HeidiSongs Teaching Resource

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!  Happy Monday!  Today I am going to tell you about some fun I have been having teaching children to "code phonics chunks" with smelly markers in the first grade classroom that I have been volunteering in each week! I am very blessed that my good friend Mary, who is a first grade teacher at the wonderful school that I used to work at, is willing to let me come in and work with her students.  As some of yo...

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! __________________________________________________________________________ In this blog post, I am going to give you a general framework for how I make lesson plans for my small groups and learning centers each week.  As you will see, I focus on a specific curricular area or skill as a routine each day of the week.  By sticking to a routine such as this, and by following my Pacing Guide (free) , I can be sure that I will cover all of the skills that I am supposed to cover during the school year.  And,...

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! __________________________________________________________________________ In this post, I am going to give you three different free downloadable writing rubrics that I made that are based strictly on the Common Core State Standards for Kindergarten, using language taken right out of that document.  I will also provide some graded writing samples so that you can see what each writing style looks like.  I hope that this is helpful to you!  I welcome your comments and questions, so please let me know if...

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! __________________________________________________________________________ Parents, have you ever sat through a parent conference and left even more confused than when you arrived?  Then this guide is for you!  This guide will explain in plain, everyday English all of that educational jargon that your child’s teacher may be using that you might not be familiar with. Part 1: General Terms The Common Core State Standards This is a set of uniform or common standards, (or goals) for each grade l...