tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507565470731988632024-03-05T07:03:21.461-08:00Planting a KindergartenPlanting a Kinder Garden...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14796643765334915666noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250756547073198863.post-54272387916377138432012-03-29T10:49:00.002-07:002012-03-29T10:51:59.902-07:00The Great State of Texas!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since we live in Texas, we like to teach a long unit about our state, some time around Texas Independence Day, which is March 2. Throughout this unit, we have learned many facts about Texas, as well as studied many tall tales that take place in Texas. The kids really enjoy reading tall tales, like Pecos Bill, because some really crazy things happen in the story that they think are very silly. They have fun re-telling these exaggerated moments. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To conclude our Texas study, we have written stories about Texas today.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first thing that I did when I introduced that we were going to write a story was draw out the story elements. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The students came up with the characters, the problem and the solution of the story. Of course, we discussed that the setting would be Texas. :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLlZo8oawWRdma51Ecf6lskboMUqD6fc_10iKJw8ONZY0BAng4p2FJWqIohrts3w3qBem4AVqRqw1btqOXyix9aVIau38qTFJGpa4jWa2xu-4aMqEqEguP07fW7p6oI6VZYtSCCw2R9wr/s1600/IMG_1813.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLlZo8oawWRdma51Ecf6lskboMUqD6fc_10iKJw8ONZY0BAng4p2FJWqIohrts3w3qBem4AVqRqw1btqOXyix9aVIau38qTFJGpa4jWa2xu-4aMqEqEguP07fW7p6oI6VZYtSCCw2R9wr/s320/IMG_1813.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After this, we drew out a story map, using the 4-square model that I discussed <a href="http://plantingakindergarten.blogspot.com/2012/01/winter-in-texas.html">in this earlier blog post</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmzhb4GAObD3AfecgkEYHgIO6p911MHdUGIP1ijm-K3CsLQZwgmkmf8hpodQxKKely_7Cqjj2gWgZaIUmH4XrN4VEagvHsy2TBSyD3yP2WUh6ak3Wc6m64SnW3kxi9div_rl0LKU4jwsA/s1600/IMG_1811.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmzhb4GAObD3AfecgkEYHgIO6p911MHdUGIP1ijm-K3CsLQZwgmkmf8hpodQxKKely_7Cqjj2gWgZaIUmH4XrN4VEagvHsy2TBSyD3yP2WUh6ak3Wc6m64SnW3kxi9div_rl0LKU4jwsA/s320/IMG_1811.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The students came up with each sentence. We practice reading our story, to make sure that it had a problem and a solution. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After all this, I sent the students back to their seats. We have spoken many times in my class about how to make a "good illustration" for their writing, so we discussed this again before they started. The kids know that I like their drawings to be very colorful and fill up the whole page. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They were able to copy the story that we created together, or... if they were really "thinking", they could come up with their own story, as long as it had characters, a problem and a solution. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_3FiHaSr1BY3TIu00KRGZSrvbUhkcpxOA_jJlJnxbrSjJcWb51705iNZDLuresodJ_ee04z39ji9axzOtj6h7k9vEAOIktbOZgRrdnjoXU3AXyUk-ufjW_hyPnHK_CPtSV8YoSxGLHzE/s1600/IMG_1814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_3FiHaSr1BY3TIu00KRGZSrvbUhkcpxOA_jJlJnxbrSjJcWb51705iNZDLuresodJ_ee04z39ji9axzOtj6h7k9vEAOIktbOZgRrdnjoXU3AXyUk-ufjW_hyPnHK_CPtSV8YoSxGLHzE/s320/IMG_1814.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Previously, this year, I have turned the kitchen center into Santa's Workshop at Christmas and Cupid's Post Office at Valentine's Day.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Planting a Kinder Garden...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14796643765334915666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250756547073198863.post-79197334757013525082012-03-06T10:38:00.001-08:002012-03-12T17:38:30.677-07:002 Presidents That Made a Difference... In Our Classroom!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We just got finished with a 2 week long unit on presidents in my class. It's amazing how interested these kids get over people who lived hundreds of years ago. I've been doing foldables throughout the year, but decided to do one on a bigger scale for this unit. For more on foldables, click </span><a href="http://www.dinah.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We learned about Abraham Lincoln for the first week and George Washington the second week. We did many compare and contrast activities, such as a Venn diagram to gain more understanding about each president. We made "pretend" money with the presidents faces on them. We even practiced drawing their faces, in a teacher-led, step-by-step, directed art project. We used these pictures for the outside covers on our foldable "books". </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is an example of what one looked like:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NXJv65XEDNp5I9T0rSmgPPiRVvCMFl0JPSyvw0Z2JprYXh3ErRlml_nSO0xr1XqLvWzZHkwkaKx5F0ROtA5DPj09Kx03qB2_QEwPQnh1bEZcPkui_hLH-TA4rtsHBScntHYRLlUF24Fi/s1600/IMG_1517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NXJv65XEDNp5I9T0rSmgPPiRVvCMFl0JPSyvw0Z2JprYXh3ErRlml_nSO0xr1XqLvWzZHkwkaKx5F0ROtA5DPj09Kx03qB2_QEwPQnh1bEZcPkui_hLH-TA4rtsHBScntHYRLlUF24Fi/s320/IMG_1517.jpg" width="239" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the inside of each cover, I had students draw or label a fact about each president.