Morning Work - April - Kindergarten (Common Core)

Morning Work - April - Kindergarten (Common Core)

***NOW AVAILABLE in Morning Work Through the Year (January-December) providing an 18% SAVINGS (2 months FREE) rather than purchasing each individual pack. 

This product is NOW AVAILABLE in a Bundle. Purchasing the Bundle provides an 11% SAVINGS rather than purchasing each individual pack.

This 20 page common core packet contains language arts and math material daily for the month of April. Some pages have April graphics such as insects, flowers, eggs, chicks, bunnies, and jelly beans. The skills included are skills that students would be learning during the last half of their kindergarten year.

The preview shows each page included. Please take a look.

Skills included are:
Language Arts:
-Tracing word wall words (sight words): where, so, find, for, new.
-Tracing a sentence with each sight word included above.
-Writing a sentence for each of the sight words above.
-Writing a sentence about an April picture.
-Write the CVC words for each picture. 
-Color the pictures using color code for the correct short vowel sounds.
-Color the pictures using color code for the correct beginning digraph (sh, ch, th, wh).
-Color the correct beginning digraph for each picture (sh, ch, th, wh).
-Rewrite the sentences correctly with capital letters and correct ending punctuation.

Math:
-Fill in ten frames for each number 11-20.
-Subtraction: Complete the equation to find the difference.
-Subtraction: Solve to find the difference.
-Find the missing addend to make 5 and 10.

This common core packet is great for morning work, but can also be used for homework, literacy centers, writing centers, math centers, or a mini lesson. 

I hope you and your students enjoy using this packet. I plan to make more for the coming months of the school year. 

Let me know what else you would like to see included.

You may also like:
Spring Read and Write
Emergent Reader: Easter Eggs (number and color words)
Subtraction Problems with Manipulatives (Creepy Crawlies)
Addition Word Problems (Easter) (missing addends, 2 addends, & 3 addends)
Emergent Reader Bundle A-Z (26 Books)
March Morning Work 
Reading Comprehension Bundle

Thanks for stopping by!

Find me on FACEBOOK PAGE!

Visit my BLOG
for classroom ideas during the upcoming school year!

Sherry Clements

Fun, phrasing and fluency time with Easter Rhythm and Rhyme!

It's almost Easter, and I find myself having one of those teacher déjà vu moments from last fall.

Thanksgiving had passed and Halloween was on the horizon. The seasons were changing. Students were settled into their classrooms and routines, and these troops were getting restless. I could hear it their robotic reading. Things needed a little shaking up.  Sound famililar?

 

Do your kiddies have ants in their pants? Mine definitely do - unless they're moving at a snail's pace...

The snow has melted into mud and the kiddies are confined to the asphalt at recess. Transitions are taking double time, and some have started reading at a painfully slow, flat and monotone rate. We need some perking up!

Reflecting on last fall, we're going back to what worked and heading into a Fun, Fluency Blitz! This idea hails from the Reading Recovery world, where I was fortunate to spend eight wonderful years!

There were times that a student would plateau at a a level for more than a week, when normally our students moved up one reading level per week. One solution for this was to take two or three lessons for a phrasing and fluency blitz - rereading some familiar, easier books to rebuild confidence. Many of our students' favorites were readers that rhymed and had a rhythm to them.

I have used the The Bunny Hop Easter Song and Movement Activity (freebie) in Kindergarten poetry books as a music and movement activity. Add in some bunny ears from the dollar store, a cotton ball and a bit of tape, and you've got dramatic play!  It works particularly well if used first as a music and movement activity, before showing early readers the text. With the song being already familiar to them, they will find success when guided through reading the text. The familiar language and rhyme will project them forward.

 Last fall's fix-it was Five Hallowe'en Friends on the Wall - but that is another post for another day. (I will tell you that one of little friends with autism still sings it as he readies himself for recess.) That book was the first of my Fun, Fluency Readers.

The success of these Fun, Fluency Readers lies in the fun and humor of them, their ability to get into our heads (and of course, our students') so that the phrasing is easy and fluency comes naturally.

My latest Fun Fluency Reader was modeled after that famous song performed by Meghan Trainor, co-written by Meghan Trainor and Kevin Kadish, I'm All About the Bass, and it is for Easter!  Written to encourage fluent reading, motivate reading through humor and to introduce subtext, It's All About the Eggs stars an adorable bunny singing about chocolate easter eggs. Every great story has its villain, however. Not everyone is as chocolate-crazed as this bunny.

