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"The Hen's Walk" - An Easy Reader for Kids to Make Based On Rosie's Walk!

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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! __________________________________________________________________________ Here's a fun new book for kids to make called " The Hen's Walk" that is based on the classic book, Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins!  I love it because it incorporates position words, sight words, and comprehension skills.  Kids love it because it includes stick puppets, rubber stamps, and coloring, PLUS when they are finished, they all have a book that they can take home!  Do I have your attention?  I hope so! I...
   

How to Do Guided Reading with Informational Text (in 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! __________________________________________________________________________ Have you ever tried to do a guided reading lesson with kindergartners using little non-fiction "science" easy readers?  Teaching kids to read informational texts is "hot" right now in the educational world, and teachers are often pressured to use it in their classroom more and more often- even at the Kindergarten level! Although this may sound a bit intimidating, my experience is that children REALLY ENJOY reading and l...
   

Guided Reading in Kindergarten: The Basics!

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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! __________________________________________________________________________ In this post, I will tell you how to do guided reading in Kindergarten. Yes, you CAN teach kids to READ in Kindergarten, and I’m going to tell you WHY and HOW! If you are already implementing guided reading in your kindergarten classroom, then that’s awesome! If you haven’t started, then it’s time to jump on the guided reading bandwagon, because it’s the very best way to get your little ones started down the path towards becoming real readers...
   

Teaching Kindergarten: What's Working? Week #7

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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! __________________________________________________________________________ 1.  We LOVE  the Alphabet Action song! My class this year is fun to teach because they seem to just LOVE the songs!  And this year, they are very enthusiastic about the Alphabet Action song, in particular, from the Letters and Sounds DVD .  They also constantly request to sing the Number 20 song from Jumpin’ Numbers Vol. 2 , and Zero the Hero song from the Number Jumble DVD ! Someone emailed me this week and aske...