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An EASY Weekly Routine for Language Arts 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! __________________________________________________________________________ Hello friends!  This week, I am going to tell you about my weekly routine for planning my language arts lessons in Kindergarten!  When following this routine, my lesson plans were easy to make and I covered everything that the children needed to know throughout the year.  If I ever had to change things around, it was usually because of an administrative requirement of some kind or another, such as a lesson that I had to do for ...
   

Practicing More & Less with the Cup Game!

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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! __________________________________________________________________________ Today I’m going to tell you about a fun , easy , NO PREP , and FREE game to help kids practice the concepts of more and less, reinforces number recognition, and also teaches them some problem solving skills as well!  It’s called The Cup Game, and I’ve been using this little gem of a game since I started teaching Kindergarten in 1992.  Any game that has endured that long HAS to be good, so read on- I think you’re going to love this ...
   

New! CVC Write the Room Activity!

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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 a Write the Room type of activity?  If not, then you and your kids are in for a BIG TREAT!  CVC Write the Room is a super fun and easy, active activity that keeps kids on their feet to go on a word hunt, while still holding them accountable to find all of the CVC words in the room and write them on a recording sheet!  There are many different types of Write the Room activities, including Count the Room, Rea...
   

How to Make Lesson Plans For Small Groups & Learning Centers

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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 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,...