tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42434118643084516542024-03-19T05:17:28.720-04:00Kindergarten SmilesCaitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13389520299400019249noreply@blogger.comBlogger218125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243411864308451654.post-48457713098062052019-04-25T14:45:00.000-04:002019-04-25T14:45:06.678-04:00Landforms (Formal Observation)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I spent two weeks learning ALL about Landforms and we had a BLAST! My students were full of knowledge by the end of the two weeks and they were eager for more!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I added a landform poem into my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetry-Journals-905170">Poetry pack</a>. We made hand movements for the different landforms (ex. for mountains we put our arms up into a point, for hills we put our arms up but made sure they were rounded).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we were ready to add the poems into our notebooks I let the children choose which landform image they wanted. Most students chose their favorite one they learned about which was fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, how did I teach this unit? Every day we learned two different landforms. I gathered books and YouTube videos to help me teach. After we read a book/watched a video I had students raise their hands and tell me some items that they learned. We made a T-Chart on our whiteboard full of facts on the two different landforms from that day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I sent the children back to their seats. I have four tables in my room. I gave each table a piece of paper and assigned them a landform (we did this daily- so on the first day I taught volcanos and mountains, two tables had to make a poster on volcanos and two tables made a poster on mountains). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They had to work together to add a title, facts, and an image. They had free range to any art materials in our room. They just had to ask and I would take it out for them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've done so many collaborative activities throughout the year that my students are pros on assigning each other jobs and taking on different responsibilities. For instance, someone made the title and another colored it in. They took turns making the lines for the facts and writing them. They even took turns cutting, painting, or drawing the landform images. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the groups finished making their poster daily, they would present it. We made sure they had a title, facts, and an image and if they did, we would applaud and celebrate the group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The landforms we learned were:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Monday- Volcanos/Mountains</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tuesday-Oceans/Lakes</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wednesday-Waterfall/River</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thursday-</span><span style="font-size: large;">Desert </span><span style="font-size: large;">/Hill</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Friday- Review day</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Week 2:</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Monday-Valley/</span><span style="font-size: large;">Plateau</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tuesday-Island/Peninsula</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wednesday-</span><span style="font-size: large;">Plain/Canyon</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thursday-</span><span style="font-size: large;">Landforms wrap up (formal observation)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Friday- Build landforms at our sand park/landform cooking activity </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first day they made their posters they needed a lot more assistance. I offered some ideas on how to create the image and I helped them a little bit on assigning each other jobs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But, as the two weeks progressed they were so excited to get started and they didn't need me at all!! You can see the group in the image above even asked if they could go outside to get sand from our park to use in their desert! LOVE it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These looked amazing hanging in my room! I hung them all up on our clothesline. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some of the books and YouTube videos that I used can be found by clicking on the links below (there were some days that I didn't have THAT much info, but we got by!) Also, there is a great landform rap on <a href="https://www.flocabulary.com/accounts/login/?next=/">Flocabulary</a> if you have an account and a great book to start off the unit with <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/077879606X?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=077879606X">HERE</a>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Volcanos: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1426302851?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=1426302851">Book</a> 1 or <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1426300913?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=1426300913">Book</a> 2 and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAmqsMQG3RM">Video</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mountains: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1403484414?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=1403484414">Book</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1432995421?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=1432995421">Book</a> 2 and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd_XqYE2BWY">Video</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oceans</span><span style="font-size: large;">: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1426306865?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=1426306865">Book</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lakes</span><span style="font-size: large;">: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lakes-Water-Everywhere-Diyan-Leake/dp/1484638530">Book</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Waterfall</span><span style="font-size: large;">: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07M8F3N6H?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B07M8F3N6H">Book</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_dUdfnZyao">Video</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">River</span><span style="font-size: large;">: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1484638514?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=1484638514">Book</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNWuQD7QHBc">Video</a> (diff bodies of water)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Desert</span><span style="font-size: large;">: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0823415198?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=0823415198">Book</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaZKEc59g1w">Video</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hill</span><span style="font-size: large;">:</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hills-Geography-Zone-Emma-Bernay/dp/1404242074">Book</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Valley</span><span style="font-size: large;">: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1432995413?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=1432995413">Book</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0pkIf2YbS0">Video</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Plateau</span><span style="font-size: large;">: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082258607X?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=082258607X">Book</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iFw8FoFqkA">Video</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Island</span><span style="font-size: large;">: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1432995405?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=1432995405">Book</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Islands-First-Nonfiction-Sheila-Anderson/dp/0822586096/ref=pd_sim_14_5/131-0952969-6640412?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0822586096&pd_rd_r=e1acbfba-6775-11e9-9f49-5707d913d0fd&pd_rd_w=12Kf9&pd_rd_wg=I2tU1&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=BW7D4BB2YD1YAF4CF4J2&psc=1&refRID=BW7D4BB2YD1YAF4CF4J2">Book</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peninsula</span><span style="font-size: large;">: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Peninsulas-Geography-Zone-Landforms/dp/1435831098/ref=pd_sim_14_15?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1435831098&pd_rd_r=f10e203f-6775-11e9-8627-41445435c50e&pd_rd_w=ZQHuV&pd_rd_wg=hZ2uw&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=96C8FT9GVZ5C2QJ8P0SH&psc=1&refRID=96C8FT9GVZ5C2QJ8P0SH">Book</a> and I didn't find a great informational video but I did show them <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXyw0Mc_L10">this as an example</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Plain</span><span style="font-size: large;">: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0822586088?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=0822586088">Book</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQKwzhEXLEo">Video</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Canyon</span><span style="font-size: large;">: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1635179912?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=1635179912">Book</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZZEJMtLOKU">Video</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then it was time for my formal observation! (This observation follows the <a href="http://kindergartensmiles.blogspot.com/2013/11/formal-observation.html">same guidelines I've posted about before</a>, just a different topic and activity. You can read more detail in that <a href="http://kindergartensmiles.blogspot.com/2013/11/formal-observation.html">post</a>.) At this point we had already learned about 14 different types of landforms! To start off the lesson I asked my students how they felt about their knowledge on landforms. I have a scale on my whiteboard that we use during non-fiction units--it is a scale from 0-4, 0 being I don't feel like I am doing well and 4 being I am an expert and can even help a friend! Most of my students said they were at a 3 so I said to them, let's try to get to a 4 today! I think we can do it!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We went over the directions of the lesson as a class and I reminded them of the rules we use doing cooperative work. Then we made a quick rubric together (ex. everyones project will have a title, a picture, be colored, and at least 4 facts)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I paired the students up into groups of 2 or 3 and called each group up to choose a landform. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They secretly chose one by reaching their hand into a bucket and pulling one out--they weren't allowed to show anyone! So they took their little piece of paper with them and got to work on their landform riddle! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had the white paper pre-folded as you can see above. The students wrote their landform underneath the flap and then kept the paper folded so no one would be able to see the title OR the picture! (When the paper is folded down all you can see are the 4 clues and the question.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When each group was finished, we gathered at the carpet. We quickly went over the presentation rules (listen attentively, celebrate other groups, etc). I called one group at a time to stand up and present. They read their clues and then had to call on classmates to try and guess what landform they were referring to. The kids LOVED this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I mean look at this independent work! I was so proud! I could also tell my principal was beyond impressed. He was taking a ton of photos!