81. Letter Work I do not claim to be an expert when it comes to teaching kindergarten (even As an independent writing activity I have the children create their own http://www.coe.iup.edu/worldofkindergarten/LW.html

X DAILY LETTER WORK ACTIVITIES I do not claim to be an expert when it comes to teaching Kindergarten (even though I have been teaching for 22 years 15 in K) because it is my belief that as teachers we are constantly learning and changing. I have, however, had great success with my Letter Work activities. I have been using (and modifying) this format for the past few years. I picked up the general idea at a workshop in 1995. The presenter was a Kindergarten teacher from Ohio named Kristen Schlosser. She called it Five Minute Phonics but I find that I often spend more than 5 minutes so I have changed the name to Letter Work. ORDER OF LETTERS: I use the order outlined in my district curriculum. This curriculum was written by local teachers 8 years ago. The letters were "pulled" from the big book units. I continue to do them in that order although they may not always end up with the "correct" book since some books/units had one letter and I will often have a "review week" during short 3 day weeks. Now let's see if I can remember the basic order: T, B, A, M, O, S, V, G, Z, C, N,, K, I, D, L, J, F, H, Y, P, R, W, E, Q, U (I cheated I remembered where I had a scope and sequence chart.) BTW: I do not teach the "sound" for x. I am not sure this is the "best" order but it keeps me in basicly in the same place as the other teachers in my building. Any order would work just as well. I ALWAYS START OUR DAY with at least one Read Aloud and then we go into our "letter work". Each day of the week we do something different and some things that are the same. The activities for each letter are basicly of the same each week until I get tired of them (the kids never seem to!) and then I may substitute.

82. Laurel Springs Home School: Kindergarten - High School Home Schooling Curriculum Students will refine and expand their writing skills through seven “Writer’s This program integrates a textbook, activity workbook and audio CDs to help http://www.laurelsprings.com/prntDrivers_education.asp

Receive your Learner's Permit Certification through Laurel Springs School. To visit our Demo click here To learn more about getting your license and LSS Driver's Ed click here (FAQ). Detailed display of the courses you chose. The prices listed here are for Curriculum only; Enrollment and Teacher Fees are extra. Please visit the pricing page for examples of what a student's costs might be. Electives: Life Skills: Career Choices/Lifestyle Math Curriculum Only Price: $110.00 Semester Price: $375 Full Year Price: N/A Text-Based NEW COURSE FOR SEPTEMBER 2005 Whether or not they articulate it, teens are often anxious about their futures- probably with good reason! The point at which young people need to make life-altering decisions arrives sooner than we might expect. This course provides students the tools they need to form realistic life plans, project their imaginations into the future, discover their own aptitudes and inclinations, understand the responsibilities of the adult world and successfully meet the challenges posed by growing up. Ample opportunities for self-reflection, contemplation, and relevant, authentic learning paired with practical information about finance, budgeting and decision-making make this course a boon to every student. Life Skills is appropriate and recommended for high school students at every academic skill level. Length: 18 Weeks Credits: 5

83. School Specialty Publishing Activity Center - Kindergarten MOST POPULAR activities kindergarten Six hands-on activities for the letter Z include Air Write the Letter Z; Z Shapes; The Z Zone; Zippers; http://www.standardsmadeeasy.com/GradeActivity.asp?grade=k

84. Teaching Economics In Kindergarten When I began teaching kindergarten three years ago, I did not think it was During the writing activity, students draw pictures and they use letters or http://www.cksd.wednet.edu/cc/Micro/kinder.htm

