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Thanksgiving Sight Word Book with a FREEBIE

November 17, 2015 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Fall, Literacy, Math, SEASONAL, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving Sight Word Book with a FREEBIE

These Thanksgiving sight word readers are a great way to engage your students this upcoming Thanksgiving. They are differentiated into 3 different books with reading strategies, comprehension worksheets, and printables. All the books are black and white to help you save ink, and the students can color their own books! The teacher prep is SO […]

Winter Printables with a Freebie

November 5, 2015 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Literacy, Math, SEASONAL, Winter Leave a Comment

Winter Printables with a Freebie

I am really excited about these new no prep winter printables I have created!! These are great for morning work, small groups, seatwork, homework, assessments and just to reinforce certain literacy and math skills. The best thing about this packet is that it’s all black and white, so you don’t waste money on ink! All the […]

Halloween Counting Towers with a FREEBIE

October 9, 2015 by sarahcasady Filed Under: CURRICULUM, Fall, SEASONAL, Uncategorized 2 Comments

Halloween Counting Towers with a FREEBIE

Halloween is upon us once again and it is personally, one of my favorite holidays of the year! So I thought I could combine my love of Halloween Activities and Halloween-related things with my love of counting towers. Counting math centers are super engaging and my counting towers have been very popular, so I decided to […]

I have THAT KID in my class

August 9, 2015 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Behavior management, Teaching Strategies 10 Comments

I have THAT KID in my class

In response to Mrs. Knights Marbles, about “that kid”, I wanted to share my story. Yes, I said it. I definitely have “that kid” in my classroom. We have all had “that kid”, and its been probably one of the most challenging years of our careers, but we always manage to pick up the pieces […]

5 Ways to Build Number Sense in Your Classroom

July 29, 2015 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Math, Teaching Strategies 6 Comments

5 Ways to Build Number Sense in Your Classroom

For many of us, our kinders start the school year lacking number sense. It’s a challenge we face every year, and we feel like it’s going to take them forever to learn their numbers! These are some of the ways I have been successful in my classroom when it comes to teaching number sense. Even […]

Counting Towers!

July 28, 2015 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Fall, Math, Winter Leave a Comment

Counting Towers!

My counting towers are a hit, so I wanted to make some mats to share with you all! I have created some cute counting tower mats that focus on numbers 1-10 and 11-20. Also included are recording sheets for the students to practice number formation. Check this out in my store!  Five Number mats 1-10 […]

Beginning of the year Kindergarten assessments and activities WITH a FREEBIE!

July 27, 2015 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Assessments, Fall, Literacy, Math, Summer, TEACHER RESOURCES, Writing 2 Comments

Beginning of the year Kindergarten assessments and activities WITH a FREEBIE!

It’s that time of year again! The first few weeks of school can be hectic, so I have created some fun and engaging math and literacy centers to use in your classroom. Along with the centers, I have also created some kindergarten assessments and quick and easy printable worksheets that will make your life easier! […]

5 Ways To Prepare For DIBELS

April 12, 2015 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Teaching Strategies 1 Comment

5 Ways To Prepare For DIBELS

DIBELS is right around the corner, and let’s face it, teaching to the test happens from time to time in our kindergarten classrooms. That four letter word, data, is always lurking in the back of our minds! These are just some of the ways I prepare my students for the upcoming DIBLES assessments. If you […]

Holiday Word Families

December 14, 2014 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Literacy, Uncategorized, Winter, Writing 1 Comment

Holiday Word Families

I am loving these cute holiday word families! My students also love doing these, and it has really helped reinforce their CVC words and their understanding of word families. Each short vowel sound comes with a Christmas or winter theme in color or black and white line art. I have also included student recording sheets […]

Hands-on Literacy and Math centers for the beginning of the year

August 20, 2014 by sarahcasady Filed Under: Fall, Literacy, Math, TEACHER RESOURCES, Uncategorized 1 Comment

Hands-on Literacy and Math centers for the beginning of the year

This week our class is getting to know their ABC’s with exposure to this fun and interactive literacy center. It also helps build fine motor skills with the use of the clothes pins. I used a sentence strip (had to tape two together) and color coded them to match the letters on the clothespins. It’s […]

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