Teaching behavior expectations in kindergarten is important, especially in the first few weeks of school. This often sets the stage for your class for the entire year. For students to fully understand what is expected of them, it is important that teachers address and teach these expectation. I usually spend a lot of time during the first weeks of school teaching student expectations and classroom behaviors. We complete sorts of good choices and bad choices in the classroom and discuss what makes them good and bad choices. We complete these sorts whole group and students also complete individual behavior reflection sheets. These work great during the first few weeks of school or when students may need a review. These include different levels of difficulty beginning with students simply deciding if an actions is a good or bad choice, to a student sort of good and bad choices (this is a freebie at the end of the blog post) to finally illustrating or writing good or bad choices. Also we color an emergent reader reviewing some of the classroom expectations. These can also just be used as little coloring pages when a classroom expectation is introduced. In your classroom, you may want to challenge your students to focus on a certain expectation for a week. Included are posters that would work great for this: These provide a visual and focus for students when expectations are being taught. You can make it a game and provide an incentive if students can meet this expectation a certain amount of times in a week. Once these expectations are taught it is important to keep students accountable to their actions. I have been using a visual think sheet in my classroom that is perfect for this. It is very appropriate for your early learners in pre-k or kindergarten or special ed because it includes pictures for students to show what they did. Students simply color in the choice they made and a better choice they can make. These are great reflections for students, communication for parents and documentation if necessary. You may also want to post these cool down methods where students can reflect on strategies to cool down, instead of getting upset. You can find this entire Behavior Think Sheets and Activities in my TPT store and the Free Good and Bad Choices Student Sort here:
FREE printable Symmetry drawing activity for preschool and kindergarten kids. A fun art and math activity in one! Kids will complete the symmetrical pictures by drawing the other half.
Teaching behavior expectations in kindergarten is important, especially in the first few weeks of school. This often sets the stage for your class for the entire year. For students to fully understand what is expected of them, it is important that teachers address and teach these expectation. I usually spend a lot of time during the first weeks of school teaching student expectations and classroom behaviors. We complete sorts of good choices and bad choices in the classroom and discuss what makes them good and bad choices. We complete these sorts whole group and students also complete individual behavior reflection sheets. These work great during the first few weeks of school or when students may need a review. These include different levels of difficulty beginning with students simply deciding if an actions is a good or bad choice, to a student sort of good and bad choices (this is a freebie at the end of the blog post) to finally illustrating or writing good or bad choices. Also we color an emergent reader reviewing some of the classroom expectations. These can also just be used as little coloring pages when a classroom expectation is introduced. In your classroom, you may want to challenge your students to focus on a certain expectation for a week. Included are posters that would work great for this: These provide a visual and focus for students when expectations are being taught. You can make it a game and provide an incentive if students can meet this expectation a certain amount of times in a week. Once these expectations are taught it is important to keep students accountable to their actions. I have been using a visual think sheet in my classroom that is perfect for this. It is very appropriate for your early learners in pre-k or kindergarten or special ed because it includes pictures for students to show what they did. Students simply color in the choice they made and a better choice they can make. These are great reflections for students, communication for parents and documentation if necessary. You may also want to post these cool down methods where students can reflect on strategies to cool down, instead of getting upset. You can find this entire Behavior Think Sheets and Activities in my TPT store and the Free Good and Bad Choices Student Sort here:
I can't even believe May is almost here…. time flies in the spring! This might just be my favorite time of year to teach kindergarten.
Learning Printables For 2 Year Old - Get these printables for your toddler you can do at home! These are fun and easy printables for toddlers!
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Personal poster for the beginning of the school year that prompts students to tell about themselves in words and pictures. Students will reflect on themselves and learn to share personal interests with their classmates and teacher. This is a good way to learn more about your students. ...
Learn exactly how to take and edit inside the box pictures- what you need to prepare and how to edit them in photoshop elements.
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I love using interactive lapbooks in the classroom. They are fun to create, engaging and can be used throughout the year to review skills taught. I finally completely my Lapbook Bundle and I am happy to share the lapbooks included with you. Whether you think your learners will enjoy creating all of the lapbooks, if you
Use 'pixels' and data to reveal the Summer Mystery Pictures in these coloring pages for kids.
