Saturday, October 8, 2011

Fall Math Work Station Freebies and Ideas



I am loving math work stations and so are the children! They look forward to math time everyday. I am also enjoying designing activities for stations. I made a trip to Dollar Tree and Target last week and picked up some great manipulatives.

The jack-o-lantern erasers are from Target, you can download the gameboards below. In this game, students each have 20 erasers and a set of numeral cards 1-9, they each choose a card from the container and place that number of jack-o-lanterns on their board. The partner who has the most, gives their erasers to the other player. The player who ends up with all the erasers wins.
The acrylic pumpkins are also from Target, the gameboards can be downloaded below.The game is the same as the one above.
 I found these adorable ice cube trays from Dollar Tree, each student will have 20 pompoms (or you could use pumpkin seeds). Each player takes a turn shaking the dice and putting the correct number of pompoms in the pumpkins. The last roll must be the correct number of spaces left for the student to win.

I found this adorable pumpkin pattern on Kristin Poindexter's blog Kristen's Kindergarten. Students will spin a pattern block spinner and fill the pumpkin pattern. They will then count each shape and record on a response sheet. I use magnetic pattern blocks on a magnetic dry erase board. It helps keep shapes in place!!
(I made several sets of blocks by putting a magnet on the back of thin plastic pattern blocks on a magnetic dry erase board.)

I also found the erasers at Dollar Tree. This week my children will make sets and next week I will use them for patterning. I will be uploading the patterning strips next week.

Gameboards
Double click on the gameboards below and insert them in a powerpoint slide.





Tuesday, October 4, 2011

More Pumpkin Songs




Here are two of my kindergartener's favorite songs. I use poems and songs to teach sight words, decoding, rhyming.... I make a book of songs and poems and put them in my listening center. It's a popular choice during literacy work stations. Just click on the title under each picture to download the song. You can copy the song graphics and put them in powerpoint or Smart Notebook. Happy singing and learning!



Thursday, September 29, 2011

October Calendar

Here is the October 2011 calendar. just click on the image above to download in powerpoint. As I mentioned in the September calendar post, if you would like the calendar in notebook for Smartboard, comment and I'll send it to you. The font I used is Impress BT. Click on font name for a free download.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Three Little Pumpkins Song Freebie

This is the first of several songs I will be posting for October. I added music to poems that I have used for years.  Look for scarecrow, pumpkin and jack-o-lantern songs and poems. Click on the link below the graphic to download the song. You can also download the Three Little Pumpkins graphic and paste it in Powerpoint. Enjoy!

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Thank you


Dear Nicole,
 Thank you so much for this award. I love sharing activities I create for my classroom. I have been teaching a long time and still enjoy every minute of the day. I love your blog The Kinder Kid. I will be following you and looking forward to sharing great ideas!
Linda


Now for the rules of this award:

1.  Thank the person/people that nominated you and provide a link back to their blog. 
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3.  Pass this award along to 15 other blogs that you have discovered.

7 Things to Know About Me
1. I am a grandmother and two of my granddaughters started kindergarten this year! My other granddaughter is in  preK and my grandson isa junior in high school. (Did I mention I had three granddaughters born in a year?) All four are too precious for words!

2. My daughter is a kindergarten teacher! Two of my cousins are kindergarten teachers.

3. I have had a website Linda's Learning Links for 10 years and starting blogging a couple of years ago.

4. Though I love teaching, I also have a passion for history. I am currently working on a book based on letters my great great grandfather wrote during the Civil War.

5. I love to sing, I record lots of songs for my kindergarten class using a Suzuki Q Chord and Audacity.

6. I love gingerbread men, I decorate my Christmas tree completely with gingerbread men, I collect gingerbread men and gingerbread men literature.

7. I mentor new teachers because I want their first experiences to be great ones!

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Apple Poems and Songs


I use the following poems and songs to teach and reinforce beginning sounds, sight words and rhyming words. I introduce the Visualizing strategy with the poem Apples and Apples Big, Apples Small. Click on the Apple Poems and Songs for the powerpoint. Click on the titles under the songs to download the music file.


 



Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Reader's Workshop Schema Poster

Here's my latest poster for Reader's Workshop. Just click on the image to download. If you would like the poster in Publisher, make a comment and include your email address and I'll send it to you.

Monday, August 29, 2011

September Calendar

Here is the September 2011 calendar. just click on the image above to download in powerpoint. As I mentioned in the August calendar post, if you would like the calendar in notebook for Smartboard, comment and I'll send it to you. The font I used is impress bt. Click on font name for a free download.

Reader's Workshop Anchor Chart Revision

I had a couple of my followers email me about changing the words in the above chart. Here it is! I appreciate all your comments and suggestions.