A teacher needs tools and resources to be effective. Here are my favorite digital and printed paper tools to organize, think and teach your best in kindergarten.
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Kindergarten Common Core Assessments can be made more simple for the teacher and administrator. Tracking data and showing evidence of growth is something we are all being asked to do and tying it into what we assess for report cards using Common Core standards only makes sense! If you’re using the Common Core standards and…
Preparing for a substitute long before you need one is a great way to make life easier on yourself. For when you really need one, and are in a pinch – you can feel better knowing that you’ve left behind explanations for all of the major things and can just leave some details and a set of…
In preparation for the first day of Kindergarten, we hold a one hour open house where our kinders can drop off their supplies, see our room and meet me. Talk about a frenzy of activity! But, in preparation for them and their parents, who often need some guidance and last-minute questions answered I’d like to…
A major shift happened in my teaching organization life since I digitized my teacher files. Here are 4 different ways to organize your digital teacher files to keep the sanity at find what you want without spending more than few clicks to get it. Not only did I have a lot of printable resources from…
Kindergarten common core standards are the curriculum and map by which many kindergarten teachers are teaching their classes. I’ve teamed up with 2 other teachers in my district to create an assessment for every single common core standard and sub-standard. We’ve made it teacher friendly, kindergartner friendly and above all comprehensive. Here’s how the Kindergarten…
When I wrote a favorite post Binder Basics, I asked you my favorite readers to share your tips on making your own teacher planning binder. Here are your fantastic ideas and responses. Binder Basics – How to Make a Teacher Planning Binder These tips are taken from the readers of KindergartenWorks in response to how…
I hope you have a fantastic long weekend and if you are just starting school – a very restful weekend. Gathering inspiration from others and paying it forward, I am sharing a freebie that I created to extend what I used from Fran @Kindergarten Crayons. Her awesome ideas for using the stamps from Target’s dollar…
I’m not sure how else to start off by describing our latest product other than huge. It’s our kindergarten calendar pack. I don’t mean to say that to scare anyone off, but it is unlike anything else I’ve created or know of to be out there in the teaching world. And, I’m even talking about…
In mentoring beginning teachers, I recommend active ways to reach all the different kinds of learners. By taking roughly 3-5 mins. every day you can teach a focus sight word and use songs to accomplish appealing to the non-traditional learners. (That’s not to say that’s the only word you ever mention or teach in a…