Memorizing Students' Names

Learn your students' names flash card style!

Before "Back-to-School-Night", I copy yearbook pictures and make little flash cards to memorize my students' names. 
My students' faces light up when I greet them using their name.   

Cubby Names Tip

Getting your classroom ready takes a lot of patience and preparation.   Tip: Use a index card or post-it note to make sure each label is in the same spot in each cubby.  Your classroom is your home away from home for a majority of the year.   Don't let "CROOKED CUBBY NAMES" bother you every day!   

Guided Reading

“It is through guided reading, … that teachers can show children how to read and can support children as they read. Guided reading leads to independent reading that builds the process; it is the heart of a balanced literacy program.” -Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell

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Go Noodle & Sit Spots

Go Noodle = Move with purpose

Our Go Noodle Sit Spots = Sit with purpose 

BAHAHAHA 

The students can't wait until it is their champ that we work together to build/grow!   

So Simple!  So Fun!  So Motivating! 

Math Centers with picture overload!

Are you shopping for next school year yet!?!  Kindergarten students need hands-on interaction with manipulatives while learning math. Do I have "THE THING" for you! WARNING: Lots of EXCITING pictures IN ACTION included! 

Math manipulatives make math FUN!
Children of all ages ENJOY using these concrete tools to make sense of the problems they are given. They especially help our younger learners who are learning new math concepts for the first time.  A relationship is built when shown visually how to solve problems and given opportunities to “try” something using math manipulatives.  With repeated practice and “PLAY” with manipulatives,
math fluency develops.

This is my rotation board for math center time. 

Each day I rotate the wheel and the students have a choice between 2 math activities. 

THANK YOU Kindergarten Smorgasboard Blog for this management system.  It works GREAT in my classroom! 

This is how I store 3 of the math manipulative game units. I LOVE this shelf!  The students can take a bin off the shelf and get right to work around the classroom.   

The "I Can" charts are clipped to a clip board.  

All the materials for that game are stored in the bin. 

The recording sheets are under the "I can" sheet. 

How SMART is that!?!

The games are SIMPLE! 

The games are similar to some of the ones in her linking cubes, colored titles, and teddy bear units.  This makes kids very independent and feel successful!  Isn't that one of our goals as kindergarten teachers!?! 

  

There is so much learning that takes place

between friends.  I just LOVE IT! 

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