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I told my students I was going to make sure they knew their landforms on their own by giving them one more activity sheet challenge! My students all had a huge smile on their face when I told them it was a 'challenge'. They love impressing me and knew they could do this! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They all completed their activity sheet independently and all got a 100%! We went back to our learning scale and did another status check to see where they felt they were now. The whole class said they were at a '4' and I totally agreed! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This lesson went a little over the allotted time for our observation so my principal didn't see that final challenge or the reference back to the learning scale, but that is okay!! Things don't always go perfectly and I know he saw enough to be happy :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can grab the formal observation activities <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q9xuqTBf15lfaRGFl5eb0a5mX10CIBYo/view?usp=sharing">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My kiddos (and I) start getting tired at the end of the year--so I like to start adding some new additions and new choices to our center rotations to keep things exciting! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now that my kiddos are writing independently, letter writing is the perfect addition! They love writing letters to their friends and families, but I think they really love putting their letters into envelopes and 'mailing' their letters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can find my letter writing activity sheet and some other make your own cards in my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-Center-Activities-168277?aref=j87h4fxv">writing pack</a> on <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-Center-Activities-168277?aref=j87h4fxv">TpT</a>, but you can also just leave blank, lined, paper for them to create their own! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I make sure that my students know my expectations when they begin this center. Some of these expectations include: writing at least 4 sentences and addressing the envelope. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, I make the center a little bit more 'fun' by adding stickers to decorate their note and envelope, and I add this cute, little, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006VFT6K8?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B006VFT6K8">mailbox </a>found <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006VFT6K8?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B006VFT6K8">here</a>. Trust me, the mailbox is SUCH a motivator! (It's the little things.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Happy writing!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't normally share things like this on my blog, but this is too good not to share! I kept seeing the ads on my Facebook page or my Instagram for these <a href="http://collage.com/">Collage.com</a> blankets. When I finally clicked on the website to check it out, I was really impressed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The website gives you the option to connect to your social media outlets, meaning that it can quickly gain access to your photos (I am all about quick and easy)! I connected to both my Facebook and Instagram by signing in. Then, you just scroll through and choose some of your favorite photos--the more photos you choose the smaller they will appear on your blanket; however, you can choose A LOT or a few. I went with a few of my family favs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can easily play with the layout and move photos around as well...its super simple! I checked out really easily and gave my cell number at check out. I immediately received a text confirming my order and then a couple days later a text saying <a href="https://www.collage.com/">my blanket</a> was on its way!! AMAZING service!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We all love this blanket, its SO soft and snuggly! My husband is actually snoozing under the blanket right now as I type this, haha! Ours is a <a href="https://www.collage.com/">50x60 sherpa blanket</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always tell you guys that the second I became a mom, I became obsessed with all the craft keepsakes and memory pages! Then it dawned on me, what a great gift this <a href="https://www.collage.com/">photo blanket</a> would be for a room mom! You can add photos of their child from throughout the school year and surprise them!! <a href="http://collage.com/">Collage.com</a> always has amazing discount codes so it would be an inexpensive and cherished gift! </span></div>
Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13389520299400019249noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243411864308451654.post-31147955671573848372019-03-03T14:32:00.004-05:002019-03-04T12:57:37.192-05:00St. Patrick's Day Craft and Other Fun Ideas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">St. Patrick's Day is a magical time for the kids. We always read some fun St. Patrick's books that day and make a leprechaun trap in groups (STEM). We also do a fun cooking activity together! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For writing on St. Patrick's Day we make this super cute <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-to-Catch-a-Leprechaun-St-Patricks-Day-Craft-and-Printables-1761139">leprechaun craft</a>. There are different writing options to choose from, and I give my students the choice of what writing page they want. You can grab this craft <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-to-Catch-a-Leprechaun-St-Patricks-Day-Craft-and-Printables-1761139">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another one of my favorite things to do is put on music and work on a directed drawing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love First Grade Blue Skies directed drawing activities and she has a great leprechaun <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Leprechaun-Directed-Drawing-for-St-Patricks-Day-1752656">FREEBIE HERE</a>. These make for a very relaxing afternoon! A great Friday activity!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another one of my favorites is this <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Lucky-to-be-a-Family-Shamrock-Project-592106">FREEBIE HERE</a> from Sunny Days. It was made for a second grade classroom, but I think kindergarten and first graders would love it as well! Being a mom, I LOVE these kind of keepsake projects!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This would be a great way to turn your cooking project into a STEM project as well! Instead of play-doh, you can use large marshmallows or even the small white powdered donuts!! This way your cooking project is totally independent! You can grab this <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-Rainbow-STEM-4396034">FREEBIE HERE</a> from Creatively Teaching First.</span></div>
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Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13389520299400019249noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243411864308451654.post-69059491530675633542019-01-10T17:15:00.001-05:002019-01-10T17:15:54.265-05:00Penguin Unit in Kindergarten <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Teaching the Penguin Unit was definitely one of my favorites during the year! The kids learn so much and there are so many fun, interactive, activities to do!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think a lot of kindergarten teachers have moved away from themes like Penguins because it 'doesn't fit into their curriculum anymore'. However, you really CAN incorporate this into your curriculum-your living/nonliving unit, real/pretend, how animals grow and change, and even your life cycle science unit. Of course it is very easy to incorporate all of your reading and writing skills too! Check out my framework <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/xs56sswsu5uhgvw/AnimalsFramework.pdf?dl=0">HERE</a> that I presented to my administration :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We always started off our unit by working together to fill out the 'K' and 'W' of our <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Penguins-Math-Literacy-and-SO-Much-More-467828">KWL.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We usually always do that whole group in the morning; however, this particular time I had the students write about it during our writing block and they did wonderfully! I did tell them that they had to write one thing they 'knew' and one thing that they were 'wondering'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">During our nonfiction units we also used our '<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Penguins-Math-Literacy-and-SO-Much-More-467828">word splash</a>'. We 'splashed' the words on at the beginning of our unit, then we listened for them as we read throughout the unit. If we heard a word, I would move the word to the side and we would discuss the meaning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had students turn and talk to discuss their new learning and discuss the word splash words. We did this every day! It helps them retain all of the information!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are so many wonderful center ideas, if you are doing centers anyways, then why not do them thematically?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the writing center they did this cute drawing activity. Students will be drawing lots of penguins during writing so this is the perfect way to teach them! At the bottom of the page they wrote about penguins as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At our word work center students put their <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Penguins-Math-Literacy-and-SO-Much-More-467828">penguin cards</a> in alphabetical order.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then they used their best handwriting to record the letters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They read and <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Penguins-Math-Literacy-and-SO-Much-More-467828">followed the directions on the activity sheet</a> to color in the correct amount of penguins during math centers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were also working on reading ten frames. In '<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Penguins-Math-Literacy-and-SO-Much-More-467828">What Comes Next?'</a> they chose a card, read the ten frame, and recorded that number. Then, they wrote the next 3 numbers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To work on reading and sight words, students <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Penguins-Math-Literacy-and-SO-Much-More-467828">built simple sentences</a> in the pocket chart and practiced reading them to one another with a pointer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are different activity sheet options in my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Penguins-Math-Literacy-and-SO-Much-More-467828">penguin pack</a>; however, I had students record the sight word 'is' for extra practice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In '<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Penguins-Math-Literacy-and-SO-Much-More-467828">Time to Find Food</a>' students counted the number of penguins and the number of fish on their card and added the numbers together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another great sight word activity, '<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Penguins-Math-Literacy-and-SO-Much-More-467828">It's Feeding Time</a>!' Students built the sight word on their penguin and recorded the word three times on their activity sheet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">'<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Work-January-1038919">Penguin pairs</a>' works on rhyming words.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also worked on reading and sorting real <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Work-January-1038919">CVC words vs. nonsense CVC</a> words.