Kentucky School Readiness Definition

https://4.files.edl.io/eb7e/08/07/20/184050-dfd40a3a-ba6e-421d-9dcb-9f600f47abab.pdf

Kentucky’s Transition to Kindergarten Plan 2020

https://kyecac.ky.gov/families/Documents/KY%20TTK%20Plan%20Final.pdf

July/August Newsletter see pages 45-60 for Early Childhood News from Floyd County
https://tinyurl.com/y3a62865

https://kyecac.ky.gov/families/Documents/KY%20TTK%20Plan%20Final.pdf

Meet new 20-21 EC team members, KY Coverings for Kids, Head Start family success story, pre-k Chromebooks, #MaskUp @SchoolsFloyd, Yellow Glasses Proj, Recognitions, K Transition, virtual learning kits distribution tinyurl.com/y3a62865

Check out Floyd County Community Early Childhood Council provides to families two Saturday’s a month for ages B-5! m.facebook.com/pg/fcceccky/vi… Thank you, Russ Barker, CEO at McDowell/ARH for sponsoring for our families! youtu.be/R5WE5MkEgtY

https://www.edutopia.org/article/developing-love-reading-students

https://www.edsurge.com/amp/news/2020-02-04-play-is-disappearing-from-kindergarten-it-s-hurting-kids?utm_campaign=site&utm_content=share-25&__twitter_impression=true

https://info.childcareaware.org/blog/how-storybook-reading-helps-children-cope-after-a-disaster?hs_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true

https://info.childcareaware.org/blog/research-round-up-screen-time?hs_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true

https://heckmanequation.org/resource/abc-care-elements-of-quality-early-childhood-programs-that-produce-quality-outcomes/

https://www.ffyf.org/what-do-we-really-mean-when-we-talk-about-brain-science-in-early-childhood-development/

https://www.edsurge.com/amp/news/2020-02-14-why-aren-t-we-paying-early-childhood-educators-what-they-re-worth?__twitter_impression=true

Our district is looking at other options for Assessment. We currently use Work Sampling for Progress Reporting. Can anyone tell me about Read/Write Gold, Core or Carolina Online? I have heard of some of these.

Floyd County Schools Connection: Early Childhood Program News: October 2018
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1e7-omLthNxS4mIvenwM-pI1uj2zxIqGgSA8yZ4KiNk0/mobilepresent?slide=id.g4212cf8796_5_0

FCS Connection: Early Childhood News
November 2018
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Sl5UnvF8Pkd77HFSSzaoWZH0HgQ9M7JAcODdslDycEY/mobilepresent?slide=id.g4212cf8796_5_0

Floyd County Early Childhood Newsletter slides Dec. 2018.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ol_8ULcGKZsZbJcNzhlGkm5bAJZ5e_HyD681DH6ZZ7A/mobilepresent?slide=id.g4a17010de4_0_110

That was my picture!!! Myself

We have received our ARI Grant materials! My students were so excited when they saw the Light Changing table and all of the manipulatives that came with it. I can’t wait to get started and watch them having fun playing while building those fine motor muscles at the same time!

https://www.theholler.org/122443-2/ Just in case you haven’t seen this.

Hey, KVEC Social Studies – check out our first mini-cast for our Holler!

https://youtu.be/gOESeRAFTm8

Lead Like a Pirate Presentation – Jay Billy

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1o4_MI124bMdyaB_JvdXQtFt-AcoEeZHkHqkkL0016yo/edit#slide=id.g347cd27296_1_48

Lead Like a Pirate/ Unleashing Social Media Resources

https://www.theholler.org/unleashing-social-media/

Tech Tuesdays are returning! Every Tuesday expect a new video showcasing the newest tech!
Want to know about something specific feel free to let us know. Comment below or just email me at adrian@theholler.org @professorparsons @alexsmith are you ready?!

Application is turned in. Now we wait 💕

https://www.twitch.tv/thehollergaming
Hey y’all, check out the Holler stream on Thursday and Friday afternoon! Go ahead and hit that heart button on the twitch page so you can be alerted when we go live.

