May in Kindergarten - FREEBIES
I can't even believe May is almost here…. time flies in the spring!
This might just be my favorite time of year to teach kindergarten.
In nine short months, my kinder cuties have gone from not being able to recognize the first letter in their name, to READING!
Not only that, but they
are little writers and authors
they can add and subtract
write their numbers to 20
…. plus so much more!
This never fails to amaze me, and I love being on this journey!
Their brains are little sponges, and I just love that they love to learn.
So what are we up to this month? Well, as you know, May is very busy!
I’ll email you my lesson plans, a Cinco De Mayo Freebie, free kindergarten diplomas and so much more!
2024 Updates:
My May No Prep Pack now comes with 120 pages of printable, standards-based activities to teach:
phonics
reading
math
writing
… and so much more!
“This was the perfect end of the year resource!”
Scroll through this post to see what we are up to this month and grab a few fun FREEBIES to try with your class!
MAY IN KINDERGARTEN - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
We are in full swing tackling the standards… mastering our sight words, solidifying CVC words, learning all about sequencing and practicing comprehension skills.
Students are becoming confident little writers, and it is so fun to watch them apply all of the skills we have learned this year.
Plus, we are now learning beginning blends, digraphs, and long vowels!
By now, my students have mastered rhyming and syllables, but I still include these practice pages in every one of my monthly no prep packs.
I also include a monthly writing prompt, “I see” monthly booklets (emergent readers), a goal setting sheet and labeling practice.
We do these mini readers every month (each monthly pack comes with one), and by now my students know the routine.
I have moved these to a literacy centers and my kiddos love completing their very own May book.
My students love the routine of these pages.
We set goals every month, and I keep them in a portfolio for parents at the end of the year.
It is an adorable, effective way to document their progress!
I do the same with their writing prompts.
My kiddos have been reading and writing CVC words all spring, and now we are tackling word families!
Students can color the umbrellas if they wish and then read each word. They cut and paste them under the correct umbrella.
I find this really helps with their automaticity and fluency.
These activities are great for fast finishers, literacy centers or even whole group.
Are your students using correct punctuation?
This is a fun and easy worksheet for students to practice placing the correct punctuation at the end of each sentence.
I then have students write the complete sentence underneath for additional practice.
Easy and fun practice and no prep for you!
These also make excellent literacy centers.
This pack also comes complete with color by sight words as well as color by word families.
We love these pages!
My kiddos love the mystery word sentences. I love that it incorporates so many skills with one single activity page.
They have to read the sentence, look at the picture and use the word bank clues to fill in the missing word.
I have them work with a partner on this.
This month we are working on long and short vowels, and adding SUPER -e!
To see my complete unit on SUPER E and grab a free crown and reading passage, please CLICK HERE
SIGHT WORD ACTIVITIES IN MAY
Using this same approach every month saves me so much time in explaining the expectations and directions for this activity.
I have them trained in exactly what is expected and they love the routine!
To help my students new master sight words each month, I use the same three tools for each word:
Color it, trace it, build it worksheet
Sentence building worksheet (I always love to throw in writing where I can!)
Fluency passage (helps them see the new word in context.)
All the work is done for you!
Do you work on sequencing and comprehension with your kinder students?
We start these pages in the fall, and they have come so far!
Quite a few don’t even need my help anymore!
They enjoy the routine of these worksheets each month (these activities are in all of my monthly no prep packs.)
For both of these activities, we start whole group. I read it aloud first, then we choral read the passages together and then they buddy read with the partner sitting next to them.
For the comprehension passage, I read the questions and we do think, pair, share:
think about the question and your answer
turn to their partner and then share their thoughts
For both of these activities, we start whole group.
I read it aloud first
Then, we choral read the passages together
Last, they buddy read with the partner sitting next to them
Finally, they can cut/glue/color the pictures to place the story in the correct order!
I then have my kiddos practice retelling the story to their table buddies (I love listening to them do this – it is so cute!)
If you have your kiddos make a Mother's Day Card, there is one included in this pack!
There is also a cute "All About My Mom" page that is so adorable to watch them fill out.
I love to see what they write about their moms, and it makes an adorable keepsake if you laminate them.
A peek at our May math activities:
Every month comes with worksheets addressing 2D and 3d shapes, numbers 1-10, ordering by size, etc.
In math this month, we are practicing ways to make ten and numbers 11-20… the tricky teen numbers!
We started teen numbers in January, and most of my students understand them now.
These worksheets are great practice using ten frames and number lines.
We always review counting by 5's, 10's, counting on and story problems.
We practice story problems, counting and ordering numbers 1-20, and sums of 5 this month.
We do these activities almost every month with different themes, so most of my kiddos have these skills mastered by May.
It is so fun to see!
Although some content included is new and challenging, other pages make for quick review, and also make sub prep a breeze!
Counting how many with teen numbers can be tricky. Students can forget which objects they have already counted and get confused. I try to have them start with TEN, and simply count up from there.
For example... 10, 11, 12, 13!
More than/Less than is always a tricky concept for kids. I always include number lines for references.
I teach my students to always find the numbers on the number line, and then they can answer the question.
Two activity pages are included:
1-10
11-20
TRY FREEBIES FROM THIS PACK!
Once I switched to no prep monthly centers, so much stress was off of my plate.
I can just print and teach, plus these activities can be used for sub tubs, fast finishers, small groups and so much more!
CLICK HERE TO PRINT THESE!
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