Kindergarten teachers are the ultimate optimists - they have to be! But just when it seems it'll never come, it just is!!
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 7:55 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Kelly...I moved to kindergarten last year after teaching first grade for > many years. Don't make the mistake that I did and assume that kinders are > just smaller first graders! Take the first couple of months to teach > routines! I linked every transition to a song. I also burned a CD with the > songs that I used in the order that I used them so that I could just hit > play and pause. This worked like a charm. If you are consistent and really > teach those transitions well you will have a great year. I remember that it > took quite a while and I could not take it one more day and then....by some > kind of miracle....they just did it on their own! :) > > Good luck...I am doing my second year in K this year so if you need > beginner's support, email me! > > Lori Faas > Rochester NY > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kelly Doyle" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 6:41:41 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [MOSAIC] First Time in Kindergarten > > > Hello, I have been teaching first grade for the past 3 years. This year I > will be teaching kindergarten for the first time. I was wondering if anyone > had any advice or suggestions for me to help next year be a successful year. > > Thanks, > > Kelly > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