Renaissance Academy #1 Afternoon Session: The Reading/Writing Connection: Grades 6-12 All resources are available below or in the Media section above.

Here’s how we celebrated Pi Day this year in 1st Grade. This was my first time celebrating this day, so I’m sure next year will be even better.

A lesson video I posted to teachertube on how we celebrated the 100th day of school this year! (a little late, but better late than never…)

The understanding of exponents can be a tricky concept to teach mainly because the amount of rules that go along with it. To make it easier and a bit more exciting for my students I gave them the option to do a parody song to get a better understanding of exponents. This assignment alone has been something that my Algebra 1 students bring up…Read More

As I reflect on this opportunity to share technology with my preschoolers, I am very thankful to have been included in this innovation grant. I enjoyed the Fire Summit and being with other teachers and seeing what they are doing in their own classrooms. It was a very inspiring experience. I have learned to be more intentional with technology with…Read More

We’re reviewing patterns and pattern types! My students love using manipulatives to show their understanding

My students are currently using ProdigyGame.com. Prodigy Game is an online gaming website for students K-8. This website is contains Math content that is aligned with the Common Core Curriculum for each state. Students are able to practice numerous state standards through game play. Teacher are able to assign standards and content that are taught…Read More

I use these assessments during each unit! There are multiple choice and free response questions available. Enjoy…oh, they are for 4th grade!!!!

The Empty Chair Project from Pikeville High School is very excited to share our plans, our successes and our accomplishments with you at the Fire Summit! We will be presenting around 9:45 in Ballroom C. See you there!

We have been on spring break this week and it has thrown us behind! Next week we will be doing basket weaving on Monday and History of our families on Wednesday then on Friday we will be doing our play!

We have been sending our PBS Tablets home with several students for the weekend. They have got to enjoy working on Science Applications with their parents at home. We introduced this to the parents During a Parent meeting and introduced the skills we were working on in Science. The parents and children both were so excited to get to take the…Read More

Last month in February, I had a parent meeting where I introduced the tablets, discussed coding, and stated that a tablet would be sent home with two children at a time so parents could gain an understanding of what coding was and the skills we were working on.

Last week a parent sent me the photo below along with a paragraph of an app the…Read More

Bringing toilet paper back to the classroom! My students are using toilet paper squares to model percents of a whole number. Each student is given 10 connected squares of toilet paper along with some counters used to model each whole number. Guided the students in a whole class setting, asking the right questions will lead them to each square…Read More

We have been slow to start with all the school closings for weather and sickness. We have started on our projects though. Miss Janice Mitchell a quilting lady from our community has came in and helped the children do a nine patch block for a paper quilt the children are doing. Here is a few pictures one of the children took with their new IPAD.

A great resource I have found to apply mathematical thinking is The Stock Market Game. http://www.stockmarketgame.org They have lessons to help you and your students understand stocks and all the math that goes along with it. They even break it down to grade levels 4-5, 6-8 and 9-12. If you are looking for an authentic way to analyze data or practice…Read More

what an amazing change in literacy practice. Using the coding for literacy tablets was an awesome and worth while investment. The children are engaged and learning has accelerated!!!!

Children have been using their new tablets to code and make stories on PBS scratch Jr. They have learned about plot,setting and characters. We are still looking for an awesome coding app that is age appropriate that focuses on letter identification and phonics.

Here’s a video of my first graders using Fact Families to learn about the commutative property of addition and subtraction.

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A video of my first graders discovering all the ways to make 10 using 2-sided counters.

Students worked with a partner and chose from three cookie recipes. They chose the cookie that wanted to make. They had directions to follow: go shopping for the ingredients, calculate the amount of each ingredient they would need, and how much they would cost to make. We plan a culminating event where students actually bring in their cookie,…Read More

One of the new additions to my room this year has been white boards around the walls!!! Talk about one excited math teacher!!! The past few weeks we have been using the boards during partner work and problem solving. They love working together and I can assess while they are working right in front of me! I love it!!!

A good review activity to get everyone back in the swing after a long break. Musical partners