Weekly Newsletter Template

I am hooking up with Freebie Friday over at Teaching Blog Addict.

Here is a newsletter template that I created to use each week to share news with parents and students.  It was quick and easy to fill in each section.  Click the picture above to grab your copy.  You can change the font to suit your needs and also change the size of the boxes depending on how much information you want to share.
Update 7/19/13
Hi There, Over the summer, I created an editable monthly newsletter with a similar look to the freebie above.  If you are interested, click here to go to my recent post, or click on the sidebar to go to my tpt store to look around.   Thank you!   Chris Kazanjian

Happy Friday!

The Liebster Award!

Lisa over at Teaching Kindergarten Kiddos gave me a Liebster award! Wow!  My first blog award!  This is just as good as finding a great deal at Target..okay, I know I need a life, but, seriously...I am really happy!!

This award is named for the German word "Liebster," which translates to "beloved" or "favorite", and is given to a "new, up and coming blogger." 

Here are the rules:

1. Link back to the person who gave it to you. 
2. Post the award to your blog.
3. Give the award to at least 5 bloggers with less than 200 followers.
4. Leave a comment on the 5 blogs to let them know that they have been offered this award.


I am giving the award to:


Karla at...




Patti at...

Penny at...

Sue at...

Cindy at...


Please take a look at these great blogs and thank you again for this award, Lisa!    

Common Core Math Posters for Kindergarten

My county has broken our math standards into four quarters which will be reflected on our new report cards.  My team usually posts the standards for each quarter on their wall or door.  I will use the standards I purchased from Deanna Jump's tpt store in the classroom to show current weekly standards being covered but I will  also use these posters I created to see the "big picture" each nine weeks.  Since I tend to be an out-of-sight-out-of-mind kinda person, this will come in handy.   I teach in Cobb County, Georgia so I don't know if all of you are dividing up the standards like this, but, please feel free to use if you can!  Just click the picture below.

How to Send a Blogger "Thank You!"

If you would like to send a blogger a "thank you", please feel free to copy the code below to include this button in your post to thank a fellow blogger! Then be sure to leave a comment on that blogger's page with a link back to your "thank you" post! :)

<a href="http://thekindergardenteacher.blogspot.com/search/label/thank%20you%20note" target="_blank"><img alt="The Kinder ”garden” Blog" src="http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb399/chriskazanjian/blog%20photos/thankyoubig3.png"/></a>

A Blogger "Thank you!"

I have been blogging now for a little over a year, and as I was looking through all the files I have accumulated over that time, I realized how many free items I have downloaded from fellow bloggers!  Wow!  It is truly amazing how many ideas and activities have been shared via teacher blogs!  I wanted to send a blog "thank you" to a couple of the teachers who I have followed stalked this year:

Fran over at Kindergarten Crayons  who visited my site to welcome me to blogging and who I got lots of teaching ideas from...thank you so much for sharing!

Tammy over at Live Love Laugh Everyday in Kindergarten for her wonderful polka dot CAFE posters!  I love checking out your blog for creative ideas and detailed posts!

Please click the button above to learn how to send your own "Thank You!"

Student Nametags

Last year I made my students name tags to wear for the first few days of school.  I added a photo of each child and printed them on card stock, then inserted them into vertical badge holders.  We also used them for centers by hanging them on the center chart at each center.  Please feel free to change the background color or font to suit your needs.    The kids loved wearing these as they felt "grown-up" by having a badge just like their teacher!  Click the picture below to grab this freebie!

Student Information Sheet

I was going through my files and came across the sheet I use to keep up with student information. I had these on the student tables during Meet and Greet for parents to complete (copied front/back on cardstock...the back side has space to document parent contact/communication). It was a quick and easy reference to have all the information in one place.  Click on the picture to get a copy.