tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37548115483595642012024-03-14T01:46:41.027-04:00Creative TeachingIdeas to InspireKimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09188178416534565999noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754811548359564201.post-10514469158910716422013-08-18T08:47:00.001-04:002013-08-18T08:47:10.805-04:00Time For a Sale!It's that time again, and I am so excited! Everything in my TpT store is on sale!<br />
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I hope you have an amazing start to your new school year!<br />
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Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09188178416534565999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754811548359564201.post-32608928039409074332013-06-16T09:31:00.000-04:002013-06-16T09:31:29.548-04:00It's been sooo long!Wow! I cannot believe it's been 7 months since my last post! My family and my kinders have kept me so busy this school year. Nevertheless, I had an amazing year and my little ones learned so much! <br />
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I also could not believe how much my classroom has evolved over the course of the year. Check these out:<br />
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As you can see, we have been working hard! Now everything's packed away for summer and I'll do it all over again next year!</div>
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Our favorite project this year was our letter of the week creations, which we did every Friday until we got to the end of the alphabet.</div>
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The students LOVED making these and they turned out so precious! At the end of the year my assistant made them into books for each child and they took them home as a keepsake. I got this amazing idea from <a href="http://totallytots.homestead.com/NowIKnowMyABCs.html" target="_blank">Totally Tots</a>. I scaled mine down a bit so I could use our school's die cuts to make the letters. </div>
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Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09188178416534565999noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754811548359564201.post-13265084509698728462012-09-09T11:03:00.001-04:002012-09-09T11:07:09.799-04:00Constitution Day Mini-UnitDon't forget this important teaching opportunity! September 17th-21st is Constitution Week! To help make this complicated topic easy for little ones to understand, I have created a Celebrating Constitution Day mini-unit. It includes facts about the Constitution, a list of suggested reading materials, Preamble printable, an emergent reader, a Class Constitution activity, and three Branches of Government full-color photo/information cards. You can get it by clicking <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Celebrating-Constitution-Day" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Have fun!<br />
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You can grab these free student response sheets to go with them! Just click on the picture to download all three.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Create an environment where all students see themselves becoming independent readers and writers through a variety of developmentally appropriate activities.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Foster the ability to read and write words through the use of morning messages, journal entries, sentence building activities, and environmental print.</span></span></li>
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My next project: mastering the Promethean Board! The school district I currently work in uses SmartBoard. Any tips and tricks are welcome!<br />
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I had an interesting request from a teacher in Indianapolis for a racecar glyph to honor the Indy 500. Needless to say, I jumped right on it! I love the way they turned out!<br />
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Here's another idea I wanted to share. I saw these revamped fly swatters on <a href="http://www.adsit.net/default.php?Submit=Photo_Gallery&Menu=Literacy&SubMenu=Letters_And_Sounds&Item=Word Frames William Word And Lucy Letter.jpg" target="_blank">Kim Adsit's webpage</a> and wanted to make some of my own. They are a HUGE hit with my students. "Willy Word" and "Lucy Letter," a.k.a. "Sissy Space-It" are great for pointing out words, letters, and spaces on chart messages and big books. I made smaller versions for the children to use with regular books using large craft sticks and plastic canvas.</div>
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This glyph is available on Teachers Pay Teachers by clicking <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mothers-Day-Teapot-Glyph" target="_blank">here</a>. The pack includes a cute glyph key printable, patterns, directions, materials list, an original poem with two versions, data analysis guide, student surveys, and a Mother's Day creative writing page. <br />
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Next, I found out that I am staying for the rest of the school year at the school I where I was long-term subbing. This was an answered prayer! I am team-teaching 4 year-olds with a wonderful first-year teacher, and we are both so excited we can hardly stand it! We worked on our classroom the first part of the week. I wish I had "before" photos. The classroom had not been used as a classroom in a VERY long time, so we had our work cut out for us! Let me just say that I am addicted to CTP's Poppin' Dots and Poppin' Patterns! Here's a few pics of how it looks as of now:<br />
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Now, for the "break" part of spring break--flower gardening and my front porch! It's still a work in progress, but here's a peek:<br />
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And the best part... the view from my front porch swing--my favorite place!<br />
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Here's a great idea for using Jack Hartmann's "Learning Letter Sounds," which can be found on his "Shake, Rattle, and Read" and "I've Got the Music In Me" cds. I found the idea on a school district website for balanced literacy. You can check it out by clicking <a href="http://www.billings.k12.mt.us/literacy/kindertipfolder/alphabetchart.htm" target="_blank">here</a>. They have lots of great ideas, plus you can download the graphics to make your own chart to go along with the song. Here's mine:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FIJhV684bmw/T0qgwMUSkcI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/uPyZt9WLTNk/s1600/leap+day+sale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" lda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FIJhV684bmw/T0qgwMUSkcI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/uPyZt9WLTNk/s1600/leap+day+sale.jpg" /></a></div>Okay my fellow blog buddies, I've been absolutely TERRIBLE with keeping up with you all lately. Between my new job, soccer season, and life in general, my time has not been my own. Soooo, to ease my furrowed brow (and because I LOVE Dr. Seuss), I am having my own little giveaway. The first two people to leave a comment on this post will receive my fun-filled "Celebrating Dr. Seuss" thematic unit for FREE!<br />
