A Place Called Kindergarten: July 2014

friday freebie - editable monster rules

This week's Freebie goes with my new Teachers Pay Teachers Classroom Monster Unit. Based on the concept of the Elf on the Shelf your class can pick a Classroom Monster to watch over them and report back to your principal. Download the free editable rules posters, grab my Classroom Monster Unit

and enjoy a year of great behavior.

classroom monster

Move over Elf on the Shelf and make room for the Classroom Monster. I have decided to use a Classroom Monster for behavior management this year. You can pick a monster from the packet or order an Ugly Doll to watch over your classroom. I am going to have my students write letters to our principal about our classroom rules. Then I will have our principal write back to my students and send them a monster that they can name and write about during the year. If they follow our classroom rules, there will be some surprise throughout the year. Stay tuned as we start this journey in a few weeks. Check out my Classroom Monster unit if you are interested in adopting a monster into your classroom family this year.
Select a monster from the packet...

...or order a monster from Ugly Doll.

Keep your classroom under monster surveillance all year long.

Check out the Classroom Monster Unit in my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.

artists at work sign

Because it is summer and I have the time this is for Megan K...

Megan wanted an Artist at Work sign for her classroom so I added it to my Kids at Work Signs. Check out my Kindergarten Workshop Signs that go with the Kids at Work Signs while you are in my Teachers Pay Teachers Store grabbing this freebie.

TpT one year anniversary

It is hard to believe that it has been a year since

I started my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.

To celebrate I am having a sale Monday, July 21st.

Check out blog posts about the items in my store HERE.

While you are shopping download my freebies.

Remember that there are more freebies on my Facebook page.

Make sure that you are following A Place Called Kindergarten, my Teachers Pay Teachers Store and Facebook Page because there are more freebies and units coming soon.

friday freebie kindergarten timeline

Inspired by THIS pin and a new social studies standard, I created this kindergarten year timeline. Each month my team puts up pictures of our activities. At the end of the year I use this timeline to have my students write about their year.

Get this freebie in my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.

BONUS:

I also used these to label my monthly activity tubs.

ANOTHER BONUS:

This timeline matches my birthday posters.

1954 kindergarten report card

My friend found her father's kindergarten report card from 1954. Some of my favorite 1954 assessment categories are…

I keep my hands, nails and teeth clean.

I sit, stand and walk straight.

I use my handkerchief and cover my mouth when I cough.

I think of things to do and make by myself.

Love the Boo-hoo!

Michael is the valedictorian of his class.

I keep time and do what the music tells me.

And last, but not least, the 3 academic standards…

I can make numbers to 10.

I can print my name.

I know colors.

If this was my kindergarten report card I think I would have a class full of valedictorians. All this report card needs is some Scrappin' Doodles or Ashley Hughes clipart

and KG Fonts and it would be perfect:)

friday freebie kids at work signs

Are you thinking about setting up your classroom for the new school year? If yes, you need my Kids at Work and Kindergarten Workshop Signs. Today's freebie is meant to be used with my Kindergarten Workshop Signs. I love to call each of our academic times workshops. I tell my students that it is their job to work hard during math, writing, reading and science workshop. You can grab the Kids as Work Signs for FREE and the Kindergarten Workshop Signs for $1.50 in my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.

Now if I could only convince my own children, especially my teenagers, to work hard at school life would be perfect. My two teenagers work hard at sleeping and hanging out with friends:)

workshop signs

While you are busy setting up your classroom, don't forget about keeping your students focused. Here is a simple way that I remind my students about what we are working on every day. I used my Silhouette Cameo to make this focus board on the end of my desk, but workshop signs are included in the packet. You can use them on a bulletin board, Smartboard or magnetic board. Make sure that all of your students know what you are working on daily in reading, writing, math, science and social studies.

Grab these workshop signs HERE.

wish for it wednesday

My most popular "wish list" item on TpT is going to be on sale for 20% off Wednesday, July 9th and Thursday, July 10th. So grab Kindergarten Reader's Theater for 20% by Thursday.