It's All About the Eggs is currently discounted because I have not yet had the chance to create a black and white version. It will be added over the summer, so anyone who purchases this book now will be simply be able to obtain the black and white copy with an update from their TpT My Purchases page at no extra cost for use in future years.

The Bunny Hop Easter Song, Movement Activity and Coloring sheet is a forever freebie - a color poster with a black and white version for the kids to color and take home, to read and sing with, and hang on the fridge for decor!

What is your favorite thing to put into Easter baskets? Are you a chocoholic like our little bunny friend? I'd love to hear from you in the comments!  Here's mine. 

Be sure to check out the links below, and visit me on TpT,  my website and Pinterest! Happy Easter everyone!
That Fun Reading Teacher

---

---

 

"Kindergarten Math Common Core 'I Can' Posters"

Kindergarten
By: Leigh Sanna @ Kinder Actividades

With the Common Core in full effect in Kindergarten, I had to find an easier and more efficient way of posting my math "I can" statements for each lesson...sometimes there are multiple! I turned the CCSS into kid-friendly "I can" statements that can be printed out one time, laminated, and either attached to the board with velcro, in a clear laminated pocket, or with magnets. I use velcro!

After I put in the initial time cutting, laminating, and attaching to velcro, this packet saved SO much time writing out I can statements daily. Quick, easy, organized, and impressive.

Teachers, students and administrators know exactly what your class is working on in math for the day!

                                      This board above stays permanently on my bulletin board.

                                                  These "I can" strips get swapped out daily!

 

Get the "I can" packet HERE!  

Visit my TPT store for more early elementary resources. 

Visit my Pinterest Board!

Farm Read and Write (Close Reading)

Farm Read and Write

You can grab this cute Read and Write HERE!

This product is NOW AVAILABLE in a Read and Write Bundle
offering a SAVINGS of 12%.

In this three page Farm Read and Write pack, students will read the one page Farm story and color the pictures. Then there are two pages with five sentences on each page about the story. Each sentence has a missing word. At the end of each sentence, there are two words for students to choose from to find the correct missing word to tell about the story. Students will circle the word that correctly completes the sentence matching the story on the first page, and then write the correct word in the blank.

This is a great reading and comprehension check for guided reading, a mini lesson, a literacy center, or homework. 

You may also like:
Spring Read and Write
Easter Read and Write
Beach Read and Write

Please visit me at:
TPT STORE
PINTEREST
FACEBOOK PAGE
BLOG

Thanks for stopping by!
Sherry Clements

Technology Resource - Technology Teacher Planning and Data Binder

Grades K-5 Technology
By Brittany Washburn


I am way too excited about this one. I've been working so hard on creating a product that will help technology teacher accomplish all of their required paperwork in an organized and efficient way. Introducing: the Technology Teacher Planning and Assessment Binder

This binder includes 4 components and totals a whopping 145 pages! I will start with the Planning Pages because they are my absolute favorite part of the product.

These are so cute I can't even stand it. I provided 2 formats for your convenience. You can print and hand-write your plans, or you can type and print. The I Can statements are included to help inspire and organize your process. If you are interested in full page or half page I Can Statements Posters, you can find them here.

Next, see the rest of the blog post for an extended preview of the product and ideas for how to implement it into your classroom. 

Science Lesson - "Weather Words Tiered Vocabulary Booklets"

Develop your students’ vocabulary skills with tiered weather words vocabulary booklets that match their learning needs!

The “Weather Words Tiered Vocabulary Booklets” package contains three different versions of the vocabulary booklet. 

The words included in the vocabulary booklets are: breeze, cloudy, drought, fog, frost, hail, lightning, rain, snow, thunder, and wind. 

Version one includes the word and the definition. Students draw a picture to match the definition. Blank templates are included so you can add additional words to the booklet.

Version two provides students with the word and definition and encourages them to write two descriptive words, draw a picture, and compose a sentence. This version has the option of using primary lines or a regular line for printing.

The final version of the vocabulary booklet is a four square. Students are provided with the word and the definition. They draw a picture to represent the word and compose two sentences using the word.

Two covers for the weather words vocabulary booklet are included in this package - one is colored and one is black and white.

Visit my blog, TpT store, or Pinterest boards for more ideas and freebies for your classroom!

Until next time,