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.

Three Little Pumpkins Song Freebie

Three Little Pumpkins

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!

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!

 Blogs I've Discovered

Kristen's Kindergarten

Under the Big Top

 

Mrs. Morrow's Kindergarten

Mrs. Saylor's Log

Growing Kinders

The Silver Lining 

A Pocket Full of Kinders

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.

 

Pick Some Apples

 Apple on a Stick

Apples

Apple on the Tree

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.

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

Three Ways to Read a Book

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.

Math Activities with Dollar Tree Erasers

When I last visited Dollar Tree I found these erasers, I thought to myself  boys will love them! I am going to use them on storyboards for the first few weeks, rolling a dice and placing the correct amount on the story boards. Later I will use them for a graphing activity (I will post this activity soon). Hope you will enjoy using the storyboards!

 

Outer Space Storyboard

Road Scene Storyboard

 

Daily Schedule

I have had several requests for my daily schedule. Here is the latest one. 

Reader's Workshop Anchor Chart Ideas

I have been busy this week getting ready to do workshops at our county's New Teacher Orientation, so I've only gotten 4 chart ideas done. But I promise to get busy and finish my post on Reader's Workshop Part 2 and post more anchor chart ideas. While I make anchor charts with the children I can't resist adding small touches that brighten the charts and also gives those non readers and emergent readers some visual clues. Hope you'll find these helpful. Click on the title under the charts to download. I made them with Powerpoint.

Parts of a Book

Three Ways to Read a Book

Turn and Talk

Ways to Take Care of Books