Numbers 0-10 & some 10-20 -Celebrity Unit

We have just adopted the Common Core Math standards this year!!  Our kindergarten team has put a great deal of time and effort into these new standards. Our team of teachers is an awesome group!!!  Only the best for our students.

Our district has dictated what standards we will cover and how long to cover them.  So we started with numbers 0-5 and then will move into numbers 6-10.

My students have really loved the math activities from my Celebrity Unit!!

See below:

Great opportunity to talk about left to right also!!

 

 

 

 

I was able to differentiate with my students.  I made the game using numbers 0-20.  We started with # 0-10, I was curious to see which students could put the numbers in order past 10 when they had easily done 0-10.  I learned a great deal about my friends!!

Making Memories!!

Becca

 

 

 

 

Shapes

Wow!!  I feel like the past two week have been a blur!!  We have be so fast paced at school.  The children have really begun to get into the routines.  We have been having such a great time while learning.

   During shapes my friends have really enjoyed our math integration.  I ask , "What has been your favorite parts of the week .“  And their response was:

Making shapes with craft sticks

 

 

 

 

Making shapes with their bodies

 

 

Making shapes with the geo boards

 

The planning stage!!  :)

I was really surprised, not a single recess was mentioned!!!

Voting

Amazing, that I am talking about the upcoming election, but I have begun gathering my old ideas and putting together an even more FUN and Exciting experience for my classroom friends.  My great friend in second grade, Mrs. Reese, and I are teaming up for a great learning experience for our students.

       I really have enjoyed this unit every four years for the Presidential Election.  This will be the first time Mrs. Reese and I have partnered for this fun.  Four years ago she was in kindergarten with me and now she is enjoying a new adventure in 2^nd grade.

       We are in the beginning stages of this unit.  One example is getting our children registered to vote in the upcoming election we will be holding.

       I will be adding pictures as soon as we get a few together.  I can’t seem to, locate my ones from the past elections.     

       This has been taking up most of my free time.  I will get some pictures from our unit we are in the middle of now ASAP.  I have some great pictures from our 2-D shape unit we are now in the middle of.  Great fun today with simple craft sticks.

       I have just put my Vote unit on TPT.  See below for a little preview of what it looks like.

Making Memories!!!

B.E. A Star Binder

 

     Wow, school is off to a great start!!  I just love all of my new little friends.  I wanted to share my B.E.  A Star Binder.  This has been such a great tool to use in my room.  For me it is all inclusive.  It has information for my parents, interactive calendar section for my students and their poetry notebook all in one.

Begin teaching young children how to be organized with this binder.  This is the best tool to help children keep all of their items in one place.  I have all of the information the parents could ever need here in one place.  I also have our class calendar working section and our poetry section here in this binder.  I have used this format for years when I taught 2^nd grade but now use it with my kindergarten class.  I never realized what a benefit it could be for this age also.  I have been able to tweak my format with ideas from fellow teachers at my school.  I have added this to my TPT store.  Click on my TPT button to go to my store. If you choose to purchase it, I hope you find some of these pages beneficial for your little friends and their parents.

 

Making Memories!!!

Becca

 

First Day Of School

Wow!!  Today was great!  I got to spend the whole day with all of my new friends.  We had a great time.  We learned routines, made rules for our class, and began to learn a little about circle maps with our first Star of The Day.  We chose our Winthrop intern to be our first.  All of my children enjoyed being the new celebrities in kindergarten.

One of our favorite activites was chasing down our gingerbread cookies that jumped from the oven.

Here are a few pictures of the hallway and a few items in our room to go along with our Celebrity Theme.

 Tomorrow we are stamping our handprints to go along with our "Walk of Fame".  Can't wait.  We are going to be doing our celebrity glyph and more of my celebrity unit ideas next week.

 

         

Celebrity Theme

Wow!  I can’t believe that tomorrow I get to meet my new friends.  Tomorrow is Meet the Teacher in our district.  I still have a few things to get done in the morning but then we get to meet our children and their parents in the afternoon.

          We have had sooo much fun getting my classroom completed with our new Kindergarten Rocks Celebrity theme.  I have had so much fun putting a new twist on some of my old activities with the Celebrity twist.

