Two DIBELS Freebies

I am very excited to share with you Letter Naming Fluency Practice Monthly Pages and an updated Non Sense Word Fluency Monthly set too!  Please stop by my blog to see how I use these pages daily without taking any instruction time away! 

First page is the Letter Naming Fluency practice page.  Kids practice reading a mixture of upper and lower case letters for speed and accuracy.  Sometimes I will have them circle the upper and cross out the lower case letters too to reinforce that concept. 

The next page is Non Sense Word Fluency. We practice as a group saying each sound and them blending them back together (after all you have to remember to composite score can keep kids from being benchmark... see the post DIBELS I Did Not Realize!)   I have also updated this document because I realize now that first grade does these pages at the beginning of the year. 

Snowman Poem Freebie!

Click on the pictures to learn more!

Kindergarten Checklist Assessments

I have been working on my Kindergarten Checklist Assessment Pack!  I am really excited about this because it is a fantastic comprehensive sit of checklists for kindergarten!  I have used checklists my entire teaching career and feel like they really help me to focus on what gaps the students need filled in.  I can quickly pull groups and really target in on skills they are missing!  

Included in this set thus far is: Letter Names, Letter Sounds, Lower Letter Sounds, Upper Letter Sounds, Writing Letters, Number Idenfication (0-10), Number Idenfication, Math Writing Skills, Can Count To, Counting Objects, Concepts of Print, Colors, Color Words, Shapes, Drawing Shapes, Shape Words, Oral Language, First Sound Fluency DIBELS, Phoneme Segmentation Fluency DIBELS, Non Sense Word DIBELS

So I have preloaded this set with over 20 checklists and will update it as the year goes on!  I hope you will stop by to see!  

Black Friday Sale! (But good until Sunday!)

Since shopping is my FAVORITE thing ever and since I love a good deal!  How about a BOGO free this weekend.  Here's a listing of my favorite items.  Purchase one, email me a request for the second for free!  Click here to visit my entire store!

Buy Number Formation Poems 

(0-9 number poem signs and worksheets)  

          Get the Kindergarten Assessment Checklists free!

         (Checklist assessments to get a class picture of data.)

                          Or buy Gingerbread Math Centers                             

(Includes center to build a gingerbread house)

         Get the Gingerbread Positional Book free!

           (Student book manipulating man to different places)

Offer only good on an item of lesser value.  You do not need to pick and item listed here, it applies to my whole store!  Please email me your user name on TpT, what you purchased, and what you want for free!  Jenp761@gmail.com!  On my end I can only see your user name and purchased item so I will need your help to get your free item!  Offer ends midnight on Sunday, November 27th, 2011!

Thanks and happy shopping!

Free Lakeshore! Seriously... Who Does Not Love!

That's right people.  I came across these free resources this week from Lakeshore Learning and wanted to share!   Free Whiteboard Measurement Software, free I Have - Who Has game with initial sounds, and free November Calendar!  Stop by to see!

Foldable Books Video and a Freebie!

So you make books for your kids?  If not you should!

There are lots of different books you can find on the web, but most are very complex and take a lot of time!  As a teacher, I don't have the time to cut the middle of this paper and slice this page or fold this one into that one!  I need quick and simple!

So here's a little video I made for 3 of my favorite foldable books!

And of course a FREEBIE... a foldable alphabet book!

Have a great day!  

Parent Teacher Conference Freebie!

Parent Teacher Conferences are just around the corner. 

Are you ready? 

Stop by to see my tips to prepare and pick up some FREE reminder labels and a sign in sheet you will wonder how you ever did without!

Have a great day everyone!

Yuck Soup - Another Fun Alternative to Halloween!

Another fun project I like to do in October uses Joy Crowley's book Yuck Soup!  It's an easy reader about monsters who put in all sorts of yucky things into a pot of soup.  Who does not love yucky things in October? 

We like to make Kindergarten Soup!  It's much more delicious!  We have each student bring in a bag or box of crackers, cookies, or whatever and mix it into one of those giant cauldron's.  It's really fun and makes a great snack! 

The project includes 2 parent letter options, a class book page for several grade levels (and a generic one,) and a graphing activity.  

This is another great alternative to doing Halloween things at school!

Stop by to get the complete project for free!

Character Pumpkin Book Report Freebie!

So we have all seen those adorable pumpkins on Pinterest where they look like the characters in our favorite stories.  I pitched it to my team today and guess what we are doing for our October Family Project (so excited!)

