Teach children about respect, honesty, and gratitude at school and in the classroom with these social-emotional learning lessons and hands-on activities for kids.
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Create this handprint calendar to gift to a loved one or save it as a keepsake. This calendar has 12 handprint or fingerprint project ideas.
This summer I read the book Guided Math by Laney Sammons. Chapter 3 was all about using Math Warm-Ups. A quote that stuck out to me was, "Participating in a variety of brief mathematical activities during the first 20-30 minutes of the day leads students to make subtle mental shifts into the world of mathematical awareness and learning." (Laney Sammons also has a book called Daily Math Stretches for K-2 that sounds interesting, but I haven't checked it out yet!) This is why I've always tried to start my day with calendar. We practice so many important mathematical skills during calendar time. This year something new I want to try is to do a short math stretch after calendar as well. First let's talk about calendar. I am just itching to get back into my classroom to get everything set up, but my school doesn't open until August 24th! So for now, I've been trying things out in the hallway of our house. Hubby doesn't even ask questions anymore when he comes out of the bathroom and there's a September calendar hanging on the wall. He knows me well. lol. The other night I decided that I redid every single label and poster in my room to match my chalkboard & brights theme EXCEPT my calendar! Why hadn't I thought of my calendar?? So I got to working on monthly sets of numbers, month headers, and a variety of other posters I use for my calendar routine. Here's a peek at my hallway calendar display: And here's a close up look at my September calendar. (PS. I have a few blue pocket charts that I want to try dye-ing black this week... but in case it doesn't work out well, I bought a new black calendar pocket chart from Scholastic. I love how it looks!) This is what my calendar looked like the week before I left for maternity leave. Things will look completely different, but the math will stay the same! I always lead the calendar routine for the first month or so, but then my leader of the day takes over. Here's a little break down of what we usually do: *flip the number over on the calendar and count the numbers either forwards or backwards *look at the monthly pattern and make the same pattern with out bodies (clap, snap, stomp, etc.) *tell what day of the week was yesterday, today, and tomorrow *add a straw to our collection and count the straws *colour in a ten frame and count the squares *check the weather and fill in the weather graph *add any loose teeth or birthdays to the charts *sing a calendar song or watch a calendar video (such as Harry Kindergarten) We also do a calendar journal to go along with out calendar routine. It keeps all students on task and engaged with what's going on! You can read more about it {here}. Here is what I have planned for my weekly math stretches... On Monday I will read aloud a picture book that goes with a skill we are learning. I started blogging about some book ideas with my Math Book Monday series. The two large tubs in the picture below are filled with math books. I have an addiction and it's time that I start utilizing them more! lol. We will discuss the math seen in the book and usually do some sort of activity to go with it. I hope to continue this blogging series again once school is back in session! I can share more about the books we use and the activities to go along with them. On Tuesday we will do a number of the day activity. I've done this before as a math centre or activity before, but this time I created a cute set of posters that I will hang down the side of my big white board. I will laminate the cards so we can use them with dry erase markers. I created little number cards from 1-20 so each week we will pick a number, veclro it to the number of the day card, and show many different ways to represent that number! We will practice even/odd, number words, tally marks, one less/one more, ten frames, number lines, place value blocks, dice dots, counting forwards and backwards, drawing pictures, number bonds, part-part-whole, and writing number sentences! So many skills in one simple activity! I also created a matching recording sheet so that sometimes I can have students complete the worksheet as we do the posters together, or they can fill one in as an early finisher activity! (I will only be using numbers 1-20 with my students, but the pack I created has options to go up to 100 or 120!) On Wednesday we will practice our estimating! Some days we will practice estimating the amount of objects in our Estimation Station. Other days we will do some measurement activities. I have been collecting some estimation ideas on Pinterest. Check out my board below! Follow Amanda Ross (First Grade Garden)'s board Math - Estimation on Pinterest. On Thursday we will complete a "What's Next?" activity. I will have five different patterns displayed on the board and we will have to decide what two elements come next for each pattern. This activity is perfect for practicing repeating patterns, counting forwards, counting backwards, and skip counting! Plus it will reinforce shapes, colours, and sizes too! You can download a blank PDF of this activity {here}. On Friday we will do a data collection activity. Graphing isn't an outcome yet in our Grade 1 Math curriculum, but the skills that we use when analyzing the data sure is! We practice tons of counting and comparing numbers. Sometimes we will do a whole glass graph or somethings I might let them do a survey and graph activity, like I blogged about {here}. I have pinned tons of ADORABLE graphs on my Pinterest board too. Follow Amanda Ross (First Grade Garden)'s board Math - Graphing on Pinterest. You can check out any of these math products at my TpT store to help you get started! Well that's it for my math stretch ideas! :) Stay tuned for more in my daily schedule series.
This Circle Time Counting Math Game is the perfect addition to your daily calendar time or number talks in Pre-K and Kindergarten!
