Tracy

Mom, Wife, Volunteer and lover of all things Early Learning and Literacy 🙂 Early Years Program Consultant with RDSB

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

Amazing resource for anyone teaching Kindergarten! Thanks for sharing, SCDSB Early Years team!

[SCDSB Early years @SCDSBey]

Welcome back everyone!
The SCDSB “First 20 Days of Kindergarten” resource has been released - take a moment to look at the front matter and weekly suggestions to help you prepare, collaborate and plan for students.

https://t.co/AlOPJy8wHS

[SCDSB Early years @SCDSBey]

Welcome back everyone!
The SCDSB “First 20 Days of Kindergarten” resource has been released - take a moment to look at the front matter and weekly suggestions to help you prepare, collaborate and plan for students.

https://t.co/AlOPJy8wHS

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

@SCDSBey You guys continue to amaze me! Well done!!

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

Children can represent their thinking in 100s of ways. Look at how this student used art to demonstrate her knowledge of decomposing the number 10!

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

"the water is dark and the trees are dark too because they were getting cut down and the water was going away. It's a sad story because people were cutting the trees down"

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

I invited kindergarten students to find a story with loose parts materials today. I was so impressed with how they represented their thinking. Here are some of their stories!

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

"Me and my mom went to the beach. The sky was dark because there was a storm. That (the dark stones in the top right) is smoke because there is a forest fire. The butterflies are staying in their houses to be away from the smoke"

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

@nobleknits2 @mrslyonslibrary @AngelaStockman @kindyfriends This one was a yard sale find. It was the third one I came across when I finally got the inspiration!

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

@kindyfriends Here are the current contents, but I am excited to play around with them. Today I learned the seashells might have been too prescriptive ... Lots of beach stories. Curious to see what happens if I swap them out. I will share some pics of the children's stories soon!

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

Excited to share my new travelling loose parts storytelling box with educators and students. What stories might you find inside?

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

@CommissoLisa @DECEMentorship @HCDSB_k @Antonie21622315 Hey! Can you tell me more about this program? I'm always looking for new ways of building capacity with our educators!

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

What a great idea for segmenting and blending. Thinking about new provocations for the light table!

[Melanie Brethour @melbrethour]

This is another tool I use often and recently I had a lot of success with a student who was struggling to blend and segment. You can also write on these tiles. I posted this and other activities & info on my IG account too. @SoRclassroom @UFLiteracy https://t.co/z8Vfjt9KK6

[Kate Winn @thismomloves]

GIVEAWAY!

I’m feeling the March Break spirit and giving away a copy of one of my favourite books about reading instruction.

Simply retweet to enter (1 entry per public Twitter account). Must be following this account to win. 🇨🇦 & 🇺🇸 only. Ends Wed Mar 15, 8pm EDT. Good luck!

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

Great advice! I know I've been guilty of this, and often have to remind myself that sometimes routine and predictability holds great power!

[Kate Winn @thismomloves]

As we are bombarded by literacy “activities” on social media (I should try that! And that!) this is a really important reminder from the front matter of Morphemes For Little Ones by Deb Glaser. Keep it simple.

Or in the words of Anita Archer: “Teach the stuff and cut the fluff.”

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

@CommissoLisa @DianeKashin1 @HCDSB_k This was a great session! And it was nice to make a new professional friend at my table as well😉

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

So much amazing learning today at #RFTLOI2023! Loving the focus on why play and inquiry belong in Kindergarten. My heart is feeling full and my brain is bursting with new ideas! @DianeKashin1 @H20sD #1aday4play

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

@thismomloves @UFLiteracy This is great! We are suggesting the same structure to our Kinder teams ... Glad to know we're on the right track!

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

Love this idea!

[Sharyn Kish @KinderKish]

I prepped these phoneme substitution cups for next week.I’ll be using them a few different ways with my little learners! @OHEducation
#phonicsactivities #kindergarten #kindergartenactivities @IMSEOG @HeggertyPA @BrunswickEdu @BCSDMemorial @DonnakaSpencer

[Tracy @MsTracyTeach]

Started a book study using this gem, with a group of NTIP teachers today! Loving the conversations sparked by the first two chapters!