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I Can Read! An Environmental Print Book

By Herding Kats in Kindergarten

Here's a book of environmental print pictures - including familiar stores, characters, movie logos, toys and restaurants! Use this to give your pre-readers success and confidence. It will also help them make the connection between speech and print.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten

Types:

Flash Cards, Printables

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Back To School Raccoon Rhyming Game

By Herding Kats in Kindergarten

Back To School Raccoon Rhymes: a fun matching activity for phonological awareness! Students match the rhyming pictures and then complete a cut & paste worksheet! These cards can be used in small group or as an independent center. These cards are

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RF.K.2, RF.K.2a

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Little Miss Muffet Emergent Reader Nursery Rhyme

By Herding Kats in Kindergarten

This sample is from my Nursery Rhyme Literacy Pack. It includes all of the activities for the Little Miss Muffet nursery rhyme! Learning nursery rhymes is easy and engaging with these activities - great for shared reading, or a poetry unit too!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Poetry

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles, Centers

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Fun Farewells - Creative Ways to Say Good-bye

By Herding Kats in Kindergarten

Jazz up your end of day routine with these fun farewell rituals! I use these with my own students, to add a rhyming good-bye to the end of the day. I have them posted by my back door and as each child leaves he/she chooses a farewell for me to say

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Classroom Management, Oral Communication

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten

Types:

Activities, Printables, Posters

CCSS:

RF.K.2a

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Digital Download PDF (1.95 MB)

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Free End of Year Award Certificates with Monkeys

By Herding Kats in Kindergarten

This is a set of fun award certificates you can give your students at the end of the year! I hope you enjoy them!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Science

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (1.23 MB)

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Rhyming Morning Greetings

By Herding Kats in Kindergarten

Rhyming Greetings for the classroom! Here are 10 fun rhyming ways to say good morning to your students! Each has a picture cue so students can indicate which one they want you to use as your greet them each morning! This is great for exposing your

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables, Posters

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.25 MB)

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Rhyming Chants and Fingerplays

By Herding Kats in Kindergarten

Rhyming Songs and Chants for Phonological Awareness: 18 brightly colored rhyming fingerplays. I've compiled these rhymes to use during transitions, or an introduction to lessons on rhyming! Rhyming is an essential skill, and can takes lots of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten

Types:

Printables, Classroom Forms, Posters

CCSS:

RF.K.2, RF.K.2a

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Digital Download PDF (4.60 MB)

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Free Dinosaur Themed Writing Paper

By Herding Kats in Kindergarten

Here's a fun dinosaur themed writing paper that I used during my Dinosaur Unit! My kiddos enjoyed picking their favorite one and writing dinosaur facts! If you enjoy this freebie, please consider following my blog, Herding Kats In Kindergarten @

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.42 MB)

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First Day of School Editable Handprint Poem Craft

By Herding Kats in Kindergarten

This editable file is for a First Day of School poem that you can personalize with your students' names, the school name, location and year, as well as grade level. Once you print the personalized pages out, students add their handprints to create a

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Back to School, Poetry

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten

Types:

Activities, Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (6.70 MB)

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Veterans Day Songs & Reader

By Herding Kats in Kindergarten

This free Veterans Day pack is a fun way to incorporate reading into your observance of Veterans Day! It includes 3 fun piggy back songs, an emergent reader and a thank you card for students to color and give to a veteran.Check out these related

Subjects:

Reading, U.S. History, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

Kindergarten

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

FREE

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Free Block Center Fill In the Blank book

By Herding Kats in Kindergarten

Here's a short fill-in-the-blank book for you to have set out in your Block Center. Students can then make their own mini book using words and pictures to illustrate what they did at that center! The books are printed in black and white on half

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables

FREE

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FREE Book Dividers

By Herding Kats in Kindergarten

This is a very simple book organization system that I shared on my blog (http://herdingkats.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-in-review-plus-addition-freebie.html). It's been getting a lot of Pinterest love lately, and someone wondered whether I would share

Subjects:

Reading, Literature

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.20 MB)

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FREE Valentine's Day Pencil Flags

By Herding Kats in Kindergarten

Want festive pencils but don't feel like ruining your pencil sharpener with those plastic wrapped pencils? Just add these fun flags to regular pencils for a fun way to motivate your reluctant writers! Each flag has a fun saying and cute Valentine's

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Winter

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (2.09 MB)

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FREE Winter Pencil Flags

By Herding Kats in Kindergarten

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Winter

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (2.24 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I've taught Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st grade in a Title I school for several years. I create my materials to suit the needs of my students - to challenge my high achievers and support those that need more practice in a skill. I also create for my early childhood colleagues - to fill needs in their classrooms!

MY TEACHING STYLE

Hands on learning and exploration through play!

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won 1st place in the Playmobil Teachers Grant Program for 2011. (go to this site to see my winning lesson: http://store.playmobilusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-US-Site/en_US/Link-Page?cid=GEWINNER_TEACHERS_GRANT_2011)

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Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education Master's in Literacy

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Check out my blog at http://herdingkats.blogspot.com

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Science, Biology, Social Studies, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Other (Art), Music, Vocal Music, Health, Other (Specialty), For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, School Counseling, Character Education, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Summer, End of Year, Engineering, Phonics, Classroom Community