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Week 8 of kindergarten is about reviewing all sounds and letters, learning about pumpkins, and reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! Lesson Plans As always, you can download our weekly lesson plans by clicking on the image! You can get our lesson plan templates here: ABC BOOTCAMP We have a required foundational skills curriculum that we […] Sight Word Practice, Sight Word Games, Sight Words, Light Box Diy, Kindergarten Smorgasboard, Metallic Spray Paint, Rope Light, Ball Pit, Diy Table
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SCHEDULIN SUNDAY: PUMPKINS, PHONICS, CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM AND COMPARING NUMBERS
Week 8 of kindergarten is about reviewing all sounds and letters, learning about pumpkins, and reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! Lesson Plans As always, you can download our weekly lesson plans by clicking on the image! You can get our lesson plan templates here: ABC BOOTCAMP We have a required foundational skills curriculum that we […]
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
Week 7 of kindergarten is about ABC BOOTCAMP, pirates, learning about apples, and reading Last Stop On Market Street. And it’s the first five-day week we’ve had in a while, so it should be fun. And…it’s my birthday week so we will have a BIRTHDAY PARTY on Friday! Lesson Plans As always, you can download […]
Schedulin’ Sunday: Apples, Pirates, Comparing Numbers
Week 7 of kindergarten is about ABC BOOTCAMP, pirates, learning about apples, and reading Last Stop On Market Street. And it’s the first five-day week we’ve had in a while, so it should be fun. And…it’s my birthday week so we will have a BIRTHDAY PARTY on Friday! Lesson Plans As always, you can download […]
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
Word Family Bootcamp is a science of reading-aligned curriculum that allows us to apply the sounds and letters we learned in ABC Bootcamp following similar routines that we used in ABC Bootcamp.  The students use the sounds we mastered in ABC Bootcamp to segment, decode, read, spell and write CVC words. After we finish our […]
TKS Bootcamp’s Word Family Bootcamp
Word Family Bootcamp is a science of reading-aligned curriculum that allows us to apply the sounds and letters we learned in ABC Bootcamp following similar routines that we used in ABC Bootcamp. The students use the sounds we mastered in ABC Bootcamp to segment, decode, read, spell and write CVC words. After we finish our […]
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
You know there truly is a day to celebrate everything.  September 19th is Talk Like A Pirate Day!  This is a perfect day for kindergarten!  What kid and (teacher!) doesn’t like pirates?   So here’s how we celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day in our classroom! We start with some great read-alouds! (Click the image […]
Pirates: Talk Like A Pirate Day!
You know there truly is a day to celebrate everything. September 19th is Talk Like A Pirate Day! This is a perfect day for kindergarten! What kid and (teacher!) doesn’t like pirates? So here’s how we celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day in our classroom! We start with some great read-alouds! (Click the image […]
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
Who doesn’t love pirates?  And who doesn’t love letting kids go on scavenger hunts using magazines?  So why not combine those two things with a great read-aloud and send your kids on a letter scavenger hunt?     The result:  some serious fun and learning and fine motor practice!   Start off reading the book […]
Pirate Kindergarten Activity: Going On A Letter Hunt
Who doesn’t love pirates? And who doesn’t love letting kids go on scavenger hunts using magazines? So why not combine those two things with a great read-aloud and send your kids on a letter scavenger hunt? The result: some serious fun and learning and fine motor practice! Start off reading the book […]
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
Celebrating Constitution Day can be a challenge in kindergarten.  The Constitution is a big, complicated document, and it’s a complicated idea to teach our students.  That’s why we created our American Symbols research project!  This research project is great for celebrating Constitution Day because it brings those big ideas to a level our students can […] Constitution Day, American Symbols, Research Projects, Complicated, Statue Of Liberty, Freedom, Students, Challenges
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Constitution Day
Celebrating Constitution Day can be a challenge in kindergarten. The Constitution is a big, complicated document, and it’s a complicated idea to teach our students. That’s why we created our American Symbols research project! This research project is great for celebrating Constitution Day because it brings those big ideas to a level our students can […]
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
Week 6 of kindergarten is about ABC BOOTCAMP, wrapping up Number Bootcamp, learning about apples, and reading Last Stop On Market Street. We’re also expecting 12-15 visitors from the central office and it’s a four-day week for us because of a local election this week! Lesson Plans As always, you can download our weekly lesson […] Red Rooster, Market Street, Lesson Plans, Apples, Wrapping, Abc, Central
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Schedulin’ Sunday: Last Stop On Market Street, ABC BOOTCAMP And Apples
Week 6 of kindergarten is about ABC BOOTCAMP, wrapping up Number Bootcamp, learning about apples, and reading Last Stop On Market Street. We’re also expecting 12-15 visitors from the central office and it’s a four-day week for us because of a local election this week! Lesson Plans As always, you can download our weekly lesson […]
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
ABC Bootcamp Research   I want to share some ABC BOOTCAMP research that supports ABC BOOTCAMP which is learning sounds and letters in 26 days.    We have done ABC BOOTCAMP for 12 years, and the results are always phenomenal.  More on that later!  Like everything we do, I want ABC BOOTCAMP to be research-based, […] Seth, Frog, Soldier, Vampire, Snake, Letters, Learning
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ABC BOOTCAMP Research