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPzX6mK4x-3-9wqzha-eVzXCd9W9UGB_maZcNEJ8-mGfzi31ZF1SdCJS0zrHGdIpwdhAHmJbWerbMpGWqd4BxK2rGEZpcMJNTtZ_YQyzrJ10VfVbmkXiZU1m1eMNbd16U4XHGjOpSNUoJ/s1600/IMG_1519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPzX6mK4x-3-9wqzha-eVzXCd9W9UGB_maZcNEJ8-mGfzi31ZF1SdCJS0zrHGdIpwdhAHmJbWerbMpGWqd4BxK2rGEZpcMJNTtZ_YQyzrJ10VfVbmkXiZU1m1eMNbd16U4XHGjOpSNUoJ/s320/IMG_1519.jpg" width="239" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was so proud of how they came out. They wrote a lot about each president and really developed an interest in them with the more that each of them wrote!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are a few examples of a few writing pieces that we placed in the middle section of our foldable:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jQBvYm6mBjvf8pAbEaTmizjzV3e4ODYlaBmYBgS2Hnvk6ihDdej_D9XgvrhqifoESIHdEkHRU1Dy3Ic2sqVYue051A2z8o0eqreNFNIJjStiYmjAo7_csl0giKcxCOQGGWCgkqgw-IBk/s1600/IMG_1518.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jQBvYm6mBjvf8pAbEaTmizjzV3e4ODYlaBmYBgS2Hnvk6ihDdej_D9XgvrhqifoESIHdEkHRU1Dy3Ic2sqVYue051A2z8o0eqreNFNIJjStiYmjAo7_csl0giKcxCOQGGWCgkqgw-IBk/s320/IMG_1518.jpg" width="239" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgX2rdgAIQlVKde9HI9HyNz2yjHX9zsGLqxCRLY5rz_lkdQJ81qdrAkpdMphdKk6rjh4NUNYuJt3UW9Sxwt_-khx-Kc5m3muCpLMPjoeRRswVU_BpUAiFyiU7_7bSyMkwOWz6cbDC8-Z0/s1600/IMG_1275.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgX2rdgAIQlVKde9HI9HyNz2yjHX9zsGLqxCRLY5rz_lkdQJ81qdrAkpdMphdKk6rjh4NUNYuJt3UW9Sxwt_-khx-Kc5m3muCpLMPjoeRRswVU_BpUAiFyiU7_7bSyMkwOWz6cbDC8-Z0/s320/IMG_1275.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this center, they are sorting envelopes, writing letters to other class mates and acting out what would happen at a post office. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have also created some other activities for centers. Here are a few of them. The kids really enjoy these center games and I will probably keep them up from now until after Valentine's Day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMYfZs_1ovy-U_V6jm0Y6QU0CDGkvYlAmYM24YDkyos0vnrDTSvBM2-_gs52GnGMaEfwiErSAKIrSWARjfK6t7ayYo0j02RsD5__xR9umcwxrPFphDrbDr6SRuJdf076QCNHBTxE52p32/s1600/vday2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMYfZs_1ovy-U_V6jm0Y6QU0CDGkvYlAmYM24YDkyos0vnrDTSvBM2-_gs52GnGMaEfwiErSAKIrSWARjfK6t7ayYo0j02RsD5__xR9umcwxrPFphDrbDr6SRuJdf076QCNHBTxE52p32/s320/vday2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are also learning about dental health this week. The kids are each very eager to tell me about how many teeth they have lost and about their experiences at the dentist. Here is a chart that we made today as a class:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4y1yxi8JmF37EIKujbbfkmZTD3kjrP7kiV9I61gY-O2nO0AmmJw9q8YuwXvoJS5Ib_MhGN0DIDFsq2NP6T-wgCySsJMN8AQT8Qi8lJM4rCyxFb6AF-PS-3XTQp9ECRLXrXyE530U6Th7S/s1600/IMG_1300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4y1yxi8JmF37EIKujbbfkmZTD3kjrP7kiV9I61gY-O2nO0AmmJw9q8YuwXvoJS5Ib_MhGN0DIDFsq2NP6T-wgCySsJMN8AQT8Qi8lJM4rCyxFb6AF-PS-3XTQp9ECRLXrXyE530U6Th7S/s320/IMG_1300.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We discussed how some food are great to eat all of the time, and others should only be eaten sometimes, so that we can prevent cavities. Now the kids are working on making a model of teeth and they each get their own tooth brush to take home. I have shown them with my large model how to properly brush teeth and they use the toothbrush that they get to practice with this on their model. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepmpD5oqgPzS7hbq-bqs5FvFO9m4d6MH_vUKBi88ZUGf87PqQHraX9t2SeASNMJtF60-Bkxy8nECFRQef03aRIu_sbW2d7tFnJW9KlUfEyOqOoeaxKo3SmXgKJoJCZ-pgsuSTen6zxey0/s1600/IMG_1301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepmpD5oqgPzS7hbq-bqs5FvFO9m4d6MH_vUKBi88ZUGf87PqQHraX9t2SeASNMJtF60-Bkxy8nECFRQef03aRIu_sbW2d7tFnJW9KlUfEyOqOoeaxKo3SmXgKJoJCZ-pgsuSTen6zxey0/s320/IMG_1301.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomorrow, we will practice flossing using this fantastic activity I found on pinterest!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4LRjXEGg0GrgrHgWE06yE4citMbI8Dm4PwJuYRJB58cg_fA3YGIvggO_kqcC-e1pDHtdeu2kjO5r6CgPXgbuAjc-KI3qq6VCWBCxsBfMEWyA-CGNdH04d5wl0rTG8r25kVTX702tk9z-/s1600/211176669996981750_BhQMcxJA_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4LRjXEGg0GrgrHgWE06yE4citMbI8Dm4PwJuYRJB58cg_fA3YGIvggO_kqcC-e1pDHtdeu2kjO5r6CgPXgbuAjc-KI3qq6VCWBCxsBfMEWyA-CGNdH04d5wl0rTG8r25kVTX702tk9z-/s1600/211176669996981750_BhQMcxJA_c.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://larremoreteachertips.blogspot.com/2012/01/fun-pins-for-today.html">To view this blog click here.