tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22808441411150439712024-03-15T21:09:22.878-04:00Ketchen's KindergartenKetchen's Kindergartenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01730935412368393897noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2280844141115043971.post-19920228471190857682013-09-16T22:50:00.002-04:002013-09-16T22:51:50.807-04:00Don't Fall Over...But I'm Writing a Post...Shut the front door. Is it bad that I haven't written a post in for.ever.? I almost didn't remember how to get to Blogger. Okay, it wasn't that bad...but it's been too long.<br />
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Hopefully your school year has started out well. The first few weeks of Kindergarten are always a test of patience and flexibility. Rewarding but definitely exhausting (anyone that's taught Kinder knows exactly what this is like).<br />
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We are trying to establish a routine and have been fairly successful...so now it's time to get down to business. We have some serious learning to do...starting with our colors, letters and numbers. I love games - and really just about anything can be made into a game.<br />
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***True story...to practice putting lids onto our highlighters correctly, we play the "give a little shake" game. Kinders love putting the lids on (so they don't get lost) and shaking that highlighter up a storm to make sure the lid is on securely. Don't judge...it works I promise!***<br />
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Back to games...I've been working on my "Find It Fast" games for September. We played "Find the Colorful Cat" today - with numbers. Check it out here! 3 games for $3.00 - a great way to review as a whole group or have students play it in small groups.<br />
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Just wanted to post real quick to let y'all know that March math journals are ready to go. Go grab your copy now! Thanks peeps!<br />
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February Math Journals are ready to go...yayyy! Please leave feedback if you download - I love hearing from you!<br />
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Many of you may not have heard of Kinderland - it's basically a collective group of kindergarten/early primary teachers-bloggers who strive to learn and grow with one another. We also all have blogs that you may know. :0) Another extension of this group is a Pinterest board called Kinderland Collaborative. You may have seen it on Pinterest lately!</div>
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The original Kinderland members have started a new Google + community that you are definitely going to want to be apart of. We have this new Kinderland Collaborative Community available to be a meeting place between ALL kinder teachers ......bloggers and non-bloggers alike. If you are interested in all things kinder - you will want to join. It's a place to get to know other kinder teachers from around the world, get to know your favorite kinder bloggers (and learn about new ones)......ask questions, bounce ideas off other kinder teachers. The sky is the limit.....when we all work together! You will even see there is a place to link to freebies (all in one place) and we will have giveaways from time to time also!</div>
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Lots of things going on that I wanted to share with you.<br />
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<b>First up: January Math Journals! </b></div>
I can't tell you how much I appreciate the feedback and comments about the journals. If you download from TPT, try to leave feedback (for any freebie you download - not just mine). It is nice to read encouraging words and know that the work put into a classroom item is appreciated.<br />
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We are working so hard to learn teen numbers! I'm trying really hard to focus on the understanding behind everything -which isn't easy, but definitely worthwhile!</div>
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With teen numbers, we are breaking down the number into tens and ones, counting that many objects, drawing that many objects and matching objects to numbers. My class has been playing "Can you Catch Me?" - a freebie that you can grab by clicking on the picture below. This helps with number recognition. </div>
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To continue learning about numbers, we learned how to play "Puzzler". </div>
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Puzzler is simple - give each student a piece of a puzzle. Have students study their piece (we did it quietly - and didn't tell other people what we had). The object is to find your match and complete the puzzle. Once completed, students display their puzzles.</div>
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Last week we had a great time reading different stories about the Little Red Hen (or chicken or turkey or rooster...depending on the day!). </div>
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My kiddos were really upset with the dog, cat and mouse in Paul Galdone's story. They were so mad that the animals were mean to the LRH! Love it!</div>
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It led to some great discussions about the character's feelings and emotions - yeah for making connections throughout the text!</div>
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My team and I always start teaching teen numbers around the last week of November - so we carry the lessons right up through Christmas Break.<br />
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Today we worked on the number 16. During our small group mini-lesson, we practiced writing the number, drawing tally marks, and filling in a ten frame. We then drew 16 Christmas Lights on the whiteboard and labeled them when we were finished drawing.<br />
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Bonus: If you call them bulbs, the kiddos love it. Mine were so excited to say the "funny" word bulb...haha!<br />
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For individual practice, each student drew their own set of Christmas lights - complete with 16 bulbs! I love how easy it is to differentiate this activity. I had kiddos drawing 10 frames and tally marks - just to practice.<br />
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Ketchen's Kindergartenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01730935412368393897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2280844141115043971.post-59366630443228841662012-12-02T20:24:00.003-05:002012-12-02T20:24:56.202-05:00December Math JournalsI'm so excited to hear from all of you about Math Journals. I receive so many emails and positive comments in my TPT store. It's encouraging and uplifting. :) So thank you!!!<br />
