Morning Work for Kindergarten Common Core
Today we're going to take a peek at the Common Curriculum Everyday set I like to use with Kinders. I'll show you how it's designed and what concepts it covers. Plus, I'm going to set you up with FOUR FREE DOWNLOADS that you'll love!

I first created Common Curriculum Everyday shortly after the Common Core standards came out. I needed something to use with my Kinders that included short little snippets of independent daily review that were designed around mastering the new-at-the-time LA & Math Common Core standards. I didn't want to have to dig around searching for and compiling random resources to use as review. Nor did I want to keep track of so many different resources. 
FREE SAMPLE DOWNLOADS! These daily math, literacy, and writing activity worksheets were made, with the Common Core standards in mind, to be independent practice review for Kindergarten students to do as morning work, homework, at a center, or however you would so choose. The repeat exposure to the standards allow students to master skills quickly. A perfect Back to School resource! #freeprintable #kindergarten #backtoschool #commoncore #math #morningwork
So I laid all the Common Core LA & Math standards out and made a plan, making sure to incorporate as many of the standards as I could (plus a few extra concepts as well). I spread it out over the span of 10 months, combining a few August weeks into the September pack since school around here usually begins the middle of August. 
The activity sheets that come in each months pack involve math, literacy, and handwriting skills. They were made (with the Common Core standards in mind) to be used as independent practice sheets for students to do as morning work, homework, at a center, or for use in any other way you might see fit. 

Common Curriculum Everyday provides repeat exposure to the Kindergarten LA & Math standards, allowing students to successfully master the standards. The skills and Common Core standards that are covered in each month are written out in each pack so that you can look over each month ahead of time. The handwriting skills grow with students, starting off with basic letter tracing, moving to writing words, and then moving again to writing sentences later on in the year. 

Each month includes 25 pages to print. The September pack includes an additional 10 pages to use for end of August. The entire 10-month set includes 260 pages to print.

The pages of every pack are set up in 5 different layouts (one for each week of the month) so that students can be guided by you on what to do the first day of each week and then be able to continue on their own for the remaining days. The layouts are similar, so many students will pick up on what to do after awhile without any guidance at all.

This next example pictures has a mistake...did you notice what she did wrong? These daily pages are a great way to do informal assessments as you're walking around the room! 
 

Here are FOUR FREE DOWNLOADS that will give you an opportunity to try these for yourself!

The first one comes from the September pack:
FREE SAMPLE DOWNLOADS! These daily math, literacy, and writing activity worksheets were made, with the Common Core standards in mind, to be independent practice review for Kindergarten students to do as morning work, homework, at a center, or however you would so choose. The repeat exposure to the standards allow students to master skills quickly. A perfect Back to School resource! #freeprintable #kindergarten #backtoschool #commoncore #math #morningwork
September FREE DOWNLOAD

The next one comes from the October pack:
FREE SAMPLE DOWNLOADS! These daily math, literacy, and writing activity worksheets were made, with the Common Core standards in mind, to be independent practice review for Kindergarten students to do as morning work, homework, at a center, or however you would so choose. The repeat exposure to the standards allow students to master skills quickly. A perfect Back to School resource! #freeprintable #kindergarten #backtoschool #commoncore #math #morningwork
I especially love this pack because students have to search for the spider each day on the page. You can have them circle it when they find it! Did you find it?

October FREE DOWNLOAD

This one is from the January pack. Just like October, this one also has a snowflake that students have to search for each day on every page:
FREE SAMPLE DOWNLOADS! These daily math, literacy, and writing activity worksheets were made, with the Common Core standards in mind, to be independent practice review for Kindergarten students to do as morning work, homework, at a center, or however you would so choose. The repeat exposure to the standards allow students to master skills quickly. A perfect Back to School resource! #freeprintable #kindergarten #backtoschool #commoncore #math #morningwork
January FREE DOWNLOAD

And the last one comes from the February pack:
FREE SAMPLE DOWNLOADS! These daily math, literacy, and writing activity worksheets were made, with the Common Core standards in mind, to be independent practice review for Kindergarten students to do as morning work, homework, at a center, or however you would so choose. The repeat exposure to the standards allow students to master skills quickly. A perfect Back to School resource! #freeprintable #kindergarten #backtoschool #commoncore #math #morningwork
February FREE DOWNLOAD

Monthly packs can be found at The Barefoot Teacher shop individually or...
April Daily Work
June Daily Work

