Two New Math Products

I just uploaded two new math activities to my teachers pay teachers store.

The first one is a bundle of activities to help students learn understand those tricky teens.  All activities in the bundle follow the understanding that teens numbers are ten plus ones.    I have found that my kindergartners are slowly catching on to concept each time we use one of the activities.  It is a hard concept for them to grasp.  But the activities that I put together to help them learn this concept is making a difference.  Maybe it will help your students too.

Activities Included
Centers or Small Group Activities:
* Making Teens with Tens & Ones
* Teen Number Sequence Puzzles
* Tricky Teens Card Pick and color
* Write the room double ten frames
* Tricky Teens Bingo
* Tricky Teens memory game
* Tricky Teens Domino Match
* Spin and Color with Tricky Teens

Worksheets:
* Circle the Correct Tricky Teen
* Building Tricky Teens Blank Number Chart
* Match the Tricky Teens to the Correct bundle

Pocket Chart Activity
* Ways to show teen numbers


You can check it out HERE

My second product goes along with our Everyday Math curriculum.  A fun Thanksgiving themed math center activity that has my students practicing extending a pattern and labeling what type of pattern it is during my math center time.

You can check it out HERE

 

Freebie: Halloween Tricky Teens Number Puzzle Sequence

My kindergarteners have been working on learning all about those tricky teens.  So as one of their math tub stations I wanted them to get the extra practice and putting them in order.  I could have just used simple number cards, but hey, Halloween is just around the corner and I wanted them to have fun sequencing tricky teens.   

I was just going to make Halloween themed flashcards for them to use.  That would make it hard for them to self check their work.  Then I thought, I'll created a Halloween tricky teens number puzzle sequence.  Not only does it give them practice with ordering tricky teens, but they can self check by creating an image! And you can grab it for free.  Just click on the image to grab it!

Happy Halloween!!

Teachers Pay Teachers Sale Coming!!!!

If you haven't heard already, Teachers Pay Teachers is having a sale starting Sunday, August 18 and ending Monday, August 19.  Everything in my store is on sale.  Be sure to check it out!

Kindergarten Common Core Assessment Pack

I've finally had a chance to sit down and take a breath.  I always have so many plans for the summer and it goes by so fast.  

My biggest project is cleaning out our spare room to get ready for a new baby.  Very excited!  The weather has been crazy hot so it's set me back a bit with getting it ready.  

On another note it did give me a chance to go through my to do list for the start of school.  One of the things was revising our kindergarten assessment packet.  

Our district standards are always being updated to meet the needs of our student so I took this time to revise and update our assessment pack.  We are big on standardized report cards and in order to make sure all our K kids are scored the same we made sure to follow rubrics for each goal being assessed.  So throughout the years I've revised the assessments that we used to get it to where it is today.  It now aligns with the common core, our Everyday Math and language arts curriculum (Fountas & Pinnell and Teachers College).  A lot of work has gone into it and it is now available to purchase.   

Click on the picture below to learn more about it.

Dr. Suess Fun

The past two weeks have been super crazy around here.  My class has been busy with assessments and having some Dr. Suess fun during our center time. 

We are making some Thing 1 and Thing 2 people in our Art center.  Rolling and building a cat in the hat dice game at our math center.  I just simple took some clip art and cut it apart for the pieces.  In the writing center my kids have been busy with the Seuss Sight Word Sort and practicing beginning sounds with Seuss Spin -A- Sound from www.livelovelaughkindergarten.blogspot.com

Check out the pictures below of each of the centers.  I've also included the crate that holds each of the center task for them to complete.

A Little Valentine Fun

With Valentine's Day just around corner I've planned some fun center task for my class. Click on any of the pictures to check them out! Have a great week and Happy Valentines Day.

Writing Center Task will get them moving from the table as they locate the eight hearts each with a different bossy r picture and complete the word on their recording sheet.

Math Center Task is fun Be My Valentine Money activity from teachingfirst-abc.blogspot.com.  It goes along great with our penny counting practice.

Art Center Task is activity that was given to me by one of my coworkers.  Not sure where she got it from and I meant to take a picture of a finished one I made years ago to share. If you recognize where it comes from please let me know.

Phonics Center Task this week is a little Robot Love to help my little ones practice the bossy r rule.  They will practice reading the word on a robot head and then match it to the body that has the matching picture.

Super Bowl Sale and Centers

Head on over to Teachers Pay Teachers and check out the great sale that is going on today!

Centers for the upcoming week.

Phonics Center:

Writing Center:

Math Center:

Art Center:

Take a peek at what I have planned for this weeks centers

Math Center:

Polar Bear Hundreds Chart form Lil country Kindergarten

Phonics Center:

Build a Snowman.  A middle vowel sort sound

Writing Center:

Lowercase letter writing from Kelly's Kindergarten

Art Center:  

Heart Groundhog Craft

My centers for the week

Lots of free center ideas for the upcoming week!  Check them out!

Writing Center: I've been working a ton on teaching my kindergartners how to write lowercase letters.  We use the Handwriting Without Tears program and we are nearing the end of letter formation instruction so I've been having them review and practice how to write the letters.  I've found that using the letter boxes helps them with tall, short and descending lowercase letters.  SO this week I'm having them practice handwriting by labeling a snowman to go with our winter theme.  Click on the picture to download a free copy!

Phonics Center: this week I'm using a fun freebie from The Weekly Hive to help my students with blending sounds and reading words.  Click on the image get it.

My Math Center is from Kelly Kindergarten - Symmetrical Snowflake sorting.  Click on the picture to grab your copy.

Art Center: We have been studying bears and in combination with winter so I wanted to create a cute bulletin board.  I saw the idea one time in a Mailbox magazine.  The title of it is called Bearing the Cold.  I've scanned in the bear template that I use along with a copy of the clothing pieces that can be used.  I printed the clothing on heavy cardstock and cut them out as tracers.  Then I set out a ton of colored paper and let the kids create a winter outfit for their bear.  The bear is printed on brown construction paper.  Click on the bear to get a copy.

Centers for the week

 Phonics Center Task: Snowflake Vowel Sort 

 

Art Center Task: Winter Outside My Window 

Math Center Task: Roll and Build A Snowman 

 

Writing Center Task: I Spy Winter Words