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When I started doing them last November, I honestly had no idea how my kiddos would do. Problem solving is a difficult skill to master - let alone teach to Kinders!<br />
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Even with all that said - I cannot tell you how impressed I've been with my students. This is my second year using Math Journals - and both classes showed tremendous growth in both number sense and problem solving skills. Yeahhhh!!<br />
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Get your game face on people. Black Friday has nothing on Cyber Monday and Tuesday at TPT. Load up your cart now - the big sale goes on November 26 and 27. Many sellers are having sales on top of the 10 percent off that TPT is giving itself. </div>
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Simply enter "cmt12" when you checkout to save some moolah!</div>
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I uploaded a new December Math Stations Pack. 10 Common Core Aligned centers perfect for December!</div>
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/December-Shared-Reading-and-Poetry-Station-CC-aligned" target="_blank">DeeDee Wills Poetry Stations Pack</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Daily-Calendar-Bundle" target="_blank">Kathleen Pederson's Calendar Pack</a></div>
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This isn't all...I just keep adding to that wishlist! </div>
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What's on your wishlist? Load up your cart now. </div>
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No waiting in line or having to push people out of your way to get a bargain. </div>
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<br />Ketchen's Kindergartenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01730935412368393897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2280844141115043971.post-91495731536008350052012-11-04T15:20:00.001-05:002012-11-04T15:20:41.269-05:00Bad, Bad Blog Author<p align="center">Ugh! I feel terrible that I’ve been neglecting my poor little bloggy. October came and went – and now we are 4 days into November! Wowza. </p> <p align="center">I’m trying to be better about writing – but it doesn’t always happen. Life happens. Then you realize it’s be forever and a day since you posted. Anyways. </p> <p align="center">I updated November Math Journals – so they align with Common Core and wanted to share. I receive so many emails and comments about these – and it really is fabulous that so many people (and kiddos) benefit. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/November-Themed-Math-Journals"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="November Math Journals" border="0" alt="November Math Journals" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ui_N5VKLPfI/UJbOGHZeOCI/AAAAAAAABRc/C9oXk6wAX_0/November%252520Math%252520Journals%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="220" /></a></p> <p align="center">Still have some kiddos that need help with letter recognition? Check out my Letters Mega Pack Freebie. It’s a throwback. From 2011. Ha. </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_DFcsyPK64bOWNkZGNiMjAtMDlkYi00NzIwLTlmOTUtN2U2ZGYxZDExYTA2/edit?pli=1"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Y6ukceAiaA/Tq2JAwAWV4I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/X2vt01HdFW4/s1600/November%2BLetter%2BPack.jpg" width="186" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="center">Happy November Bloggy Peeps. I promise I’ll attempt to write more often…</p> Ketchen's Kindergartenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01730935412368393897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2280844141115043971.post-40056138101159837232012-10-15T22:34:00.001-04:002012-10-15T22:34:50.209-04:00Slow down October!<div style="text-align: center;">
October is my favorite month - but I'm sad that it flies by soooo quickly! We have Parent Teacher Conferences, Quarter 2 Transition, Assessments, and I'm sure a bazillion other things to do that make this month cray cray. Right?!?</div>
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I haven't been able to post as much as I like - mostly because the life a teacher leads is <strike>insane</strike> hectic and it becomes hard to make time for everything. Ugh. </div>
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Here's a quick freebie for you - October Find it Fast. If you haven't read my previous post, check it out here. It will explain the directions/how to set up Find It Fast games. </div>
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Like these but don't need letters? I added a version that can be EDITED to my TPT store!!! You can select any skill that you are working on and program the template to fit your needs. </div>
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We are working hard at learning all of the concepts of print! My kiddos are doing really well (which is good since I feel like we've been talking about it for years!) with all of it - and are actually applying what they have learned when they partner share about reading books.</div>
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These anchor charts aren't anything new - but I've made one for the past 3 years and they really do help. Last year, we did Eric Carle's VHC. Please excuse my hand drawn illustration (can't draw for the life of me). </div>
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This year, I decided to go with one of our favorite books for the theme. I made it a tad bit snazzier too - since I'm all about fonts and digi paper backgrounds at the moment! </div>
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I think it's really important to use a book kids are familiar with. </div>
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We've read Chicka Chicka at least 10 times this year (sometimes it feels more like 100 times haha!).</div>
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I love the month of October - seriously. December comes in at a close 2nd. October is just so fall-y. Pumpkins, leaves, hoodies, fires, etc. Love.it.! </div>
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Part of me can't believe it's October already (well technically tomorrow). We are moving right along at school - but my kiddos are having trouble with letter and number recognition. </div>
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Not picking up as fast as I'd like - but I know they will. How are your kiddos doing this year?</div>
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October Math Journals are ready - I love getting emails about them. You all are super sweet. :) </div>
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I've been working on my October Math Activities too - and have a pack up in my TPT store if you need some activities to add to your math stations.</div>