...bundled together, which saves you a lot of $$$. 
Common Curriculum Everyday BUNDLE of 10 Packs

I know you'll love these! 
Try the free samples out and see how quickly your students catch on!
FREE SAMPLE DOWNLOADS! These daily math, literacy, and writing activity worksheets were made, with the Common Core standards in mind, to be independent practice review for Kindergarten students to do as morning work, homework, at a center, or however you would so choose. The repeat exposure to the standards allow students to master skills quickly. A perfect Back to School resource! #freeprintable #kindergarten #backtoschool #commoncore #math #morningwork

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This Father's Day Flip Book activity is fun, easy, and will go along with the other cards, gifts ideas, and crafts you have planned for your kids to do for their dads, uncles, or grandfathers. 6 tabs provide info that shows how much your PreK or Kindergarten littles love their special someone while incorporating writing practice at the same time. Simple cutting and easy assembly allows all students to happily succeed! #fathersday #fathersdaycrafts #endoftheyear #endoftheyearactivities #flipbook
Father's Day is a little over a month away so I wanted to give you a few ideas (including some FREE ones) that you can Pin to save for later so that your not searching at the last minute to look for something new! 

This Father's Day Flip Book Craftivity is fun, easy, and will go right along with the other cards, gift ideas, and crafts that you have planned for your kids to do for their dads, uncles, and grandfathers this Father's Day. 
This Father's Day Flip Book Craftivity is fun, easy, and will go right along with the other cards, gifts ideas, and crafts that you have planned for your kids to do for their dads, uncles, or grandfathers. Six tabs provide information that shows just how much your Preschool or Kindergarten littles know about and love their special someone while incorporating beginning writing practice at the same time. Simple cutting and easy assembly allows for all students to happily succeed!
Six tabs provide information that show just how much your Preschool or Kindergarten littles know about and love their special someone while incorporating beginning writing practice at the same time. 
This Father's Day Flip Book activity is fun, easy, and will go along with the other cards, gifts ideas, and crafts you have planned for your kids to do for their dads, uncles, or grandfathers. 6 tabs provide info that shows how much your PreK or Kindergarten littles love their special someone while incorporating writing practice at the same time. Simple cutting and easy assembly allows all students to happily succeed! #fathersday #fathersdaycrafts #endoftheyear #endoftheyearactivities #flipbook
Let me show you  a closer look!
There are actually six different covers that you can choose from for this activity. Both male and female students can choose to make one for their mom, aunt, or grandma. Your fast finishers can make multiple ones! 
I had my five year old (who's not yet in Kindergarten) make a sample so that you can see the steps students need to take to complete this project. 
Start by having them pick a cover and color it. 
Then they can grab a pencil and fill out the beginner writing portions of all the pages included. The first page has the "All About" and "Favorites" tabs. I know you can't see it in this picture, but she thinks her dad loves to do dishes! Woo-hoo, lol!

The next page encourages students to write about something their dad, uncle, or grandfather dislikes. My daughter knows my husband well...she wrote that he dislikes fits! Then she drew a picture of her brother and sister throwing fits - ha!

Next, students will draw a portrait of their special person. For the record, he doesn't own a pair of yellow pants, but maybe she wishes he did?!

Then they will write out what dreams their special person has. I like this Big Dream!

Finally, they write 5 reasons why they love their father, uncle, or grandpa.
Time to cut it all out! Simple cutting and easy assembly allows for all students to happily succeed.
Throw some math in there, and have your students practice measuring by laying out the tabs from shortest to tallest!
Glue the tabs together to make a flip book!
Now your students can take turns reading their flip books to their peers before taking them home to make their special someone feel extra loved!
You can get this activity here: Father's Day Flip Book

Before I give you a FREE DOWNLOAD, let me show you some Father's Day ideas I found on Pinterest that I loved:

With the end of the school year quickly approaching, I know that many teachers are already starting to get things organized and ready for this Back to School this fall.
Here's a FREE DOWNLOAD for you to print out now that will be a perfect addition to your Back to School plans.
FREE BACK TO SCHOOL DOWNLOAD

-Til next time
     
This Father's Day Flip Book activity is fun, easy, and will go along with the other cards, gifts ideas, and crafts you have planned for your kids to do for their dads, uncles, or grandfathers. 6 tabs provide info that shows how much your PreK or Kindergarten littles love their special someone while incorporating writing practice at the same time. Simple cutting and easy assembly allows all students to happily succeed! #fathersday #fathersdaycrafts #endoftheyear #endoftheyearactivities #flipbook

