2014 Resolutions Link Up

I linked up with 2014 Resolutions Blog Party  A Peach for the Teach

2013 has been a busy year. I graduated with Educational Leadership Degree in Teacher Leadership and completed  renewal for National Board recertification.   I'm  looking forward to just teaching  and enjoying my kindergarten class.

 

 When we return to school we are starting a research project that incorporates project based learning, technology and math. I've found a lot of great ideas and links. You can see them on Project Based Learning Pinterest Board.  My students showed a deep interest in nature activities this fall so we decided the focus of our project would be on outdoor learning, nature, etc.  I'm still in the planning stages and will be posting throughout the process. Winter is not the best time to plan outdoor activities but it will give the kids opportunities to bundle up and head outside to explore the changes of winter. 

 

My resolutions for 2014 are posted below.   For my classroom I created a kid friendly unit that explains goals and resolutions and guides students to think of areas that they would like to improve. Last year my students really enjoyed this unit and I've added 30 pages to enrich what I started last year.  Go check it out at TPT New Year Goals and Resolutions Math & Literacy

We Can Do It! Setting Goals and Learning More Everyday!

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New Year Math and Literacy Unit on TPT 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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How to Cook a Turkey and Other Fall Activities

Christmas

I just updated  Christmas Math and Literacy                   at my TPT store.  

There's 62 pages of Christmas activities aligned with Common Core Math and Literacy standards. 

Thanksgiving Freebie

 Thanksgiving Freebie for Thanksgiving Math Center

 

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Learning Centers in Kindergarten

Dot Stamp Numbers

Pumpkin Play-Doh mats 

Roll and Record Spider Activity

Count and Record

Linking numbers

Writing Fall Words

Thanksgiving

My students worked so well when I put out Halloween centers last month that I wanted to create some new learning centers to use while studying Thanksgiving.  I love to check out TPT every week for printables and get new ideas.  I've purchased many TPT products in the past and eventually convinced myself that, "I could do this.   I could put together a unit.  I mean, I know how to work PowerPoint.  Why not?  

After countless hours of copying and pasting that resulted in aching pains through my back and neck, I finally finished the Thanksgiving unit. Needless to say that I ran into a few snags and eventually "googled" my way through many problem solving tutorials.  As soon as my neck ache goes away I will persevere and continue learning the ins and outs of creating and uploading products to TPT.   I do want to share one thing that I learned this week (in hopes of helping some poor teacher out there who's just trying to upload a preview.)    

I spent a lot of time creating previews on PowerPoint, saving them as (jpeg, pdf, png, tiff:) and still couldn't upload the previews because the file was to large.  Finally, I went to Google Chrome and saved my jpeg previews in an app called "Be Funky" photo editor.  I can't explain why, but my preview was condensed to a size that was loadable for TPT preview.  You can see some of the previews below. Hope that tidbit of information helps someone out.

Check out: Thanksgiving Math and Literacy  

on Teachers Pay Teachers.

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Turkey Word Families

Thanksgiving Read and Write the Room 

                                      

Turkey Feather Math