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NONFICTION WRITING CELEBRATION

A nonfiction writing workshop celebration in Kindergarten. Lots of ideas on how to celebrate the end of your nonfiction writing unit with your Kindergarten students.

3 simple Fairy Tale crafts that you can do tomorrow. Add these fairy tale activities to your fairy tale unit. Your students will love creating these fairy tale crafts.

Comparing fiction and nonfiction at the Kindergarten level. This fiction and nonfiction activitity includes an anchor chart and a FREEBIE. Check out this blog post for a fiction/ nonfiction Bear Snores On freebie and lots of other mentor texts freebies.

Reader’s theater scripts perfect for supporting Kindergarten learners. These reader’s theaters help Kindergarten students retell their favorite stories. Check out a couple of videos of these reader’s theater being performed.

This and other Chicka activities are the reason that the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom song from the video is stuck in my head. Love hearing my readers read

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and other books they know by heart.

Teachers, these Chicka trees were inspired by students at South Daytona Elementary. Check out my Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Pinterest Board for other Chicka ideas.

new book bin labels

One of my summer organizing projects was updating my book corner. I found the perfect book bins at Steps to Literacy. They are long enough for picture books, but skinny enough that the books don't fall over. This week's Friday Freebie is a

Facebook Fan Download of my labels for my book bins.

GO AWAY Big Green Monster Reader's Theater

I'm With Otis!

Each year, millions of adults and children around the world gather on a single day to set a new reading record and to show their support for early literacy by joining Jumpstart's Read For the Record. This year, author Loren Long will read Otis on Read for the Record Day. Long will read to set a world record for the largest shared reading experience in a live video chat. We are sooooo lucky that Loren Long lives in our community. His sons play soccer with my son and he loves to visit our school. We are also sooooo lucky to be the recipients of our own copy of Otis to read today and share with our families. So, grab a book and "Read for the Record" today!