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Are you a font junkie like me? If so, please check out Nicole over at Rowdy in Room 300. She has some to die for fonts - can you tell I am obsessed with the one above?!?</div>
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I am forever trying to think of cutsie titles that will work for our classroom activities. I think I finally found one that I like and will use for all of these types of activities!! Yeah for thinking on the weekend right?!?</div>
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These games are pocket chart games - and review just about any skill you can think of. I make them around a theme and then we review the skill that we need the most (right now it's number recognition). </div>
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For this month, it's the Johnny Appleseed edition! The idea behind these games is that you hide an object and students have to identify whatever is on the cards before they can check for the hidden object.<br />
Nothing new - but a great review game. </div>
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This works in whole group, small group and even centers. I've put these at my pocket chart center before and my kiddos love hiding their eyes while their partner hides the object. </div>
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<br />Ketchen's Kindergartenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01730935412368393897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2280844141115043971.post-1914053068107860242012-09-15T22:58:00.001-04:002012-09-15T22:58:24.056-04:00Kindergarten Common Core<div style="text-align: center;">
Remember that one time that the states switched to Common Core and you were super prepared? All of your activities, vocabulary cards, lesson plans and more were printed, laminated and really you were just waiting for the kids to show up? </div>
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Yeah? Me neither. Ha. CC is here - and I have a feeling it's here to stay! If you are familiar with them, you know how much of an undertaking it is to try and get a grasp on both the standards and the activities required. </div>
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Think.no.more. (Well, maybe a little! We are teachers. Do our brains ever shut off?)</div>
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Have you seen this baby? It's the CC book that you need! </div>
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3. It includes both Math and ELA standards. </div>
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Get a jump on CC now - check it out! </div>
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Names are fab - especially in Kindergarten right? I love watching my kiddos learn to write and read their names and even friends names.</div>
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There are so many great literacy activities that can be used with names.<br />
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One great resource is Jessica Meacham's website.<br />
She has some great resources for using names in the classroom. </div>
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Have you seen this pin?<br />
What an easy center to put together - but at the same time is meaningful and has a purpose. </div>
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Do you have a names chart in your classroom? Kids will read, read, read all day long.<br />
They need practice with familiar words to build confidence as a reader. So easy!</div>
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I love this chart. We've done these activities before - but all just orally. I'm really trying to use as much print as possible this year to help my kiddos understand concepts of print and become better readers overall. </div>
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Of course I needed to make this immediately!<br />
This is my version - just with picture cues!</div>
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We completed our first name today - and I was so happy with the kiddos response!<br />
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Want to play the name game in your room?<br />
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What are your restroom procedures? Do you take a class break? Lucky enough to have a bathroom in your room?<br />
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Here's a freebie - I plan on printing out a stack and sending home when necessary. I have 2 versions (one if they had clothes - one if they did not). They are 4 to a page - easy to print and cut.<br />
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We are still working on procedures - but I'm definitely ready to get into more content. These next few weeks we are working on concepts of print.<br />
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Sneak Peek: Can you guess what I'm working on now?!?<br />
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That 3 day weekend went way too fast! I could use another week to get school stuff done. But by the end of that week I'd need another week. Sigh. Such is the life of a teacher right? </div>
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This weekend I did manage to get September Brain Boosters done. </div>
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The September pack is available in my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Ketchens-Kindergarten/" target="_blank">TPT store.</a></div>
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Ketchen's Kindergartenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01730935412368393897noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2280844141115043971.post-23331755545999170052012-09-02T13:14:00.001-04:002012-09-02T13:14:02.120-04:00September Freebies…lots of them!<div style="text-align: center;">
Fall is coming. Whoohoo! I love fall – my favorite time of year hands down. Leaves, pumpkins, apples, all of it.</div>
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Technically it’s still hot and muggy here, but still – a girl can dream right?</div>
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September Math Journals are here – complete with Common Core alignment. </div>
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Click the picture below to grab your copy!</div>
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Last week, I was a guest blogger over at <a href="http://missloviecreations.blogspot.com/">Miss Lovie</a> – a great friend of mine that I’m lucky to teach with!</div>
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I wanted to share with you some of the goodies I made for her Back to School Event! </div>
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Any little gadget makes learning more fun right? Enter the "Apple of My Eye" glasses. </div>
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Last but not least, add some apple fun to your home or classroom with this September banner! </div>
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