Back in November I had the pleasure of meeting with a first year kindergarten teacher, during one of my coaching sessions. Because I get so many questions regarding literacy, centers, writing…you name it, I felt it would be great to air this coaching session as an episode. 

I hope you find this conversation helpful with things you may struggle with in your classroom…especially if you are a first year teacher!

In this episode we cover:

• Ways in which to not reinvent the wheel each and every lesson
• How to keep students engaged during centers
• The battle of blurting out during read alouds 
• Tiny skills that can be the focus of a read aloud
• When to introduce trick words in kindergarten
• Should writing and reading be integrated? Advice on how to work smarter not harder
• Setting writing goals for students

Reading Resources Mentioned:

• Kindergarten Decodable Passages
• Kindergarten Decodable Readers BUNDLE!
• Reading Strategies PowerPoint BUNDLE!

Writing Resources Mentioned:

• Writing Warm Up Slides
• Teaching Writing in Small Groups Bundle

Phonics Resources Mentioned:

• Phonics PowerPoints Bundle!
• Sight Word Emergent Reader BUNDLE!!!

Connect with Zeba:

• Instagram - @kindergartencafe
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• Website - www.kindergartencafe.org
• Tik Tok - @kindergartencafe

Mentioned in this episode:

Caring Critters Books

Felipe the Feeling Frog: https://www.kindergartencafe.org/felipe/ Trixie the Thoughtful Turtle: https://www.kindergartencafe.org/trixie/