Teaching Economics in Kindergarten By Krista Calvin I am a kindergarten teacher at Clear Creek Elementary School in Silverdale Washington. My job is to teach reading, writing, math, art, science and social studies to a group of children who have had little or no experience in a classroom setting. It is also part of my job to teach these little people the skills necessary to be successful learners. Through modeling and instruction, I teach my students how to sit quietly, listen, follow directions and work with others. Part 1: Setting the Stage for Economic Education On the first day of school, many kindergartners come to Clear Creek who have never stepped foot in a classroom before. Because of this, I feel it is necessary to teach my new students the rules, procedures and routines that make my class run smoothly. When my students learn how to sit quietly, raise their hands and complete their work on time, I feel it is appropriate to introduce basic economic concepts. I begin my economics program at the beginning of November. This allows my students two months to practice the skills necessary in order for them to be productive workers. Teachers who work with older students may find that they can begin teaching basic economic concepts much earlier in the school year. Part II: Teaching Economic Concepts Wants  things we would like to have Goods/Services  things we can use and buy/intangible activities we purchase and use Resources  provides the means for satisfying wants

85. 'Kindergarten Connection" The kindergarten Connection offers free lesson plans in math, language arts, You can extend this activity by writing a subtraction number sentence after http://www.kconnect.com/kc-gingerbreadmath.html

To Introduce You To Gingerbread Man Zip Around Games A Focus on MATH -The Gingerbread Man Please Be Patient . . . Several Photos of Student Work Are Being Loaded! Three books are highlighted here, one on basic skills in Language Arts, one on Basic Skills in MATH, and another on Science Experiments for young learners. Each unit include additional Fine Arts and writing exeriences as well. Using the books together gives the classroom an integrated unit using the theme of The Gingerbread Man. Honey Pot Press also has a collection of Center Games for practicing basic skills in Math and Language Arts. Games include the Zip Around format, Bingo format, and Board Game formats. These are available in English and Spanish for further practice of counting, addition, rhyming, letter/sound matching, shape naming, position words, clock reading, coins, color naming, and more, using a Gingerbread Man theme. The Activities THE LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT Begin your integrated unit using the Gingerbread Man Language Arts activities described on the linking page. COUNTING OBJECTS - Have a parent volunteer count Gingerbread erasers (available through Oriental Trading Company 1-800-228-2269) with each child recording how far they can count. As a center activity, give the students small paper plates with one numeral written on each plate. Ask the students to place the number of Gingerbread cookies (erasers) on each plate or card, according to the numeral written on the plate.

86. Evan-Moor Educational Publishers - Skill Sharpeners Spell & Write, Kindergarten a story or article,; a spelling list,; spelling activities, Each unit in Spell Write, kindergarten is built around a shortvowel word family. http://www.evan-moor.com/catalog/book.asp?CID=5&SID=242&BID=685

87. The Math Forum - Math Library - Kindergarten This page contains sites relating to kindergarten. Math activities for Grades K4 - Biezad, Ward; NASA Dryden Flight Research Center http://mathforum.org/library/levels/k/

88. The Looping Link - Mrs. Flint's Class There are four teachers that loop from kindergarten to first grade. Whole Group Lessons in writing, Reading, Phonics, and Mathematics http://www.myschoolonline.com/page/0,1871,42492-137208-44-46073,00.html

Home Page Our School Website Calendar Kindergarten Message ... What is Looping? The K-1 Link Curriculum The Pledge A Patriotic View Helpful Links ... Nominate this site for the Showcase The Looping Link - Mrs. Flint's Class Kindergarten/First Grade Link The Kindergarten/First Grade Link There are four teachers that loop from kindergarten to first grade. Susan Flint and Barbara Delacour teach a new kindergarten class this year. They will keep this group of children for first grade next year. Sally Claypool and RaeAnn Preston are teaching the class they had in kindergarten last year. They will keep this class for first grade this year. Multi-Age Instruction Math A subject that lends itself well to multi-age activities is mathematics. The students are divided into groups of four that consist of two kindergarten children and two first grade children. They explore the math concepts introduced in these small groups and the teachers can pull children to work on specific needs and skills during this time. Many times when introducing a new concept, the teachers will combine the two classes and conduct whole group lessons or projects together to complete activities related to the mathematics concepts being taught.

