Phonemic awareness is a critical skill for early readers—and it’s a big part of the Kindergarten curriculum. If you’re not quite sure what phonemic awareness is or why it’s important, you can read more about it here. In Kindergarten, we focus on five main types of phonemic awareness activities: rhyming
Think about how many sight words your students know right now in the year. Is it 10? 35? 50? No matter how many they know, it is so important that you track your students’ sight word progress. Tracking sight words and keeping data helps you as the teacher be more
Do you wish your students were able to write independently? They can! All they need is a little help getting there. The best independent writing activity for Kindergarten that I’ve used are picture prompts! Picture prompts can help students become more confident in writing independently by giving them a picture
The next step in building independent writers is to teach sentence structure in kindergarten. My favorite way to introduce and practice sentence structure is through a hands-on sentence building activity using a pocket chart. This approach helps students learn about sentence structure and how to form a complete sentence without
The first step in building independent writers is teaching them how to write a complete sentence. Your students may not know what a sentence is, let alone how to write it! If your students are able to copy words from a whiteboard and write letters correctly, then you are ready
Halloween is a spooky, fun time of the year! I think that creating sensory bins for Halloween is so much fun! Throw in some web decorations, plastic spiders, or black and orange colored rice and you’ve got a fun Halloween sensory bin! Today, I’m rounding up some Halloween sensory bin
One thing I distinctly remember from when I was a Kindergartener, was playing with the alphabet magnets on a magnetic easel. When I was in Kindergarten, most of what I learned throughout the year was letters and their sounds through lots of letter recognition activities. These days, most Kindergarteners come
What in the world are Boom cards? Boom cards are self-checking, digital task cards that seemed to be everywhere this spring! With the quick transition into distance learning this past March, many teachers turned to this platform for easy, yet meaningful independent practice for their students. Plus, I’ve compiled a
The first day in Kindergarten can be hectic and overwhelming—I’ve experienced it firsthand! Over the years, I’ve developed a reliable first-day plan along with some tips for newer teachers. It’s important to find a balance: plan enough activities to fill the day without overloading it. Here’s a detailed look at
