Free Alphabet Manipulatives: Applesauce Tops
I was looking for alphabet manipulatives, so my students can have choice during guided reading. However, most of the alphabet...
How I Organize My iPad Centers For My Kinders
In my tech center, I created a background that is different colors. In each row, there are apps that they can do during that specific...
Back to School Provocation Centers
Are you looking for fun STEM challenges to do at the beginning of the school year? Here are some play based centers that kindergarteners...
Morning Meeting Routines (Part 1)
Morning meeting a crucial part of the school day. This is where you create a warm, welcoming classroom environment. Morning meeting is...
Culturally Responsive Morning Meeting (Part 2)
Morning meeting is such a crucial part of the school day. This is where you create a warm, welcoming classroom community. Morning meeting...
Community Provocation Center
This center is great for students to practice the vocabulary and writing through play. I started by creating dry erase tables. I put dry...
What I include in my Back to School Night Folders
This year, we switched from a curriculum night to a Back to School Night (or a Meet the Teacher Night). Instead of us just talking at the...
Graphic Organizers of Vocabulary Terms in Different Languages
I sent home a worksheet that parents filled out with out their student of the vocabulary words we are going to cover. The parents with...
How I announced I was engaged to my kindergarten students
I could not wait to share my engagement with some of the most important little people in my life. Every Monday morning, we read our over...
Adjectives, Monster Writing
In Reading Street, they introduced adjectives right around Halloween. Writing about monsters is a great way to use adjectives because...