89. The Hood Children's Literacy Project Exploring Written Language From A kindergarten Perspective Below are some of the activities that we used during the times I met with Dottie and her http://www.lesley.edu/academic_centers/hood/currents/v1n1/mcmackin.html

hood faculty + staff bios currents in literacy: vol. 1 no. 1 vol. 1 no. 2 ... main page this site maintained by: Bill S. site guide site guide? The Hood Children's Literacy Project Currents in Literacy Exploring Written Language From A Kindergarten Perspective By Mary McMackin Most children come to school with a curiosity about writing and a wealth of experiences about which to write. Our challenge as teachers is to help all students become independent writers who take risks and see themselves as authors. Areglado and Dill, co-authors of Let's Write: A Practical Guide to Teaching Writing in the Early Grades (1997), believe that in order to build a community of writers, it is important to establish an environment where teachers write with the children, surround students with print, share children's writing, involve students in writing, make writing centers accessible, encourage discussion, set aside daily writing time, give choice in writing topics, model writing strategies, integrate writing throughout the curriculum, and publish students' writing (pp. 13-16). As a member of the Hood Children's Literacy Project, I was invited by Dottie Galluzzo, the kindergarten teacher at the Rodney J. Hardy Elementary School in Arlington, Massachusetts to participate in establishing this type of community with her two kindergarten classes during the 1997-1998 academic year.

90. Elementary Education Resources: Kindergarten The program was written and produced by teachers and has been highly recommended by both AAA Math Kindergarteninteractive activities and resources http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/kindergarten.html

Elementary Education Resources: Kindergarten List of Contents (click on topic name for more links) General Resources and Activities (43) Ecology/Environment activities (4) Fingerplays (11) History and Social Studies activities (3) ... Back to Early Childhood Education index General Resources and Activities Absolutely Green facts about St. Patrick's day, Ireland, rainbows, activities for children, and links to other holidays Activity Cupboard great craft ideas for the young child Aims Education Foundation - The Interactive Zone Bonus.com a supersite for kids, games, sports and more. Carol Gossett's Kindergarten Connection Coloring pages for kids up to ten! Cooking with Kinders Craft Emporium, The extensive Arts and Crafts links page Cute Colors cute colors, clipart, scrapbooking, crafts, including coloring pages Discovery School clip art makes it easy to add graphics to your projects. Choose from hundreds of selections to spice up homework assignments, reports, web sites, research papers, and more. Dr. Seuss Earlychildhood.com professional resource for teachers and parents Early Childhood Educator's Web Early Literacy Advisor Father's Day Crafts Pen Holder Collage is a great site for special hands on gifts and projects for Father's Day FunBrain.com

91. Writer's Workshop - Kindergarten Introduction Mini-Lesson - Class Status - Write and Confer - Sharing More writing Ideas - Web Resources - References. Introduction - kindergarten http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/writers/writer-k.html

Introduction Mini-Lesson Class Status Write and Confer ... References Introduction - Kindergarten Depending on your class situation and available time, Writer's Workshop activities can be a useful and meaningful extension to TeachersFirst's online instructional units. Writer's Workshop is a teaching technique that invites students to write by making the process a meaningful part of the classroom curriculum. Writing is an expected activity on a daily basis. Students are exposed to the organization and thought required to create a story or write about a favorite topic.Because they are allowed to choose the topic, students are motivated to create and complete works to read to classmates. The Writer's Workshop format includes story planning, revision, teacher editing, and direct instruction in the mechanics of grammar. For Kindergarten students, whose skills will greatly vary, the goal is to move pre-emergent/ emergent readers into the writing process by eliciting a story from a drawing, recording the student's words in dictation form on the drawing and encouraging the student to move from drawing to writing by guiding the student in the use of phonetics to sound out words. Ideally, students become enamored by the power of their words, and will strive for the independence of fluency. Writer's Workshop and can be paired with reading activities to create a powerful motivating tool when teaching literacy.