         Things have been so exciting!!  I am fortunate enough to have a wonderful assistant and an intern from Winthrop University.  My intern has been with us every day so far.  She is great!!  She has been so helpful.

          I will get some pictures tomorrow and add them.  I am sure everyone is a CRAZY busy as I am right now.

Celebrity Literacy & Math

    Oh My!!!  I can’t believe that summer is almost over.  I go back in 7 days for our teacher days.  I am sooo  excited!!!  I can’t wait to meet all of my new friends!

    My kindergarten team has chosen “Kindergarten Rocks” as our team theme!!  I am putting the celebrity twist on it!!  I am getting together some old ideas and of course adding new bigger and better ideas to it.  I have been at school beginning to get some of these things together!!  Getting to work in my room always gets my heart pumping!!  I will share pictures when I get it all together.

    I just placed my Celebrity Literacy and Math unit on Teachers Pay Teachers.  I am so excited to be able to share.  It has a few math common core center games, poetry, LA common core center games, cool art ideas, a glyph, sight word interactive literacy book and more.

Check it out!!!

Making Memories!

Becca

Helpful School Forms

      It is like school is right around the corner!!!  I have started gathering items to decorate my room, hallway and etc.  I really enjoy getting started. The excitement is a feeling only fellow teachers understand!!!!

Our district is just adopting the math common core standards this year.  I have really been busy reading these and getting ready for this new, exciting adventure.

       As I was at school gathering a few items that need to be copied to be mailed out and to get ready for the first few days of school, I decided to share my back to school forms on my Teachers Pay Teachers. Please go over and check them out!!!

Hand washing and Germs!!

     I am so excited I just completed my Hand Washing and Germ unit.  I usually do this unit during my community helper unit, along with doctor, but as I work on my plan for the upcoming year, I have decided to do it during the first 2 weeks to teach my new friends about the importance of Hand Washing!!!

     Please view my Teachers Pay Teachers site for the mini unit.  Look below for a free download from the unit!!



I have included literacy, math, and science activities!!  Wow!  What fun!

 My classroom friends love this art activity.  It is a great activity to learn to cut a circle.

Click here for this free germs worksheet from the unit!!

FAB PACs !!

I was at my school today working on my FAB PACs.  I have to get them packed and ready to begin the year.  I am getting so excited about the new year, new friends and the new exciting challenges.  Here are a few pictures of a few FAB PACs as I go things packed up.

      Remember if you are up for a new and exciting experience for your students, I have these on my Teachers Pay Teachers store.  FUN, FUN, FUN !!!

New units!!!

             New units!!!

       Wow!!  I have been so busy working on my units for next year.    

 I have gotten my Star of the Day quick unit put on Teachers Pay Teachers for free!!!  Check out my store and download it for free.  It has a great Circle Thinking Map, note for parents and journal activity.

   I have also gotten my FAB PACs completely completed with my cool new clip art and etc. to share with you!!!  I am getting them added to my Teachers Pay Teachers site so that you can have them ready for your new “friends” this year.  What a great opportunity for your students!!! 

    I always get notes from my parents after I begin this program in October.  I have included one email.

Just wanted to drop a quick note that we are really enjoying the fab packs.  They are super cool, and we look forward to our weekend of fun activities! .  Anyway, your fab packs are FABULOUS, and we feel so fortunate that Chase has you as a teacher.

Have a great day!

This one made me smile!!!

Below is just a little snip it of what is in each FAB PAC.  Each one has 8-12 activities for your students and parents to enjoy and learn together.

6/22/2012

WOW!!!  Summer is here!  I have really been busy working on my FAB PACS.  This is a take home program that my students and parents love!!  I can’t wait to share them with all of you.  I should be ready to share by next week!!!

   I am also working on updating my districts Social Studies S3 document for each new standard.  I am so excited about having the opportunity to get this together for all of our kindergarten teachers in the district.

   Hope everyone is getting some time to rejuvenate and having the opportunity to begin thinking about a new school year.

So many opportunities to make a difference in a child’s life!!!

Just Beginning

I am just learning about my new blog.  I am so excited!  We have so many fun things happening in our kindergarten room that I want to share them.  Wow!  What a great new chapter in my teaching career!!