Alison Meeks

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will use this game during whole group math instruction and during small independent math stations. Students will have the opportunity to identify numerals, count sets using tens frames, match sets to numerals, read number words, and identify simple addition sentences. Students will decorate Christmas Trees by matching different ways that numbers can be represented. Number sense is a major part of the Common C

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will use this game during whole group math instruction and during small independent math stations. Students will have the opportunity to sort pumpkins by size (small, medium, and large), and they will be able to order these pumpkins by size. They could order the pumpkins from smallest to largest, or from largest to smallest. This game will give students a fun way to practice sorting, using something they are

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will use this game during whole group math instruction, small group guided math instruction, and during small independent math stations. Students will have the opportunity to identify numerals, order numerals, count sets of objects in different configurations, and match numerals to sets. Students will match apple pieces together (one red, one green, and one yellow) to show 3 ways to represent the same number

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will use this game during whole group math instruction and during small independent math stations. Students will have the opportunity to identify numerals belonging to the teen family, count sets using tens frames, match sets to numerals, read number words, match sets or numerals to number words, etc. Number sense is a major part of the Common Core State Standards for math, and this game will give students a

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will use this game during whole group math instruction and during small independent math stations. Students will have the opportunity to identify numerals, count sets using tens frames, match sets to numerals, read number words, match sets or numerals to number words, etc. Number sense is a major part of the Common Core State Standards for math, and this game will give students a lot of practice in that ar

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. The teacher will use these lesson plans as she instructs her students on their instructional reading level in a small group setting (Guided Reading). The template for these plans has been included as a Word document so that the plans can easily be changed as needed to meet the needs of all students. There are 10 components included in these plans or in the lesson plan template. This enables teachers to meet the nee

This product was created by Alison Meeks for use in her kindergarten class. This is a set of ten math journal prompts to use during the months of February and March. These journal prompts have been connected to popular science and social studies themes that are studied in February and March.These new journal prompts will help my students develop critical thinking skills as they work to solve addition, subtraction, and repeated addition (multiplication) problems. These prompts are aligned to th

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will use this game during whole group math instruction and during small independent math stations. Students will have the opportunity to identify numerals, count sets using tens frames, match sets to numerals, read number words, count tally marks, and identify simple addition sentences. Students will match turkey feathers to the turkey bodies to show different ways that numbers can be represented. Number sens

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will use this game during whole group math instruction, during small group guided math lessons, and during small group independent math stations. Students will have the opportunity to identify numerals to 10, count sets using tens frames, identify addition sentences with sums to 10, identify the sum using tens frames, match the sums to the addition sentences, etc. Number sense is a major part of the Common Co

This product was created by Alison Meeks for use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will work in math stations or with a partner to order numbers 0 - 10 and match sets to these numbers. There is also an opportunity for students to match number words to sets for differentiation.

This product was created by Alison Meeks for use in her kindergarten classroom. After searching for a new word wall set with chevron at local teacher supply stores, and having no luck finding any, I decided to create my own! This set incorporates blue, green, purple, and pink in a chevron pattern with a Palmetto Tree.to match our school-wide theme for this year: "Nothing Could Be Finer". I will print, cut, and laminate these and attach them to my wall as the top of our "word wall". As new si

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. The teacher will use these lesson plans as she instructs her students on their instructional reading level in a small group setting (Guided Reading). The template for these plans has been included as a Word document so that the plans can easily be changed as needed to meet the needs of all students. There are 10 components included in these plans or in the lesson plan template, and the components can be matched to nee

This literacy center/station activity was created by Alison Meeks for use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will have the opportunity to name the letters of the alphabet and the sound(s) associated with each, put these letters in the correct order, and match the uppercase letter with the lowercase letter. Teachers could also use this resource, if desired, as a header for a word wall.

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will use this game during whole group phonics instruction and during small independent literacy stations. Students will have the opportunity to make words that belong to the _an word family. Students can also practice reading these words, and they can practice writing these words on the recording sheet that is provided or in their journals. This activity can easily be differentiated to meet the needs of all l

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will use this game during small group Guided Reading instruction and during independent literacy stations. Students will have the opportunity to play a Christmas version of Memory, as they match sight words to "decorate their tree". Students will also practice reading these words, and they can practice writing these words in their journals. This activity can easily be differentiated to meet the needs of all l

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will use this game during whole group math instruction and during small independent math stations. Students will have the opportunity to identify numerals, count sets, match sets to numerals, read number words, count tally marks, and identify simple addition sentences. Students will "build" 10 snowmen to show different ways that numbers can be represented. Number sense is a major part of the Common Core State

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will use this game during whole group math instruction, small group guided math instruction, and during small independent math stations. Students will have the opportunity to identify numerals, order numerals, and work addition problems to identify sums and notice that different facts can have the same sums. Students will match flower petals to build or "grow" a flower as they show different ways that sums ca

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will use this game during whole group phonics instruction and during small independent literacy stations. Students will have the opportunity to identify the letters of the alphabet, put letters of the alphabet in order, identify beginning and ending sounds, match letters to beginning or ending sounds, etc. This activity will give students a lot of practice in the areas of phonics and phonemic awareness, which

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will use this game during whole group math instruction and during small independent math stations. Students will have the opportunity to identify numerals, count sets using tens frames, match sets to numerals, and read number words. Students will build jack-o-lanterns by matching different ways that numbers can be represented. Number sense is a major part of the Common Core State Standards for math, and this

This product was created by Alison Meeks to use in her kindergarten classroom. Students will use this game during whole group math instruction and during small independent math stations. Students will have the opportunity to identify numerals, count sets using tens frames, match sets to numerals, read number words, match sets or numerals to number words, begin working with joining sets or addition, etc. Number sense is a major part of the Common Core State Standards for math, and this game will