92. ECLAS-2 And E-PAL Description Spelling is a group administered activity beginning in kindergarten and The Listening and writing Strand was made optional for all students for the http://www.nycenet.edu/daa/ECLAS/ECLAS_info.html

THE EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM ECLAS-2 View this document in PDF format The Early Childhood Literacy Development System (ECLAS-2) consists of two parts, the ECLAS-2 Kit Early Performance Assessment in Language Arts (E-PAL) for Grades 2 and 3. E-PAL is only administered one time per year, in the spring. ECLAS-2 KIT Group and Individual Activities The ECLAS-2 Kit contains group administered activities and individually administered activities. The group activities are always specific to a grade and time of year. Therefore, in the group activities no student will be at a level lower or higher than that specific to their grade and time of year. For example, Level 4 (End of Grade 1) group activities are given to all Grade 1 students during the spring administration. In the individual activities, each child continues to be assessed at as many progressively higher levels as he/she can master. Students may be at a higher or lower level than that of their grade. Thus, a wide range of levels is to be expected in the individual activities. Benchmarks A brief description of each strand follows.

93. Thanksgiving In my kindergarten classroom the week before and the week of Thanksgiving, for conferences and I am going to use this as a reading writing activity. http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/YLP/97-98/97-98_units/97-98mini-unit/BWexler_Thanksgiving

Barrie Wexler Mini-unit - Thanksgiving Unit Overview Hand Tracing Turkey Cornbread and Butter Fall Thanksgiving Turkey ... Bibliography Mini-Unit Overview In my kindergarten classroom the week before and the week of Thanksgiving, I will be conducting four or five lessons focusing on skills of reading, art, math, social studies and science/health. Each activity will involve use of fine and large motor skills whether the children are participating cooperatively in the whole group or working individually at their tables. reasons for eating turkey on Thanksgiving, students will begin to understand and associate this holiday with other ideas and concepts besides what they already know. I realize that sometimes when I think of certain holidays an image comes to mind that really does not have that much to do with the actual holiday itself, such as the Easter bunny for Easter. I would like the children in my classroom to see Thanksgiving as much more than just a picture of a turkey and I hope to achieve this goal in the next few weeks. The children will be introduced to the Thanksgiving story and will be able to create their own story by drawing, cutting, listening , sharing and using open-ended thinking skills. Jean and I designed a book of six pages which told the Thanksgiving story in a small simplistic fashion. The students have to color in each page of the story and then order the pages from the fist event to the last. This sequencing instruction allows the children to practice counting skills and understand the concepts of before and after. When they read this book to their parents or explain the events we discussed in class, the students will demonstrate knowledge of ordinal numbers and have a much more concrete idea of how to set up a story.

94. Language Arts -phonics, Reading, Writing, Spelling, Vocabulary, Book Review,crea Language arts programs, games, lessons in phonics, spelling, writing, reading, Activity Bookmarks. Create and decorate these bookmarks and use them to http://www.dositey.com/langk2.htm

Home Grades K-2 Language Arts Phonics The Dositey Beginning Readers Course NEW! Unit 1 - try the FREE DEMO The BRC overview L earning common phonics structures: Phonics Endings 1 Practice common phonics structures: -an, -ar, -ap, -ag, -en, -at, -all, -ate, -ail, -ub Printable Worksheet: Phonics Endings 1 More... Reading and Writing Skills Book Review Read book reviews or write your own. Write a Review Printable Worksheet Read Reviews Roller-Coaster Ride : Finish the sentences to describe how you would feel on a roller-coaster ride. Enter Answers Printable Worksheet Read Answers An Alien Is Here ! Think about what you would show the alien about life on Earth. Enter Answers Printable Worksheet Read Answers More...

95. KINDERGARTEN Not only are the kindergarten students learning to read and write, Activity Classes – kindergarten students participate in enrichment classes. http://www.dothan.k12.al.us/mon/kindergarten.htm

