A Little Number Bond Work...

We've been working with number bonds the past couple of weeks. Here's how we practiced them today. (I saw this idea on pinterest, along with this printable. ) The children started with 5 unifix cubes in their bag and we practiced a few number bonds together.

Then they progressively added one cube to the bag to write number bonds for 6 and 7. To complete the activity, I gave them the choice of using 8, 9, or 10 blocks.

The children wrote 3 number bonds for each number.

This was a great hands on way to practice number bonds! I also love the idea of using divided plates to work with the part, part, whole concept. We'll work on that next week!

Shamrock Art 2

Hi again! I'm back with another fun, easy St. Patrick's Day project. I originally saw this on Pinterest, but here's the original source.  I gave the children 4 strips of green paper, all different shades of green. They tore the strips into pieces and then glued them to the traced shamrock shape.

They are hanging on the wall outside of our classroom door. 

We've been working on numbers in the teens and decomposing them into 1 group of ten and the correct number of ones. Here's a picture of some shamrock 10 frames I made. The children choose a shamrock and then dot the matching number on their paper.

We did a roll and color sight word page, too!

thanks for checking in and have a great night!

Shamrock Art

We did a little shamrock project today...crayon rubbings! These can be a little frustrating the first time children try to do them. I found that it helps to tape down the object you are using, in this case the shamrock, to the table. I also taped their paper on top to minimize shifting. I love the amazement at the process of this project...when the shamrock appears in the coloring...it's cool. = )

It's Been Busy!

Hello! It's been a busy few weeks....we did our second MAP test, celebrated the 100th day of kindergarten, had Kindergarten Round Up, and now parent teacher conferences are just a week away! Thought I just share a few random activities we've been working on in the classroom...

This is a caterpillar sight word game. The children start with all of the pieces turned over, so they cannot see the words. (They start with one caterpillar head face up.) They take turns turning over the words and adding them to the caterpillar. If they turn over a new head, they start another caterpillar. After all the words are read, they see which caterpillar is the longest.

We did the 100 Mystery Picture on the 100th day...always a fun activity! And, as seen on Pinterest, I created a "100 Days Smarter" frame:

The frame is just a photo mat that I found at Hobby Lobby on clearance for under a 1.00! I added precut letters to make it quick and easy.

I've had this cardboard cut out of George Washington for a    l  o  n  g    time!! I took each child's picture and then they wrote "If I were President of the United States...." Fun!

Lastly, here's a picture of our QR code center called "Scan and Read." The basket has QR codes with the color words (that I blogged about previously) and some word families that I downloaded (see the link in that post also).

Thanks for checking in on my little corner of the kindergarten world! Have a great weekend!

Bad Blogger???

Hello everyone! Just wanted to check in with a quick update....I spent a little time reading through my comments tonight. Apparently I missed a few of you who asked for files...like the circles for the counting mats and the sight word pointers, just to name a couple. Actually...someone originally was selling the files for the counting mats on TpT, so I don't feel right about sharing those. My sight word pointers were created a couple of years ago on a different computer, so I no longer have access to those.  I edited the word work post and added a template of stars and the word frames. I hope no one is upset or offended if I have not emailed you about sharing items....I'm so happy people like the ideas I've shared....I really didn't plan on anyone asking for the files. ; ) I use DJ Inkers clip art for most of my projects....and most of them are inspired by other great teachers who share their ideas; I just adapt them for my classroom and my students. I am thankful for all of the people who follow my blog and find something they can use as well. It helps all of our students! Have a good evening!

QR Code Color Word Practice

This is my first year with iPads instead of laptops in my classroom. I've been trying to find fun and interesting ways to use these great learning tools! I saw this post on using QR codes (this is a great post for explaining how to create QR codes) quite a while ago and was inspired to create QR codes for my students to practice reading color words.

The QR code reader is a free app. I made 8 codes for the students to scan and a response sheet. They scanned the code, read the color word, and colored the item correctly.

Here are my color word QR codes and the response sheets...freebies for you!

QR Codes 1-4

QR Codes 5-8

Response sheet 1

Response sheet 2

Hope you find this activity useful in your classroom! Thanks for checking in!

Noodle Necklaces

We focused on the sound of letter Nn last week and made noodle necklaces. The kids always love this activity! I colored some noodles with alcohol and food coloring.

Several of the children decided to make patterns with the noodles: bonus!  = )

I also printed out our sight words in BIG letters and taped them to one of our classroom doors for word practice. I love the way they turned out!

I used DJ Fat Chat for the font...it's hard to tell in the photo just how big they are, but most of them are about 6 inches high and 10 inches long, depending on how many letters are in the word.

Thanks for checking in on my little corner of the kindergarten world~   = )