Kelly’s Kindergarten
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PLEASE HELP! Hi! I was hoping that there are a few other teachers out there with a minute to spare...Liberty Mutual is holding a contest here in Baltimore in which charities can win $30,000. One of the charities is called Youth Dreamers--it's a mentoring program run by kids (older ones) for kids in inner city Baltimore and they desperately need the money to keep operating. They are up against some big charities like the SPCA and MD Food Bank (all worthy causes for sure). They need to be in at least 3rd place by August 1st to earn the money. It takes seconds to vote on Facebook...no email addresses or registering. We hear so much about the bad things that young people are doing especially in the inner cities like Baltimore; it would be great if we could help the kids who are trying to do something positive! You can vote once per day until August 1st! Thanks! PS. Just so you know I don't personally benefit from this--I have visited the organization, seen what they're doing, and am just trying to get them some support! https://www.facebook.com/libertybaltimore?sk=app_165725370152020 July 11, 2011: I finally have time to update the site! For those who have used the site for years, you may know that I took a break from regularly updating the site when I got my first foster child in 2007. Well since then quite a bit has changed. I ended up adopting my foster son in 2009. Last summer I completed my coursework for my Masters+30 and put my house on the market. This spring we moved into a new, bigger house. I currently have FIVE kids but they are all older (my adopted son is the youngest at 10) so I have a bit of time this summer to do some updates. Unfortunately technology moved on without me during the past 4 years and I've had to learn some new programs (no more Frontpage...I'm using Komposer) and relearn (and reinstall) some others on my new laptop. Many thanks to everyone who continues to use the site. I'm glad that so many people have found it useful. I will try to get to as many updates as I can...first thing I did today was update the homework for this coming year since I have had many requests for that. Look for more updates on games later this month. If you haven't visited in a while you might want to check out these new additions:
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NEW!! Save time...use Google Search to find what you are looking for on the site:
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Updated on 7/17/11
I recently started to organize all of the sight word games that I have found and/or created. I realized that you may also find this listing helpful so I revised the directions to include how to make the games and have provided the black line masters for a few of the games. My children really enjoy learning with these games. I use them for sight words, phonics skills (CVC words, etc), letters, numbers, addition/subtraction, etc. I have used many of these with students as old as 4th grade to practice story vocabulary and language skills (contractions, synonyms, etc.). These black line masters were created in Microsoft Word. To modify them for your own use, simply type in the text (sight words, numbers, etc) appropriate for your children. I hope that you find these useful.
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Dollar Store Delights and Big Lots Bargains Updated on 7/17/11 These games are made using items (TREASURES) that I found at either Big Lots or The Dollar Tree. Most can be used for a variety of skills. |
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This section contains several more games that you may find useful. **I did NOT create these games or the black line masters** The black line masters for these games can be found by following the links to the websites where I found them. |
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A wonderful teacher in Ireland contacted me with some phonics games that he has created. Billy Reid has generously offered to share his games with everyone. All directions and games pieces are included!
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Reading
Strategies These reading strategy icons were
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Other Goodies
KDG
Handbook: We update this
handbook each year and share it with parents during Kindergarten Orientation. Kindergarten Assessment (Reading): We use this packet 4 times a year to
assess student progress. The items on the assessment correlate directly to
our progress report. Skill Stickers: In the past I have made a set for each student and
presented the stickers as the child mastered the skill. Star Writers: We posted a copy of this chart on each table to remind students of what is expected when writing. (Second half of the year) Spelling Strategies: Fellow T-net teacher Barb created these to help her students become independent writers.
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Classroom Pictures
Diagram of Classroom setup 04-05
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Use these picture cards to create skill games. They are designed to correspond to the activities in Getting Ready to Read (CTP) but can be used for any game. All picture sets were created in MS Word using clipart. All are in COLOR!
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I created these power points to accompany the songs I use in the classroom. You will need to own/purchase the songs in order to use these. Most are Dr. Jean and Jack Hartmann songs.
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*2011-2012 calendars are now ready!
Monthly homework calendars (generic for any year) with accompanying work packet. Each day has a written activity (half sheet of paper) to do. |
*New Centers Explanation Page *New Long Range Shared Reading Planner Ideas for monthly centers that correlate with themes and shared reading books. Additionally, there are work tasks (non-theme related) for ABC Center, Math Center, Writing Center, and Science Center.
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Use these printable pages to add literacy opportunities to your dramatic play area. Some of the pages are designed to be used as reading opportunities (word cards, recipes, etc) while others provide students with authentic writing experiences (grocery lists, checks, etc). I am just beginning this page and will add more as I create the pages.
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This is a child-friendly collection of websites with online games designed for kindergarten children. I created this page so that I could set it as my homepage on my student computers. This allows my students to easily access appropriate websites. This is an ad-free page. |
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Science Center Activities  |
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Paulie offered to share these wonderful ornament ideas with us. Photos and directions for both easy and more difficult projects are included. She has also written an adorable poem to send home with the ornaments. Enjoy! |
After several requests for sample newsletters, I decided to create templates for each month. These are MS Word documents that allow you to enter your own text and print. You can use the existing headlines or create your own. |
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Watch my 08-09 class in action on Purple Fridays:
http://www.wbaltv.com/video/18499021/index.html
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Please feel free to email me with any comments, questions, or ideas for new games.
*I sometimes get emails from users who are having trouble with all of the links (keep returning to this home page). If that happens to you, try hitting the refresh button on your browser. Some browsers store the page so that it loads faster on future visits. However, that also means that it doesn't recognize the site when I update it!
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