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Writing Rubrics for Young Children: Documenting Progress with Portfolio Assessment

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ When young children are in the very beginning stages of becoming writers, they often progress quickly through exciting and delightful changes, and progress is obvious- but assessment can be difficult for the untrained eye to identify and name.  Educators use grading scales called "rubrics" to help them identify the stages that children are passing through, and give our precious children's darling attempts at writing those numerical score...
   

What to Do on the Second Day of Kindergarten!

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ The portfolio papers mentioned in this blog post here (freebies!) are a big part of my routine, so if you plan to do this, you will need to click over to that post and get those pages as well. What to Do on the Second Day of Kindergarten! The first day of school is such a big day, with tons of planning and fanfare.  But what about the second, third, and fourth??  Establishing routines and procedures at this time of ye...
   

Kindergarten Lesson Plans: Week One!

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Hello, everyone!  This week I am going to tell you what my lesson plans were for the first week of Kindergarten.  Each week, my lesson plans will be aligned with the free  Pacing Guide that I posted a few years ago and have been updating yearly.  I hope that will find this post useful, particularly those of you that are new to Kindergarten! When you look at my lesson plans, keep in mind that we are on a half day ki...