Writing About Friends

How do you get all your students to write during their free time!?!
Give them the choice to WRITE ABOUT THEIR FRIENDS!

While I sent home the parent letter pictured above, I gave my students the option to write about me!  

I am so PROUD of all their writing.  I wish I could post them all!  

Everyday my students can't wait to SHARE what FRIEND he/she wrote about. 

They even LOVE to write about themselves! 

"KID WRITING" just makes my heart SMILE! 

I created some booklets for my students to write about their friends.  It is AMAZING how much more they learned about FRIENDS in the classroom! 

This unit works very well at the end-of-the-school year in kindergarten, but can also be used at any time your students need another ENGAGING writing activity. 

If you are interested in adding some FUN into your writing day, you can check out this resource by
CLICKING RIGHT HERE! 

A Teacher's Vacation

Recently, I went on vacation with my family to Gulf Shores, Alabama.   When I got back, my students were asking me many questions about my trip.   So....I decided to make it into a fun learning activity.   Together we wrote all about my family vacation!  

This creation is ME ON THE BEACH
made by one of my sweeties! LOVE IT!

Musical Crayons....Oh What Fun!

Our theme in the classroom is FRIENDSHIP.   I read the story "The Crayon Box That Talked"  then we played a game of "musical crayons!" I gave each student a piece of paper and one crayon.  When the music played, they colored a picture.  When the music stopped, they would raise their hand. The students would pass their crayon to the friend on their right. 

This activity was a fun way to reinforce adding color to their drawings 

and adding more detail to their picture!  

They all did a great job and had some cute, colorful pictures!

Writing-To-Read

Just SHARIN' a TpT writing product 

we are using in our classrooms.  

First I chose which one I wanted to complete in front of the class
and printed it poster size (150%) to model to the students. 

One of the students said to add Mrs. Osterman passing the bus....so I did! 

At the beginning of the school year in Science we learn about our "5 Senses." This really helps our students when they start adding detailed pictures to their kinder writing. We blogged about our anchor chart HERE!!  

This writing unit from LIVE LOVE LAUGH KINDERGARTEN would make a great activity for center time, small groups, or early finishers. The possibilities are endless all year long! Please check out LET'S WORK ON WRITING  at Live Love Laugh Kindergarten's TpT store!

August unit is FREE.  The rest of the months are only $3.00!

I just LOVE his one missing tooth.
I wish you could see it too!

Thanks Bunches, 

Amber & LuAnn