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Some of my babies are still working on colors and visual discrimination, so I made these adorable color discovery bottles.<br />
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The cute labels came from Barbara Kilburn's website <a href="http://mrskilburnkiddos.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/discovery-bottles/" target="_blank">here</a>. I tweaked a few so they would all be color bottles.<br />
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The students use sheets like this one to record what they find. It's simple and to-the-point, and the children love finding and naming the shapes and colors!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee389/edgebag1/leprechaunglyph.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee389/edgebag1/leprechaunglyph.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>He's a fun glyph cutie that's part of my huge "Celebrating St. Patrick's Day thematic unit. We're talking <strong>20 activities</strong> for your classroom that span the curriculum! It's a steal at only $6.00. You can check it out <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Celebrating-St-Patricks-Day" target="_blank">here</a>, or buy the glyph seperately <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Shawn-the-Leprechaun-Glyph" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Erin from </span><a href="http://www.creatingandteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Creating and Teaching</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is giving away her brand new </span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Erin-From-Creating-Teaching" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dental Health Mini Unit</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6bUcdWInAq0/Tyb4l3rfiRI/AAAAAAAAAJA/4FXUE-Kl-gk/s1600/creatingandteaching.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" gda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6bUcdWInAq0/Tyb4l3rfiRI/AAAAAAAAAJA/4FXUE-Kl-gk/s1600/creatingandteaching.JPG" /></span></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ysHsel3uyu0/Tyb4wHEFFPI/AAAAAAAAAJI/AsZaBbWZ0Zs/s1600/Slide01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ysHsel3uyu0/Tyb4wHEFFPI/AAAAAAAAAJI/AsZaBbWZ0Zs/s320/Slide01.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="http://www.creatingandteaching.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tami from </span><a href="http://learningandteachingwithpreschoolers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is giving away </span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math-and-Literacy-Fun-with-Hearts" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Math and Literacy Fun with Hearts</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aeQuxGuoMis/Tyb4-FyB5jI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/14DJ6TAqwsw/s1600/learning.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" gda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aeQuxGuoMis/Tyb4-FyB5jI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/14DJ6TAqwsw/s1600/learning.JPG" /></span></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_9OpSVwBrns/Tyb5DUAMIOI/AAAAAAAAAJY/E5fPDJUzBS8/s1600/Math+and+Literacy+Fun+with+Hearts+Cover.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_9OpSVwBrns/Tyb5DUAMIOI/AAAAAAAAAJY/E5fPDJUzBS8/s320/Math+and+Literacy+Fun+with+Hearts+Cover.JPG" width="241" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rules are simple and easy and </span><span style="color: #030304; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">you can enter <b><u>four</u></b> ways--enter once or enter all four times, it's up to you!</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One entry</span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> for following all of our blogs. (Mandatory) Leave your comment on (</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tami’s blog</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Your comment would look like this: "I now follow all blogs" or “I already follow all your blogs” </span></span></li>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: inherit;">This giveaway will end on February 3rd at 9pm Pacific time. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One follower will win all</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b><span style="background: white;">4 PRIZES</span></b><span style="background: white;">. The winner will be chosen at random and announced on</span> <b><span style="background: white;">Saturday, February 4th, 2012</span></b><span style="background: white;">!!!!</span></span></span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you would like to enter this fabulous giveaway head on over to Tami’s blog Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers and leave your comments.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Have fun!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div>Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09188178416534565999noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754811548359564201.post-3120171345439337142012-01-29T19:30:00.000-05:002012-01-29T19:30:23.540-05:00What a week!Ladies, allow me to introduce Brandy...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bgbqOtZTv5U/TyXcBKnce3I/AAAAAAAAAIg/uywE0B6PD5s/s1600/Brandy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bgbqOtZTv5U/TyXcBKnce3I/AAAAAAAAAIg/uywE0B6PD5s/s320/Brandy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>She is the most precious thing ever! She's a shih-poo, and she's like my baby. Literally.<br />
Last Saturday, she ran into the street (which is something she never does) and was hit by a car. Not just hit, but ran over. Our whole family was terrified. My husband saw it happen and brought her inside. From the way she was acting, we just knew we were going to lose her.<br />
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My son and I took her to the vet, where she stayed the night. God really took care of her--she came away with three fractures in her pelvis, a cut on her leg, a bruised belly, and a black eye. All this week we've nursed her back to health, and she's making a tremendous recovery! She's walking well and starting to get that "pep" back in her step. It will be a while before she's back to normal, but we are so thankful to still have her with us.<br />
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Almost losing her really showed us how important she is to us. She is truly a part of our family, not "just a dog."Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09188178416534565999noreply@blogger.com5