Are you interested in using rekenreks with your students, but you’re not sure how? A few years ago, I was in the same boat. I had been to a math training that used rekereks and I couldn’t wait to use them in my classroom. I made a class set out of cardboard and proudly brought them to school. Except I had no idea what to do with them! I had learned a game or two, but needed guidance with how to teach my students about them. In this post, I’ll show
Nothing builds the excitement to Christmas like Advent Calendars! Here are 55 unique and beautiful DIY advent calendars that you can make to help maximize the meaning and the enjoyment of the Christmas season! (Plus,
Daily calendar time is a favorite for my students in my classroom. What they don’t know is that everything we do during calendar time serves a purpose. Every song I use during our morning calendar time is designed to help my students learn the days of the weeks, months of the year, types of weather, ... Read More about My Absolute Favorite Songs to Support Calendar Skills
A preschool learning calendar for the month of May! Each day gives little ones a fun acitivity to do at home that encourages learning.
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Are you looking for a way to keep your students learning while transitioning in the classroom? Singing is Learning is a compilation of many of the songs and chants that I use during the school year to keep my students focused and learning. Singing/Chanting is a huge part of my management system. I never send my students back to their seats with out a chant to keep their mouths busy and their minds learning. *This is also a great way to get those extra reviews of skills! Included in this 34 page file you will find: 10 different classroom management song posters 6 different writing song posters 4 different holiday song posters 6 different math song posters Each song/chant has also been prerecorded by me or my past classes for you to listen to. The recordings are great for teaching your class the songs. Many are sung to familiar tunes. You will download these songs to your computer. I hope you enjoy this file and the music as much as I do. My parents are always emailing me asking about certain tunes that their kiddos are singing at home. I love that they are sharing the words and that the learning is sticking with them at home. Please email me with any questions at [email protected]
This free printable coloring calendar is a great way for preschool and kindergarten kids to learn about Days of the Week and Months of the Year. Includes a dated and undated version so kids can practice writing their numbers. How do You Make a Simple Calendar for Kids? Do you have a preschool or kindergarten...
Throughout the month of November, the kids and I worked on an "extra special Christmas present project" that we couldn't share until after all our Christmas gifts had been given. We made handprint calendars for our grandparents... and today, I'm sharing the results (as well as a few tips and resources to simplify the process)!
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A few weeks ago I had a meeting with a group of kindergarten teachers in my district. We were talking about days of the week not beginning written into the common core standards. We laughed at the thought of not addressing this! How would first grade teachers feel about that?!! Of course, we would be teaching them!! One of my favorite books that addresses this concept is Cookie's Week. Unfortunately, there was not a lot out there, so I came up with some of my own activities. One of our activities was making a Cookie's Week retelling puppet. Students used the picture clues and the days of the week listed on the body to retell the story. This is a different way to make the puppet using black construction paper and a craft stick for a handle. My students retold the story to the class during a short day when there was not time to start something new. Cookie's Week Retelling Puppet *************************************************************************** We also worked on a interactively written Thinking Map. Students had to describe Cookie for this bubble map. I modified the interactively written part based on students selected. Sometimes, I had them only write the first or last letter they heard in the word while I wrote the middle. The most able students wrote the entire word or most of the word. I followed up this activity with a writing assignment. Since this was the first time students have written a sentence, I gave them a lot of support. They only had to write the last word on their own. I also modified this by allowing more able students to choose the word from the map that they wanted. The others had to copy my example. Then for fun and to practice following directions, I gave them a directed drawing lesson for Cookie. Cookie Writing Page ************************************ We also used coloring pages from Making Learning Fun to make a book. She has other Cookie books available on her site, but I found that they were too difficult for the beginning of kindergarten. This student is very enthusiastically pointing to and reading the sight words he knows!! Link to the Cookie book at Making Learning Fun ************************************************** We did our Cookie paper plate project again this year. This time I used my circle punch to cut out Cookie's green eyes and I used my heart punch to cut out his nose. This was a huge time saver!! The ears were cut by hand. Students drew the mouth and whiskers with a marker. Have fun with Cookie!!
If you are looking for a free calendar for your classroom or home--I have one for you! It comes with a calendar template and all the pieces needed (months, days of the week, years, seasons, days, and holidays).
Bring DIRECTED DRAWING fun to your classroom with this bundle of 12 monthly directed drawings that your students will love! I've included calendar and matching monthly writing pages, as well as a bonus self-portrait directed drawing option (perfect for the beginning and end of the year to see artistic growth!). There are tons of possibilities with these! Use the calendar option and send home as parent gifts, the writing page option for a monthly bulletin board, complete each month as the year goes on, or put in your Sub binder for when you're gone. YOU decide how to use them!
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Susan and I have created another freebie for you! Here is a calendar math journal that can be implemented into your classroom with ease! It covers a variety of common core standards! You can use it a daily routine, weekly routine, or for centers. Any way you use it, it is bound to build up number sense, counting and cardinality, and life skills (using a calendar). There is also a place for your learners to write a sentence about the date! Hope you enjoy! You can get your FREE Calendar Math Journal right HERE. There is a picture below. Thanks! Nicole
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This individual calendar page is perfect if you only have a small number of learners {or just one} who still need daily work on the calendar. *This post contains affiliate links. **The free download can be found at the END of this post. Just click on the teal download button. Free Individual Calendar Pages Last school year, ... Read More about Individual Calendar Page for Kids
Make these shrink film keepsake keychains with your students using Shrinky-Dink paper! These fun names will preserve how they wrote their name when they were first learning! We share how on Simply Kinder.
The sun will come out! Do you need to reintroduce a warm and cool concept in a colorful way? Here is a fun lesson that incorporates line and color. My students really enjoy creating these ad…
