Tacky the Penguin Activities and Lesson Ideas with a Free File. This read-aloud is SO FUN! See examples of kindergarten and first-grade responses in this blog post for the reading comprehension strategies: Prediction, Retelling, Inferring, Comparing, and Opinion Writing. Download the lesson plan template and add your own ideas! Tacky the Penguin Read Aloud Lessons…
Kindergarten Activities for Your Classroom!
As a former kindergarten teacher, Deedee Wills understands the difficulties of teaching in a kindergarten classroom. That’s why she created kindergarten classroom activities and resources to help teachers effectively organize their classrooms and teach daily lessons. With these resources, teachers can utilize classroom time more efficiently and find new ideas to engage their students in lessons!
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Kindergarten Computer Games with a Free Sample Activity
Kindergarten computer games that are perfect for centers or as a whole group activity on your interactive whiteboard. Students practice various math and language arts skills. Exit tickets for each activity are also included! Student Engagement & Technology For learning to take place, students need to be engaged. We hear this ALL. THE. TIME! I…
Martin Luther King, Jr Lesson Plans
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr lesson plans are here! Check out how we celebrate! Great Books! The book My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was written by Martin Luther King, III! So good! I have been a fan of Kadir Nelson (the illustrator of this book) forever! I Have a Dream is a…
The Snowy Day Activites and Lesson Plans for Kindergarten & First Grade (Free File)
The Snowy Day Activities for Kindergarten and Lesson Plans! The has been a favorite of mine for as long as I can remember. Naturally, we had to include this book in our Engaging Readers series! The Snowy Day Reading Activities – Visualizing The simple illustrations are precious! We start the week by practicing the…
Too Many Tamales Reading Comprehension Lesson Plans
Too Many Tamales read aloud lesson plans for kindergarten, first, and second grade. Students respond to literature, develop vocabulary and grammar skills, and create a craft all within this 5-day lesson plan. Too Many Tamales Maria enjoys helping her mother in the kitchen. She loves to wear her mother’s apron. She even gets to wear…
Guided Reading Lesson Plans for Traditional Tales: The Gingerbread Man
Guided reading lesson plans for your favorite traditional tales! Printable and digital books along with various resources to engage your students during small group guided reading. Great for kindergarten and first grade. Check out these ideas for The Gingerbread Man! Guided Reading Lesson Plans Small-group guided reading is such a critical time during the busy…
A Turkey for Thanksgiving Read Aloud Lesson Plans for Kindergarten & First Grade
A Turkey for Thanksgiving reading comprehension lesson plans. Students have fun responding to literature and creating crafts that go along with this Thanksgiving story. Check out some center ideas, too! This is such a precious book! I love Mr. Turkey’s expressions! At the beginning of the week, we focus on responding to the book. We…
The Relatives Came Read Aloud Lesson Plans for Kindergarten & First Grade
The Relatives Came Read Aloud. Engaging lesson plans to teach reading comprehension in K-1. Responding to literature resources and fun craft ideas for your classroom, too! The Relatives Came Read Aloud The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant is such a great book to read either before Thanksgiving or after. I love the illustrations in this…
In November Read Aloud Lesson Ideas for Kindergarten and First Grade
In November Read Aloud Lesson Ideas for K/1. Check out these classroom activities that you can use for reading and writing. Anchor charts, reading comprehension and responding to literature. Fun arts and craft ideas for your November themes. In November Read Aloud: Reading Comprehension If you know me, you know I am a super huge…
Wemberly Worried Read Aloud Lesson Ideas and Activities
Wemberly Worried Read Aloud Lesson Ideas. These activities for Wemberly Worried will be a big hit in your kindergarten or first-grade classroom. Reading comprehension questions and response activities. Even a couple of fun Wemberly Worried crafts! Check it out! Wemberly Worried Read Aloud Lesson Ideas Wemberly Worried is my spirit animal. I can worry about…
Otis Lesson Plans to Support Reading Comprehension for K-1
Otis lesson plans for your kindergarten or first-grade classroom are here! Otis by Loren Long is one of my favorite books! Students respond to literature with these print and teach, reading comprehension lesson plans. Otis Lesson Plans Otis by Loren Long is one of my favorite stories. The tractor, Otis is such a sweet character….
