Having partners and partner work in a classroom can be a very powerful tool!!! As a kindergarten teacher, we do a lot of learning from our partners! Partner work can give a shy kid a voice, give an uncertain student confidence, and promote healthy social skills!!! My students fully engage in partner talk in every subject area multiple times a day! I truly believe this sets my classroom up as a safe environment where we trust and listen to each other!!! I use this adorable EEKK poem when we get ready for partner work- reading or math!!! To get your FREEBIE, click on the picture and download it from my Teachers Pay Teachers Store!!!!
Not only is it valuable to have partners for your student, but to have a teacher partner as well!!! I don't know what I would do without my neighbor teacher!! At a school with 10 kindergarten classes (yes I said 10!!), it's great to have that a solid teacher to help with advice, questions, and to just have fun with - Oh and to always have someone to dress up with!!!!
(2012- Sam I Am and Whoville Character)
(2013- Gerald McGrew- If I Ran the Zoo)
What are some great ways you use partner work in your classroom? Do you have a partner teacher that you could not live without?! Let me know!!!
Enjoy!!!
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