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I'm still learning

I'm posting 2 of the activities I've posted on TPT.  The one on top is a noun activity where they have to sort by people, places and things.  I used American and Louisiana symbols.  It addresses vocabulary.  The next shows how I can't figure out how to turn shots from my phone yet.  There's always something to learn.  It's a Mardi Gras real vs. nonsense word sort.  This is GREAT help for Dibels practice.  I use it as an indicator for who needs more help.  

A Loooong Weekend

  Do you have plans for your long weekend?  I 'm working n opening my TPT shop.  I already a couple of items there.  I made this story activity last year for MLK day and now it's in my shop.  If you want it for free, here it is just for visiting my blog.   Enjoy your time off.
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Kindergarten-writing-project

Let me know what you think

I finally opened a tpt shop and my freebie is there.  The thumbnail thing is still giving me trouble.  any suggestions?  My freebie is a winter nonsense word worksheet.  Give it a try. 
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/winter-write-the-roomsight-words

We love to pretend

This is how I have kicked off my holiday season at school for the last several years.  How many others enjoy wearing pajamas at school, while drinking hot chocolate, eating cookies and watching a great movie?  I love to watch my littles, who sometimes don't know what "pretend" really means.  They have to take care of their ticket until movie time so they won't be put off the train.  It never fails that at least one of them really think I will put them off the train, but can't figure out how.  Of course nobldy has ver been left behind.
What fun!!!

working independently

Does anyone remember these yellow manipulatives from an old reading series?  They are still useful.

I love watching the kids do these syllable counts.  Even the weakest students like a reason to clap.

Last, but not least, our annual candy corn graph.  I actually made this graph, but still can't upload and share anything yet.  I'll figure it out one day.

apple fun

Last week I actually correlated math and ELA into an apple unit.  We read "Up, Up, Up It's Apple Picking Time" in ELA and discussed it to pieces.  I don't think I've ever gone into as much depth as this.  Trying to get ready for Common Core for next year.  

In Math we read "Ten Apples up on Top".  As I read I stacked these little shot cups on a stool by me without saying much about them.  It got very quiet as I got to the end of the story.  Would the cups fall? 

By Friday we were ready for some fun.  I divided them up into groups and let them try to stack the cups on a group members head.  How many could we get up there?  They loved this.  One group actually got 5 up on top without holding them, but I could get to them for a pic before they fell.

We also tasted 3 varieties of apples.  A,green, Granny Smith, a yellow, Golden delicious and a red, Red delicious.  A lot to discuss there.  Finally we graphed our favorite.  Golden delicious won this time.