Mrs. Wills Kindergarten

Mrs. Lee's Kindergarten Kindergarten Crayons A Kindergarten Blog: Tweaking Daily Five Now that I have one year of doing the daily five behind me, it is time to start thinking about this year and what worked last year and what I need to tweak or change up. Last year I placed baskets with markers and crayons around the room for students to use when working on writing. Obviously, I did not have enough baskets for everyone so my students would share. I felt like this distracted them from their writing. This is a picture of what I did last year. Last year I waited awhile before allowing my students to have full choice in their rounds and when I did start I did not keep track of where they were going. Last year I only did two rounds and I did not do a very good job of teaching in a mini-lesson format. Last year when students went to word work they were expected to stay there the full 15-20 minutes. Last year I waited until my students reached 15 minutes of reading stamina to add a new station. Last year I tried having my students shop first thing in the morning.

StoryPlace: The Children's Digital Library Miss Kindergarten: Learning Resources Easi-Speak Review and Giveaway I opened it up at home and tested it out before I brought it to school. Then boyfriend got a hold of it and I couldn't get it out of his hands! Ha! So I brought it to school to use with my summer school kiddos. We used it during our guided reading time. All you need to do is follow these steps and enter using the rafflecopter below! 1. Giveaway ends Friday, Aug 3rd at 9pm PST

Miss Kindergarten A Kindergarten Blog: You Get What You Get I think I need to stay away from Amazon. I am in a book buying frenzy! I bought this one this morning. About the book: Melvin throws fit every time he doesn't get what he wants. Not only does Melvin learn how to deal with disappointment, he teaches his family the lesson too. WordWorld . Dog's Letter Pit Come play again later! Come play again tomorrow! Really Roper children's short stories Peter was tired. After 10 years of holding together the paperwork for “Johnson, A.P. – SSN 555-66-33xx,” his tensile strength was fading; he could feel his molecules beginning to degrade. - Length: 8 pages - Age Rating: U People told tales of long, long ago, when they used to enjoy Halloween, dressing up, knocking on doors showing off their fine costumes, playing something called Trick or Treat and, it used to be fun, but not anymore. - Length: 7 pages Was this a riddle? Becca laughed and smiled at her brother ruefully. - Length: 6 pages Hoover had been the runt of his mother’s fourth litter. - Length: 5 pages It was the fifth day at her new school and ten-year-old Buseje hung her head as she settled down into her desk. She returns to the kitchen and stops in her tracks. - Length: 4 pages Helen was born wrong. - Length: 14 pages Snow fell steadily in the wild woods of Siberia... Bobby Osgood woke up one October morning and he was twelve years old again... Peter was tired. - Length: 8 pages