Bump Games for your math & literacy centers or small group. Teach these simple kindergarten classroom games and swap out the skills to have a predictable center or station all year long! Kindergarten Classroom Games: Bump! The BUMP games are purposely predictable so you can teach it once and use it throughout the year. I…
Small Group Reading/Guided Reading
Running Record Assessments: How and Why (Free File)
Running records assessment examples and free file! Learn how to complete the running record assessment form. Learn why running records help you analyze readers and help you learn what to teach next. FREE printable file is included. Running Records Assessment: What are they? Way back in the day, researcher Marie Clay designed the running record…
What is Balanced Literacy? AND How Do I Teach it?
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 post. The other day in our Kindergarten Facebook group, the subject of the various balanced literacy approaches came up, so I promised to help explain them….
Secrets to Instant Planning… Just PRINT and TEACH
Lesson Planning Secrets Made Easy! Writers Workshop, Math Workshop, Guided Reading, and Reading Comprehensions Lessons for Kindergarten and First Grade. Just Print and TEACH! Here are a few things we know about teachers. They want the absolute BEST for their students. They want to employ “Best Practices” in their classrooms. They. Are. Overwhelmed! Occasionally, they want…
Guided Reading 2 Day Lesson Plans
Guided Reading 2 Day Lesson Plans! I am following up on my previous posts on Guided Reading. This post will discuss to 2-day lesson plan… what is it? AND…what on earth do you do for 2 WHOLE DAYS! Guided Reading: What about a Pre A reader? As with most classrooms, students are not all at the…
Organizing Guided Reading Groups
I am following up on the guided reading webinar I conducted a few weeks ago. As promised, I am breaking the webinar down into more digestible sections. Guided reading is a huge section and I don’t want you to feel like you are drinking from a fire hose. Organizing Your Resources I keep all of my guided…
Leveled Reading in Kindergarten Free Download
Leveled reading guide for kindergarten and first grade with a FREE Parent’s Guide to Leveled Reading. Kindergarten Leveled Reading is my jam! Ok… honestly, I am a life long learner of the best practices surrounding guided reading. Leveled reading guide: Professional Reading Like I said… I read a lot! I first started using guided…
Guided Reading on a Budget (Free Download)
Guided reading on a budget is tough! Some of the materials can get downright expensive! I want to share a few ways YOU can do guided reading and not break the bank! If you want to see how these binders look on the inside, you can get a glimpse over at Mrs. Jump’s Class blog by…
Small Group Activities
Let’s talk about small group instruction. What does it look like? During the first 5 minutes of my small group time, I listen in for fluency and take a running record on a student. At the beginning of the year my running records look a bit like this. This is form is from…
Guided Reading and Small Group in Kindergarten
We just finished our first week of small groups and guided reading. Let me show you how it went. Here is where it all goes down! First I assigned my groups. I name my groups to just keep it easy. I let my most fragile learners pick their group name first! I updated all…
Book Bags for Kindergarten and Small Groups FREE file
Kindergarten book bags for small group with a free download These are an important part of my small group instruction. Nightly reading is their kindergarten homework. Here is a look at the activities I use to reinforce the skills we learn in my kindergarten small group and guided reading lessons! Small Group Activities One of…