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5 days with 3 days same classroom

by Joan

yesterday

Kindergarten Enrichment Program has 3 students coming 5 days a week, 5 additional come MWF and 5 others come T TH. Will the M-F students just have to hear the same lesson twice?? Occupy them with something else?? Thanks for any ideas!

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elsiev Seems to me that you should plan different activities each day. The kids that come 5 days will get a different set of activities each day. Maybe I don't understand your question.

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Joan Thanks for your response! I have the same students for 5 days but 5 different students join us on MWF and then another set of kids T Th. If I do a project on Monday, I repeat it the next day with the T Th group therefore the 5 day a week kids are repeating the project they just did with the Monday group. Do I just have them go read or do puzzles? T...See More

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Teaching assistant issues

by Kat_Kong

Jul 14

Hi all, I had a teaching assistant (part time) last year who intends to return to my classroom this year. I discovered that she was pretty terrible last year (embellished on her resume) and had zero skills and weak academic skills herself in addition to being visually impaired (but she can see well enough to work), and having a pretty significant l...See More

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Advice for First Year Kindergarten Teacher

by JTeach1

Jul 11

Hello Everyone,

What advice would you give to a first year Kindergarten teacher? What things do you wish you knew when you started teaching? Advice on summer prepping/planning for the school year. Thanks in advance for any advice/tips/suggestions :D

Kat_Kong I will try to list as many tips that I can think of.....clear your calendar and get doctor, dentist appointments out of the way before the school year, have a self care kit at school with aspirin, etc., whatever you do at the beginning of the school year sets the 'tone for the year' so if you start something with kids (ie. a routine or something) i...See More

Jul 14

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Listening center

by Kris

Jul 10

Currently I use cassette tapes for my listening center.... I'm dating myself. I would like to have a resource to have multiple text copies with a CD or online listening. We are a very limited funding wise so I'm looking for expenses smart way to provide listening that corresponds with our curriculum thematic map. Ideas?

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flacka I transferred all my cassettes to CD using a cassette player and the Garage Band program on my Mac. It was slow because it transferred it in real time but I put them in iTunes and then burned as many copies as I had books for. I used individual CD players so each child had a book, CD and player and they didn't have to share. There are a number of o...See More

Jul 11

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Classroom Management

by JTeach1

May 15

This upcoming fall will be my first year as a Kindergarten teacher. I feel like I struggle will classroom management & know that is an area I need to work on. What suggestions/advice would you give for starting out a new school year, and setting the tone for the classroom. Also, advice for handling students with disruptive behaviors. I really t...See More

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flacka Some kinders come to school with a preschool or daycare and some have never been away from the family so you should assume that they know nothing about school, routines and procedures and that you will be the one to teach it all to them. Start by taking a simple routine (come to the rug from the table) and think about breaking it down into single a...See More

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Abby Connors Hi JTeach 1! This reply is belated because I just joined this group. I've taught music to kindergarteners for more than 20 years. First of all, 25 children is a LOT - don't beat yourself up about problems with a class that size! Best two pieces of advice I could give you: 1. Have routines for everything so children know what to expect. This goes fo...See More

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Feedback on CCC Curriculum.

by Mary

Jun 29

We have a new ELA curriculum. It is called CCC (Center for the Collaborative Classroom). Has anyone used it? We have the Making Meaning, Being a Reader, and Being a Writer components. Any feedback would be great. Thanks!

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Chicka Chicka letter exchange

by Kinderme

Sep 10, 2016

Any classrooms out there interested in a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom letter exchange project? I'd be willing to organize it, or if anyone is hosting an exchange and needs a couple more classes to participate, please let me know. Thanks!

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Kara On 9/10/16, Kinderme wrote: > Any classrooms out there interested in a Chicka Chicka > Boom Boom letter exchange project? I'd be willing to > organize it, or if anyone is hosting an exchange and > needs a couple more classes to participate, please let me > know. Thanks! Sounds great please share more information. Thanks!

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Tolerg Is anyone interested in getting a Chicka Chicka Letter exchange started for the fall of 2017? I teach Kinders and would love to participate!! Grace T.

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Sight words

by curious

Feb 5

How do you teach sight words to your kiddos?

I am a retired K teacher and volunteer at a school near me. I am working with some kids who are really struggling with the words and tried to use the method we used but they have none of the materials so I am looking for ideas.

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momof5 I send a list home with my students of the sight words. I also review the words we are working on daily. It is usually 1 word every 7 days until this time of the year we go to 2 words ever 7 days. I also made flash cards.

When I taught 2nd grade I had newcomers and started sending home 5 flash cards to work on. We would review them and I ...See More

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student who back talks constantly

by she

Feb 27

I am beside myself about what to do with a boy who talks back constantly. I've talked with him, talked with his mom, but nothing has helped. He's fidgety and wiggly...constantly moving and refuses to move off the rug and sit at a table quietly. I really like him, but it is so frustrating!

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Retired K teacher When you say he "talks back" is he sassy or is it something else?

Whenever you have undesirable behaviors you need to figure out the antecedent, or what is happening just before you see the behavior so you know what is causing this behavior. Once you know what is setting off the behavior then you can work on fixing the problem. ...See More

Feb 28

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momof5 THANKS retired teacher!!!! Thanks for your advice, While I didn't post I am having same issue and I like the suggestion to give choices.

On 2/28/17, Retired K teacher wrote: > When you say he "talks back" is he sassy or is it something > else? > > Whenever you have undesirable behaviors you need to figure > out th...See MoreTHANKS retired teacher!!!! Thanks for your advice, While I didn't post I am having same issue and I like the suggestion to give choices.

On 2/28/17, Retired K teacher wrote: > When you say he "talks back" is he sassy or is it something > else? > > Whenever you have undesirable behaviors you need to figure > out the antecedent, or what is happening just before you see > the behavior so you know what is causing this behavior. Once > you know what is setting off the behavior then you can work on > fixing the problem. > > If he is fidgety and wiggly then give him more opportunities to > move - while the others are sitting on the rug let him walk > around or give him a big pom pom to handle. If he throws the > pom pom it won't hurt anyone or anything but it gives him > something to do with his hands. Boys, especially young boys > aren't ready to sit and IMO, they should be moving around and > not sitting. If he is walking around and still listening, so be it, he > is still getting the lesson. > > I had a child with ODD and it was a huge challenge! I started > giving him 2 appropriate choices and let him choose from the 2 > choices I gave him. If he didn't choose, I gave him a few > seconds and if he still didn't choose then I would choose for > him. I always chose the one I figured he didn't want or the one I > wanted the least because he would reject my choice and > choose the other one and we moved on. If he wouldn't come to > the table I would offer him the table or he can work on the floor, > if he didn't want to line up I would give him the choice to get in > line or walk with me holding my hand. Neither choice was a > "punishment" but he felt like he had some control and > whichever one he chose, was OK with me and I always said > "good choice". The behavior got worse for a bit as he tested to > see if I meant it but in a short time things were SO much better! > > > > > > On 2/27/17, she wrote: >> I am beside myself about what to do with a boy who talks >> back constantly. I've talked with him, talked with his >> mom, but nothing has helped. He's fidgety and >> wiggly...constantly moving and refuses to move off the >> rug and sit at a table quietly. I really like him, but >> it is so frustrating!

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