Persuasive Writing

 This was an interactive writing activity I did with my Kindergartners during our Writer's Workshop about persuasive writing. It really helped them catch on and expand their writing instead of just saying "I want it". Typical right?;) This way they knew they needed to write at least three REASONS. It also kept them on topic. After doing this activity my students started really embracing the concept and doing some really great persuasive writing. So if you'd like to give it a try hopefully you will have great results too!

Uppercase and Lowercase Letters

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Number Match

Here's an activity that I thought would be great for learning numbers and number words. To download click here!

Getting Back to Basics

There's nothing like doing Kindercamp at my school to remind me to get back to the basics...like learning the alphabet. It's a helpful reminder of just what they need to learn at the beginning of the school year. They leave knowing so much that it's easy to forget what helped mold them into the great readers and writers they are. Here is an ABC match game that may be helpful in the beginning of year while they learn their ABCs. To download just click here!

5 Senses

I don't know about everyone else but I am so glad summer is here! But for some reason I can't seem to stop making activities. I guess the classroom is always on our minds. Here's a 5 senses activity that can be used for a pocket chart or as sorting activity. I thought it might be good for my Kindergartners at the beginning of year and serve as a review in first grade with the sentences. I was going to put the reinforcement sheets in sheet protectors to cut down on copies. Hope it's helpful!

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Butterfly Booklet

My very adorable and smart niece (I'm not biased I promise :-) started singing this cute song about the life cycle of a butterfly one day when we were hanging out.  She told me I should share it with my kindergarten class, and I agreed!  To teach me the song, she drew me a storyboard of all the different lines (picture coming soon!).  I took the song, (and cute pictures!) and made it into a book.  This is a great science activity that my students had a lot of success with and enjoyed making.

-Courtney

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Volcanic Verbs

This is a fun leveled activty we made that can be used in K or First to review verbs.  There are different activities to extend a lesson. 

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