I love this time of year, in Kindergarten. It’s a magical time, when kids go from saying, “I don’t know how to read!” to “Hey, I can read this book!” I’ve been telling them they could do it all along, but it usually take until about February for the kids to start believing it. Some
Winter is here and I have snow on my mind. We were able to take a short trip to Lake Chelan over the Holiday break and it was beautiful over there. It had snowed a little, just before we arrived, and there was still a dusting covering everything. I made my hubby pull over as
In honor of the “unofficial start of summer” (aka Memorial Day Weekend) we’re having some camping fun, right in the classroom! Comfy pillows and blankets, a little table, a lamp, and a few camping books have set a nice backdrop for reading and relaxing. We have lots of happy campers in
It all started with a reading lesson in Compare and Contrast today. When authors compare, they show how things are alike. When authors contrast, they show how things are different. We read about butterflies and moths, and then did some comparing and contrasting. It just happened (almost like I planned it this way) that we
At the beginning of the school year we started our work with Daily 3. It was an adaptation of the work done by The Sisters in their Daily 5 routine. Our Daily 3 included Read to Self, Listen to Reading, and Partner Reading. During the past week, we added our last two sections and we