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In writing there are a couple of options to choose from. I've done both and can't decide which one I like better!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've created an <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Penguins-Math-Literacy-and-SO-Much-More-467828">'All About Penguins' </a>book FULL of non-fiction information that we learned throughout the unit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've also used this <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Penguin-Craft-with-Informative-Writing-Book-2290864">cute penguin craft </a>as our 'All About Penguins' book! Either way students are learning SO much!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some of my favorite videos to watch and listen to during the penguin unit are below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8qilxaBR20">All About Penguins for Kids</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've linked other videos in my Animal Framework at the top of the post as well!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I LOVE holiday parties in class because the kids have the best day ever; however, I am all for easy planning!! I want to enjoy the party too and not be stressed out! These are some ideas of centers I have done in the passed, along with ones that I want to try out! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I have a holiday party in class I usually have my room mom take care of the centers/emailing parents for donations, etc. But I do tell my room mom some center ideas and things that I want to see. I have found that when I don't take some control of the holiday parties, my room mom has great ideas, but some aren't age appropriate or some are too short and the party is over too quickly (which then means the kids get wild), etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I ALWAYS do centers at my parties. The kids have to stay in their center until the bell rings, then we all switch. If I don't do centers, some kids rush through the activities and are done with the hour and a half party in twenty minutes. Then what? Centers are MUCH easier, trust me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite Halloween centers is decorating mini pumpkins. The kids love this and it also gives them something to take home! I ask that each child donates a mini pumpkin. Then I purchased the foam stickers from Oriental Trading. They stick VERY well!! You can find one pack <a href="https://www.orientaltrading.com/foam-monster-pumpkin-decorating-craft-kit-a2-48_5385.fltr?keyword=pumpkin+decorating">HERE</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At one center we played <a href="https://www.orientaltrading.com/fall-bowling-game-a2-25_6124.fltr?keyword=candy+corn+bowling&directSearch=true">Candy Corn bowling</a>. The kids loved this center (just make sure it is somewhere in the corner where the pins aren't flying everywhere). You can make this center academic too! <a href="https://a.pgtb.me/1v2Qqp">HERE</a> is an awesome addition worksheet to accompany the bowling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now this is an activity I haven't tried yet, but I love it! I think it would be easy and fun! You can purchase the mini play-doh's at Target or even Costco. I found them on Amazon <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0037710BG?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B0037710BG">HERE</a>. I wound't pre-package this center as a kit. I would leave the play doh, beads, eyes, and pipe cleaners out for children to use. Then, when it is time to clean up, you can stick it in a zip-lock bag for them to take home and use again! This idea is from <a href="https://www.adabofgluewilldo.com/make-a-monster/">'A Dab of Glue'</a> and she offers the printable for free as well!</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNh-wqRbxWsVK5ilbmqRs_dcVYvu8AOuD9kPfKek6ViArgit-ZOzvJa0WfZRTQKQFllYvSxpJ47Dp5LLNLaPIdUK8zgcPKTggXs_bo04sLyPNegjdZFSTMQFqZvG-ZS0UkVeE_M8fYSBQ/s1600/Picture13-1-768x512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNh-wqRbxWsVK5ilbmqRs_dcVYvu8AOuD9kPfKek6ViArgit-ZOzvJa0WfZRTQKQFllYvSxpJ47Dp5LLNLaPIdUK8zgcPKTggXs_bo04sLyPNegjdZFSTMQFqZvG-ZS0UkVeE_M8fYSBQ/s640/Picture13-1-768x512.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Another cute and easy center is this pumpkin q-tip painting center. When these dry, I add them into their <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetry-Notebooks-Journals-for-the-Year-905170">poetry notebooks</a>. You can grab this freebie <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Q-tip-Painting-4136007">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like to always have one center that is a 'cooking center'. Here are a couple cooking center ideas!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Make your own <a href="https://www.babble.com/best-recipes/monster-cookie-bar/?cmp=smc%7C540879383">monster cookie</a>. I would buy the cookies pre-made from the grocery store. We use food coloring to dye the vanilla icing and I leave tongue depressors in the icing for kids to use as they spread the icing on their cookie. You can ask parents to donate small tubes of gel icing for decorating and you can find the googly eye sprinkles at the grocery store or on Amazon <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FDNCRN8?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B07FDNCRN8">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you haven't use this cooking activity yet in class during your bat unit, then it is perfect for your Halloween party. Super simple and the kids love it!! Again, I used a small tube of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0019INEVY?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B0019INEVY">gel icing</a> as the 'glue' for the eyes and the fangs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I didn't want to have too much sugar so I had mini water bottles at the center for the kids to have a drink. Just made it a little more fun by adding these <a href="https://www.orientaltrading.com/bat-shaped-plastic-straws-a2-13708689.fltr?keyword=bat+straws&directSearch=true">bat straws</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I usually have 4 or 5 centers at our holiday parties. When all centers are complete, I gather the kids at the carpet for one whole group game. This gives my volunteers time to clean the room up while we are all together (calming down). At our Halloween party we play 'pin the nose on the Jack O' Lantern'. I've always made a pumpkin and noses in the passed with construction paper, but I found this one cheap online <a href="https://www.orientaltrading.com/silly-pin-the-nose-on-the-pumpkin-halloween-party-game-a2-25_5381.fltr?keyword=pin+the+nose">HERE</a>. This is SO fun and a perfect way to end the party.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Towards the end of the day we watch a Halloween video or two and say our goodbyes! It really is a calm and fun day...not too much planning and prepping involved, but the kids have a blast!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some videos we have enjoyed in the past:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxKb_VHCYdc">Monster Moves by Koo Too Kanga Roo</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWyz77PLl6I">Halloween Stomp</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho8NXCvwElY">Halloween Freeze Dance</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbMyP92fIrk">Skeleton Dance</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f94ryQGLa7E">The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoZUI5xTv1A">The Berenstain Bears: Trick or Treat</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f9kRsV0IoU">The Berenstain Bears: The Prize Pumpkin</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My magnetic letter center is definitely one of my students' favorites and it is mine too! I am telling you, the entire time they are at the magnetic letter center they are engaged and working!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can work on SO many different skills at the magnetic letter center which makes differentiating VERY easy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always start the yer off with these 'I know my letters' mats and then we move on to sounds, CVC words, sight words, and SO much more!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They have so much fun working together at the magnetic letter/word work center...I think they forget that they are learning!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can find my magnetic letters <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F8XC7A?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B000F8XC7A">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can see my magnetic letter packs in other classrooms in the images below...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This class is using <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000J09OLM?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B000J09OLM">dry erase markers</a> instead of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F8XC7A?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B000F8XC7A">magnetic letters</a>. They are working right in these <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HN47UC6?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B01HN47UC6">dry erase pouches</a> which I love. I will do the same if I am working with these mats in my guided reading groups! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a first grade classroom that started the year off with my word families pack. I love how she has the 'check it' cards hanging right at the center so her students can self check. That is one of my favorite things about my magnetic letter packs--they are color coded for easy clean up and they all come with 'check it' cards so your students are working totally independently while you are calling your guided reading groups.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You don't need a magnetic white board to use these packs. As you can see in the classroom below, they are working right on their table top! You can also use a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001MS400?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B0001MS400">cookie sheet/baking pan</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LOVE how this classroom is using letter erasers on my mats. I wish I found those awesome erasers at Target this year! So jealous!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lastly, this class is just using <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FA6DXS?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B000FA6DXS">letter tiles</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are SO many ways to use these packs in your classroom. Once you introduce these packs to your students they will be able to work in this center all year. The packs spiral as the year goes which makes it very easy to differentiate as well!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My students LOVE the Word Work center. They are always SO engaged. This month we had a ton of different skills going on during centers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week we worked on building, reading and writing sentences. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They can work on the floor or in a pocket chart, wherever they feel comfortable! After they build their sentences, they have to use a pointer to read their sentences. I usually have 2-3 students working together in a center so they will all take turns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When they are finished, they will complete their activity sheet. They have to </span><span style="font-size: large;">color the image, </span><span style="font-size: large;">build their sentence, and write the sentence correctly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also worked on 'Farm Families'. We have an upcoming field trip to the farm so this center was perfect timing! Students had to look at the picture on the farm animal card and determine what word family it belonged to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When they were done sorting, they had to sound out the CVC words to record them on their activity sheet (double sided). