Singing and Dancing and Learning with The Cool Cat

What is better than 
Singing 
and Dancing 
and Learning?

The Cool Cat had lots of ideas to make the 

start of school year fun!

 This unit includes:
A Close on the Cool Cat
Retelling Wheels
Cut up Sentences
Writing Frames

Five Shared Books--
I like My Shoes
OOPS!
 School Shoes
Where is Cool Cat?
My Shoes

 

Five Graphs

Five Songs 

Five Crafts

SACC--

Science experiment--Wash Out the Stain

Art activities--5 Cool Cat Crafts

Cooking recipes--2 recipes

Culminating activities--Scavenger Hunt, 
Real Shoe graph and Meet and Greet with CC

This unit is complete and comprehensive

 and 

It is All Good!

Goodness Gracious

Yes !

  

Enjoy!

Janice and Ann

PS  I love to sing and dance and laugh with

kinder kiddos.

Kinders love rocking and rolling
in their  school shoes!
(I will party with them any day!)

A Great Quote Given to Me by a Principal!

This quote hung on my refrigerator 

for many years.

I looked at it 

almost everyday of 

my teaching career

to remind me 

 what I needed  to do 

to be worthy to teach kiddos!

Enjoy!

Janice and Ann

PS I was often humbled by the power I had with kiddos-

how they tried to look like me with a pencil in their hair, 

how they used some of the teacher phrases I used,

how they shared their lives and smiles with me.

I just hope I did right by all them ,

because they made my days so sunny !

Good Teachers Are Made By The Teacher Next Door!

Enjoy!

Janice and Ann

PS This is so important !

 

A Class Worthy of Kinder Kiddos!

 Enjoy!

Janice and Ann

A Baker's Dozen of Teacher Promises!

 Enjoy!

Janice and Ann

Graphing is Great Way to Build Community!

Graphing 

is a

Great Way to Build 

Community!

 

Class Graphs

are great for 
Kiddos

1. to practice writing names for an authentic purpose
2. to have a voice and give an opinion on a topic
3.  to work with number comparisons of more and less, greater than/less than, quantities 

We did some form of graphing everyday--

a sign in

a survey
a question of the day
a thematic unit graph
The kiddos loved participating in the graphing experience

Kiddos Connect 
has a great graphing product.

  https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Graphs-Kiddos-Connect-ALL-YEAR-with-Great-Graphs-1253435

The Great Graphs includes
Create-a-graph-- math center activities
Food Graphs--party and special day ideas
Individual Surveys--speaking /listening 
Class Graphs -community building

Enjoy!
Janice and Ann

PS So how did we address the competition issue?
We talked about it and modeled the procedure, constantly.
We were active participants--part of the experience.

The more graphing experiences the class does,

the more community you will have with the kiddos.

The more community you have with the kiddos,

the more voices you will hear!
PSS It is an Election Year--do not forget your voice!