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(More on pinterest later)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go check out some of my Valentine's activities at my teacher store located <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mrs-Proffitt">here</a>.</span></div>Planting a Kinder Garden...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14796643765334915666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250756547073198863.post-63006064383565267672012-01-20T18:28:00.000-08:002012-01-20T18:28:29.400-08:00Winter in Texas?<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teaching winter, well... all seasons for that matter, can be an interesting thing when you live in Texas. We try to explain to the students that winter means cold and snow, fall means the leaves change colors, etc., but in Texas, at least central Texas, this is not so. We **might** see snow once a year, but the northern states would call it a joke. We have a few flurries and the kids get so excited, everyone rushes outside and school is immediately called off. It never sticks to the ground. Oh, and our leaves stay green or turn brown but there's no in between. So, it's kind of difficult to teach these things when the kids really have no basis for background knowledge. Therefore, many Texans learn about seasons that never really exist for us.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Needless to say, we have been learning about winter and snow and this week we focused on penguins. This can be a really fun unit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We watched clips on National Geographic Kids this week. If you haven't been on this website, it's great for young kids. There were many short video clips and pictures of all different kinds of penguins. Go check out this website. It can be great for any science unit in early childhood.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/">http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You may remember a couple of blogs ago, when I wrote about the 4-square graphic organizer. Here is a picture of how I put it into place with the penguins unit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqZ0JLtbrPThLjrw3e0HngAc4_32xv1GKMe_NmlZRsAZ-GnIRQb7AuyVMZA_KN77Id87OmuLnRWTfDBdO1CUhENPuVCb1U6XzPUsGS60hz7QUh01mLcRqbVFsJddhvs5Vpv_iCV2fRa_Z7/s1600/IMG_1245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqZ0JLtbrPThLjrw3e0HngAc4_32xv1GKMe_NmlZRsAZ-GnIRQb7AuyVMZA_KN77Id87OmuLnRWTfDBdO1CUhENPuVCb1U6XzPUsGS60hz7QUh01mLcRqbVFsJddhvs5Vpv_iCV2fRa_Z7/s320/IMG_1245.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I begin by telling the kids that we are going to write about penguins today on our 4-square. By now, they are very familiar with this term. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year, we started introducing the terms noun and verb in kindergarten. We have had a lot of success with it, which came much to my surprise. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We begin by teaching them that every sentence has a noun in it. We talk about all of the words that could be nouns.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some noun posters that I have created for my classroom:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9oQ69znXmPe1E3hWJtiAiKg10eMrnXXtfzAVkK8T9Il5J0qNhKop2fU62WFyFCdlcr5zHz-2HDH-yqPzERa6tLBruZ_DCEoVlAVV7pzCwlDE6K-UcfHtJzcftZNL9Ffea0jFXIaGCnIa/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9oQ69znXmPe1E3hWJtiAiKg10eMrnXXtfzAVkK8T9Il5J0qNhKop2fU62WFyFCdlcr5zHz-2HDH-yqPzERa6tLBruZ_DCEoVlAVV7pzCwlDE6K-UcfHtJzcftZNL9Ffea0jFXIaGCnIa/s320/1.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNX_VZdZv_SrXoA82J8yOkwWxqyntNNCeE_j9_CXuS8riv1mYAkyretg4AIwDw00-Bj0hQVJK6uLXfyaLVGxq9Sc3Zbu6DJVL2OnyZ7lD53dK6u96KP_oOS2npPgqiM7F7ive3Eer3E0QW/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNX_VZdZv_SrXoA82J8yOkwWxqyntNNCeE_j9_CXuS8riv1mYAkyretg4AIwDw00-Bj0hQVJK6uLXfyaLVGxq9Sc3Zbu6DJVL2OnyZ7lD53dK6u96KP_oOS2npPgqiM7F7ive3Eer3E0QW/s320/3.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we introduce a verb, we do a lot of acting out. "Can you act out the word 'throw'?", "Act out the word 'play'." Verbs are things that we DO. When we make a sentence we have to have a noun (person, place, or thing) and your noun has to be doing something, which is your verb. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyone who has taught early childhood will know that a beginning writer will often write one word and tell you they wrote a sentence. Sometimes they will even add a period so that you really "know" it's a sentence. :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will often act out silly scenarios where I ask the students if it would make any sense if I went on the playground and told another student this sentence: "Dog." They often laugh and say, "Noooo! That wouldn't make sense!" Then I'll ask, "Oh, did I need to tell you what the dog did?" They'll all shout yes in unison. I'll do this many times with various nouns and then I'll ask them to give me a sentence about a dog that I could tell my friends. Students will come up with many different things. "The dog ran." "The dog ate a bone." "The dog licked me." etc. "Oh!" I'll exclaim, "It would make more sense if I told you what the dog was DOING, wouldn't it?