for Reading Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes is a class favorite. You can also find the video on Amazon Prime! SWEET! …
I am often asked how I organize my student writing folders. Then the other day I was cleaning out a “special drawer” that I had (AKA: junk drawer, catch-all, blackhole) when I found an old writing folder I used with my 2nd-grade students. I’d forgotten all about them. So I decided to whip up a…
Running record assessment forms and more will be covered in this blog post. What are running record assessment forms? Way back in the day, researcher Marie Clay designed the running record ...
Balanced Literacy Approach? What is balanced literary? How do I teach balanced literacy?... All the questions... Get comfy... grab a cup of tea... this might prove to be a long ...
