A reader recently sent me this question, and I’d love if some of you could post a few lines on how you got started with stations in your kindergarten classrooms. I’ll follow up with comments, too. (I’m asking for your help because I just found out that all my website email from the past 6 weeks [...]
Posts Tagged ‘kindergarten’
Getting started with stations in kindergarten
Posted in Work stations, tagged kindergarten on October 3, 2010 | 13 Comments »
In-depth look at reading levels for kindergarten
Posted in Classroom tips, tagged kindergarten, reading levels on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week while in Denver, CO, we looked deeply at emergent reading levels. Teachers previewed texts in both English and Spanish and put them in order from easiest to hardest at Levels A-C (DRA 1-4). We examined where most students should be reading at the end of kindergarten. Their data showed that children reading on [...]
Classrooms for pre-K and K students
Posted in Great classroom spaces, tagged classroom library, kindergarten, pre-K, whole-group area on September 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Today we’ll look at classrooms just for Pre-K and K students. While visiting Ford Elementary in Denver, I saw great things set up in spaces for the youngest learners. Their 4-year-olds are in an ECE room. Kindergarten is housed in another classroom. Such kid-friendly environments! Everything was just the right size for little ones. The [...]
