Announcing "Colorful Sight Words GROWING Bundle"

Drum roll, please…..Announcing the release of “Colorful Sight Word Flash Cards, Word Wall Card and 10 FunActivities Lists A-C”  all wrapped up into one HUGE growing Bundle! There’s so much packed inside that I just had to try and describe it all in the title! 

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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/TC-Sight-Words-Word-Wall-Words-Activities-GROWING-Bundle-List-A-C-3939134

One of the bonuses is the Flash Cards, Word Wall Cards and Pocket Pals are completed with lists A-H and are ready to print and laminate!

I call this a growing bundle because all the activities are for Teachers who are currently using the Teachers College Sight Word Lists A – C. I have it currently listed for less than half price. That’s a steal!  As I add the activities for the lists D- H the price will increase accordingly until it reaches the set price. When you purchase this bundle at the discounted price you will automatically get all the updates! Be sure to follow my store so you learn about deals and freebies.

Click below to grab this Bundle for less than 1/2 price!!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/TC-Sight-Words-Word-Wall-Words-Activities-GROWING-Bundle-List-A-C-3939134

This Bundle contains so many activities that I am just going to share the cover pages of each set so you can see for your self all of the great resources that are inside this growing bundle.

Sight Words – The Necessity of Flash Cards

We all know how important it is for students to learn sight words to become better readers and writers. One of the basic ways to do this is using flash cards. In my kindergarten class we had a saying that “Practice Makes Better” and once the kinders bought into that concept they were amazed at how quickly they learned specific skills. My district finally decided on a specific list of words and I immediately made flash cards for my class. I noticed a marked improvement in their ability to read and write within weeks of introducing the flashcards. We read through the words  every day during Calendar Time and another activity that also helped was showing a Power Point slideshow of the list we were working on. Some of the ways we used the slide show included: reading the words, finding the words on our sight word mat, and writing the words on individual dry erase boards. At the end of this post you’ll find a link to a FREEBIE! It’s the Teachers College Sight Word List A Slide Show and Printable Sight Word Mat.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Flashcards-for-Teachers-College-Sight-Words-Lists-A-H-3913387

 I just uploaded flash cards for the Teachers College Sight Words Lists A-H on TpT. Click on the link to grab a set for $1.00!  I am also super excited to be working on some fun activities to help students practice their sight words during centers. Some of the activities for each list include:  Write the Room, Spin, Read and Write, Mirror Writing, I Have-Who Has, and I Spy.  Check my TpT store in the new few weeks as I get these activities completed.

And now, here is your FREEBIE!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREEBIE-Teachers-College-Level-Slide-Show-and-Mat-3913732

MLK-His Hope for Peace

   Another important day in America has arrived - the celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.! We are off school for this holiday but we talk about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. before and after the holiday.  We read several books about MLK and we also read "The Crayon Box That Talked". For our poem of the week we learn the "Color" poem. It is a wonderful opportunity to discuss diversity in kindergarten.

    This year I am adding an emergent reader to our study of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is called "MLK-His Hope For Peace". I think it will be a nice follow up to any biographies about MLK. 
   You can find this newly uploaded reader in my TpT store for just $1.00.

MLK Emergent Reader

MLK Emergent Reader

A Day of Honor

One of the most important days in America is almost here. Every year in our school we host a Veterans Day breakfast.  We invite the veterans who are family members of our students to join them for breakfast and a program of honor.  The kinders come in and begin the program with The Pledge of Allegiance. Then the rest of our student body provides cards of appreciation, songs and speeches. It is a morning to remember for all of those who served.
   I teach the kinders about Veterans Day and talk about the importance of showing our appreciation for their service. This year I am adding an emergent reader to our study of Veterans. It is called "You Are My Hero". I think it will be a nice follow up to the book: "Veterans, Heroes In Our Neighborhood" by Valerie Pfundstein. 
   You can find this newly uploaded reader in my TpT store for just $1.00.

"You Are My Hero"

While you are checking out the emergent reader in my teacherspayteachers shop be sure to grab the FREE Star Studded pokey pin activity. There are plenty of pages that will go along nicely for Veterans Day.

FREE Pokey Pin Activity

    Thank you for stopping by to see what's new at Koala Kinders. Be sure to thank a veteran for their service. They are the reason we can safely live in this great country!

Two New Behavior Clip Chart/Calendar Bundles

I just posted two brand new EDITABLE Behavior Clip Charts bundled with Calendars on my TpT store! There's a fun Magical Wizard's Theme set and an adorable Woodland's Theme set. You get to be the author of what you want the headings to be on your behavior chart and then can correlate it with the matching editable monthly calendar.

