Happy Spring!

  Hello there, and, Happy Spring!!!!!  Though the calendar says today is the first day of spring, we are expecting some more snow tomorrow.  Boooooo!  That's fine, because I don't really have much time to get into the topic of spring with the kiddos because St. Patrick's Day and Easter are so close together this year! As soon as Easter is over and the weather is warmer (hopefully!) we will discuss spring, the plant life cycle, the life cycle of a butterfly and everything else that comes along with spring. 

  Today we had a bit of fun playing "Spill the Beans!"  Each table was given eight tiny cups filled with different amounts of red and white beans.  Each student have a turn spilling the beans, counting the red beans, counting the white beans and then adding them together.  Each time the beans were spilled the students recorded the findings in an addition equation.  Here are a few pictures of our fun today:

  Kudos to my lovely volunteer who put this activity together for us.  She even created the worksheet!  The Kinders really enjoyed this activity!

  Another activity we did today was also compliments of my volunteer.  She created these sentences using the Kinders two new sight words.  The love doing this activity each week as we learn more and more sight words.

 

This is so simple, yet the Kinders really enjoy this and it is helping them to not only practice their new sight words but to help them with their comprehension skills. What skills are you working on in your classroom?

Blizzard + Snow Day = First Freebie!

Hi all!  We survived NEMO!  We lost power for about 24 hours.  Let me tell you, 24 hours was long enough to go without power and heat!  Unfortunately, some parts of there area here still remain without power and heat!  We are very thankful to the linemen and other service workers who have been working to keep everyone safe and warm.  With that said, I've been housebound since Friday afternoon.  It was a blessing in disguise as I think my daughter is finally getting over the virus she's had for over a week now.  I've also been able to use that time to create my first freebie!  I have been making thing here and there but haven't posted anything due to being afraid of violating any TOU.  After talking with a fellow blogger I was able to create a little something to share with you all.

We are working hard on creating and decoding CVC words in our classroom.  I whipped this little diddy up to make it a little more fun for my Kinders.  This one is using the "-at" family words. I hope that you are able to use this too!

 

Enjoy!