Looking for fun All About Me Activities for kids? Check out these 16 Hands-On All About me Learning Activities and Crafts for Preschool or Kindergarten.
At this time of year (end of August) I have so many mixed emotions. I am sad that the summer is drawing to an end, but I am excited for the new school year: envisioning my new students and the project
A collections of ESL worksheets to teach directions / giving directions in English. Download and use in class today!
The Draw My Picture Game is a fun way to get children to practice their speaking and listening skills.
We are currently starting our final projects of the year. [I can't believe it!] But for now, let me catch you up on what we just finished... 5th and 4th grade have been working on the same concepts for the past two projects. Both grades participated in a school wide Egyptian art unit by creating Egyptian sarcophagi. They reviewed SYMMETRY, and learned about hieroglyphics. After that, they learned about creating TINTS and SHADES by making an undersea painting. You can find these handouts here- http://www.teachandshoot.com/2015/02/art-room-handouts-round-3-value.html I would have let the students have more freedom with other colors, but I really only had blue left, and underwater came to mind. Thanks for visiting! 3rd grade also participated in the Egyptian art unit by creating Egyptian PORTRAITS! This might be my favorite project from this year. What a wonderful job the students did! After that, 3rd grade made ORIGAMI frogs, but I forgot to take photos! After origami, 3rd grade started creating ASSEMBLAGE art like the artist Louise Nevelson. They are just starting to paint their sculptures this week! 2nd grade created a fun pyramid COLLAGE as part of the Egyptian art unit! After that, 2nd and 1st grade both created ABSTRACT Picasso PORTRAITS. 1st grade and kindergarten created Egyptian necklaces and learned a little bit about PERSPECTIVE by drawing the pyramids. Kindergarten just finished learning about weaving by creating some alligator WEAVINGs!
Do you teach a Community Helpers Preschool or Kindergarten Unit? You will LOVE this fun set of pretend play learning centers and no prep worksheets.
Earlier this year, my co-worker Jayne found the idea to make a collaborative school-wide paper mural based on the artwork of Thank YouX. The idea for a student mural originally came from Jenell Novello and you can see the lesson plan write-up on Artsonia. She also so generously provided the lesson plan and templates on Google docs. Thank You X got his name by accident. In 2009 Andy Warhol’s spray painted portrait was spotted on a city street in L.A.. … Read more... →
We had our first day of school with students Wednesday and I forgot how utterly exhausting and mind blowing that first day is! We did lots of rules, routines, and procedures but also made time for some fun first week things. Here is what we have been up to! You can purchase these Scholastic Order Form activities from Clutter Free Classroom HERE! I also introduced the students to the Activ Expressions! They were literally asking me about them ALL week long and so Friday, we took a Multiple Intelligence Survey using the device! I adapted this activity from Laura Candler's printable survey which you can download free HERE! You can download the flipchart by clicking the image below. Important Note: You must have Promethean Activ Inspire software installed on your computer to OPEN and use this file! Please do not download otherwise! I also made some labels to go on my Activ Expression bins. You can download those by clicking the button below! I have also decided to implement brain breaks into my classroom this year! We needed a little wake me up on Friday morning so we watched this HILARIOUS parody of I'm Sexy and I Know It, called I'm Elmo and I Know It! I am definitely adding this to my brain break file! I plan on making some brain breaks sometime this week. Stay tuned to find out how I plan on incorporating this bad boy into my brain breaks! I absolutely can't wait for it to get here!!
Two easy picture hanging tips about how to hang a pictures evenly in a row and the easiest way to hang a picture with a double hook.
It is the end of the year and I have just completed my last portfolio page of the year and it is adorable, if I say so myself! It also fits perfectly with the Jack Johnson song we are singing at graduation.