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are continuing to work on differentiating between long and short vowels. This week we sorted images based on vowel sound. Some of my students needed to use the 'check it' card to complete this activity which was ok with me. Just lets me know that we need to keep on working!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This next center is definitely one of my favorites. It works on reading CVC words and identifying rhymes (word families) at the same time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Students will read the sentence on the rhyming question card, then they will find a matching card that rhymes. They did AMAZING with this!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When they are finished matching all of the rhymes, they record them on their activity sheet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Over at magnetic letters we worked on spelling our CVC words. Never enough CVC practice!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then a new skill we have been working on is ending punctuation. We are forgetting it too often in our writing so hopefully these centers will help! Students had to read the sentence and determine whether a question mark or a period was needed to complete it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another great center going on is reading simple sentences and finding the picture to match. I am going to work on creating an entire pack just like this center because my students loved it and it is really helping my readers! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I only have one reading group that still needs to work on beginning sounds; however, I left this center out for all of my students to complete. When they saw it they were all excited about it, so I figured why not? Let them all work together and have some fun building Easter eggs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We worked on rhyming again! Same skill, different words!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we stepped up our magnetic letter center a little bit to work on digraphs. My students are actually doing very well with these and this center was the perfect practice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most of these centers can be found in my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Work-April-1177106">April Word Work</a> pack <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Work-April-1177106">HERE</a> on TpT. The <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Magnetic-Letters-Word-Work-Beginning-and-Ending-Digraphs-2440387">Magnetic Letter Digraphs</a> pack can be found <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Magnetic-Letters-Word-Work-Beginning-and-Ending-Digraphs-2440387">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last year I saw these super cute heart shaped books at Target but I passed them by because I couldn't think of what I would do with them. Then this year they were back and they were just too cute to pass by again! I actually bought plain red ones for my class and then after the fact, found these awesome rainbow ones!! (Maybe next time.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The books have 16 plain white pages inside and I decided that these would be super fun to use to throughout the month to spruce up our writing and get the kids excited!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I created different pages that fit perfectly into the Target book. All of the pages are about people we love or places, things, and even the food we love! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids have really enjoyed working on these books so far and they are taking a lot of pride in their work (which is an extra bonus)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are going to be perfect Valentine's keepsakes for not only the kids to enjoy, but their parents to hold onto for years and years to come!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And don't worry, if you can't find the blank Target books, I added in a cover page that you can use to create your own writing notebooks for your class. I received this picture from a fellow teacher and she has her Valentine's books ready to go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can grab the writing pages <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Valentines-Day-Craft-Writing-Book-3595001">below</a>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are also available in Spanish <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Valentines-Day-Craft-Writing-Book-in-Spanish-3621096?aref=y0v6u9ph">here</a>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don't forget to PIN this image to Pinterest and save this idea for next year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year I let my daughter pick out her own Valentine's (then I just ordered the same ones from my son), and to my surprise she picked these super cute pizzas!! Pizza is all the rage right now, haha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/holidays/valentines-day-a1-550626.fltr">Oriental Trading</a> and they made Valentine's so easy. They deliver quickly and these pizzas already had a cute tag on them! I didn't even really need to print and attach my own tag!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My daughter is so excited to pass these out! And I am excited that we finally have a cute little Valentine gift that isn't candy, haha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to make a cute Valentine's craft with the kids so that they would be able to give them out as gifts, well they turned out SO cute that I thought I just had to share them with you all! These would make amazing parent gifts and they were so easy to complete!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We started off by drawing a picture with a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006IFI3?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B00006IFI3">thin Sharpie pen</a>. I let my little one choose who she wanted to draw herself with (she made a couple of boxes). She drew herself with mom, dad, grandma, etc. If you are doing this as a Valentine's gift in class you can even let your students draw their whole family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we colored in the picture with <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000J0S3?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B00000J0S3">colored pencils</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile, I painted a layer of <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/craft-and-hobby-supplies-a1-550055.fltr">Mo</a><a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/craft-and-hobby-supplies-a1-550055.fltr">d Podge</a> onto the <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/web/browse/processProductsCatalog?sku=13751435&source=orderhistory">ceramic box</a> from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/craft-and-hobby-supplies-a1-550055.fltr">Oriental Trading</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mod Podge dries very quickly so make sure the image is ready to lay on top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once the image was placed on the box, I added another layer of <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/craft-and-hobby-supplies-a1-550055.fltr">Mod Podge</a>. This just ensures that the picture will stay on the box and it also adds a nice shine finish!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we decorated our boxes with stickers. I ordered a TON of fun stickers from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/teaching-supplies-and-stationery-a1-551419.fltr">Oriental Trading</a> (fun fact--I am a total sticker hoarder).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We added one sticker into the inside of the box and I painted over it with Mod Podge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we painted the outside of the box. I left out a bunch of different colored paints to choose from. This is just the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004UBH3?ie=UTF8&tag=kindersmiles-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B00004UBH3">Crayola paint </a>(washable). The paint dried very quickly (probably within 15 minutes).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we used our awesome stickers from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/teaching-supplies-and-stationery-a1-551419.fltr">Oriental Trading</a> to decorate the outsides of the boxes. They turned out adorable!!! I covered the stickers with another layer of Mod Podge (the Mod Podge dries within 5 minutes).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I LOVE how they turned out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Such an awesome gift and so easy to make!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made 12 boxes for about $30. So it would be about $2.50 per child in your class.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you want to add a card with your gift and you still have leftover <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/teaching-supplies-and-stationery-a1-551419.fltr">stickers</a>, these are my favorite! They are not only cute cards, but they make for cute keepsakes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Word Work is the easiest center for me to set up. I prepped these centers 5 years ago and I store them by month in a 2 gallon zip-lock bag. My monthly word work centers build upon each other so when I pull out the new centers for the month, they require very little to no explanation. Students already know exactly what to do and what my expectations are!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, just because these centers are titled 'Word Work Centers' does not mean they can only be used at that center! Some of these activities are great in guided reading groups, as early finishers, or even in morning tubs! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Syllables are a skill that I am still working on with my kids. They tend to stretch the word out too much and try to create extra syllables. We actually did this activity together in reading group before I left it out for independent center work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As most of you know, magnetic letters are always a hit in my room and this word family center was no different. I looked up to check on my kiddos and loved how they used dry erase markers for all of the letter a's without me giving them that idea. Made me smile :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are definitely doing a lot of CVC work lately and sorted our word family CVC words in our pocket chart as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Then kids had to cut and paste their words onto their activity sheet. I have an activity sheet option for every center in my word work pack; however, they are totally optional. Sometimes I use them and sometimes I don't!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We worked on really stretching the CVC word in order to hear that middle sound. My kids are doing fantastic with this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 'Penguin Pairs' students had to match the rhyming penguins together and then choose four to record on their activity sheet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I also used these same penguin rhyming cards to play a couple of rhyming games during my guided reading groups. My students love playing games with me and totally forget that they are learning! We played 'slap the rhyme' together--I put half of the cards all of the reading group table and the other half I kept in my hands. I would turn one card over for the group to see and they had to 'slap' the rhyming match when they found it on the table. We had lots of laughs with that one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I left this center out at the magnetic letter center just to kind of see how my students would do. Let me tell you...they are just amazing! My kids did so great listening to the beginning blends! There was also a 'helper' card left at the center in case they got stuck on any.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are always working on sight words in our room and my kids had a blast with this 'Sight Word Party' dice game. They like predicting the sight word winner too (at the top of their page). I can hear them cheering on their sight word that they predicted throughout the entire center time, haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again, we are reallllly working on those CVC words. In this center students sorted their words by real/nonsense words.