Circle Time Area- UPDATE

 Circle time area- update

We got a SmartBoard, so we had to move around our room a bit.

The ABC line was from Target. 

Birthday Signs- I add them as we get to them :)

Some how the cube shelves fit perfectly between the wall and the SmartBoard!

To encourage my students to do centers, 

I made those "Frog Challenge" cards.

I fill in the blank with the title of the center.

When the kids finish/ work on that center,

I write their names on the cards with dry erase markers.

My students really like doing calendar.

I started the linear calendar this year, and they love it even more!

Check out more here to find the cards I use.

On the walls:

alphabet chart- from Dollar Tree

above the letters, I have name cards for everyone in my room, teachers included. I got them for free from HERE. I print a whole page per child, some are in uppercase and some are capital letters to begin, and the rest lowercase for the second semester.  I have two alphabets (my room is split into two parts lol) so I hang them up twice.  One full set for our journals. One for our writing center. One is for our birthday board, sort of lol They move their name when they turn 5 :) 

Our number charts are from HERE.

Red and Green choices from HERE.

Voice levels HERE.

Calendar companion from HERE.

Days of the week from HERE.

Months of the year from HERE.

Days in school HERE

Schedule HERE.

Ways to sit posters HERE.

How to posters HERE.  These are at several centers in the room.

The Give Me Five poster came with my room :) But get a set HERE.

How it began:

A look back from two years ago.

Here was my post from last year.

Pip the Pup

 I am a veteran teacher- like over 20+ years.

These are life changing.

I read the book about an area or the tool and then we practice.

I have signs up all over the room that says Pip Certified. 

I write their names on the sheet with a dry erase marker. 

They also get a badge. I attach it with making tape and they wear it :)

Read more about Pip the Pup here.

I printed off the Pip catalog and cut them apart.

Here are the books that I use during the first week of school.

Let's Play is about dramatic play.

Let's Read is about the library.

Let's Build is about the blocks area. 

I split my class in half and another teacher teaches blocks and I teach about the library.

Read about that here.

Some I read during our group time, and other books are 

read during our social-emotional lessons too.

The very first small group lesson is on dry-erase markers.

We trace our names with them daily, so I have to use it the very first week.

Lessons:

*Pencil we literally read the book and use the pencil correctly. 

*Let's draw markers drawing and capping markers.

*Connecting Cubes- we explore and then I give them some sort of mat to build with them.**

*Let's Color- all about crayons so we use our brand new crayons.

*Pattern Blocks~ we explore and then use mats to play on.** 

**These are also the very first things we have in our morning bins.

*Mini counters- I use mini erasers and name printables to spell their names.

For the cutting fun- it's about scissor skills. 

We practice cutting 1 inch paper strips.

Then we attach those pieces to a body outline.

For rainbow write, we read the book and then we practice on scrap paper.

Here are my sand writing trays.

The trays are from Target and held lacers.

The sand came from Dollar Tree.

Johnny Appleseed day is Sept 26th 

I use several books during our Social Emotional lessons.

I also use her Tom and Tabby lessons. Find them here$

I will write more about those lessons soon :)

October is fire safety month.

Coming back to school in January is usually pretty difficult.

Several choices here for re-freshing procedures. 

February brings the groundhogs, dental health, and Valentine's Day.

The 100th and 101st days of school usually fall in this month as well.

Spring starts, St Patty's day

I usually do a small weather unit

Earth Day is April 22nd,

I usually do a garden theme in my science area.

I wait all year to introduce glue bottles and glue sticks. 
We use glue sponges for the year.

We do alphabet books $ in small groups- one of the pages we do watercoloring :)

These could also guide your small groups :)

More ideas for small groups.

Shapes- I read one page per day along with our

number board. Read more about that HERE.

Why did I do this?

Because I totally forgot to read several books this year grrrrr! lol

To get your own Pip the pup books here.

May Morning Bins #3

 Build a Campfire*

Camping Punch*

Name Pokey Pins

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Camping Theme Words*

*Camping Unit $

Let's Go Camping

My books at the public library

 Books in my book shelves

Sorting color bugs (pom poms)*

Counting Chocolate**

Using mini erasers to follow the path**

Clipping clothes pins onto flashlights*

not pictured- colorful clothes pins to clip to matching colors

Star Gazing**

trace the number and cover the number with mini eraser stars

Roll and Fish**

Toasting Shapes **

Build a fire**

we added white unifix cubes for the marshmallows at the bottom

Glowing Letters**

Yes I know it says q-tip but we used a pokey pin

* resources are found here $$

** resources found here $$

Letter Board and More

 I lost most of my wall space that I used for our letter of the day when I got my smartboard.

Letter of the day printables

Pictures (lower left)

Letter houses

Letter Formation 

On the front of our easel:

On the back:

bigger letter cards

environmental print cards these are the closest that I can find to these. 

I give clues about the cards and then place them in the chart.

During centers, the children can read the cards.

I use this WHOLE bundle!

We start with color of the day

The sideways sheet- is the color songs that hang on a stikki clips.

then shape of the day

shape poems here.

name of the day

I put two kids letters together on the lower left 

Number 1-10   11-20

Letters

3D Shapes

Sight Words

This is hit or miss for me. I have done it maybe once or twice in recent years.