This free printable All about Me worksheet is a fun activity for preschool and kindergarten kids. PDF template available in color and B&W
Beskrivelse af idéen: Pop-art virker hver gang. Den umiddelbare fascination af genkendelige motiver, de klare farver og den lettilgængelige og høje ”lækkerhedsfaktor” taler til de fleste børn og unge. Andy Warhol skabte med sine silketryk af skuespillere, statsoverhoveder og andre berømtheder, en serie ikoniske portrætter, som gennem en periode på over 50 år har inspireret generationer af billedmagere. I dette forløb tager vi udgangspunkt i et Andy-Warhol pop art-udtryk og arbejder med parafraser over den østjyske billedkunstner Allan Stochholms humoristiske billedserie ”Hovedretter”. For Hinnerup Billedskole har kunstneren Allan Stochholm en helt særlig betydning, da han bor og arbejder i Hinnerup og en gang om året, med sin kunstnergruppe, Primus, udstiller i vores lokale kulturhus, hvor også billedskolen udstiller efter hver sæson. Det er oplagt og meget relevant at inddrage lokale kunstnere i billedkunsttimerne. Det giver en større forståelse for det lokale kulturliv og hvis der oven i købet kan etableres en kontakt til den pågældende kunstner, og vedkommende kan inddrages i den åbne skole, får forløbet en helt ny dimension. I dette forløb arbejder eleverne med digitale billeder, tegning og enkel collage. Der hentes inspiration i kulturens billeder. Idéen kan bruges på alle klassetrin. Sådan kan du gøre: Se på Andy Warhols pop art-portrætter og Allan Stochholms billedserie ”Hovedværker”. Se eksempel på Allans malerier her: https://issuu.com/avform/docs/101445_billedkunst_november_2015_no Lad eleverne tage digitale fotos af hinanden, mens de forestiller sig, at der står en ret på deres hoved. Hvordan ønsker den enkelte elev at ansigtsudtrykket skal understrege stemningen i billedet? Er det en livret, der skal stå på hovedet – eller er det det den mest ulækre ret, eleven kan forestille sig? Lad eleverne beskære deres fotos digitalt og bearbejde dem, så de fremstår i sort/hvid med stor kontrast. Print billederne ud og farvelæg dem med tusch Lad eleverne tegne, fx deres yndlings – eller ”hade”-retter på hvidt tegnepapir. Tegn op med blyant og farvelæg med tusch. Træk evt. konturstreger op med sort tusch. Bunden i billedet laves ved at lime en komposition af papircirkler i forskellige farver og størrelser på et stykke rivepapir som er lidt mindre end et A4 ark. Brug evt. en puncher til at standse cirkler ud med eller lad eleverne klippe dem i hånden. Klip portrættet og maden ud, så du lader en lille farvet kant blive rundt om motiverne, og lim dem op på baggrunden. Monter billedet på sort kardus eller rivepapir, så det får en ramme. Tip: Idéen kan også bruges til fx ”drømmebilleder”, hvor eleverne arbejder med hvad de drømmer om eller ønsker sig. Materialer: Sort/hvide portrætter af eleverne, printet ud på almindeligt printerpapir, farvede tuscher, sorte sprittuscher, fx Edding 400, rivepapir, sort kardus, limstifter, sakse + punchere.
I made these pattern block mats using Photoshop. Each mat comes in color and blackline, depending on your preference. The blackline mats offer more of a
Summer Vacation!!! Usually those words evoke a picture of sun, fun, and relaxation. Well I have the sun and the fun, but relaxing? I would NOT call my summer this year relaxing. You see, I have …
Back to School Preschool Worksheets with all kinds of great activities for preschoolers to use all year round. Counting, letter recognition and much more.
Students can travel across the globe without leaving the classroom. Check out these fun geography lessons for any grade and curriculum.
Please Note: All images seen below are of my students artwork only. These photos/lessons are not posted in any particular order regarding the flow of my curriculum. Abstract Self-Portrait Paintin…
Imagination Workout Printable Click the link above to download Attalie’s Imagination Workout free printable art worksheet.
Free kindergarten worksheets and printables for homeschool & classroom teachers. We've created thousands of free kindergarten printable worksheets, game, activities, and more! You'll find kindergarten math worksheets, kindergarten reading worksheets, kindergarten writing worksheets and even a free kindergarten assessment!
