Here in Arizona, Groundhog Day doesn't seem to mean much.  The "winter" we have is so mild and short, that spring is always ar...

Years ago, the district I worked for spent a lot of money training teachers on Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI).  Ever heard of it?  W...

There's so much math to teach in Kindergarten, but so much of it is practice and repetition.  When I taught in grades 1 and above, I use...

We move pretty quickly through word families.  We spend 2 weeks on each vowel sound beginning with short a- focusing on two word families a ...

Counting is such an important skill in Kindergarten.  We practice every day at calendar; we count by 5s, by 10s, by 1s and even by 2s.  They...

Well, the first week back was a little rough for some of my kinders. There were lots of tears and "I miss my Mommy"! But by the ...

Here's another quick and easy idea to incorporate sight words into other literacy stations.  I have an art station, but my administratio...