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When completing a 4-square, we always use blue for the noun and yellow for the verb. This is to distinguish to the students that these are two different kinds of words. Later on, in older grades, when they are adding in adjectives and adverbs, those kinds of words each have their own color as well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I began my lesson today by telling my students that we were going to write about penguins. I wrote the word "Penguins" in the middle of the 4-square. Then, as I was filling out each section, I would ask my students what my noun was. After they gave me the noun (Penguins), I would write it and have them come up with the verb, something that a penguin does. As you can see, they thought of many good things:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Penguins waddle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Penguins play. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Penguins slide.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Penguins eat fish and krill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 4-square graphic organizer has been great for my kindergarten classroom and it can be adapted all the way through elementary and probably further. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I included my noun posters in my newest packet on TpT which you can purchase <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Brrr-Winter-Games-and-Polar-Animal-Activities">here:</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, please go download my free winter math journals. And be on the lookout for my newest freebie which is coming soon, the Valentine fluency pack. </span></div>Planting a Kinder Garden...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14796643765334915666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250756547073198863.post-55917220462796001052012-01-15T14:06:00.000-08:002012-01-15T14:07:44.525-08:00Sound Mapping<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my classroom, to teach the letters and sounds, we do something called sound mapping. It is a research-based way to teach the alphabet (letters/ sounds) and basic writing skills. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="Single Line Write & Wipe Board" id="mainImage" src="http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/media/images/products/full/ff448_f.jpg" width="376" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I start each morning with 30 minutes of this. I have a class set of these whiteboards in my room from Lakeshore Learning. I LOVE them! They are perfect for the kids and just their size!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the basic breakdown of how I teach sound mapping each day:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 40pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -22pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1.</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Introduce new sound. Have students listen and try to repeat. Show children your mouth formation and talk about placement of teeth, tongue and lips. Use mirror if needed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -22pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2.</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Have students listen for the sound. Students will clap when they hear the sound. Say various alphabet sounds and the new sound mixed in. Remind students to look at your mouth formation to give them clues about the sound. This can also be done with words that begin with the sound.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -22pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3.</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Show the students how to record the sound on the board. Make sure to focus on the starting point and then the direction of the correct formation. Have the students look at your letter on the board and trace it in the air with their pointer finger.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -22pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4.</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Students will write the letter in the air, on the carpet, on each other’s backs, and on their hands. This is before the white boards come out. Ask the students many times while they are doing this what sound they are recording.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -22pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">5.</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Show the students several times on the board how to record the sound.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -22pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">6.</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Pass out white boards and have the students try to record the sound with markers. Walk around and assess the students, as they record the sound. Some students may need you to hold their hand with the marker and help them the first few times. Correct any errors you may see.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -22pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">7.</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">After a few minutes of practice, erase the white board and tell the students that they now must do it from memory. Students will repeat the sound that they are recording as they record it on their white boards.