Fun Bat Lesson Plan Ideas for Kindergarten and First Grade
Bat lesson plan ideas with engaging activities to support reading comprehension. Math & literacy centers, crafts, videos, and yummy snacks, too! Bat Lesson Plan Ideas Teaching about bats is so much fun! It is a perfect Fall theme to incorporate into your classroom. Here are some fun lesson ideas for your week (or two) of…
Pumpkin Experiment and Activities for Kindergarten – FREE FILE!
Pumpkin experiment for your kindergarten classroom. Your students will have so much fun with this pumpkin volcano experiment with math activities to practice comparing numbers and making 10. A shared reading aloud idea, too! Pumpkin Lesson Pumpkin volcano experiment? Yes, please! Your kindergarten students will absolutely love to see this chemical reaction. I had some…
Daily Classroom Riddles to Teach Text Details and Inferring
These daily classroom riddles for kindergarten and first grade will get your students excited each day as they guess the answer to fun, monthly-themed riddles. Classroom Riddles Back in the day, I would incorporate fun riddles into our daily routine. My students loved it! Every morning when my students walked in, I would have a…
The Recess Queen Activities and Reading Lesson Plans
The Recess Queen activities. Kindergarten and First-grade lesson plans featuring ideas for The Recess Queen. Reading, writing, math, STEM, craft and center activities, too! The Recess Queen Activities If you look at the images of this book, you can tell it is a little frayed around the edges… Yes! I love it that much! The…
Weekly Sentence Study and Grammar Activities for K-2
Sentence study and grammar activities for kindergarten, first, and second grade. Weekly lesson plans using authentic texts. With just 10 minutes a day, you can practice conventions of print and grammar. Sentence Study & Grammar We teach conventions of print in a variety of ways. In my classroom, I feel like I was ALWAYS pointing…
Effective Vocabulary Instruction in a Primary Classroom
Vocabulary instruction. Quick and easy lesson plans to teach vocabulary through authentic texts for kindergarten, first, and second grade. Students develop reading comprehension and vocabulary knowledge with these engaging activities. Vocabulary Instruction Teaching vocabulary is not always something we think about in the primary grades. However, research supports teaching vocabulary instruction when students are beginning…
Hundreds Chart Puzzles for the Whole Year and a FREE SAMPLE!
Hundreds chart puzzles for the whole year! These differentiated 100 chart mystery puzzles are such a fun way for students to practice a variety of counting skills and number recognition. Available in digital and printable versions with student response sheets, too! Hundreds Chart Puzzles As a teacher, I used a hundreds chart in my classroom…
Fun Classroom Phonics Games to Support Kindergarten Literacy
Classroom phonics games to support beginning and ending sounds, blends, digraphs, CVC & CVCe words. Your kindergarten students will love racing each other to complete their game card in these fun phonics activities. Classroom Phonics Games for Kindergarten In Kindergarten, we are always practicing phonics skills. Whether it’s beginning sounds in September or CVCe words…
Start Centers in Kindergarten with these Sanity-Saving Tips!
Centers in kindergarten is a must! However, figuring out how to start kindergarten centers can be tough. Here are a few ideas to help you get ready so you can love your daily center time. Centers in Kindergarten: Make it Simple Starting centers in kindergarten can be a little daunting. My advice to you…
12 Month Curriculum Map with Mentor Text Lists for K-2 (FREE) 2019
Curriculum Map update for 2019 at last! “How do I plan out my year-long curriculum?” is probably one of my most frequently asked questions. In the past, I had planned out my year through a combination of paper, Post-It Notes, gum wrappers (kidding on the last one). But when I lead our district’s instructional team,…
10 Tips for Managing Kindergarten Centers in Your Classroom
Managing kindergarten centers can be overwhelming! Check out these 10 tips to make the most of your center time without losing your mind! This post will help simply your center management and help you fit it all in! Managing Kindergarten Centers In order to fit it all in, you’ve gotta have a plan. …
The BEST Kindergarten Schedule to Help You Fit it All in!
Kindergarten schedule! The BEST kindergarten schedule to help you fit it all in! Academic and developmentally appropriate kindergarten activities that will keep your students engaged and learning! Kindergarten Schedule: An overview Here it is! That moment when you look at all of your ideas and try to figure out HOW to fit it all in!…
Self-Paced Task Cards for Kindergarten: Math and Language Arts
Task cards for kindergarten that focus on Math and Language Arts standards. These self-paced task cards with two levels of responses will simplify the differentiation process in your classroom. Task Cards for Kindergarten My sweet friend, Elizabeth Coller and I have put together this great resource for your kindergarten classroom! We are so excited about…