I was planning with my Kinder team today, and the discussion turned to skip counting by tens off the decade. Traditionally, when skip counting by tens was taught, we asked students to count the multiples of ten–10, 20, 30, etc. Counting by tens off the decade...
Last week I shared an activity for practicing one more and one less than a number. Tonight I wanted to talk a little about the CRA (concrete, representational, abstract) sequence of instruction and backtrack with that particular skill. The last activity I posted was...
I’m hanging out in one of my Kinder classes, and I’m having a blast! Check out this great video from Have Fun Teaching for counting back from 20. They have lots of other videos, too, so be sure to check out their YouTube channel. You should have seen me...
I’ve been hanging out in a Kindergarten classroom recently, and it’s an experience I highly recommend. My classroom experience was all from 2nd through 5th grade (mostly 5th), so it’s a trip working with the babies. I attached myself to a workstation...
I was working on a professional development session this week for my primary teachers, and it had me thinking about how we can use the same routines for whole group instruction, small group instruction, and workstation activities. And how we can differentiate...