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 40pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -22pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">8.</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Follow up with additional practice in small group.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 40pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -22pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 40pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -22pt;">I also created a poster for my classroom to teach basic writing skills. It's similar to CAPS which I'm sure many of you have heard of, but I felt it was more kinder-friendly. This year, my whole school has adopted the High Five Model and I'm working on a version for older grades as well!</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 40pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -22pt;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaYyzbIExMnHwvNb_mpQZaM5X8GBQ43eXYpLxB8y7dwvWbLpqX0JAOhQO-rgo-kKB8o8R1f97jywf4Y2IXEKuv3GvENvHkmmNPhrIeUtnfSmUbENHqO8J4jT5X6-HTkBHG3TqjhecjIFu/s1600/highfive.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaYyzbIExMnHwvNb_mpQZaM5X8GBQ43eXYpLxB8y7dwvWbLpqX0JAOhQO-rgo-kKB8o8R1f97jywf4Y2IXEKuv3GvENvHkmmNPhrIeUtnfSmUbENHqO8J4jT5X6-HTkBHG3TqjhecjIFu/s400/highfive.jpg" width="331" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also have this hands-on poster that I made to go with it, that stays out all year long in my classroom. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihoy-WeOJpsZEuhxPyVUpQVJgVTlQipG8smdINDoHNnccY2vf3Zg2e_-lzTePO2pH-0Ox4LVH3voHGMNX8cQbuPhqOrQ_stmgYvrAqt25a5-K8OK0AxtfD1i2-va7Yc77NxaEJrQmprFg6/s1600/IMG_3286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihoy-WeOJpsZEuhxPyVUpQVJgVTlQipG8smdINDoHNnccY2vf3Zg2e_-lzTePO2pH-0Ox4LVH3voHGMNX8cQbuPhqOrQ_stmgYvrAqt25a5-K8OK0AxtfD1i2-va7Yc77NxaEJrQmprFg6/s320/IMG_3286.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The pieces are velcro-ed on and as I introduce each piece of the high five, I add the new piece to the poster. I begin the year by stressing the "teacher" handwriting, which all goes back to the sound mapping. Sound mapping, after all, is creating a map in one's brain of the letter and the sound. If the students are using their "teacher" handwriting, they will create a better "map" in their brain. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Seven things about myself:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1. I began college by majoring in art, but changed about halfway through to become a teacher. I am certified to teach art though!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. I have a 10 month old!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3. I love to read, paint and do other crafty things.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">4. My husband is a coach and coaches football, basketball and track, so he's VERY busy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">5. I've been teaching for 5 years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">6. I played clarinet in high school, and wish I still did!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">7. I love teaching Kindergarten and would not want to teach any other grade!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am now searching for 5 other blogs to give the award to. If you have a blog, link it to me, so I can take a look!</div></span></div>Planting a Kinder Garden...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14796643765334915666noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250756547073198863.post-74475596224221143372012-01-06T07:23:00.000-08:002012-01-06T07:26:09.146-08:00Back Again!<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, amongst all of the holiday madness... I didn't find much time to post. The holiday flew by and I have to say, I had a great Christmas! It was our first Christmas with our little one, who is now TEN months old! I can't believe how this first year has flown by with him! </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some pictures of his first Christmas:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LQitev6ldYpJisJ3_MTIiaXgyJpsPjILFNxFc8IEzSc3MCIWZBzjB_QcjXjFhBj-6oTxl2yyTuYVo9nes2rdvwU7dMnWWe69t-kEeqGnLJkImQaM57mkxEyXIMOCMggh5SDjIwlU2ciI/s1600/IMG_0812.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LQitev6ldYpJisJ3_MTIiaXgyJpsPjILFNxFc8IEzSc3MCIWZBzjB_QcjXjFhBj-6oTxl2yyTuYVo9nes2rdvwU7dMnWWe69t-kEeqGnLJkImQaM57mkxEyXIMOCMggh5SDjIwlU2ciI/s320/IMG_0812.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My husband and I also celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYb_TU6dLmu3y_o7g59Q5hEQz7D3aNxLz_qwqolWCTs6hlOnsqWKaKZ-p311opo4DG5tOEJ79XwqW9RT-fC9soiOJ_LDmFFC12dEysBj8h5-UFVVxFvnnOdNveuL7MAHviaG-3kICONGZ/s1600/IMG_0998.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYb_TU6dLmu3y_o7g59Q5hEQz7D3aNxLz_qwqolWCTs6hlOnsqWKaKZ-p311opo4DG5tOEJ79XwqW9RT-fC9soiOJ_LDmFFC12dEysBj8h5-UFVVxFvnnOdNveuL7MAHviaG-3kICONGZ/s320/IMG_0998.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my absence from blogging, we did many really fun things. