We are now nearly six weeks into our year, and the class is buzzing with activity! It is no longer empty and waiting. Check it out!
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| I'm trying out "work time" (aka 'academic choice') for 15 minutes following Morning Meeting. It gets the kids up, around the room, and busy with their hands after being seated on the rug and attentive to each other. They choose a work job related to math, science, letter work, writing or art (same specific options all week). It also frees me to check in with individual students. |
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| Opening Science lesson... what is a scientist? This is the what the kids came up with at first... (Yes, that's Einstein on the 'no' side. The kids laughed out loud when I pulled out that photo and said, "That's a Grandpa! Not a scientist!") |
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| created by the kids (through a series of lessons) |
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| Sort letters in different fonts, sizes, colors, textures. What makes a 'b' a 'b'? |
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| Kids put the alphabet in order during a lesson, and it's ready for words! (Beneath that... you see magnets of each child's name - we used them when learning names, now they are also our bathroom pass... you just stick it on the metal doorframe when you go to the bathroom. No hall passes used here...) |
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| Pep Talk as we settle on the bus for our first field trip! |
LOVE all the documentation!
ReplyDeleteWOW sister! Looks like amazing fun! I love all the pictures you have taken of everything. Your class looks like a blast!
ReplyDeleteI'm interested in the red chart that has a number 5 & 6 to the left of it, and drawn faces on velcro , in a line next to the numbers. Curious what this is and what it is used for... I am going to use your letter sorting w/various fonts & textures as a center for my two developmentally delayed students. Great idea, and love the container you use for sorting!
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys!
ReplyDeleteMom - the sorting container & idea for different textures/fonts came from Sue Rutledge (Cascadia) combined with research info from Cheryl Frazier. Container can be found at most $1 stores.
The 5/6 red chart is an Age Chart. Each child constructs a "self portrait" using pre-cut shapes from construction paper. They add their own hair & face features. We use velcro to stick them on the chart, and move their portrait from 5 to 6 on their birthday. (A fancy twist on the Everyday Math chart introduction for Kindergartners.)