Journeys Morning Work!

On Friday I went to print my typical morning work, to realize I had already used all of January's morning work file. I thought for a second about dipping into the February file... but decided not to. My morning work is typically a math sheet, and I realized that I haven't given them an ELA sheet in a very long time. Everything that I can give them just doesn't seem to fit their skill level. Things are either too hard, or too easy. In our school, kindergarten does not learn the long vowels, digraphs, blends or bossy "e". Most of the ELA morning work I find has those items. I do work with those items with my high flyers, but especially for my lows, we still need basics.

I decided to follow my ELA curriculum and make up a morning work that fits them! The layout is very similar to the morning work they already know and love. I didn't want to change too much on them.

So, the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys for Kindergarten Morning Work was born!!

It is available on TPT!

I do not use the 2014 edition, but I made it for the 2014 edition.

Every week I have a Sight Word Test. Most of my kids have older siblings and they really wanted spelling tests like their older brother or sister. So, I tested a Sight Word Test out for a few weeks, and they're amazing at it!

What I do, is give them 5 words a week to study. Two of them are the sight words we are focusing on that week, and up until now, some were review words or words my curriculum doesn't focus on. On Friday, I have the words listed on the board as well as another wall near their tables. I then tell them to write a word. They then look to where the words are, find it and write it.

For my classroom personally, I'm going to bump their sight words up to 6 words and just use the 2014 Journeys words for our sight word test. So this morning work will really help out with that test!

Lesson 4, 5 and a Unit 1 combo pack! Journeys!

Holy Moly!! It's been a crazy two and a half weeks since school started!! Not only at school but in my personal life as well. I haven't even had a moment to write about the first two weeks. I will! I just don't know when.

I finished Unit 1 for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys for Kindergarten. I had to finish Lesson 4 and 5... and then I grouped them all into a combo pack!

Check them out at TPT!

You can find Lesson 4 here: @ TPT

You can find Lesson 5 here: @ TPT

And you can find all 5 lessons here: @ TPT

Enjoy!!

Chevron Behavior Clip Chart and Calendar Recording Sheets

Okay, so I already have a clip chart. It's up and ready to go... but I was just given the greatest idea on how to record the behavior by a great friend! So, of course I had to make it! After I made the calendar pages, I just quickly added in the clip chart for anyone who does not have one. Just to be safe. :)

So this is how it works. My students will have a plastic 3-prong folder that they will use as their take home folder. In the middle, I will place a plastic page protector which will be for their weekly newsletter and their calendar behavior recording sheet.

At the end of the day, they will take their take home folder, open it up and grab the calendar. Which ever color their clip is on, they'll color that square. If the student is below the green "ready to learn" color, I will add a reason why.... which is where the 10 different pre-made reasons are already there! So all I have to do is put a number down! That is, unless the reason isn't on there. Then i'll put a 10, and write on the back of the sheet the reason along with the date.

This is a perfect way to keep track of their behavior for a month, and the reasons why! That way the parents and I can try our best to fix them.

Pretty great! Right? Well I hope so. I know sometimes the best laid plans never work. So let's hope!

Anyways. You can get these calendar recording sheets and the clip chart at my TPT store! Happy shopping!

Play-Doh Mats

My play-doh mats are finished! With the alphabet and 108 sight words. This will be perfect as a word work station! Just let them roll out the play-doh and place it on the letters to form the words. I can't wait for them to get their hands on it... that is, after I buy more laminating sheets. I used up all of mine!

You can get yours at my TPT store!

The Ultimate Chevron Classroom!

This weekend I planted my garden... and I made the ultimate chevron classroom!

It's available on Teachers Pay Teachers! So get yours now!


Included in this file, are two different alphabet posters. One that each letter takes up one sheet of paper, and one that has two letters per page. It is very colorful and has cute graphics.

Then there are the name tags. There are 4 different types of name tags, from very simple to having the alphabet, number line to 30 and left and right hand signs. These are perfect to print out on card stock and to use contact paper to apply it to the desks.

Then I made labels for your boxes of items. Pencils, markers, crayons, scissors.... all of those fun things!

Sometimes folders that the kids have are cuter with a little color on the front that you can write their names on! These are good on file folders and pocket folders. They include To Do Folder for their desks, homework folders and take home folders.

Running stations can always run smoother when you have posters all around the room, or inside the baskets for each station. You'll never have to hear "Where is this station?" The station include, Read to self, word work, meet with teacher, read to someone, listen to reading, work on writing, study spelling.. and blank ones that you can write on yourself!




Last but not least is the classroom schedule. I *think* I have included pretty much anything that can happen during the year. Since I will be teaching in a Muslim private school, I have also included Islamic Studies, Quran, and Salat al-Dhuhr.

I know I am ready to print these out and start hanging them up in my room! Too bad I have to wait for the end of the school year and for the room to be cleaned out. I'm so excited yet, I must wait. I'm also taking these to kinkos or Staples to get printed, to save myself some ink!

So, this is it! What do you think? Do you love all of the chevron goodies!? If so, please check it out on Teachers Pay Teachers!

Class Pet Weekend Journal - FREEBIE!!

In preparing for September, I finished our weekend journal activity!



I'm offering it up for FREE on TPT!
If any of you follow me on Instagram, you may have noticed one similar with fun Scrappin' Doodle graphics. Well, I haven't bought the licence yet to sell it on TPT. I'm only allowing myself a certain amount of money per month to spend on school since I'm going to be buying either a laptop or iPad or other table of sorts soon. I would have bought it already, but darn Target $1 section got in my way!!


For this specific journal, you do need to purchase a book and stuffed animal. The book is "Scute's Ocean Adventure" and it is written by the employees at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. Scute’s Ocean Adventure tells the tale of a loggerhead sea turtle’s journey from the nest out to the open ocean. Scute interacts with an array of coastal and marine characters, until an unfortunate event lands him in the helpful hands of Dr. Norton. Dr. Norton, the Georgia Sea Turtle Center’s one and only veterinarian, helps Scute make a full recovery and returns him back to a life at sea.

While any sea turtle stuffed animal can be purchased, since I was ordering from the website anyways, I bought the Big Eye Plush Turtle from them as well. I'm thinking I should have bought 2, just in case.

I am going to have a colleague drop off the box to my room, after I open it the book will be on top. I'll read the book and then the letter from Scute himself! He asks our class to take care of a turtle that was hurt and needs our help. The students will take the turtle home on the weekends and record their adventures in the journal.

Since my class will be small, the students will be able to take the turtle home possibly 3-4 times during the year! I cannot wait to compare their creative writing skills.

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