It's February, which means it's time to prep your Valentine's Day Activities. I love having themed centers for literacy and math. Here are a few of the activities in my centers this month. This post does include some Amazon affiliate links to help you find some of the materials I use in my classroom with these centers. We are working on reading and building CVC words, so I added this game to my Valentine's Day Activities bundle. My students did great building these words! I always like to use ... Read the Post
Valentine’s Day Activities for Math and Literacy
How to use Reading Responses to Help with Comprehension
I'm SO excited to finally blog about these new reading responses sheets!! These have been a work in progress for a few weeks. This idea came about because I wanted my students to interact with their books more and show me that they could use some of the comprehension skills we've learned in class. I'm using these during small group, independent reading, and as book responses at the listening center. Here's a sneak peek of them in action! Each of the interactive pages come in 2 versions of ... Read the Post
100th Day of School Ideas
Are you gearing up for your 100th day of school? Here are some activities I've done with my students to make the 100th day of Kindergarten very memorable! Read on to grab the FREE counting mat too. There are some Amazon affiliate links included in this post to help you find materials I've used with these activities. Decorated Door: To kick off the 100th day of school, I made a banner and added streamers. Then I taped it up at the entrance of my classroom. It's a fun way to start the ... Read the Post
Winter Activity Center for Literacy and Math – Winter Activities Bundle
Can you believe it's time to go back to school already? These breaks sure go fast! I've recently updated my Winter Activity Center resource and added more games follow this link! One thing I try to do in my bundles is create games with a similar format, so teachers can put the game in a center and students will already know how to play. Here a peek at a few games included. There are 6 math games included in this Winter activities bundle. This Snowman Sums game is such a fun way to work on ... Read the Post
Organizational Tips For Your Literacy and Math Files
How to make your Literacy and Math files organized? Here are some organizational tips that could help you and your student. I'm also linking up with my girls over at our blog Elementary Entourage to help you get ready for the New Year! Here are the blog topics for the first half of the month if you'd like to link up with us! Organizational Tips For Your Files If you've been following me, you know I'm a bit OCD, so getting organized is not a problem for me! :) This past Summer, I went ... Read the Post
Christmas Activities for Literacy and Math Centers
Looking for Christmas activities centers to use during December to keep your students engaged? Save yourself some time and try this Christmas Activities resource which includes 14 Christmas centers that you can use in your literacy, math, and writing stations for the week. These are hands-on activities that keep students engaged until Christmas break, but are also easy to make! I played this Gingerbread Ending Sounds game with my lower academic students. We first just matched the pictures to ... Read the Post