Magical Wizards Behavior Clip Chart and Calendar Bundle

Woodland Animals Behavior Clip Chart and Calendar Bundle

Each of these bundles have editable full and half page color-coded behavior clip charts that you can add your own wording to! The calendars are editable too! There is space for you to list your own words to describe your class expectations or class code. You can also use the same wording  on the calendar that will match your clip charts. 

If you are looking for other themes in the EDITABLE format be sure to check out these resources in my TpT store:

Busy Bees Editable Behavior Clip Charts and Calendars

Bright Birds Editable Behavior Clip Charts and Calendars

Basic Editable Behavior Clip Charts and Calendars with and without Smiley Faces

Spring Time is Planting Time

We are kicking off April with a Plant unit. I love this time of year. The kinders are so excited to be at school and are maturing right before my eyes! I especially love how they are growing into such independent learners. Speaking of growing, have you read the folktale "Tops and Bottoms" by Janet Stevens?

Reading
I'll be reading "Tops and Bottoms" by Janet Steven. 
I use Deanna Jump & DeeDee Wills' Guided Reader lessons to integrate kindergarten skills using this Folktale. Their 5 day plan goes over key ideas and details, craft and structure, as well as integration of knowledge and ideas.  If you are looking for a way to do more than just read a story to your class then click the picture to check these guided reading lessons out!

Riddle Time

I thought it would be fun to create a slide show of Vegetable Riddles and Garden Giggles to help with our vocabulary. It is themed to go along with our mentor text "Tops and Bottoms".I just uploaded it today to TpT. Click on the picture to check it out in my store.

Science

Another favorite thing I like to do with the kinders in my class is plant Grass Heads. All you need are knee highs, soil, quick-grow grass seed and clear plastic punch cups or bowls. I like to add wiggly eyes after school to surprise the kids.  This is a picture of one of my former students giving his Grass Head a trim before taking it home!

Sensory Center

My centers will definitely include a sensory bin. I just happened to have a bag full of little plastic fruits and vegetables so I whipped up a sorting mat to add to the sensory bin. Mr. Greg at Kindergarten Smorgasboard and Marsha McGuire at Differentiated Kindergarten have awesome carrot themed centers that I will also add to the bin through out our Plant unit.

Poetry

I love poetry and my all time favorite resources are DeeDee Wills' Poetry Stations and Shared Reading. These are poems on steroids! There are 5 days of activities to teach a wide variety of kindergarten reading skills like; craft and structure, phonics skills, print concepts, and fluency. This week we are doing "Plant Song". The words are piggy-backed onto "The Wheels on the Bus". The kinders love the catchy tune and the words teach plant vocabulary in a fun and memorable way.  

Well that's all for now. 

Check back later when our chick eggs arrive! 

 

St. Patrick’s Day Emergent Reader

‘Tis a lucky time of year when St. Patrick’s Day comes around. To help you make this a magical time in your classroom I created a St. Patrick’s Day emergent reader that is packed full of high frequency words and vocabulary. It also has follow along touch dots to aid in tracking left to right. Just click on the title to find “We Can Find His Pot of Gold” on TpT.

We Can Find His Pot of Gold

Tis A Lucky Set of Word Families

While you are visiting my store, check out my St. Patrick's themed set of Word Families. “Tis a Lucky Set of Word Families” provides virtually every CVC word possible! The BEST part is all of the cards have been designed to be used with pool noodles without cutting off any of the graphics! The special tabs are color coded by vowels which makes it easy to quickly organize the specific skill you want your students to work on.

The onset letters are printed on shamrocks. There are additional slides with multiples of the same letters for ease in copying.

The ending rhymes are printed on gold coins and include
the following word families:
ab, ag, an, ap, at, eb, ed, eg, en, et, ib, id, ig, im, in, ip, it, ix, ob, og, on, op, ot, ox, ub, ug, un, up
You can print multiples of the coin pages to offer more choices to the students.

Finally there are 26 rhyming pairs of CVC pictures. These pictures can be used in a sensory bin or pot to pull out and match. They can also be used with the shamrocks and gold coin cards to help students think of words to create as well as match words to pictures.

All together there are 21 slides of onset letters, ending rhymes, and rhyming pictures. Just print on cardstock, cut apart and laminate for durability.

Thank you for stopping by and reading my blog. If you are planning to share some Lucky Charms with your kiddos on St. Patrick's Day then here's a FREEBIE just for you! It's a sorting mat and graphing page for those yummy Lucky Charms marshmallows.