10 Kid-Friendly Earth Day videos for your kindergarten or first grade classroom. Fun videos, songs, and books about Earth Day and how we can make the world a better place! Earth Day Videos Explore these 10 kid-friendly Earth Day videos! Through videos, read-alouds, and songs students will learn all about Earth Day. #1 Betsy’s Kindergarten…
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Spring Poems | Poetry in the Classroom
Adding poetry to your daily routine is simple! Bring on Spring and add poetry in the classroom with these fun, spring poems! Your class will love to sing along with these shared readings. It’s officially Spring! We’ve had a couple of 60-degree days and I am SO HAPPY about it! I am sure it will…
Classroom Friendly Weather Videos
Classroom friendly weather videos. Videos, songs, and books to share with your kindergarten or 1st grade class during your study of weather. Classroom Friendly Weather Videos My students loved exploring and learning about all different types of weather. Since I lived in the midwest for a LONG time, we experienced quite a variety of weather….
Melting Ice Experiments FUN! (free file)
Melting ice experiments in kindergarten! After a shared reading activity, we how these students experimented with melting ice! FREE FILE TOO! Incorporate Reading, Writing, and Inquiry to Get More Teaching in Your Day I get it! A kindergarten classroom is busy! The demands seem higher and the time seems shorter. What if there was a…
10 Kid Friendly Dental Health Videos
Kid friendly dental health videos for kindergarten and 1st grade. Your students will learn about teeth and dental hygiene with these fun videos. 10 Kid Friendly Dental Health Videos The first five dental health videos are all from SciShow Kids! I seriously LOVE this YouTube channel. Their educational videos are endless. I love how they…
7 Classroom Friendly Videos for Studying the Arctic
Classroom friendly videos Arctic Animals. These teacher-approved videos are great for your January units of study. Polar bears, penguins, and other animals in winter! Kindergarten and first-grade appropriate videos for your classroom. Classroom Friendly Videos: Arctic Animals It’s almost January! That means our study of Arctic animals is coming soon! Check out these classroom-friendly videos for…
The Story of Snow Lesson Plans
Snow lesson plans for your 2nd-grade classroom. Students engage in reading and writing activities to better understand how snow forms. The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter’s Wonder by Mark Cassino and Jon Nelson is the perfect nonfiction book to welcome winter into your classroom! The beautiful photographs capture students’ attention and allow for…
KINDERGARTEN LESSON PLANS: WEEK 19 Snow is Falling
Learning About Snow Lesson Plans for kindergarten and first grade with the book Snow is Falling. Learning About Snow: Reading Ideas For this week’s close reading the book Snow is Falling is perfect! This is one of our Engaging Readers books and it is filled with all sorts of information about snow and how it is…
December Read Aloud Favorites!
December read aloud books for your kindergarten and first-grade classroom! These fun December books are great for Winter! December Read Aloud Favorites December is here! Wow, this year is going quick! Check out a few of my December read aloud favorites to share with students throughout the month of December. One Snowy Night by M. Christina…
22 Halloween Books for Kindergarten (FREE File)
Halloween Books for Kindergarten. These 22 books are great for kindergarten or first-grade. Your students will love these Halloween picture books! A free reading response file is also available. note: This blog post contains affiliate links, but the opinions are my own. Halloween Books for Kindergarten I may have a problem! I have so many…
Kindergarten Lesson Plans: Week 13 Leonardo the Terrible Monster
Leonardo the Terrible Monster Lesson Plans for kindergarten and first-grade! NOTE: This blog post contains affiliate links, but the ideas are my own. Reading Lesson Ideas for Leonardo the Terrible Monster Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems is such a fun book! We knew we had to include it in our Engaging Readers lesson…
Kindergarten Lesson Plans: Week 12 Bat Loves the Night
Bat Loves the Night lesson plans and ideas for reading, writing, math, craft and center activities too. Kindergarten Lesson Plans Week 12 Bat Loves the Night are here! NOTE: This blog post includes affiliate links, but my opinions are my own. Bat Loves the Night Read Aloud Lesson Ideas Nicola Davies is one of my…
Kindergarten Lesson Plans: Week 11 A Creepy Pair of Underwear (Free Math Files Too)
Kindergarten Lesson Plans Week 11 featuring the book, A Creepy Pair of Underwear. NOTE: This blog post contains affiliate links but the ideas are my own. Lesson Plans: Read Aloud We loved the book Creepy Carrots so much we knew we had to have Aaron Reynold’s book, A Creepy Pair of Underwear! Jasper desperately wants a pair…
Kindergarten Lesson Plans – Week 8 How Do Apples Grow? (FREE file)
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. 😳 …
Kindergarten Lesson Plans – Week 6 The Recess Queen (FREE file)
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 Chrysanthemum (FREE file)
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! …
Kindergarten Lesson Plans – Week 4 Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse (FREE file)
Kindergarten Lesson Plans Week 4 featuring ideas for Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse! Woo HOO! Week 4 Lesson Plans for Reading We love Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes! It is a MUST read every year with our Engaging Readers units. The retell cards really provide a structure for students to practice noticing the text…
7 Alphabet Books for Kindergarten and a FREE file TOO!
I want to share with you 7 alphabet books for kindergarten! I have had some of these books FOR. EVER! BUT they are still just as great as ever. NOTE: This blog post contains affiliate links, but the ideas expressed are my own. Alpha Oops! The Day Z Went First Alpha Oops! The Day Z…
Color Activities for Back to School
Ahh… back to school time! So many fun days are ahead of you! Here are some color activities for kindergarten that will help start your year off GREAT! Books About Color There are some great books about color! There are some old favorites on this list and a few new ones. Mouse Paint and Mix…
First few days of school
The first few days of school can make even a seasoned kindergarten teacher nervous. Let me show you how our week looks. We had our first day of kindergarten on Wednesday and it was such great fun! Let me show you want the first few days entailed. If you want to see my lesson plans…
City Dog, Country Frog Activity Ideas and more
City Dog Country Frog Activities and Mentor Text lesson ideas are here! Find reading comprehension and writing ideas to use with this amazing book by Mo Willems. City Dog, Country Frog Mentor Text I don’t remember the exact moment I fell in love with City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems. I think it was…
Are you ready for April?
April kindergarten activities and lesson plan ideas! This blog post is filled with Spring classroom ideas for read-aloud, spring literacy centers, spring math centers, and more! Plus a free lesson planning guide for you! April Book Activities We sure love books! Here are a few that we love to teach with in April. Tops and…
What if You Had Animal Parts Lesson Plans.. Looking at text details
What if you had animal parts lesson plans for kindergarten and first grade! My students have always loved these books and we are really excited to that we are creating a new Engaging Reader series for these an awesome read aloud! What if you had animal parts books! If you are not familiar with these…
The Winter Games in the Classroom
Winter Games Lesson Ideas are great for the Winter Olympics or anytime it turns cold. Here are a few suggestions for you! Winter Games Read Aloud These three books (affiliate links) are wonderful for discussing the Winter Olympics: Tacky and the Winter Games brings back our favorite penguin, Tacky. His penguin friends are getting ready…