I'm Back

Well it's been a while, but I am back.  It has been 5 long weeks since school has started and I have been busy assessing and training and training and assessing and it still not over, but it has become almost second nature already.  I have 1 more week before our first intersession, so this will be my first real test of all this training, will they remember after our week off? I sure do hope so, I feel like I can just record myself and put it on autopilot this year.  I don't ever remember what the beginning of the year is like, but when school starts, it slowly comes back.  I think I purposely block it out.  I can't wait till all this training ends, but does it really? Well, I am starting to see these kids become a little more independent and those that have already caught on are begin to help me out by helping those that still need more practice.  My curtain partner tells me I was spoiled last year when I looped up with my kinder students to first grade.  I guess I was, they knew me and I knew them.

Well my year is going well.  I love my new classes.  We are all departmentalized this year, so I have a morning and afternoon class.  I teach Math, Social Studies and Science.  I really like our departmentalized schedule, but I miss the Language Arts part of teacher too, but I do get a little taste of it during my RtI hour.  We are finally finishing up the kindergarten skills review and beginning the meat of our curriculum.  I also have introduce a Saxon Math Journal to my kids.  I really like it, the kids are all engaged during calendar time and I don't have as many disruptions during calendar time.  I am also beginning to see how students are using the calendar to find answers to my questions.  I really like the calendar journals this is my first year using the calendar journals and I don't see why I didn't start them any sooner.

It took me a while, but we began stations about the 3rd week of school.  I mean we had been doing some exploring, but we actually began our rotations about the 3rd week of school.  I am still having students stay still and rotate their stations, but I think I am ready to try moving kids around this week, keeping my fingers crossed.  I have created a new station packet to use for my kids when we come back from intersession in September and because I am excited about football starting, I have created it with a football theme.  Click on the picture below to visit my TpT store to see my new stations packet.

 

Are you ready for some football? 

In honor of me surviving my first 5 weeks of school, I will send this packet free to my first 5 followers.  Just leave me a comment and your email address and I will get the packet out to you.  

This football package features 7 math stations:

1. I have who has cards with number words up to twenty
2. Quarterback Sneak: That sneaky QB has hidden the ball and it is up to your students to find it. They must first ready the number from 0-50 to look behind it. (You can also differentiated by having students put the numbers in order from 0-50)
3. Are you ready for some football? This game features cards with doubles facts (up to 10+10) and addition +1
4. Roll, Say and Keep: using the same cards from Are you ready for some football, kids take turns answer the cards on the board.
5. Feed the Pig: Purchasing items up to 12 cents using pennies
6. Graphing Mats: This activity has 3 differentiated worksheets for kids at all levels
7. Number Replay: Before and after numbers