Planning Writing Units: Interview With Kathy Tuchman Glass
Oct 15, 2017
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Planning Writing Units: Interview With Kathy Tuchman Glass Kindergarten Kiosk Kathy Tuchman Glass, a consultant and master teacher, is an accomplished author and former classroom teacher with more than twenty-five years of experience in education. She provides customized professional development services to K–12 educators with a focus on areas concerning curriculum and instruction. Among her many topics are differentiated instruction, standards work around English language arts, literacy, instructional strategies and teaching methods across content areas, assessments and rubrics, curriculum mapping, and backward planning for unit and lesson design. Kathy is invested in increasing educators’ capacity to hone their craft and translate what she teaches to effective classroom practice. An author and dynamic, hands-on trainer, she provides professional development that educators can implement immediately to make a difference in students’ learning.Kathy earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University (Bloomington) and a master’s degree in education from San Francisco State University. Originally a Midwesterner, she now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and continues to hold a current teaching credential. You can learn more about Kathy by visiting her website.Click here to purchase her book and make sure to enter the code "kiosk" at check out to receive 20% off! Kathy has graciously shared these great resources with us to help us get started planning our writing units! Download Characterization Bookmark Download Finished Book Sample Download Fairy Tale Unit Preassessment Download Fairy Tale Unit Checklist Dowload Writing an Opinion Piece Checklist You can also try out one of our many writing center quick kits! Space Theme Independent Writing Practice $4.00 Also Available at Teachers Pay Teachers!Nine great writing center activity based worksheets.Your classroom or homeschool students will love to write using these engaging independent writing practice activities. 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We offer this writing product in many themes!Writing Activities Included in this set:Can Have Are Labels & WorksheetsWrite a Story Task CardWrite a Story WorksheetsLabel-It Task CardLabel-It Student WorksheetsMake a List Task CardMake a List Student WorksheetMake a List Word WallWrite The Room Task Card- Sight WordsWrite the Room Word CardsWrite the Room Task Card- AlphabetWrite the Room Word CardsWrite the Room WorksheetsBackwards Words Task CardBackwards Words WorksheetsBackwards Word Word CardsQR Words/Letters Task CardQR Words/Letters WorksheetsQR Sight WordsQR Alphabet LettersRelated Products• Back To School Theme Independent Writing Practice• Billy Goats Gruff Writing and Literacy Center Activities• Christmas Activities to Get Kids Writing• Dinosaur Writing and Literacy Center Activities• Fall Themed Independent Writing Practice• Fall Writing and Literacy Activities for Pre Kindergarten• February Get Your Kids Writing Activities• Halloween Theme Independent Writing Practice• Insect Writing and Literacy Center Activities• Jack & The Beanstalk Writing and Literacy Center Activities• Little Red Hen Writing and Literacy Center Activities• Little Red Riding Hood Writing and Literacy Center Activities• Ocean Themed Writing and Literacy Center Activities• Pond Theme Writing and Literacy Center Activities• Space Theme Independent Writing Practice• Spider Bat Theme Independent Writing Practice• Thanksgiving Theme Independent Writing Practice• Three Little Pigs Writing and Literacy Center Activities• Winter Get Your Kids Writing Activities Add to cart If you enjoy the podcast and can review us on iTunes that would be amazing of you! 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Don't Let Them Take Your Joy: Interview with Dr. Jean
Oct 13, 2017
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Don't Let Them Take Away Your Joy: Interview with Dr Jean
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Dr. Jean Feldman’s noteworthy educational career has spanned more than 40 years. She has served as a classroom teacher, instructor of adults, author, and consultant. She is a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the National Kindergarten Alliance, and the International Reading Association. Dr. Feldman’s list of degrees include a B.A. from the University of Georgia, a D.A.S.T. from Emory University, and both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Georgia State University. Dr. Feldman inspires teachers across the country with her engaging songs and creative activities that help make teaching and learning FUN!
You can learn more about Dr. Jean by visiting her website, her blog, or her new "Happies" blog. She has so many great resources available there!
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The Alphabetic Principle
Sep 23, 2017
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The Alphabetic Principle
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Hello everyone! Today we will talk about the Alphabetic Principle, why it's so important, and some ways that you can teach it! We are both working hard on teaching alphabet letters right now and here's a picture of Mom's whole group alphabet materials to prove it.
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Are you working on teaching the alphabetic principle too? Here are some activities that might help you out!
These alphabet lessons are developmentally appropriate and designed to teach early learners confidence with the alphabet.