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have a Mac, like I do, and haven't used ComicLife, YOU NEED TO!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's so fun, and can be used for all grades.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is an example of some that we did. The kids made a list of 4 things that they wanted for Christmas and we found clipart online to complete them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the template that I used. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnCwOsi41EnWZYZQ-yQj4Pq0oQ6Hc9v5J6bbAOB8Ar-UQUJaxAjGBdYF_Ae6jpcxTIdDMeHLA7j9Q5lloyIAmVa7s5Tp9r5SvBnv9y2nAJBoqiT-zF-WjlQIHqWcLGda7MZ1g0jBJO0HC/s1600/template.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnCwOsi41EnWZYZQ-yQj4Pq0oQ6Hc9v5J6bbAOB8Ar-UQUJaxAjGBdYF_Ae6jpcxTIdDMeHLA7j9Q5lloyIAmVa7s5Tp9r5SvBnv9y2nAJBoqiT-zF-WjlQIHqWcLGda7MZ1g0jBJO0HC/s320/template.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><div><br />
</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been racking my brain, thinking about all of the ways that these can be done. We used the "four-square" template as the graphic organizer which is a new style of graphic organizer that my school has recently been pushing. It's really kinder-friendly and can be adapted for any grade level. </div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">For more information about the "four-square" writing method, I clicked here:</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/graphorgan/4square/writingsquare4.htm">http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/graphorgan/4square/writingsquare4.htm</a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out some new stuff posted at my teacher store:</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mrs-Proffitt">http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mrs-Proffitt</a></div></div><div><br />
</div></span>Planting a Kinder Garden...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14796643765334915666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250756547073198863.post-53103238086024123082011-11-15T13:20:00.000-08:002011-11-15T13:20:22.401-08:00Ahhh!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm finding it harder and harder to find time for blogging during these busy months. Our school just got done with parent conferences and I can't believe that Thanksgiving is only a week away! This year is flying by!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to share with you some of the apps that I have downloaded lately on my iphone. Our kinder team at my school has also put them on our team ipad. We are able to pass the ipad from class to class to use in small groups.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For Reading:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Magic Reading Preschool University (covers blending/segmenting and reading words)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abatalk Fun Rhyming</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Magic Sentences Preschool University</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tic Tac Toe Phonics</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sound Sorting Beginning Sounds</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Letter of the Day</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spelling Magic Preschool University</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For Math:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find Sums</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10 Frame Fill</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Squeeze (Number Line Game)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Number Magic Preschool University</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ALL OF THESE WERE FREE APPS!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go download them! The kids will love them!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, in preparation for the upcoming holidays, I posted more things at my teacher store that are great resources for centers or other activities, such as math journals!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Planting a Kinder Garden...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14796643765334915666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250756547073198863.post-20272186779388582432011-11-01T10:54:00.000-07:002011-11-01T10:54:01.040-07:00Busy week... busier weeks ahead!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm sure you are feeling just as busy as I am and it's only going to get worse! Last week, we had something everyday at school, what with Red Ribbon Week, Halloween activities, fall festivals and more!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our class also had chicks in our room that have been in an incubator and hatched last Tuesday. The kids loved observing them hatch and it was really a great lesson to go through all of the steps of them hatching and why the process is the way it is. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh... did I mention that we also had farm animals come for a petting zoo? Whew! It truly was a crazy busy week!