I looked around and could not really figure out where or how or the detail of the project.  So I created a letter for the project and here it is for FREE!

The letter if free of Halloween and 100% educational!  Please feel free to use and share with those who may also want to do this project!

 Be sure to check out my other Halloween - I mean harvest time stuff!  There are a few other great freebies in there!

Free Monster Match

Who doesn't love monsters during Halloween time!  So here's a free Monster Memory matching game 0-10.  Have students cut and place face down.  Turn over two cards and count to see if they match.  

You can also send it home as practice for your families!

Cooperative Learning Kinder Challenge and Freebie!

Does the thought of Cooperative Learning scare you?  Don't let it!  It's easy, fun, super engaging, and all kids learn best from each other!  Using this structure will get kids practice with initial sounds at a perky pace that kids will really love!  Don't worry, I am here to help!

Your challenge this week is to incorporate the Kagan Cooperative Learning structure called Four Corners!  It's very simple and I am even going to give you the tools you need (well, minus the paper, tape, and well... kids of course!)

Stop by to get it for absolutely free!

Snap Cubes Dilema (And a freebie)

Went to a workshop over the summer and got this great idea.  Here it is with a freebie! 
So now we are using snap cubes to copy figures.  It’s great!  The kids count as they create the objects exactly how they are on the card. 

My favorites are the numbers, so here they are for free of course.  As I make others for thematic units, I will post those as well too!  (I already have my zoo ones done if you look in my store.) 

Favorite Websites for LIttle Learners!

Just posted a list of my top interactive learning games.  Stop by to see!

I admit... I don't like to read! (Don't hate!)

That's right.... I am not reader by choice!  My kids of course don't know this!  

However, because of this I encourage my kids to read everywhere instead of just books.  I post these in my library so the kids connect that reading is everywhere!  Some things I post are bills, recipes, and maps!

Stop by to see other great pictures and ideas on how I use them during instruction!

Have a great weekend!

Dd or Bb... Bb or Dd? Who knows? Definitely Not Kinders!

Dd or Bb?  Bb or Dd?  Who knows.  Here a fun activity to practice!  FREE!

Available for free at my TpT store!

Kindergarten Buddies!?!?!?!

Does anyone do Buddies with another grade?  I am so excited to be doing Kindergarten - 6th grade buddies with another class!  We have met one time already and the kids worked together to make flags.

This week we will be doing a get to know you activity!

What do you do with your buddies?  Stop by to share!

Sight Words

So I am making these interactive sight word books with my kids.  I would love for you to sample and leave comments.  Visit link to get your free Sight Word A book.  =)

Have a great week everyone!

Alphabet Power!

So how do you make the letters meaningful and fun?  Here's what I do!

Stop by and see and print yours for free from my TpT store!

Quick Transitions (And a Freebie & Linky!)

Sometimes I rhyme slow, sometimes I rhyme quick! Hahahaha! (I was not sure if the video and lyrics from You Tube of that song was appropriate!)

 No really, I have tons of quick transition tips I use!

 Here's a my favorite!

 We use this for getting drinks, or getting hand sanitizer, or anything where the kids may want to linger but need to move on. I actually keep it posted right by my sink so that way the kids remember the appropriate timeframe they have for getting a drink. The kids think it's fun and it keeps things moving!

Head on over to get your FREE COPY of this poster and link up any other quick transitions you have!

Have a great weekend!

Number Formation!

How do you teach kids to write numbers?  


Here are the poems I use to correctly form the numbers!

1 - Straight line down, and then we are done. That's the way to make the one!
2 - Round the track and back, two, two, two!
3 - Around a tree, around a tree, that's the way to make a three!
4 - Down and over and down some more, that's the way we make a four!
5 - The bee goes down, around the hive, go back up to make a five!
6 - Make a C then in you go, now you've made a six you know!
7 - Across the sky, then slant the line, makes a seven every time!
8 - Make an S and do not wait, go back up to make an 8!
9 - First a circle, then a line, that's the way to make a 9!
0 - Round and round just like a O.  Look, now you've made a 0!

I also use an interactive independent practice sheet to reinforce this.  Here is a sample where the students glue the tree's into the three and then practice writing the number with the poem!  I have made these pages free for the next two days, so please stop by to get them (and leave comments if you love!)

Enjoy!  Jennifer at