The alphabet activities are based on reading research and national standards; they have been classroom tested by thousands of five and six year olds! The objectives, rationale, and/or language objectives are clearly stated for your added confidence. The material section is clear and concise to make lesson preparation a breeze! Remember to file all of the materials together in a file folder to make the preparation even easier the next time the lesson is delivered!
Building Letters: Students explore letter formation and analyze the similar features that letters share.
Write The School: Finding and writing Alphabet letters in a familiar environment.
Bus Stop: Recognizing letters of the alphabet and enjoy some Recess Time!
Letter Match: Matching uppercase letters on a Coconut Tree.
Alphabet Relay: Naming uppercase letters at a fast pace as a team competition.
Letter Treasure: Building toward automaticity of uppercase letters by playing an active game of letter discovery.
Don't Eat Pete!: Naming alphabet letters at a fast pace. But Don't Eat Pete!
The Cookie Jar: Drawing and naming alphabet letters to avoid the mouse!
Your early learners will love these "Developmentally Appropriate" and easy to prepare games that is the secret sauce to alphabet instruction.
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Transitional Kindergarten: Interview with Palma Lindsay
Sep 15, 2017
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Transitional Kindergarten: Interview with Palma Lindsay
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Today we have an interview with Palma Lindsay of KFUNdamentals! Palma is a kindergarten teacher who has stayed on the cutting-edge of educational research and technology throughout her 37-year classroom career. She has taught grades K-8, served as a mentor to new teachers, and shares her fun ideas in her innovative blog which is jam-packed with new and fresh ways to keep the FUN in the FUNdamentals.
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The First 9 Weeks of Kindergarten
Sep 01, 2017
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The First 9 Weeks of Kindergarten
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The beginning of school is upon us and we are tired! Here we'll present you with some tips for the first 9 weeks of kindergarten. If you are trying to set up a classroom based on play and investigative learning (like we are doing) it takes time (probably at least 9 weeks of practice) but it's worth it in the end when you've got a classroom full of little discoverers!
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Music And Song: Interview with Heidi Butkus
Aug 11, 2017
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Music and Song: Interview with Heidi Butkus
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Heidi Butkus has been teaching in California public schools since 1985. Combining a strong knowledge of brain research with practical experience, Heidi has created a wealth of fun and engaging teaching techniques that work well with diverse populations. She has presented at conferences nationwide, and is the owner and founder of HeidiSongs.com. Heidi has also created fourteen original CD's and DVD's for teaching beginning reading and math skills, three musical plays designed especially for young performers, and has written some picture books and many other teaching resources. Heidi's multimedia workshops are filled with fun and motivational educational activities that have been classroom tested and revised for effectiveness with all types of learners. Today Heidi joins us to talk about Heidi Songs and how music in the classroom can be a powerful tool for learning.
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The First Day of School
Aug 04, 2017
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The First Day of School
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We are gearing up for the first day of school and we're here to give you some tips and tricks for making it go smoothly and for setting up your year for success. We include practical tips like... getting a pedicure and a haircut. Which are definitely serious suggestions. Trust us.
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Setting Up Your Classroom Part 2
Jul 14, 2017
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Classroom Setup Part 2
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As per your requests, we are going to talk more about how to set up your classroom, with specific tips for new teachers and more advice about organizing your materials and filing cabinet. Thank you so much for emailing us and telling us what you would like to write about. Please continue to send us your suggestions at kindergartenkiosk@gmail.com!
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Setting Up Your Classroom
Jul 07, 2017
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Setting Up Your Classroom
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Want some tips for setting up your classroom for the new school year? Well we've got some (considering we are both in the middle of trying to set up classrooms). It can be stressful, but if you take it bit by bit you can end up with a great looking room!
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The Great Disconnect: Interview with Michael Gramling
Jun 23, 2017
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The Great Disconnect: Interview with Michael Gramling
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Michael Gramling is a lifelong advocate for social justice who found his professional home in 1979 when he discovered Head Start and embraced its values and its goals working as a Head Start teacher. Currently he spends most of his time visiting early childhood programs all over the United States as a consultant and a trainer helping programs to elevate the level of discourse in classrooms and to meet the needs of individual children. In doing so he has gained a unique perspective and a thorough and intimate understanding of how early childhood education is practiced in the United States.
Michael earned his Masters Degree in Human Development at Pacific Oaks College in 2000 and has served as the coordinator and chief trainer for the Region IV Head Start Teaching Center at Western Kentucky University. In 2000 he developed the national training material used by the Head Start National Center for Family Literacy. He was a contributing author to the Zero to Three 2003 tome, Learning to Read the World, and has had two articles published in Child Care Exchange. Today he joins us to discuss his book The Great Disconnect in Early Childhood Education: What We Know Vs What We Do.
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