Wild Animals vs. Tame Animals

After Thanksgiving Break, my kindergarten class will start a unit on wild animals.  Here is a resource that I made to go along with the unit.  It's a sorting activity.

You can get it for yourself by clicking HERE.

Here are some books that I am planning on reading to go along with the unit:

Book Bags Week 2

Well, the book bags seemed to go over well with the kids and the parents.  Click on the pictures to get a copy of the new books that I made to put in their book bags.


   

We Love Apples

I got the idea for this song from one of The Mailbox Magazine issues.
The song goes to the tune of "Clementine".
               We love apples, juicy apples.
               They are red and very sweet.
               Let's go pick them from the big trees.
               They are such a tasty treat!
I drew trees at the bottom, then I put a number on each tree and
had the kids come up and put the right number of apples on each
tree. 

Kindergarten Book Bags

I have decided to try something new this year- take home book bags for kindergarten.
I send the bags home for a week and they must be returned on the following Monday.
Each bag contains an inventory sheet, an eyeball stick (to point to the words), a weekly word list, a sheet of stickers (to place on words they read correctly from the word list), phonics flashcards, phonics books, a homemade book about the class, and a couple books (one or two they can read themselves, and one or two a parent can read to them).
I am excited to see how well they work!
Click here to see a copy of the personalized inventory that I sent home in each bag.