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's what my door looked like for Red Ribbon Week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oLqtSFWJ3CDJif8hFxex29HObwK8eo7LRbnVkExKwke_FUjHQsJv1aiu8PC8-fJexLLTPGyhk_HgWzMZ5S467czZRubm5kth-rm1blyZUA1Ks66IbLAKHuWRUQd1ZsFnrD39-8ThlwhH/s1600/IMG_0127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oLqtSFWJ3CDJif8hFxex29HObwK8eo7LRbnVkExKwke_FUjHQsJv1aiu8PC8-fJexLLTPGyhk_HgWzMZ5S467czZRubm5kth-rm1blyZUA1Ks66IbLAKHuWRUQd1ZsFnrD39-8ThlwhH/s320/IMG_0127.jpg" width="239" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUXzCUb0rAFubl_akLVvDthenmnN0EUoUFS0G_EoI0JJuX49HTI5LKUgZJ7oJrAbdaJT6au3VJ9TcoGHpeKaV3dWvox8uGLv477MkGg6RMGZBVQHo2KxXdbm5ijv3U4ymkd2WBbba6fG-/s1600/IMG_0090.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUXzCUb0rAFubl_akLVvDthenmnN0EUoUFS0G_EoI0JJuX49HTI5LKUgZJ7oJrAbdaJT6au3VJ9TcoGHpeKaV3dWvox8uGLv477MkGg6RMGZBVQHo2KxXdbm5ijv3U4ymkd2WBbba6fG-/s320/IMG_0090.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This inspired me to do all sorts of fun activities in my classroom because we are learning about pumpkins. We are going to weigh pumpkins, measure them, even see if they float. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also make these really fun bracelets with beads and the kids go home and tell their parents, or anyone at home, the stages of the pumpkin's growth by looking at the beads. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White: Seeds</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dark Green: Vine</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yellow: Flower</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Light Green: Small Pumpkin</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Orange: Large Pumpkin</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Orange with Face: Jack-o-lantern</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"></span>There are many cute counting songs, like count by 10's, 5's and 1's. They are often a fun rap song or some other type of cute song.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We sing these everyday and the kids memorize the different ways to count!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is also a song for every letter of the alphabet. We do one a day, according to the letter that we are learning that week! It really helps ingrain the letter sound, and also goes over which letters are vowels or consonants.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is great for kinders!</span></div>Planting a Kinder Garden...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14796643765334915666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250756547073198863.post-15949462740364589482011-10-11T05:27:00.000-07:002011-10-11T07:00:09.603-07:00Halloween is coming!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since Halloween is approaching and my kids have been having so much fun with the spiders unit, I decided to do a bat unit the week of Halloween. We usually do Halloween safety, which I will still do, but I thought it would be fun do be able to compare and contrast spiders and bats. I LOVE teaching science units, because you can do so much with vocabulary words and the kids really pick it up, the more you use it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcXgX_2nx-2dSJm1MVuoRfwDhUKhaRXwRvG8pwWxwAIkfPTaFkCaGPy_tUvblIIhACBnAGhtTBk7qtd6HS6f4VcnTES9oos09U5yfD6V0KRz5EJXAwEEvCw9vBxmn9itWv8Lb-NEBTtce/s1600/31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcXgX_2nx-2dSJm1MVuoRfwDhUKhaRXwRvG8pwWxwAIkfPTaFkCaGPy_tUvblIIhACBnAGhtTBk7qtd6HS6f4VcnTES9oos09U5yfD6V0KRz5EJXAwEEvCw9vBxmn9itWv8Lb-NEBTtce/s320/31.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><br />
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</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">The object of this game is to find the missing add-in pair to make a five. Using this activity will help promote students’ number sense, while learning about all of the ways to make five!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">Students will find pairs in this matching game according to which add-in will help them to create a five. For instance, if the student draws a 4 from the pile, the object will be to look for the missing add-in, which would be a 1.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">The pairs will include:<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">5 and 0<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">4 and 1<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">3 and 2<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">You will notice that there are two set of each number. This is to reinforce with the students that there is also more ways to make five by switching the numbers.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">0 and 5<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">1 and 4<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">2 and 3<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">Another game can be played with these five frames. The number cards can be placed in a pile and the five frames placed in a separate pile, each upside down. The object will be for the students to find the equal or equivalent five frame that matches the number card. The student will turn over one number card and one five frame and see if it is a match. If it is a match, they get to keep the pair.