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These non-fiction, differentiated readers will go along with the other activities, crafts, and ideas you have planned for your kids this spring. They're perfect for Easter too! Help your Kindergarten or First Grade students develop their reading abilities while learning about rabbits. The last page incorporates writing as students recall facts they learned. Try one out for FREE! #easter #easteractivities #nocturnalanimals #freedownload #kindergarten #firstgrade #writing #emergentreaders
With Easter around the corner, I'd like to show you some 'I Am a Rabbit' differentiated emergent readers. And then I'm going to give you a FREE DOWNLOAD to try out! 

While you really can use these readers at any time of year, I tend to do them around our Easter and spring units. I have many animal readers in this series, but I'm only going to highlight two of them today! 
These non-fiction, differentiated readers will go right along with the other activities, crafts, and ideas you have planned for your class this spring. They are perfect for Easter too! Help your Kindergarten or First Grade students develop confidence in their reading abilities while learning about rabbits at the same time. In addition, the last page of each reader incorporates writing practice as students recall facts that they learned in the reader. Try one out for FREE!
So this is what the cover looks like. It's the same for all three levels of the reader. 
Here's what it looks like full size. My daughter turned the title into a cloud in the sky. Each page of the book comes two-to-a-page so that you can easily print the books using the collate and staple options on your copy machine. Then use a paper cutter to quickly slice between the books and voila, they're already assembled for you!  
Three different levels allow you to better meet the needs of your students. I'll show you a picture of each of the pages included in this rabbit reader. Your students can highlight any sight words, chunks, or blends that you are currently working on. 

Learn about rabbit ears...
The next page has the same text for both the middle and harder leveled pages. Students draw in the rabbit's whiskers on the coloring portion of the page!
Learn what rabbits like to eat...
This page also has the same text for the middle and harder leveled pages.
Did you know a rabbit could be a pet?
The last page is one of my favorites. It's included in all of the readers of this series. Students write down a list of the favorite things they learned while reading the book! It's a great way to incorporate writing practice! 
Let me show you two ways you can get this rabbit reader set, and then I'll give you a FREE DOWNLOAD!

You can get this differentiated reader by itself here:
I Am a Rabbit Emergent Readers
These non-fiction, differentiated readers will go right along with the other activities, crafts, and ideas you have planned for your class this spring. They are perfect for Easter too! Help your Kindergarten or First Grade students develop confidence in their reading abilities while learning about rabbits at the same time. In addition, the last page of each reader incorporates writing practice as students recall facts that they learned in the reader. Try one out for FREE!
 Or you can get it in a bundle with other readers:
Nocturnal Animals Emergent Readers
These non-fiction, differentiated readers will go along with the other activities, crafts, and ideas you have planned for your kids this spring. They're perfect for Easter too! Help your Kindergarten or First Grade students develop their reading abilities while learning about rabbits. The last page incorporates writing as students recall facts they learned. Try one out for FREE! #easter #easteractivities #nocturnalanimals #freedownload #kindergarten #firstgrade #writing #emergentreaders
 Six readers, all about nocturnal animals, are included in this bundle.

Now, let me show you a FREE DOWNLOAD you can get today that will give you an opportunity to try these readers out!
This is the I Am an Alligator set. 
These non-fiction, differentiated readers will go along with the other activities, crafts, and ideas you have planned for your kids this spring. They're perfect for Easter too! Help your Kindergarten or First Grade students develop their reading abilities while learning about rabbits. The last page incorporates writing as students recall facts they learned. Try one out for FREE! #easter #easteractivities #nocturnalanimals #freedownload #kindergarten #firstgrade #writing #emergentreaders
It's set up exactly like the rabbit reader, only your students will be learning about alligators instead! Oh my! 
Get it FREE to try this series here:
I Am an Alligator Differentiated Readers

Don't forget to leave a rating. I enjoy reading your feedback and hearing what you think!

