Drink the Coffee. Teach the Things.

Hola! Welcome back to Drink the Coffee. Teach the Things!  I am currently writing this while sitting in my sunny backyard, under a blanket, with a cup of coffee by my side. A lot of change and uncertainty has been coursing through life as of late, but writing this post has given me a little bit of grounded-ness and normalcy today, so I am grateful to be writing it! So grab your coffee and enjoy! First Sip Story: Last week was Dr. Seuss's Birthday, and my class tried green eggs and ham to celebrate! As they were eating, one student began reciting Green Eggs and Ham, which is very impressive. It was not long after that that the entire class was reciting the book together! "Not on a train. Not on a plane. Not in a box. Not with a fox." Not only was it adorable, but also so amazing that they memorized the words!  Removing Assessment Barriers.  This past week I taught a 5 day learning segment to my sweet kindergartners, working on RL.K.1: With prompting and

Welcome back to another blog post on Drink the Coffee. Teach the Things!  Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy!  First Sip Story : I am helping my CT acclimate the students to using Seesaw as a literacy center choice during guided reading time. There is one available activity where the student focuses on one sight word and does various activities with that word like, tracing it, typing it, circling the word, etc. The last step in the activity is to record themself saying the word. So, one day I was going through the submitted Seesaw activities and every student just said the word into the microphone, except for one student who sang the word to the tune of Happy Birthday!! I loved his song so much that during circle time, I asked him to share his "him" song with the class, and not before long the whole class was singing the word him. Kindergarteners are the best!!  Advocacy.  This is a word that I have been thinking a lot about since our Thursday discussion ab