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';">Cut each five frame into strips and laminate. Cut the number cards into squares and laminate. Place in a center, after enough modeiing has been done! <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also created another sound box lesson to go with the last one I posted. This time, the kids have to look at Halloween picture cards and move candy corn pieces into the spots as they hear the sounds. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are the directions:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Marker Felt"; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Marker Felt"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Marker Felt";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1.</span><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Print the sound boxes into strips (5 boxes per strip) and laminate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2.</span><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Print the candy corn pieces and cut into individual pieces (each piece only containing 1 candy corn). Laminate pieces.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3.</span><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Print the picture cards and laminate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4.</span><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Each child will get a baggie with a sound box strip and five candy corn pieces.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">5.</span><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The teacher will hold up the picture cards.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">6.</span><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Each child will move a candy corn piece into each spot for every sound that they hear, starting from the left. (Ex. cat has three sounds/phonemes= /c//a//t/, so the child will put three candy corn pieces in starting from the left side and filling in each spot next to it until three spots have been filled.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">7.</span><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Show each picture card and have the students listen for the sound and fill in the appropriate number of boxes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">8.</span><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">This can be used in small group, as a whole group lesson in a pocket chart and then placed in a center!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><!--EndFragment--> </span>Planting a Kinder Garden...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14796643765334915666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250756547073198863.post-82691269820876803672011-10-02T14:15:00.000-07:002011-10-02T14:15:31.128-07:00Fire Safety Week<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week, we will be learning about fire safety and fire prevention. I love this unit! On Friday, fire fighters will be coming to show the kids how the fire truck works and to show them how to put on their fire suits. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This sound box activity is really great to get them to start listening to the sounds in the words in preparation for writing. I give each child their own sound box and manipulatives so that they can participate with me as the powerpoint goes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJcw8AZw5u4mFXTHFFVBUeDoJ1AFNQPjHQhtv6a1lbwhhBH6dOGlNC5amzQDw9k4DCRF7XBia6DBymyyQxHTfNDBmr3_lsSdew7adF3_2mX-YWaJmPtWacHjamGn4WqDDsfRfXWsgV5bx/s1600/31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJcw8AZw5u4mFXTHFFVBUeDoJ1AFNQPjHQhtv6a1lbwhhBH6dOGlNC5amzQDw9k4DCRF7XBia6DBymyyQxHTfNDBmr3_lsSdew7adF3_2mX-YWaJmPtWacHjamGn4WqDDsfRfXWsgV5bx/s320/31.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out these and the other new fall activities I've posted at my TpT store:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mrs-Proffitt</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>Planting a Kinder Garden...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14796643765334915666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250756547073198863.post-79609906942555485902011-09-28T10:40:00.001-07:002011-09-28T15:19:28.299-07:00More Apples and... Fall!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week, we have continued apples and the kids are having so much fun! Today, we graphed our favorite apples: red, green or yellow. We posted our results on the bulletin board outside our room. After they voted on their favorite ones, the kids went back to their seats and wrote and drew pictures of the apples they liked best!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBd76oiWeeiXgwiS8Lf8LAtE6FJ3OzI1K7MVGZeX5-Yh5uV35NE-0JorNfZNJyIr9shHA3k8vY0PsIZD2cVgzkBBy2yzn8ZrMIh6Hic-ZY4S7FnFADaecB1GbTZ1AJ35_AtYWT-6uRoZR9/s1600/IMG_3430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBd76oiWeeiXgwiS8Lf8LAtE6FJ3OzI1K7MVGZeX5-Yh5uV35NE-0JorNfZNJyIr9shHA3k8vY0PsIZD2cVgzkBBy2yzn8ZrMIh6Hic-ZY4S7FnFADaecB1GbTZ1AJ35_AtYWT-6uRoZR9/s320/IMG_3430.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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