by Wendy | Mar 22, 2016 | Kindergarten Reading and Writing, Teaching Tips, Transitional Kindergarten Teaching Tips
Spring has sprung! Ready to welcome in the new season? Former CKA Board member and first grade teacher, Deb Meng shares this lovely poem she uses in her classroom. Singing by Robert Louis Stevenson Of speckled eggs the birdie sings And nests among the trees; The...
by Wendy | Oct 22, 2015 | Classroom Management, Kindergarten Reading and Writing, Teaching Tips, Transitional Kindergarten Teaching Tips
Today’s Tuesday Teaching Tip is brought to us by the wonderful Deb Meng, First Grade Teacher at Elk Grove Unified School District and former CKA Board Member. Last week she shared with us her tips for developing segmenting ability. Today she brings us another...
by Wendy | Oct 29, 2013 | Kindergarten Math, Kindergarten Music, Kindergarten Reading and Writing, Teaching Tips, Transitional Kindergarten Teaching Tips
Here’s an easy way to get your students up and moving; getting those wiggles out. At the same time, they’ll be practicing their rhyming and their counting to ten – all in one simple, classic song. This old man, he played one (raise one finger, etc.)...
by Wendy | Nov 22, 2011 | Kindergarten Reading and Writing, Teaching Tips
It’s the end of November already! The year is flying by! Let’s take a moment to review the colors. This quick and easy rhyme will make practice a snap. I’m thinking of a color, It rhymes with bed, It starts with ‘r’ The color is (kids respond together)...