ABC Bootcamp Research I want to share some ABC BOOTCAMP research that supports ABC BOOTCAMP which is learning sounds and letters in 26 days. We have done ABC BOOTCAMP for 12 years, and the results are always phenomenal. More on that later! Like everything we do, I want ABC BOOTCAMP to be research-based, […]
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
So you have your center management system in place. It’s September & you’re ready to change centers but what activities do you put in your tubs/bins/centers? This post shows you the activities we use in September. We are still learning how to do centers and learning academic skills and learning how to use the various […] Center Management, Center Game, Literacy Centers, Tubs, September, Skills, System, Change
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September Math And Literacy Center Activities
So you have your center management system in place. It’s September & you’re ready to change centers but what activities do you put in your tubs/bins/centers? This post shows you the activities we use in September. We are still learning how to do centers and learning academic skills and learning how to use the various […]
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
Week 5 of kindergarten is about ABC BOOTCAMP, continuing Number Bootcamp, and learning about our five senses and families. We’re also working on counting pigs and expecting 12-15 visitors from central office! Lesson Plans As always, you can download our weekly lesson plans by clicking on the image! You can get our lesson plan templates […] Sunday Lessons, Week 5, Pigs, Phonics, Lollipop, Counting, Senses
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Schedulin’ Sunday: ABC BOOTCAMP, COUNTING AND FIVE SENSES
Week 5 of kindergarten is about ABC BOOTCAMP, continuing Number Bootcamp, and learning about our five senses and families. We’re also working on counting pigs and expecting 12-15 visitors from central office! Lesson Plans As always, you can download our weekly lesson plans by clicking on the image! You can get our lesson plan templates […]
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
Week 4 of kindergarten is about ABC BOOTCAMP, continuing Number Bootcamp, and learning about our five senses and families. It’s also the week we kick off our Mad Science Thursdays. And this week is a short week because Friday is a PD day! Lesson Plans As always, you can download our weekly lesson plans by […] Mad Science, Families, Friday, Number
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Schedulin’ Sunday: Magic Potion, Five Senses, Numbers Bootcamp, And ABC BOOTCAMP
Week 4 of kindergarten is about ABC BOOTCAMP, continuing Number Bootcamp, and learning about our five senses and families. It’s also the week we kick off our Mad Science Thursdays. And this week is a short week because Friday is a PD day! Lesson Plans As always, you can download our weekly lesson plans by […]
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
It’s apple pickin’ time!   (No really…it needs to hurry up and be apple picking time because I’m over the heat and humidity!) I’m super excited to share our apple fun with you!   We learn about apples…we make graphic organizers…we label and learn vocabulary…we cook…we paint…we eat apples and we have an apple party!!! […] Apple Math, Apple Stem, Apple Unit, Stem Projects, Apple Science Experiments, Apple Center, Apple Treat
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It’s apple pickin’ time! (No really…it needs to hurry up and be apple picking time because I’m over the heat and humidity!) I’m super excited to share our apple fun with you! We learn about apples…we make graphic organizers…we label and learn vocabulary…we cook…we paint…we eat apples and we have an apple party!!! […]
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
Each fall, we celebrate community helpers with our Community Helpers Research Project! Students love learning about each community helper through read-alouds and graphic organizers! We draw community helpers, make snacks and of course, we dress up! Community Helpers Research Project For each community helper, we read a book as our research. As we’re reading, we’re […] Community Helpers, Graphic Organizers, Draw, Snacks, Fall, Book
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Community Helpers
Each fall, we celebrate community helpers with our Community Helpers Research Project! Students love learning about each community helper through read-alouds and graphic organizers! We draw community helpers, make snacks and of course, we dress up! Community Helpers Research Project For each community helper, we read a book as our research. As we’re reading, we’re […]
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
Teaching the five senses is a fun and easy beginning of the school year theme or unit. Kids love learning about the senses because it’s something we all have and can connect with. When we learn about the five senses, we use our Five Senses Research Project, art projects, snacks, and hands-on lessons to understand […] Kindergarten Rocks, School Year, Rules, Art Projects, Connect, Hands
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Teaching the five senses is a fun and easy beginning of the school year theme or unit. Kids love learning about the senses because it’s something we all have and can connect with. When we learn about the five senses, we use our Five Senses Research Project, art projects, snacks, and hands-on lessons to understand […]
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
Week 3 of kindergarten is about ABC BOOTCAMP, continuing Number Bootcamp, and learning about our five senses and families. And lots more work on routines and procedures and introducing centers! Lesson Plans As always, you can download our weekly lesson plans by clicking on the image! You can get our lesson plan templates here: ABC […] Templates, Download
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Schedulin Sunday: Families, Five Senses, And ABC BOOTCAMP
Week 3 of kindergarten is about ABC BOOTCAMP, continuing Number Bootcamp, and learning about our five senses and families. And lots more work on routines and procedures and introducing centers! Lesson Plans As always, you can download our weekly lesson plans by clicking on the image! You can get our lesson plan templates here: ABC […]
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
The Kindergarten Smorgasboard