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Jumpstart and WA Kids

by Jacque/WA/K-1/nbct 2006

Jul 26, 2015

Hi all....I am required to do a 5-day Jumpstart Kindergarten this year for 3 hours each day....would love to discuss other schedules...there is only one other K teacher in my school and she is half-day, but we'll do Jumpstart the same. Question is, how should this look? We want to introduce some structures that we will use when the year officially ...See More

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Sandi Hi Jacque,

I'm happy to share what we do at our school with you. We do 2 weeks at our school, but the first week is only ELL students. We do an opening and a closing with teachers but have paras run the stations so that teachers can be free to start WaKids testing and to "put out fires" as things arise. We do snack in the cafeter...See More

Aug 2, 2015

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Jacque/WA/K-1/nbct 2006 Thank YOU! Sandi...sorry I didn't see you at Starting Strong....busy day and lots of people.

I think we have a handle on this---sounds much like what both of you do. I wasn't too thrilled to have to do this because all of my students have been to preschool and we DO five days but not all in a row nor all during the day/with kids.

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Aug 8, 2015

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Pirates of the Caribbean dice game

by KFair

Jul 15, 2015

I didn't know these games were so expensive on amazon! I scored one at a yard sale for $5. It's a betting game that I want to simplify (totally change) and want some ideas for doing that. There are four mugs. Each mug has five dice. On each die is printed a skull/crossbones, then 2,3,4,5,6. I can have a game set up for four... or open it up to more...See More

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KFair On 7/15/15, KFair wrote: > I didn't know these games were so expensive on amazon! I > scored one at a yard sale for $5. It's a betting game that > I want to simplify (totally change) and want some ideas for > doing that. There are four mugs. Each mug has five dice. On > each die is printed a skull/crossbones, then 2,3,4,5,6. I > c...See More

Jul 15, 2015

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NER-non education related

by shebird

Jul 9, 2015

My sweet, young daughter-in-law has come down with shingles. She has a young baby and is planning out of the country travel soon with her family. They live across the country from me. What can I send/do to let her know I'm thinking of her and wish her well?

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treetoad I would hire someone to come in and clean once a week for her. She's going to need help. Shingles are so painful.

Jul 24, 2015

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Advice

by iris

Jun 30, 2015

I have been assigned to kindergarten this year. I have no idea on what routines, schedules etc. Can you make any suggestions or recommendations, materials, (songs)

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Flacka Kindergarten is a unique grade and depending on where you teach, and the school where you teach, things can vary widely. If your children will come to you with no preschool, assume NOTHING! For some or all, this may be their first classroom experience and the first time away from their family. For those who haven't been to preschool, they may come ...See More

Jul 1, 2015

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K On 6/30/15, iris wrote: > I have been assigned to kindergarten this year. I have > no idea on what routines, schedules etc. Can you make > any suggestions or recommendations, materials, (songs)

Check out Pinterest for ideas. Also Teachers pay Teachers. One of my favorite sellers is The Moffatt Girls. She also has a blog. Good Luc...See More

Jul 4, 2015

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selling teacher materials

by Flacka

Jun 27, 2015

There is a new FB group for buying and selling teaching materials, books, etc. If you are looking for classroom materials, resource books, or children's books, it's definitely worth checking out. I brought home 3 car loads of stuff from over 20 years of teaching and I have sold the majority of it in the past few days on there.

The FB site...See More

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she I want to say "thank you", too! I'm a bit sad that this board is so little used these days, but, you've been a big part of helping me along the kindergarten road!

Aug 3, 2015

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zimchick Thanks for the tip on where to get some resources from! Ill take a look since Im new in the Australian Teachers profession.

Aug 18, 2015

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Advice About Consent - Teachers and Student Privacy

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Jun 26, 2015

The digital world presents new issues of privacy.

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No wonder teachers don't speak up for themselves

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Jun 24, 2015

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HELP, Need environmental Ed lessons

by Jenn

Jun 23, 2015

Anyone have lessons that address concerns about local problems that can be meaningful and developmentally appropriate for K kids? Thanks!

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Centers

by Marie

Jun 20, 2015

It has been 12 years since I have taught K. I was informed that they no longer have centers or nap. Nap I understand however, centers make no sense to me (blocks, manipulates, sand, housekeeping...). Is this common in most public schools?

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Sally On 7/10/15, Lindylu wrote: > I teach in an all day public kindergarten setting. Everyday the > children have 30 the > children have 30 minutes of center time. 4 students to each > center and they rotate through all 10 centers, one per day. > House, blocks, ABC - hands on learning games, Science, > writing, computers, listening/rea...See More

Nov 1, 2015

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Sally I teach all day public k. I have 25 minutes of choice time a day. We also use Lucy Calkins. I like her writing program. Initially, they wanted us to write for 60 minutes, too. We found that 30 min made more sense. At 60 min, the kids couldn't wait for writing time to be over. At 30 min, they can't wait for the next time to write.

Nov 1, 2015

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