Using Notebooks in the Classroom

I am looking forward to welcoming my new Kindergarten Friends to school next week!!

I have been busy prepping in the classroom...

One thing that I am *really* excited about is our learning notebooks.

We use our learning notebooks to record our discoveries in reading, math, and science. 

The students take serious ownership of their learning... and it lends itself to natural differentiating! 

Check out my posts for our reading notebooks

HERE

or

HERE 

I love using simple labels to indicate what we are working on...

EASY prep and leaves room for the students' drawings and writing.

You can find those labels here:

Here are some ways we use our math and science notebooks:

I am excited to share these adorable notebook covers and basket signs. 

What's included?

notebook covers for:

math

reading

writing

science

social studies

poetry

all with coordinating notebook basket signs 

Grab them both now at my 

TpT Store... everything is on sale! :)

Word Families

We have been working hard to learn word families.

We are using our reading notebooks to record our word family patterns.

The students have loved acting our word families, just ask the 

op siblings. :)

Kindergarten Friends,

Keep practicing your word families here:

Authors, Illustrators, & Characters, oh my!

I love, love, love using notebooks with my Kindergarten students!

It is such a fun, flexible way to capture student learning. 

ALL of my students can be successful - 

and work at their own level. 

In Reader's Workshop we've been focusing on the parts of a book, authors, illustrators, and characters.

Here are some examples of the awesome learning that is going on in our room. 

parts of a book

An author writes the words.

An illustrator creates the pictures. 

Pout Pout fish inspired by Dan Hannah:

I can draw Pigeon like Mo Willems. 

Characters by Mo Willems:

I can draw David just like David Shannon. 

Click here to read other ways we use our reading notebooks.  

I have added several new prompts to my Reading Notebook labels on TpT. 
There are now 100 prompts that are all tied to the Kindergarten ELA CCS! 
Check it out:

Blogging Buddies - 
First person to leave their email will win a copy of my Reading Notebook labels. :):)