-Til next time
       
These non-fiction, differentiated readers will go along with the other activities, crafts, and ideas you have planned for your kids this spring. They're perfect for Easter too! Help your Kindergarten or First Grade students develop their reading abilities while learning about rabbits. The last page incorporates writing as students recall facts they learned. Try one out for FREE! #easter #easteractivities #nocturnalanimals #freedownload #kindergarten #firstgrade #writing #emergentreaders

This FREE non-fiction, differentiated readers download will go along with the other activities, crafts, and ideas you have planned for your kids this season. Help your Kindergarten or First Grade students develop their reading abilities while learning about aliigators. The last page incorporates writing as students recall facts they learned. Try one out for FREE! #alligator #emergentreaders #freedownload #kindergarten #firstgrade #writing #emergentreaders

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Mother's Day is a little over a month away, so I wanted to give you a couple of resources (including a FREE one!) that you can Pin to save for later so that you're not scrounging at the last minute looking for something new!

This Mother's Day Flip Book Craftivity is fun, easy, and will go right along with the other cards, gifts ideas, and crafts that you usually have planned for your kids to do for their mothers, aunts, or grandmas.
This Mother's Day Flip Book is fun, easy, and will go along with the other gift ideas and crafts you have planned for your kids to do for their moms, aunts, or grandmas. 6 tabs provide info that shows how much your Preschool or Kindergarten littles know about their special someone while incorporating writing practice at the same time. Simple cutting and easy assembly allows for all students to happily succeed! #mothersday #mothersdaygift #mom #activitiesforkids #mothersdayforkids #kindergarten
Six tabs provide information that show just how much your Preschool or Kindergarten littles know about and love their special someone while incorporating beginning writing practice at the same time. 
This Mother's Day Flip Book is fun, easy, and will go along with the other gift ideas and crafts you have planned for your kids to do for their moms, aunts, or grandmas. 6 tabs provide info that shows how much your Preschool or Kindergarten littles know about their special someone while incorporating writing practice at the same time. Simple cutting and easy assembly allows for all students to happily succeed! #mothersday #mothersdaygift #mom #activitiesforkids #mothersdayforkids #kindergarten
Let me show you  a closer look!

There are actually six different covers that you can choose from for this activity. Both male and female students can choose to make one for their mom, aunt, or grandma. Your fast finishers can make multiple ones! 
I had my five year old (who's not yet in Kindergarten) make a sample so that you can see the steps students need to take to complete this project. 
Start by having them pick a cover and color it. 
Then they can grab a pencil and fill out the beginner writing portions of all the pages included. The first page has the "All About" and "Favorites" tabs. I know you can't see it in this picture, but she thinks that I only weigh 30lbs! Woo-hoo, lol! 
The next page encourages students to write about something their mother, aunt, or grandma dislikes. My daughter knows me well...she wrote that I dislike fits! Then she drew a picture of her brother and sister throwing fits - ha! 
Next, students will draw a portrait of their special person. For the record, I don't own a pair of yellow pants...but maybe she wishes I did?
Then they will write out what dreams their special person has. My big dreams for life are apparently to get out of the house for a change!
Finally, they write 5 reasons why they love their mom, aunt, or grandma.
Time to cut it all out! Simple cutting and easy assembly allows for all students to happily succeed.
Now throw some math in there, and have your students practice measuring by laying out the tabs from shortest to tallest!

Glue the tabs together to make a flip book!
Now your students can take turns reading their flip books to their peers before taking them home to make their special someone feel extra loved!
You can get this activity here: Mother's Day Flip Book

The other resource I want to show you is a FREEBIE! Woo-hoo!
This Mother's Day activity is fun, easy, and will go along with the other gift ideas and crafts you have planned for your kids to do for their moms, aunts, or grandmas. 6 tabs provide info that shows how much your Preschool or Kindergarten littles know about their special someone while incorporating writing practice at the same time. Simple cutting and easy assembly allows for all students to happily succeed! #mothersday #mothersdaygift #mom #activitiesforkids #mothersdayforkids #kindergarten
This FREE Mother's Day Color-by-Number is a great way for the younger students to make a beautiful picture to give their loved ones for Mother's Day.

You can get this FREE DOWNLOAD here:
Mother's Day FREE Color-By-Number

Don't forget to leave a rating! I love to hear your feedback on the resources I create.

Happy Mother's Day to all you women who work so hard!

-Til next time
This Mother's Day Flip Book is fun, easy, and will go along with the other gift ideas and crafts you have planned for your kids to do for their moms, aunts, or grandmas. 6 tabs provide info that shows how much your Preschool or Kindergarten littles know about their special someone while incorporating writing practice at the same time. Simple cutting and easy assembly allows for all students to happily succeed! #mothersday #mothersdaygift #mom #activitiesforkids #mothersdayforkids #kindergarten
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