As a kindergarten teacher, I am always looking for creative alphabet activities that foster phonemic awareness. At the start of every school...

Although it is a short week, it still feels long.  We have been in school for 11 days.  Routines are starting to take shape.  I'm lovin...

I have been working in my room the past few days- in between assessing 100 kindergartners.  My room is slowly coming together. I've also...

I have been receiving some fabulous feedback about my new Predictable Alphabet Sight Word Readers .  I've been using these with my EL ki...

Every year, usually the night before school starts, I cook up a batch of my favorite play-doh recipe.  I LOVE this play-doh.  It is super so...

My newest packet is finally complete You can get it here at Teacher's Notebook

in kindergarten, knowing the difference between upper and lower case letters doesn't always come easy.  Next week we will be using a tre...

Even though it is Labor Day- and I should be stretched out on the couch snuggled up watching movies- I'm working.  Just trying to get ah...

Use them however you want.  I think I'll use them  to introduce a letter each day, for the first five weeks.  We will rainbow write with...