Casey

  • Football Writing is Perfect for Kicking Off a Great Year!

    Are you ready for some football writing?  Read more about how to “kick off” your year by having your students set goals.  Create game plans for a great year with differentiated football writing templates paired with a custom craft to match.  This resource includes all that you need for a fun football-themed display.   Differentiated […]

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  • Journal Bundle for the Year

    Journal Writing Prompts Bundle for the Year

    NO PREP Kindergarten and First Grade Journal Writing Prompts for the ENTIRE YEAR!   I used to spend so much time searching for and prepping developmentally appropriate writing activities.  This journal bundle was designed with the goal of having all of my writing for the school year in one place.  I poured my heart and soul […]

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  • Sharpen Fine Motor Skills with The Fine Motor 15!

    Read about why I decided to say goodbye to traditional morning work, and hello to “The Fine Motor 15!” I have taught kindergarten since 2006.  In recent years and especially this year, I have noticed a serious decline in my incoming kindergarten students in the area of fine motor skills.  In the age of the […]

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  • Number Writing Number Sense Books

    Developing Number Sense in Kindergarten

    An Intro to Number Writing and Number Sense: A Beginning of the Year Kindergarten Math Must Have! My kindergarten students are introduced to number sense using these fun books.  We do one page per day, which gives me twenty days of math lessons to use at the beginning of the year!  They learn to trace […]

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  • Why the Best Bulletin Boards are Student Created

    Why the best bulletin boards are those created by your students… If you follow my blog, you know I love to decorate.  My classroom is my second home during the school year, and I like to make it beautiful and functional.  My favorite bulletin board displays though aren’t store bought sets.  Rather, they are student […]

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  • Kindergarten Beginning of the Year Resources

    My Kindergarten Beginning of the Year Resources BUNDLE includes 10 products that will help to get your school year off to a smooth start while saving you precious planning time and stress! It has a little bit of everything – writing, math, alphabet letter writing, number writing and number sense, center activities, and so much […]

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