New Classroom Pictures!

  

First Grade Assignment list and Word Wall

 Writing and Art Center under the Word Wall

 Mailbox and Writing Center

 Mailbox- I am hoping that this will help my students in the letter writing process.

 Kindergarten Tables- I have 10 kindergarten students.

 View from Kindergarten Door-  I love my Smart Board!

First Grade tables and view of Kindergarten Side of the room.

More Pictures Coming Soon!

How's your classroom coming?

Write the Room

Now that my classroom is bigger (TWO TIMES BIGGER!!) I am excited to try out more learning centers.
Last year my room was so cramped, that there wasn't a lot of room to move around. But, this year, my classroom is a great size for 19 students! One of the learning centers that I am the most excited about adding is WRITE THE ROOM. I bought cute little clipboards at Walmart the other day that will hang just right on my hooks. I will have the students use the clipboards and worksheets (that you can download for FREE by clicking on the picture) to walk around the room and write down words that are interesting to them. I have on display all of their classmates names, a word wall, and some environmental print posters that will work great for this activity.
Have you ever tried this learning center before? Let me know how it has worked for you!

Froggy Goes to Camp And Froggy Learns to Swim

Since my classroom has a frog-theme and since the Froggy books are some of my favorite books, I am working on some reader response worksheets and some comprehension worksheets for my students.  You can click on the pictures to get your free copies:

Hope you enjoy!

Apple Tree Dice Roll Game

So, I found these cute erasers last summer and I've wanted to make a game to use them in ever since.

So, here is the game that I came up with:

It's a roll the dice and cover the correct number game.  It will be perfect for the beginning of school.  For my kindergarten students, the apples only go up to 6 so they can practice dot patterns and number recognition.  For my first grade students, I made trees that have apples that go up to 12, so that they can use 2 dice to practice addition skills along with dot patterns and number recognition.
I can't wait to see it in action!
You can download 12 apple tree cards at my TPT shop here for just $1. 

More Letters

C is for Cookie

T is for Turtle

S is for Seeds

 Q is for Quilt

Treasure Maps for the Letter X

In preschool last week, we made treasure maps for the letter X.  We used brown paper and drew the outline of an island.  Then, we colored the water and some of the kids even drew pirate ships in the water.  Next, we added details to the island, like rivers, trees, mountains, etc.  When we were all done, we crumpled the paper up to make it look like an old treasure map.  The kids loved it!

Here's a picture of the map that I colored, so that you can see the crumpled effect!

My New Reading Area

Check out my new reading area!  I have kindergarten books on the right side and first grade books on the left side.