Reading Literacy is the cornerstone of every single learning process. This process is guided by the classroom teacher and is based on the students’ interests and developmental stages. Not only are the kindergarten students learning to read and write, but they also discover that reading and writing are enjoyable and rewarding. Kindergarten students are taught using the Balanced-Literacy approach. The main components of this approach are reading to children, reading with children and reading by children. The writing component of our day falls into these categories as well. Children participate in read alouds, shared reading, guided reading, independent reading, teacher-modeled writing, shared writing, language experience charts, and center reading and writing activities. Technology and computers are also used as an educational addition to our literacy instruction. Kindergarten students are also allowed to participate in the Accelerated Reading program. Math – Rather than an isolated subject area, math in kindergarten is an experience that cannot be separated from the lives of the students. Math is the halving of sandwiches, the sharing of candy, the counting of teeth, the measuring of height, the prediction of tomorrow’s weather and the discovery of a pattern in the floor tiles. Basic math skills (numbers to 20, patterning, shapes, time, money, measurement, addition and subtraction) are covered using daily problem-solving, a math textbook, and math games. Kindergartners also participate in many graphing and estimating activities.

96. Kindergarten Literacy Web Page Show and Tell is a favorite activity among the kindergarten children. On a piece of chart paper, write a simple one sentence morning message twice. http://www.usd320.k12.ks.us/solar/Kinder/kind_lit_webpage.html

Components of Kindergarten Literacy by Christy Boerner, Roxie Peterson, Joanie Doperalski Central Elementary School Wamego, Kansas Language Development Listening Skills Letter/Sound ... by Roxie Peterson Language Development Children need to have a broad array of language experiences. Oral language, vocabulary, and other language concepts are crucial foundations for success in reading. Children's language can be developed by exposing them to opportunities to discuss experiences, make predictions and discuss past events. Each year kindergarten students begin the year with a Me unit. This child is using language to tell about his "child of the week" pictures and story. Kindergarten children use their language skills each morning during calendar activity. They name the day, the month, and the year, as well as describe the daily weather. Each weekend a child takes home Cubby Bear and dictates a story to their parents about their experiences to share with the class and place in a class book. Show and Tell is a favorite activity among the kindergarten children. There is usually a theme for the letter of the week or the unit study.

97. RichlandOne Interactive - Kindergarten Units/Lesson Plans kindergarten Units/Lesson Plans Click a link below to jump to a subject area Associate written words to pictures (such as in books, stories, labels, http://www.richlandone.org/resources/teacher_resources/connections/kindergarten/

Kindergarten Grade One Grade Two Grade Three ... Grades Nine - Twelve Kindergarten Units/Lesson Plans Click a link below to jump to a subject area: MATH READING SOCIAL STUDIES SCIENCE ... MULTIPLE MATH TOP A World of Symmetry Core Curriculum Objective(s): Geometry: Identify and create examples of symmetrical and non-symmetrical figures using various concrete objects (e.g. pattern blocks, attribute blocks, multi-link cubes, geoboards, D-stix, polygons, geometric solids. Vocabulary: Use vocabulary for predicting, describing, classifying, comparing, and sequencing. Vocabulary: Identify likenesses and differences in concrete objects, pictures, letters, and words. Vocabulary: Recognize upper and lower case letters of the alphabet. Explore and use a scale to compare weight/mass of objects.

98. Weekly Reader | Teachers | Kindergarten Activity Blasts Issue Links Science Spin Write To Zip Classroom Visit the kindergarten Fun and Games page (use the reproducible coloring pages, http://www.weeklyreader.com/teachers/kindergarten/

Spanish/English Editions Subscribe or Renew Weekly Reader Store Content that builds children's general knowledge and reinforces the literacy scope and sequence used in your classroom. Learn more... With geographical literacy increasingly important to understanding crucial national and world events, Weekly Reader's Map Skills For Today is more important than ever! Purchase your copies of Map Skills For Today Activity Blasts Issue Links Science Spin ... Poet's Corner Welcome to the Weekly Reader Web site! Please be sure to use the wonderful Weekly Reader Kindergarten teaching resources we continue to offer. Find out how students can make Weekly Reader storage boxes from cereal boxes. Use the Weekly Reader Planning Calendar to help you organize the topics you will teach throughout this school year. Visit Classroom Activities Weekly Reader monthly Classroom Calendar features Zip and his friends Weekly Reader Activity Arcade is a comprehensive list of activities that tie into the season and reinforce the curriculum. Weekly Reader BLAST!

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