I have been working on a series of Math Journals to support the new Common Core Standards in Math, and decided I really should share them with a few friends! The first journal covers skills for numbers 0-10, and the second journal goes to 20. There are more than 30 pages of prompts with space […]

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To add to some of the ideas that have surfaced during the Chapter 6 Literacy Beginnings discussion, I thought I’d share a way I get my little detectives interested.  Last year I started using a green dragon puppet, “Mr. Sea Dragon”, to create a little mischief and kickstart the day with a reading-related activity.  From […]

Here is a common sense journal for CCSS for Kindergarten Math.  It extends learning for place value in the teens and up to twenty.  Students have an opportunity to record the amount on ten frames in place value format and draw groups to represent each number, estimate “enough” for groups below ten and more than […]

Vanessa Levin, along with other bloggers, is hosting a book study on the Literacy Beginnings book by Fountas and Pinnell.  Two chapters have been highlighted already, and the fountain of ideas is flowing! If you haven’t checked it out yet, be sure to take a look! It is fantastic! Here is a link to the […]

A few years ago, I discovered jumbo letters, and how they can be used with my work stations.  One activity my kids really enjoy is the Jumbo Letter/Sound Match station.  In a portable tub station are two complete sets of jumbo magnetic letters (both uppercase and lowercase), and a large laminated alphabet bulletin board set […]

With budget concerns and economy printing requirements, I have revamped my own math journal to share with you! In it are pre-printed prompts for numeration, counting, addition, subtraction, greater than, fewer than, and graphing.  I will be using this 2x a week.  There are 44 pages that are left open ended if you want to […]

This is the site to visit! While you are there, check out her other posts.  Awesome! http://kinderkraziness.blogspot.com/2011/06/miss-bindergarten-unit.html Coincidentally, I read down the page and found a link to pre-kinders website with several great math station games! Check this out! http://prekinders.com/numbers-counting/ Isn’t Summer web browsing fun!!!