Do you paint T-shirts for 100 Days? (Freebie, too!)

100 Days of school....this idea is so cool!  Mrs. Ramseier came up with the greatest idea that is so kid friendly...which makes the kiddos a little more independent...and THAT IS WHAT WE STRIVE FOR.....so we can drink our diet coke!  HA HA HA  work with other students one-on-one! 

 Go to your local Family Dollar or General Store and buy some cheap car mats.  Use an exacto knife to cut out 2 - 4 different designs.  Then the students have fun sponge painting their shirts! 

  

How cute it is!  School Specialty has some colorful Acrylic (Facbric) paint. 
We are 100 days brighter!  

Don't forget to add their name on the back!   The students love it!!! Yes...I know...all capital letters in their name!?!  Please forgive me!   

 Click {here}  for your Fruity Fun Freebie!

 Click {right here} for your Roll to 100 Freebie!

 Click {right here now} for your 100 Things Booklet Freebie!

100 Day Recording Sheet
On 100 Days of school, the students can choose where they would like to go and learn.  The centers are set up all day.  After they finish each area they mark it off with a little sticker! 

I hope the rest of your year is as FABULOUS as your first 100 days of school! 

Amber

Baby, it's Cold Outside...Great Time to read...The Mitten

What have we been doing this week!?!  Anything and everything that is related to the story, The Mitten.  Here are some quick pictures to share!    

I got this idea from www.kinderbykim.com website or should I say...Kindergals.....a couple of years ago.  My students love to read the story over and over during their academic free choice time!  

When I was in college this was one of the activities I made for our Reading Class.  I still use it every year and the students ask me all week....Can we retell the story again?!

Listening to the story while waiting to go into the mitten.

All the animals inside the mitten!  (Sorry picture is upside down)

The bear sneezes and all the animals come out of the mitten!

We read the emergent reader, The Tale of The Mitten, by BZ Teacher together as a class.  If you would like a copy of the book click {here now} !  It is so cute, and she has 3 different versions for you to use in your classroom!

 Here is a fun unit by Adventures in First with Mrs. Key that I used this week.  Check it out by clicking {here}. 

 I also used this write the room activity with my kiddos.  They had so much fun finding the characters in the story.  Click {right here} to check out Over The MoonBow Activity Pack.

 

Today was my student teachers last day in our classroom.  She will be missed!  Here is the little goodie bag she gave each student.  On the back it said..."Owl" Miss You! 

THANKS FOR READING! 

Amber

"Snow" Much Fun Building Sentences

My class LOVES sentence scrambles....and what a great idea to do it together as a class.

I took a little spaceman that my students use and blew it up in color.  

Click {here}  for a black and white copy of the spaceman. 

When LuAnn and I were presenting in Indy at the SDE I Teach K Conference we were able to sit in on a session presented by Linda Scheuer.  I could not wait to go back to my classroom and do with my kiddos.  They LOVED it! 

Thanks for reading!  Enjoy your New Year!!!

Amber

Happy Holidays!

Enjoy this Holiday Addition Booklet Freebie!  

Click {right here} for to download a copy just for you!

Thank you for reading our posts and leaving cheerful comments.  We enJOY reading every one of them!

Amber & LuAnn 

Thank You...I Teach K Indy

Prayers and thoughts for all involved at Sandy Hook! May they find peace somehow, hopefully through love, faith, and support.

THANK YOU for attending our sessions at the "I teach K! Conference" in Indy.  We had a blast!  Look below for the extra goodies that we promised you. 

 Click {Right Here}  for the phonemic awareness activities shared during the "Reading Rocks" session.  

Found this picture on Pinterest.  Isn't Humpty so cute that you could just eat him up!

Hide the 4 sheep around the room.  The students will search for a sheep and tell the teacher what letter is on it.  This would be a great opportunity to use positional words, if a student is having trouble finding his/her sheep.   Click {here}  for a copy of the sheep. 

The students will draw cards with letters on them.  Say the letter and letter sound and then dab the letter around the clock until all of the letters are marked.  Click {right here}  for the ABC CLOCK.  Click {right here}  for the NUMBER CLOCK.

The students will write a color word on the line and draw a colored spider coming down to scare Little Miss Muffet,  Click {right here now} for a copy of the booklet. 

Please e-mail us if you have any more questions or requests.  We would love to hear from you!  Enjoy your holidays!   

Thank you, 

Amber & LuAnn

I "Deerly" Love This Time of Year!

'Tis the season to make a fact list in "book style"!  I read a non-fiction story about reindeers and we brainstormed things we knew about reindeer.  During academic free-choice a couple of my students made this reindeer book together.  Then when it was shared writing time, each student wrote a fact about reindeers in our book.  The book will stay in the classroom for students to keep reading.  

Miss Neuenschwander's December Bulletin Board...



If I had a reindeer, I would play outdoors with it.  We would play ball and house.



If I had a reindeer, I would feed it carrots.  I would ride on it.

 

If I had a reindeer, I would ride it to the Super Bowl. 


Mrs. Osterman's December Bulletin Board...

I would be a good reindeer because I can be nice to other reindeer.

I would be a good reindeer because I give toys to kids.

I would be a good reindeer because I would help Santa pull his sled.

I would be a good reindeer because I can help Santa deliver presents!

I would be a good reindeer because I can fly.

As you can see we have not had the lesson yet on the word "I" is ALWAYS capitalized in a sentence.  I just think their kid~writing is so cute & great for kindergarten!!!

Remember...On Dasher, on Dancer, on Master & Visa!  HA HA HA
Amber & LuAnn