tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31264228493560155902024-03-13T10:20:42.824-07:00Kinder JourneyMargarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16354943961767784811noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126422849356015590.post-84028166611138567312016-04-27T09:46:00.000-07:002016-04-27T09:46:06.359-07:00Getting Kinder Ready for Summer<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This wonderful blog post from <a href="http://www.schoolisahappyplace.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">School is a Happy Place </a>features lots of End of the Year Activities including a free printable Summer Break Review Packet. Check it out!</span><br />
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How else could we play this game?Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16354943961767784811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126422849356015590.post-51094830665122155942012-08-02T11:06:00.001-07:002012-08-02T11:06:04.546-07:00Favorite Back to School Activity!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I'm linking up with Fun in First to share my favorite Back to School activity!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">My favorite back to school activity has got to be <u>The Blanket Name Game</u>! I wish I had a picture, but its super easy!! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Every year this game has been a huge hit! I've played it at every grade I have taught, from Kinder to Fourth. It's super easy and a great way to help kids learn each other's names.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>The kids just have so much fun with the anticipation and recognition!</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">1. When my kids are in my room, I am with my kids. It's so easy sometimes to get sidetracked in those few moments when the kids are working quietly on something. *few moments, indeed* I always feel guilty when I slip over to my table to fill out paperwork for an upcoming meeting. Even if they are quiet and working, my job is to be there with them and for them. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">2. Have all my lessons planned and prepped by Friday. This will leave my weekends stress-free and fabulous! Plus I won't walk in on Monday and realize that I forgot straws or something essential for a lesson sitting on my kitchen table.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">3. Smile and Play more. My mind works about a million miles an hour when I'm in the classroom. I don't know about you but I'm constantly assessing kids academic and behaviors in my mind all day long. This would be fine if I wasn't also trying to think of every possible thing I can do to work with them along the way. Sometimes I need to just stop and smile and enjoy my kids. I can't (and don't have to) fix everything right NOW!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">1. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml" target="_blank"> BBC Science</a> clips and games</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">PBS kids has got a lot. All the different shows have educational games that are really well done. I must say that Between the Lions "Chicken Stacker" is a pretty good one. They have everything from Clifford to Dr. Seuss!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">3. <a href="http://www.online-stopwatch.com/" target="_blank">Online Timer</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I'm Hopping back into the new school year by linking up with some awesome Blog Hops! This one's from Fierce in Fourth. What are MY first day jitters...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">1. I'm moving to a new school this year and that comes with all kinds of NEW! New people, New routines, New kids, New commute, New EVERYTHING! So I'm a bit nervous.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">2. Will I fit in?! I'm nervous about figuring out the ins and outs of a new team. Will they like me and my style? Or think I'm a totally obnoxious over-achiever?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">3. BUMP! Finally, I'm worried that I'll get bumped. Since I'm the newest at the campus, I'll can be bumped if the Kindergarten numbers are low. That will send me out into the school district universe of ANYTHING THEY WANT TO DO WITH ME! Soothing thoughts... Soothing thoughts...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I'm linking up with<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> Kelley, from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://teacherideafactory.blogspot.com/2012/07/rockin-resources-linky-part-deux.html" style="text-decoration: none;">Teacher Idea Factory</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> and Rachelle, from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://sweetkindergarten.blogspot.com/2012/07/top-5-teacher-must-haves-linky-party.html" style="text-decoration: none;">Life is Sweet...In Kindergarten</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">. They are having linky parties to show off the top 5 resources we have that we cannot do without.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you get a sight word card, read it and place it on a plank.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When we created our setting, we made sure that we had 8 planks on our bridge to use for the math problems. Students use their goats, troll, and counters to solve the math problems on their bridge.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We had to have a little discussion about what happens if you lose all your cards before our time is up. Instead of getting upset that you don't have any cards to flip, you wait for the 'jack' word like a tiger in a tree! That really perked up the kids who were getting sad about losing all their cards.</span></div>
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<br />Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16354943961767784811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126422849356015590.post-54499471523919191112012-04-19T17:33:00.000-07:002012-04-19T17:33:14.686-07:00Sentences Workstation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another great idea from a teammate! Thanks, Vero!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These are sentences that are all mixed up. I use mostly sight words and at least one word in the sentence that they have to use more brain power to decode. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You can see the one on the table has dots. Each dot corresponds to a letter in the word so the kids know exactly where to clip on the clothespin. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My dad used to dye the milk green on St. Patrick's Day. I never could drink it, if only we'd made some of these cute crafts and games!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Maybe a combination of the paper plate one with this one from <a href="http://happyhomefairy.com/2011/03/08/craft-lepre-cuties/" target="_blank">Happy Home Fairy</a>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The kids wrote the numbers 1-10 on a strip of construction paper.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They then counted out 10 of each yummies!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There were so many great ideas out there! We just couldn't do them all!!å</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Kindergarten...The final frontier!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here I boldly go where no Collier has gone before!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am an organization freak, so it took me a good week to get everything in 'apple-pie order'!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This is my classroom when I moved in! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lots of space and lots of furniture to organize!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here's the front of the room. I looking over my boxes and tubs.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lots of great materials, just need some organization!</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I got about a million of those shoe box tubs at Home Depot when they were 75 cents a piece!</span></div>
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