The Crazy Pre-K Classroom

Hello All, With fall in full swing and parent teacher conferences on Monday I have not had much time to create or blog however for all of my loyal followers I have decided to make it up to you buy bundling all of my fall worksheets at a discount and adding a 5 worksheet freebie to my store! My kiddos have been enjoying my newest sets of worksheets that are all interactive and keep their attention. I have taken out all of the centers and other printables in order to give you an entire unit of useable worksheets with 22 exclusive worksheets for free. You will not find these 22 new worksheets in any of my other units, they are only in the bundle.All of the worksheets are interactive withmore than one way of learning on the page. The students have really enjoyed all of the cutting/gluing, counting, coloring the correct number, matching the correct letter etc. These have been working so well in my reading group rotations. I have hardly been interrupted and this early in the school year that...

If you are like me you have probably had a bucket full of letter tiles for the kids to sort through during word work. Well, I am done with my disorganized bucket and have figured out a system to help. Once again I have hit the Target dollar spot and found exactly what I needed. I would think you could also pick up these items at a Dollar Store or Walmart. I purchased 2 coupon files with 13 pockets each (yeah!nobody has to share a pocket!). I purposly chose 2 different colors so that it would be easier to put letters back after use. I labeled the front and back of both coupon files and each tab inside with one letter. I also purchased two sets of hamburger holders in the Target Dollar Spot, these came in groups of 3, so 6 for $2.00. I used one of each color that matches the colors of the coupon files for "lost letters." The students that are not as capable of placing the letters back into the correct pocket can place the letter tiles in the lost letter bucket and the teach...

In a desperate attempt to store reading book packets I used binder rings and caribeeners to attach these two file pocket charts to my cabinets. My school requires everything to be packed away every week so I needed something that was functional and easy to pack away. These are working great. Each child has a pocket and the 4 signs have a different animal with the child's names for that group. I then have the classes seat work divided into file boxes be animal group. After their reading group is finished one student is assigned to get their file box and take it to the table for the group to work on quietly while I work with the next group. Our rotations are as follows: Work with teacher Work on seat work Work on writing Read to self Each rotation is about 15 minutes with a movement break of one minute in between. This is working so well for me this year. I hope these ideas can help with your reading groups. Till next time, Christine