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then they recorded some of their words on their activity sheet and used one of their real words in a sentence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The last two centers I am going to share are both building sentences centers. In the first one students sort their cards based on the picture at the top. Then, with those cards, they have to unscramble the sentence. I always reinforce that the capital letter goes first and the punctuation goes last. This really helps those kids that may struggle with this center.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The second center that focuses on building sentences is a little different. I didn't chop my words apart too much, so you can cut yours up and make this more difficult if you wanted. There are two sentences starters, 'Here is my...' and 'Will you...with me?' Then, students use their picture cards to complete the sentences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When they are done they grab a pointer and read their sentences, checking to make sure that they all make sense. If they do, they pick four sentences to record.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whew! Lots of activities going on in our classroom this week! All of the centers in this post can be found in my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Work-January-1038919">January Word Work pack</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you need more centers for winter you can check out my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Center-Activities-Literacy-2975689">Winter L</a><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Center-Activities-Literacy-2975689">iteracy Centers</a> pack for similar activities!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We LOVE learning about Penguins!! It may be one of my favorite units to teach too. As we read our informational penguin books, we add all of our learned info onto a KWL.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I ask my kids questions from the KWL every morning before we read another book to make sure that they are remembering all of the info that they have learned. For instance, 'raise your hand if you can tell me three different things that penguins eat.' My kids LOVE showing what they know!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So we decided to make this cute informational penguin so students can really show off everything that they have learned!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then when we are done, we staple our books onto the belly of our penguin craft.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These cute penguins make an amazing bulletin board display. We have gotten so many compliments from not only fellow teachers (who are very impressed with our work) but our principal too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can grab this <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Penguin-Craft-with-Informative-Writing-Book-2290864">informational penguin craft</a> by clicking on the image below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can also grab this similar <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Polar-Bear-Craft-with-Informative-Writing-Book-or-Brown-Bear-2351695">informational bear craft</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had our holiday party on Monday and had so much fun!! It was the same day as our field day...talk about tiring! But, somehow we survived it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know I've said this before, but things change when you have kids of your own. One thing that has changed for me is that now I am all about keepsakes!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For our first center we made these cute snowmen out of socks. We cut the top of the sock down a little then filled the bottom of the sock with rice (this weighs the snowman down). We filled the rest of the snowman up with filler then tied it on with a rubber band. The second sock then became the snowman's hat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We decorated the snowman with accessories from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/holidays/christmas-a1-550904.fltr">Oriental Trading</a>. I left pom-poms, buttons, and fun googly eyes at the center. The kids used fabric glue to adhere everything; however, I ended up reinforcing it all with the hot glue gun later that day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we made these cute and simple decorations (you can turn them into ornaments by adding a ribbon when they are dry). We used tongue depressors, stickers, and sequence from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/holidays/christmas-a1-550904.fltr">Oriental Trading</a> to decorate. The kids loved this one!! I think next year I will have to take pictures using a fun SnapChat filter or cute props!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I left out a couple of 'easy' centers for the students to do while we were busy with some of the more hands on centers. This activity my kids have done before so they were able to play independently. This center is from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/holidays/christmas-a1-550904.fltr">Oriental Trading</a> as well and is all set and ready to go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do this center every year, reindeer food. It is a must for the little ones!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I didn't take many pictures in class because I was busy making the salt dough ornaments with the kids. At this center the kids can't do much, so I called them back one at a time here when I was ready.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They pressed their hands into the dough then I pressed a hole in the dough for a future ribbon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I took all of the prints home to bake. The recipe can be found <a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/11126/dough-ornament-recipe/">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After they were done baking I ended up painting them at home instead of letting the kids paint them (just no time!). In the future I would let them paint their own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I sprinkled them with glitter and painting a layer of mod podge on top. When they were dry, I hot glued some cotton balls to the bottom to make them look like mittens and tied a string on to turn them into ornaments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, I wrapped them up and they are ready to give out as parent gifts!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can see last years holiday party <a href="http://kindergartensmiles.blogspot.com/2016/12/kindergarten-holiday-party.html">HERE</a>.</span></div>
Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13389520299400019249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243411864308451654.post-52007993733738839202017-12-10T15:42:00.002-05:002017-12-10T15:42:59.545-05:00DIY Ornaments <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to host a little DIY ornament night at the house and needed an easy ornament for the kiddos and one ornament for us moms to make!! We picked up these ceramic ornaments in the Target Dollar spot for the kids to paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We told the kids they were like little elves in their ornament workshop. They loved it!! We gave each one of them a cute elf hat they I picked up on <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/holidays/christmas-a1-550904.fltr">Oriental Trading</a>. The table decor and the hassle banner I also found on <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/holidays/christmas-a1-550904.fltr">Oriental Trading</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I still need to get the kids to go back and decorate their ornaments. I was thinking of having them add more color when this layer dries. Maybe using paint and a q-tip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then the kids sat down for some ice cream while the moms got to work on their ornaments!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am SO glad I tested these ornaments out at home before trying them in the classroom. First of all, I thought I had the clear ornaments that came apart into two pieces, but I didn't. So it was very tricky getting the kids pictures inside of the ornament and into the place where we wanted them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was basically impossible to get the tree where we wanted it because even tweezers were hard to maneuver in the top of the ornament. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But, we finished and I love them! I think they will look cute with a big bow on the top to add some more color! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next time I make these I will have to use the clear ornaments from Oriental Trading that you can find <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/diy-large-clear-christmas-ornaments-a2-48_7407.fltr?categoryId=550165&rd=clear%20ornament">HERE</a>. Those come apart and would be way easier! You can also find the fake snow <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/craft-snow-a2-13750602.fltr?keyword=snow">HERE</a>. </span></div>
<br />Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13389520299400019249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243411864308451654.post-1926484806582614582017-11-26T19:19:00.001-05:002017-11-26T19:20:42.625-05:00Thanksgiving Centers (Parent Activity)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Every year before Thanksgiving I invite the parents in for Thanksgiving centers. At our school this is not considered one of our three school parties, so this is NOT a party, instead it is a culminating activity. If you know what I mean... ;) You can relate any of these activities to reading or social studies standards if you need to!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I set the tables up with these awesome Charlie Brown Thanksgiving table cloths. I also left plates, napkins, and silverware there so we could taste pumpkin pie at the end of the centers! The decor is all from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/thanksgiving-a1-90000+1238-1.fltr">Oriental Trading</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I usually have about 5 centers going on. At each center there are directions on what to do. The kids rotate through the centers with their parents. But, just like center time, they can't rotate until I ring the bell. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I also leave directions for what to do if you finish early. Even with parents there, when kids finish early they feel like they can get up and wander around or do cart-wheels across the floor. So early finisher directions are a must!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the first center we make edible teepees. Who doesn't love ice cream cones, frosting, and candy!? This is always the kids favorite center of the day! I used to do making butter, but I always had a ton kids that wouldn't try it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At our second center we made Native American noisemakers. Students had to color in the picture and cut and paste it onto a paper plate. Then, they fill the middle of the plates with beans and staple together! They love this! I leave a little poem at the center from my Poetry Pack for them to sing to as well! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At our third center we made these cute turkey handprint keepsakes from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/thanksgiving-a1-90000+1238-1.fltr">Oriental Trading</a>. I LOVE anything that my kids bring home that I can store in their memory boxes--so any and all handprint crafts are a must for me!! This center was a stretch to make it 'academic'. I had to leave questions there for parents to ask their child as they were working recalling the Thanksgiving book we read that morning. It actually turned out cute! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I never made it around to take pictures on my other centers, but we did a Thanksgiving story retelling bracelet and a writing prompt activity of what we are thankful for!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Later that day we had our book buddies over to read with us and make these cute turkey hands!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanksgiving at home this year was great! We continued our Thanksgiving breakfast tradition and this year I added in a new surprise! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My new creation was these little Mayflower donuts--they were a huge hit!! You can also see the 'acorns' at the bottom of this picture, another breakfast favorite!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last year was the first year that I made a big breakfast and the kids loved it so much that we definitely will have to continue this every year. I think they look forward to the breakfast more than the dinner! (I may too, haha!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for YOU!</span></div>
Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13389520299400019249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243411864308451654.post-24657430655638760552017-10-27T13:18:00.002-04:002017-10-27T13:18:35.115-04:00Halloween Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Since becoming a mom, Halloween has turned into one of my favorite holidays! They just love all of the 'buzz' around the big day--there are school parties, church parties, neighborhood get togethers, and more all leading up to the big day!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have turned to <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/halloween-costumes-a1-555601.fltr">Oriental Trading</a> the past 2 years now for my costumes! I used to shop at Party City or in those pop up Halloween stores, but there were always CRAZY and I could never find the right size. Boy, shopping online has been so much easier!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I sat down with both kids and let them choose their costumes. Their choices usually seem to surprise me haha! Kayla went with <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/halloween-costumes/girls-costumes-a1-555606.fltr">Batgirl</a> this year and Brayden went with <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/halloween-costumes/boys-costumes-a1-555603.fltr">Pokemon</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We invited our cousins over for a little Halloween playdate!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each kid decorated a pumpkin. We did this early on in October so we would be able to enjoy our pumpkins for the month!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ahhh! How precious are they? They pumpkin decorating kits were from the Target Dollar Spot!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, we got ready for our Monster Egg Hunt. This may be a new one (it's pretty much like an Easter egg hunt), but the kids loved it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They ran all around the house searching for their monster eggs! Florida is just too hot still to hide the eggs outside!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then they counted their eggs up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Inside the eggs there were stickers and candy. Juliet decided to add her stickers onto her pumpkin too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then it was cookie decorating time! I use these trays for all of my crafts and cooking projects with the kids. It definitely helps with the mess and they can just go straight into the dishwasher! I bought these trays on <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/holidays/halloween-a1-550760.fltr">Oriental Trading</a> as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love what Savanna did! They look like owl eyes! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am always down for any excuse to get our cousins over or neighborhood friends over! We can't wait to have a Thanksgiving play date soon too!!</span></div>
<br />Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13389520299400019249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243411864308451654.post-43370034755426596452017-10-26T10:23:00.002-04:002017-10-26T10:31:36.868-04:00My Bridal Shower<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I can't believe that as I am finishing writing this post, not only has my bridal shower come and gone, but so has my wedding! Everything happens so quickly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meeting the love of my life and getting married has been a day that I have prayed for since I was a teenager. Sometimes I wasn't sure if my prayers would be answered, but they were when His time was right. They weren't answered the way I imagined either...not only did I meet one love of my life, but I met three! All pretty much at the same time! My fiancé has two of the most previous little ones and there is nothing better than officially being their step mommy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before the wedding, Phil and I kept saying how we thought the kids were more excited for the wedding than we were. It had been the talk of the house for the past year and little Miss Kayla actually packed her bags for the wedding a couple of weeks before we even left haha! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She was so excited at the bridal shower to be my 'something blue'. We even went and got our nails done together for the first time. She got flowers painted on her thumb nails so everyone would know that she is the flower girl!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My bridal shower was absolutely perfect! Look at this amazing set up full of some of my favorite things--sunflowers, donuts, and rainbow sprinkles! Haha! My sister made the 'Future Mrs. Berk' sign and the other two garlands are from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/occasions-and-events/wedding-supplies-a1-550536.fltr">Oriental Trading</a>. The black and white table runner is also from Oriental Trading. I have used it for almost every party that I have hosted this past year! It's great!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The munchkins were dipped in a little icing and then dipped in rainbow sprinkles...so good! and so cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sister, Bridget from <a href="http://littlelovelyleaders.blogspot.com/">Little Lovely Leaders</a>, made these awesome water bottle labels. I love the small details.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My now hubby wanted to contribute to the bridal shower so he made this awesome meat and cheese platter for us! Then we kicked him out for some girl only time ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't even tell you how amazing these donuts were. I probably had 5 of them! No joke! Those ring toppers I absolutely love too! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We found these 'thanks' bags on <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/thanks-cake-bags-a2-13762156.fltr?keyword=thanks+bag">Oriental Trading</a> and knew they would make the perfect, and easy, take away gift.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sister filled each bag with my favorite candy and Phil's favorite candy. Again, such a nice touch!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course at the end of the shower we let the boys come back home! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The day was beyond perfect! I can't wait to share our wedding day with you too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Center-Activities-Literacy-2780897">Fall Centers</a> are up and running and we are LOVING them!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These centers work on a variety of skills that meet the needs of all of my students. If you have students that can complete them independently, you can leave these centers at a center for independent work. However, if you have students that cannot do these independently, then you can use the activity during your guided reading time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have been working on rhyming lately and this center was so much fun! All of the rhyming words are also CVC words which made it easier for my high students to do independently. I did this center at my reading group with three of the four of my groups to make sure they understood the concept and were listening to the rhyming words correctly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This sight word center was a HIT! Even my ESE students were having a blast with it and this was one of the first times that I saw them super excited at a center--they didn't want to leave! I think they really enjoyed using different writing utensils to write their words. I am telling you...normally my ESE group doesn't even want to write! Look at how great they did!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nouns were another skill that we started during the first month of school and my kiddos pretty much have nouns down pat! They sorted their noun cards in a pocket chart before recording them on their activity sheet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We played another rhyming game, Rhyme Time, during reading groups. I gave each student a tongue depressor with a 'thumbs up' on one side and a 'thumbs down' on the other. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would flip two cards over and students would have to figure out whether the cards rhymed or not. Then, they would change their tongue depressor accordingly. We had lots of giggles during this game! It was fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another center that my students worked on was Fall Sentence Scramble. The sentences were all predictable sentences using very simple sight words that we have already worked on in class. I made sure to point out beforehand that all of the sentences should start with a capital letter and they all should end with a period. Pointing that out to students always makes building sentences a little bit easier. I left a small pointer at this center as well for students to use as they reread the sentences to each other. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always leave an 'I Can' chart at the center in hopes that my students can refer to that if they aren't sure what to do next. These </span><span style="font-size: large;">'I Can' charts also have the standard in the bottom right hand corner which makes lesson planning easy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Center-Activities-Literacy-2780897">Fall Centers</a> pack includes all of the above skills and more! There are activities to work on letters, letters/beginning sounds, short vowel sounds, middle sounds in CVC words, and an activity to work on building sight words. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have used the same behavior management system for years and I still love it!! There are SO many different behavior management ideas out there so you'll have to do your research and see what works best for you!! But for now, this has been working in my classroom successfully for years so I am sticking to it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I downloaded my clip chart for free HERE. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We always start the day at 'Ready to Learn'. When I catch students displaying positive behaviors, they move their name up one time (to one color). If I see students displaying poor behavior, they move their name down one time. If students move to 'Slow Down' that is just a warning. It doesn't have a consequence. However, if they are on 'Teachers' Choice' then I get to pick the consequence. There are different consequences for different students. You need to know the differences in your children and pick something that will impact them. For some children I take away 'free choice', but others don't care about missing 'free choice' so instead I take away the iPad or something that will make them care, and think about their actions! If students end the day on 'Parent Contact' then not only did they get a consequence during the day, but they will also be taking a note home that needs to be signed (or sometimes I make a phone call). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also reward the positive behaviors. If they end the day on 'Good Behavior' they just know that they had an awesome day and that I am proud of them! If they end the day on 'Outstanding' they will earn a sticker for their star (note the 'Star Students' next to the clip chart). If they end the day on 'Great Job' they will earn two stickers for their star. Once their star has ten stickers, they earn treasure box. Now, there have been some special days where students have gone above and beyond--they have made it to 'Great Job' on the clip chart and then continued to show amazing behavior. Well, now what? Where do they go now? I move these students onto my teacher necklace (my keys and teacher i.d.) and if they stay there all day--they earn a diamond on their clip!! This is rare in my room so it is SUPER exciting when this happens! You can see some students with a diamond in the image above.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the beginning of the year I stock my treasure box with new items. I think it is important to make the treasure box enticing for the kids! If they want to pick from the treasure box, they will have good behavior in order to earn that! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also don't want to spend a fortune on my treasure box. I usually ask parents for donations throughout the year to help keep the treasure box stocked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also find amazing treasure box items on <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/toys-games-and-novelties-a1-550202.fltr">Oriental Trading</a> in bulk for a great price. This is where I purchase from to start the year off. This year I bought <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/putty-and-slime-assortment-a2-13661080.fltr?categoryId=1&rd=slime">slime</a>, <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/fidget-spinners-with-black-trim-a2-13788942.fltr?categoryId=555558&rd=fidget%20spinner">fidget spinners</a>, <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/football-assortment-a2-5_815.fltr?categoryId=90000&rd=football">footballs</a>, and <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/smile-face-tote-bags-a2-14_449.fltr?keyword=emoji+bag">emoji bags</a>. These items seem to be the craze down here right now so I knew it would make students excited!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My students are SO excited when they earn their ten stickers! Treasure box is always an exciting day in our classroom!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to start a new tradition with friends from the neighborhood and what better way to start off summer then with a graduation/summer 'playdate'!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had about 12 kids over with their parents for a craft, playdate, and dinner! I saw this awesome frame idea on the Oriental Trading page <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/blog/create/diy-glittered-graduation-frames/">here</a> and knew I couldn't pass on these sparkly picture frames!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I painted Elmer's glue onto each picture frame before the kids began. Then they got to go crazy with glitter! After the picture frames dried, I painted two coast of mod-lodge over the top to make sure that the glitter stayed put. While working, e</span><span style="font-size: large;">ach child had a tray and we used a disposable table cloth to make sure the glitter was easily cleaned!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The day after our kindergarten playdate, I delivered the frames into everyones mailbox. I printed pictures from our <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/blog/create/peanuts-snoopy-graduation-photo-idea/">Oriental Trading</a> inspired photo booth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had so much fun and everyone agreed that this would definitely be a new neighborhood tradition!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Click on any of the below links for the <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/occasions-and-events/graduation-party-a1-550471.fltr">Oriental Trading</a> supplies used at our party:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/peanuts-graduation-hanging-fans-a2-13727964.fltr?categoryId=90000">Peanuts graduation hanging fans</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/peanuts-graduation-plastic-tablecloth-a2-13728694.fltr?categoryId=90000">Tablecloth</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/diy-unfinished-wood-picture-frames-a2-57_1014.fltr?keyword=wooden+frame">Frames</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/peanuts-graduation-table-d-cor-kit-a2-13727926.fltr?categoryId=90000">Graduation table decor</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/peanuts-graduation-hanging-swirls-a2-13727970.fltr?categoryId=90000">Graduation hanging swirls</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/web/browse/processProductsCatalog?sku=70/2173">Confetti</a> (for the frames)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had an absolute BLAST celebrating the end of our kindergarten year with a carnival party! When the idea of a carnival party came to me I knew I wanted to make it fun, but easy for me to plan. I am in the middle of packing up my entire classroom so I enlisted the parents for party planning help!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I sent an email out to parents asking for any party volunteers. I got a pretty good response so I asked those parents to come in after school one day for a quick meeting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before the meeting I searched around on Pinterest for some carnival game ideas and I printed all of those ideas out to create visuals for the parents. At the meeting I asked each parent to sign up for a carnival booth. I also let them know that they would be in charge of their booth and asked if they wouldn't mind making a sign for their booth as well. They were all more than willing and some even volunteered to buy and create the entire booth on their own. Of course I said YES!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The 'bean bag toss' booth was an easy one to create. I had these bowls from the Dollar Store already and had brought in bean bags that I had at home. In the middle of each bowl there were points written ranging from 100 to 500. The kids earned tickets while they played (we didn't keep track of how many tickets we gave out because we knew at the end that it wouldn't matter--all kids would collect prizes no matter how many tickets they 'won')</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One parent made this cute 'Guess How Many' booth</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Students wrote down how many starbursts and hershey kisses they thought were in the jar. At the end of the carnival we announced the winner!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At our 'Clothespin Drop' booth students had to stand on a chair (don't worry a parent was right there) and try to drop a clothespin into a mason jar. Notice how we also gave all of the students an awesome clown nose to wear at the party?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What is a carnival without a Photo Booth?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This backdrop with the photo booth props are just too cute!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always like to have a 'cooking center' at our class parties so for the carnival we made clown cupcakes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course the kids had a blast eating these.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my parents went all out for this 'Water World' booth. The booth was complete with a disco light and music too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Students had to toss a ping pong ball into a tiny, water filled jar. They also could go fishing for ducks in the little pool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the face painting booth I sent an email home to parents prior to the party asking permission to do face painting and we even had some cute carnival temporary tattoos from Oriental Trading. All of my parents were okay with it so we included it in our carnival.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We definitely wanted to print out options for this booth; otherwise, you just never know what kids may come up with! Students had to pick something from the board and we had two amazing moms painting faces. I even gave it a go on two of the kids! It was fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This duck matching game I found on Oriental Trading and knew it would be perfect for the carnival.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Students were able to choose two ducks in hopes for them to have a matching number on the bottom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a ring toss booth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then for our last booth, one of our moms made this amazing 'Angry Birds' booth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Students used a toy bow and arrow to knock down the Angry Birds house (just like the iPad game I guess?).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The boys didn't want to leave this booth!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Throughout the party the students had little popcorn boxes that they used to collect their carnival tickets. At the end of the party they were able to cash in their tickets for some fun prizes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The students were so happy that they got to go home with these goodie bags!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My class had our end of the year carnival party with the class next-door as well. This allowed us to have more volunteers, gather more donations from parents, and cut down the costs for us to purchase party supplies.</span></div>
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Click on any of the below links to find some of the Oriental Trading items that I used at our party:</div>
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<a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/foil-carnival-door-curtain-a2-13685088.fltr?keyword=carnival+door">Carnival door decor</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/red-white-striped-plastic-tablecloth-roll-a2-3_2332.fltr?keyword=red+and+white+tablecloth">Tablecloths </a></div>
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<a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/mini-striped-popcorn-boxes-a2-13624263.fltr?keyword=popcorn+box">Popcorn boxes</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/spring-assortment-a2-12_4758.fltr?keyword=spring+assortment">Carnival prizes</a> and other parent donations</div>
