Aquaholic: Cruising through Core (Freebie)

With the mercury rising and summer fresh on our brains, I prepared a fun freebie for my final core center of the school year. This set of centers begins working towards 1st grade standards. 

I kept this set of centers similar to The Secret Garden: Diggin' Through Core (my more recent center) but ramped up the complexity to the terms of 1st grade standards. 

 I felt this file was best as a freebie since it's a bit too easy for 1st grade at this point in the year and could be challenging for some kindergarteners! 

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I truly hope you enjoy!  I'd be honored if you would take a minute and rate this freebie product!

The Secret Garden: Diggin' Into Core

After the showers comes May Flowers!!! The follow up to our previous set of centers has guided my kids to the following standards! Link in the first graphic!

Sprouting Parts (Addition and Subtraction)- K.OA.4

Pots and Seeds (Long and Short Vowels)- K.RFS.3

Gardening Basics (Asking and Telling)- RF.K.2d

"Ten" Can Place Value- (Adding 11-19) K.NBT.1

It's a Common Core Christmas!

Meeting Common Core Math Standards with a bit of holiday spirit can be sooo delightful!  After a lesson on sorting objects from shortest to longest, students were given a set of precut papers.  I alternated colors and shorten the length approximately two inches each time.  The kids were given the sheets in random order and asked to arrange.  During this time, I asked the kids to turn and talk about any "other" math observed during the process.  Within minutes we were talking about patterns.  A few students were struggling to determine the correct order of objects but immediately identified shortest to longest as discussion of an AB pattern took place.  

Once this objective was met, kids were given a set of precut bulbs.  I'm so blessed to have girls from my past looping class drop by each morning and assist with organization, cutting, tutoring, and general maintenance.  Students were asked to write each of the letter from their first name in the bulbs.  We strung their strand on their newly created Christmas Tree.  With a new calendar rug donated this past month from Donors Choose, we were able to easily sort into groups.  Names with 3 letters, 4 letters, 5 letters... all the way to 8 letters.  Allowing time for my students to turn and talk about the data is crucial to my understanding of who is meeting objectives and can clearly explain least and most.  PLUS it's so much fun listening to the kids talk curriculum content.  It makes my heart melt. 

Kindergarten Bound

I'm so excited to be heading to Kindergarten for the 2012-2013 school year.  Our school theme will be superheroes, so I've been working on new classroom decor and common core standards.

Reading Superman and Math Batman

Available Soon

I purchased beautiful card stock from Target.  The red and blue are vibrant and just right for my Superhero Standards.  Here is what they look like laminated and read to go on my new classroom walls!!!

My summer plans are growing by the minute.  I'm meeting my sweet friends in Vegas for the I Teach K conference.  My husband and I will be arriving in Sin City the weekend before the conference to attend UFC expo and fights.  My sweet friends and I are meeting on Sunday and will be hanging out until Thursday.  EEK!! 

Here is my schedule for the conference...

KA01-Transition Songs - All Day Long (Jack Hartmann)
KA17-Literacy a' la Carte (Kim Adsit)
KB07-Ready, Set, Interact! Developing Writing the Interactive Way (Kim Adsit)
KB18-From Signs to Cereal Boxes: Creating a Print-Rich Classroom (Rick DuVall)
KE05-If They Write It, They Will Read It! (Shari Sloane)
KE18-Using Guided Drawing to Motivate Young Readers & Writers (Heidi Butkus)
KF11-Alphapalooza! (Deanna Jump)
KF23-Reading & Math & Science, Oh My! (Deanna Jump)

Keep up to date with Rachelle at What a Teacher Wants for more details!!