I'm Here!

It has been almost an entire month since I have blogged.  There are a couple of reasons for that:  1.  My husband is working on his thesis and a research proposal, so I have very little time to get on the computer here at home.  2.  I have been on Spring Break and then I got very sick.  We were gone for the beginning of break, and when I got home I got the stomach flu.  It was NO FUN.  It lasted an entire week!!! I have never had a stomach bug last more than a day or two.  It was pretty miserable.

Anyway, this morning I decided to get up early before my husband got up and write a quick blog.

This past week was my fairy tale week, and I used my fairy tale pack.  It went really well.  The kids loved all the stories and enjoyed all of the activities.  I was pleased with how everything turned out.  My favorites were:  write the room, CVC puzzles, spin and add, measuring with magic wands, and all of the morning work.  My kids really enjoyed these activities, and it is always so fun to see something that you made being enjoyed by your children as well as helping them learn!  :D

This coming week we are going to be reading versions of The Three Little Pigs.  For this unit, I have made a Three Little Pigs pack that covers a lot of the common core literature standards.

Characters; setting; beginning, middle, and end; retelling; comparing and contrasting; and opinion writing are all common core standards that are covered in this pack.  It also includes sight word, addition, subtraction, and shapes activities.

I am excited to use these this week!  This week I will try to remember to take pictures and share them with you!  Have a great week!

Fairy Tale Unit

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE fairy tales!  When we get back from Spring Break (okay, I know that is still a week away), we are going to spend two full weeks on fairy tales.  :)  Yay!  To go with my unit, I have created a kindergarten fairy tale unit.  Here are a few example pages:

5 pages of morning work (some literacy and math review on each page)

Several of language arts activities, such as these word puzzles (with recording sheet) and the spin and color blends activity.

               

Addition, subtraction, counting, and measuring math centers included!

I am SOOOOOO excited to use this pack with my kinders!  It is almost enough to make me wish spring break was already over....ALMOST!

If you want to check it out, hop on over to my TpT store.  :)  

Have a great evening!

FREE Dry Erase Addition Mats

Like I said the other day, we are working hard on understanding addition in our classroom.  I really struggle to find centers that are appropriate for beginners and incorporate the use of manipulatives in an appropriate way while still holding my little learners accountable.  (Whew, that was a long sentence...I hope it makes sense.)  Anyway, I created these mats that are perfect for my classroom, and I thought maybe they would work well for you as well.

The first is the black and white version.  The second is the spring version.  There are also two other versions included in the pack on TpT.

These addition mats are SO SIMPLE.  Just laminate and they instantly become dry erase boards.  Grab some counters, markers, and erasers and you're done.  I am going to use dice at first for my students to get the numbers they will add together, but I did include number cards in my packet in you prefer to use those.  I included numbers 0 to 19.  To differentiate, simply provide the students with the number cards that fit their ability.  SO EASY.

Anyway, head over to my TpT store to get your own Dry Erase Addition Mats for FREE!!!  :)   Please leave me some feedback if you download them.  

Thanks!  Happy weekend!