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<a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/classic-clown-noses-a2-25_233.fltr?keyword=clown+nose">Clown noses</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/web/browse/processProductsCatalog?sku=60/9020">Duck matching game</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/bright-polka-dot-backdrop-a2-13655704.fltr?categoryId=551278&rd=backdrop">Photo Booth back drop</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am always on the search for awesome and easy Mother's Day gift ideas! I would LOVE for you to share you ideas in the Kindergarten Smiles Facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1746120492366901/">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last year I bought wooden frames from the dollar store. I let each child paint the frame in a solid color, then they added another color as the 'polka dots' with their pointer finger. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I took each child's picture with this cute little sign I found at Hobby Lobby, but you can also make it on a chalk board! Then, I printed the pictures out, added them to the frames, and wrapped them up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know that I would love to have this frame in my home, so I know other parents will enjoy it too ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These notecards I have made in the past and decided to make them again this year. You can find the complete tutorial on my blog <a href="http://kindergartensmiles.blogspot.com/2014/05/an-easy-and-cute-parent-gift.html">HERE</a> or <a href="http://kindergartensmiles.blogspot.com/2012/05/easy-parent-gift.html">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are such a simple, but super cute and useful gift too! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would love for you to share your Mother's Day craft photos with me over on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1746120492366901/">Facebook</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love celebrating and teaching about Earth Day in kindergarten. I think it is so important to start teaching them the importance of taking care of our Earth at an early age! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We decided to take Earth Day outside this year and have a painting and picnic party! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each child painted a flower pot. We used acrylic paint that was fast drying and would be bright and colorful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I gave the students the options of choosing which type of seeds that they wanted to plant. After we planted the seeds they each made a little sign to add to their flower pot so we knew what was growing inside!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After our picnic, we headed inside to cool off and do some more, fun, painting! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This idea is from Maria over at <a href="http://kindercraze.com/earth-day-student-watercolor-painting/">Kinder-Craze</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We played music while we painted and it was so relaxing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then it was time for a little treat! I quickly printed off some tree clip art and let the kids each color in one tree. We taped our trees onto a spoon and then created the soil to 'plant' them! </span><span style="font-size: large;">Worms and dirt is always a favorite!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As some of you know, my little sister is a teacher blogger over at <a href="http://littlelovelyleaders.blogspot.com/">Little Lovely Leaders</a> and she is 'ready to pop' with her first little girl!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For her baby shower, we took the 'ready to pop' theme and changed it up a tad. Instead of popcorn we used 'pop'ems', little munchkin donuts! I ordered the little popcorn boxes from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/occasions-and-events/baby-shower-a1-550451.fltr">Oriental Trading</a> (they have a ton of baby shower decor!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Filled them up with about 7 munchkins each, placed them in a clear party bag, and tied them up! They became the perfect party favor!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also ordered a ton of balloons from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/occasions-and-events/baby-shower-a1-550451.fltr">Oriental Trading</a> to make a balloon arch. I was SO happy with how this turned out...especially since this was my first attempt at making one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was thinking that these ballon arches can easily be made for classroom parties too--especially my end of the year awards celebration!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All you need to do is blow up a bunch of balloons. I enlisted some help from my sisters and brother in law for this one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, take fishing wire and a needle and start threading the fishing wire through each ballon tie. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you thread, keep pulling the balloons down the wire. You will see that they will start to gather around each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you think you have enough balloons on the wire then you are ready to hang! I don't trust command strips on the wall. I've never had a good experience taking them off so I refuse to use them now! (Am I the only one?) My sister also has 'knock down' walls so tape doesn't work either! Believe it or not, we only needed three tacks to hang this balloon arch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When the balloon arch was hung, we added in some paper lanterns from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/occasions-and-events/baby-shower-a1-550451.fltr">Oriental Trading</a> to spruce it up a tad. It would also look amazing with some flowers tucked in!</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXrxRgv0UBE-334nJUIsayKuRPLuN5zn6fZgwHNnyMZj0XEOK8fgZrZ2sl3cdr5-u0REsg0dGlFgNMZqOvtYQK55f_3DkJmiyjWdy_UDxkd0Lb_hh77WeiBuKm9ja-dY2UlxobdQjiRWbt/s1600/IMG_9137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXrxRgv0UBE-334nJUIsayKuRPLuN5zn6fZgwHNnyMZj0XEOK8fgZrZ2sl3cdr5-u0REsg0dGlFgNMZqOvtYQK55f_3DkJmiyjWdy_UDxkd0Lb_hh77WeiBuKm9ja-dY2UlxobdQjiRWbt/s640/IMG_9137.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sister revealed her precious baby room! If you look closely at the measuring ruler hanging, you can see that my sisters heights are engraved on there--once for every year on her birthday. My dad gifted us these for Christmas. We each have one with our heights and it is AMAZING to compare our heights with our children's heights. Such a great tradition and an awesome memory to have!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LOVE these balloons to show off the babies name! This name hold a special meaning--those are the best kinds of names!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sister also bought these little wooden blocks. At the shower, every person painted one block. Now when Flynn is older, she will have these special blocks to play with!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Last year I finally made that change. It was the best math decision I had ever made!</span></span></div>
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Students here are playing 'One More' together. They roll one die, add one, and cover that number. They each use their own color manipulative so at the end of the game, whoever has the most colors on the board, wins! (If you roll the die, add one, and there are no more of that number on the board, you skip a turn!)</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Yes, I still use Go Math; however, I am lucky enough to work for a school that allows me to use the math book as a resource instead of a must! I use the math book as a guide for the standards that I need to teach. I also still use my math book for some of our whole group instruction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your math block really depends on how much time you have allotted and what your school/county requires; however, I include math videos, a whole group mini lesson, guided math groups, and small group (or independent) rotations.</span><span style="font-family: "josefin sans";"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This is when I'll use my math book to drive my instruction. I like to use the vocabulary and terms found in the book to ensure that my students are familiar with the terms that they will hear repeated throughout the school years with Go Math. We sit on the carpet in a huge circle with our math books in front of us. We do a ton of 'math talk' and even practice some examples in the book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As my students are working in their math centers, I pull small groups up to my table to work on different skills. Think of this as the same as your guided reading--different groups will be working on different skills based on their needs. This allows me to differentiate the learning to meet the needs of that particular group. I may have a group working on number formation while another group is working on addition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have 8 math centers ready to go each Monday. My students will only go to 2 centers a week, Monday-Thursday. On Friday they have 'choice' and are not assigned centers. I do not pull math groups on Fridays either (unless I have a student really struggling). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Below you can see a ton of pictures to see what my centers look like. Click <a href="http://kindergartensmiles.blogspot.com/2017/02/math-centers.html">HERE</a> for another post to see more, easy prep, math centers. A math center may also be on the computer, iPad, or even a center for students to just explore manipulatives. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Above you can see a child 'counting the room' which is the same as 'write the room'. Below you can see a 'spinner center' where students are spinning two spinners and comparing to practice greater than and less than.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the two images below you can see children working on using manipulatives to count objects and graph them. When they are finished with their graph, they have to analyze their data.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the two images below you can see students working on subtraction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Below is an activity you can use as an 'add the room' activity or you can just leave it at a center. Students have to add both sides of their cards to create an addition sentence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These centers repeat month after month, just adding on to the skill or becoming a little bit more challenging. This way not only do my students already know how to complete the center, but they are constantly working on all of their standards. We don't just learn a standard in September and then never hit on that standard again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Above, you can see a child working on 'what number comes next' to help them to count forward from any given number. Below, you can see that we have started our 3D shape unit. This child is sorting shapes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this center students will spin the spinner and write the number. Then they will create a number bond. LOVE this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again, we are working on number bonds just in a different way. This time, students will roll 2 dice and record the numbers. Then they will solve. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At this pocket chart math center students are sorting their equations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here we are working on greater than/less than again (as seen earlier on in this post); however, we are working on the same skill in a different way, this time using dice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "josefin sans"; font-size: large;">I don't either, so don't worry!! I only meet with 2 groups a day and my students only go to 2 rotations a day (even though there are 8 rotations introduced and going on in my classroom). This means that I meet with my students twice a week Monday-Thursday. (Fridays we do math tubs, but I let my students choose where they want to go). So if I have 4 math groups, I meet with group A and B on Monday, group C and D on Tuesday, and then back to A and B on Wednesday. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Every Kindergarten teacher needs this bundle! Thank you"</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"This has made math centers in my room so much easier! Each month the centers are very similar and the students know what is expected. Love the I can cards. Thank you!!"</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">"One of my favorite purchases! This bundle is wonderful- thanks!!"</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"This is such a wonderful product at a reasonable price! I love that it matches perfectly with the scope and sequence of my math series. I also like how I can pull centers from previous months for those who struggle or pull one from months we haven't gotten to yet for those who are more advanced. It's nice to have everything I need in one place!"</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">"In the past I have made many of my own math stations (what I call centers for math) to correspond with what I am teaching. This year I have no aide for the first time in twenty years of kindergarten. When I saw your packet, I dubbed you my "aide" (hahaha!!) and knew that I had to have this math bundle to help keep me sane this year. Thank you so much!! PS - I LOVE your products!! :)"</span></span></div>
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