Mrs. G's Kinder Kreations

                                        1. What are some ways for experimenting with words for learning and practicing a spelling pattern? Last  year I had my kiddos use different manipulatives to work on words and their spelling pattern; like a big oil drip pan to use for magnetic letters, whiteboards, letter stamping...the kiddos really liked that one:) Also I bought these boards at Walmart that helped the kiddos with there letters, they used those as well:) Nursery Rhyme Poems...they had to find the letter we were working on that week...The kiddos also loved the computer games too... If you know of any more good ones...comment please:)   2. How often do you introduce new words? Do your students have their own lists of words that they can work on? How will you keep track of words...

                                                                            1. How will you instill the importance (or urgency) of 'listening to reading' in your students and especially those students who have had little 'lap time' or reading done for them in their own homes? I really did not push listening to reading last year like I should have, but I am a beginning teaching, so I learn from my mistakes:) I am going to use the daily 5 in my classroom this year, so I am going to incorporate the listen to read section and hope it works out. I know as I have been reading that modeling is so important and I have learn...