Let's Get Aquainted

Let's Get Aquainted Linky with Flying Into First Grade!!!

 

 

Topic of the week- 3 of our favourite areas in our classroom.

Okay as many of you know I didn't have a classroom this year due to moving so these pics are from my classroom last year. I am really picky about my classroom set up so I know these will areas that I plan to set up in whatever classroom I am in next year.

 

1) The listening center/computer area... This area is the one of the kiddos favourite, along with mine because it keeps them busy & quiet. lol Students get a chance to visit the listening center and computers center at least once a week. Also anytime students finish their work early they are allowed to go to the computers or listening center as long as students are there during their center time.

 

2) Do you have a door in your classroom that leads to outside? Boy were we ever so lucky at my old school. All kinder classrooms, with the exception of 1, have a back door that leads to outside which takes up straight to the playground. I L-O-V-E-D this area (not technically in my classroom) because the kiddos loved playing in the sandbox for certain centers and reading outside on the back area.

The pic above is from when we focused on the letter D- on celebration Friday students were paleontologist digging for fossils (noodle shells).

The pic above is from when we focused on the letter C- on celebration Friday students were cowboys where they practiced riding a horse and roping a bull. 

 

3) Reading and manipulatives area- I love little nooks in classrooms! This area is where kiddos can read quietly, write math equations or words on the chalkboard, or put puzzles together.

 

What are your favourite areas in your classroom?

 

Also, did you check out the Magical Product Swap yet? Don't miss these fabulous reviews and head over to Mrs. Stanfords Class to see who all participated.

 

Some of my favourites are having a giveaway!!! Live Laugh I Love Kindergarten and Learning with Mrs. Leeby are having a Survival Giveaway!

 

 

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The Magical Product Swap

 

I was super excited when I found out I got paired up with Khrys at Keepin It Kool In Kinderland for the Product Swap. Khrys is one of my favourite bloggers and one of my first bloggy friends. She is  Ahh-Mazing. The wonderful Jessica at Mrs Stanfords Class set up the Product Swap. One of my favourite units to teach is the Ocean unit. If you teach the Ocean to your kiddos you gotta check out Khrys' Ocean Unit.

 

This unit is filled with wonderful writing bubble maps, tree maps, a fun facts page, labeling and graphing sheet for ocean animals such as the octopus, crab, fish, sea turtle and whale. You can also find a KWL chart in this packet. Not only does this Ocean Unit include a KWL for students to use individually, but also includes coloured small sized poster cards for you to set up the KWL chart, the Ocean Animals Writing Tree Maps, and the Class Graph on "If I were an octopus, I would eat..." which you can post on your white board or chart paper for whole group. There are also black and white small poster cards for labeling the ocean animals as well. Are you students working on comparing, syllables, abc order, sight words and observations? This fabulous unit also includes all of these skills in the pack. If you teach Common Core you can even find out which Common Core skills this pack includes here.

You can head over to Keepin It Kool In Kinderland to check out other great products Khrys has or just to check out her blog. Don't forget to also follow Khrys' TPT Store

 

The kiddos I worked with focused on sea turtles, octopus, and whales. I love... they love using writing maps to help organize their ideas when writing. We use writing maps for pretty much all our writings.

 

If you would like to add a few other skills to teaching your Ocean Unit in addition to Khrys' fun-filled Ocean Unit pack you can also find more Ocean products here.

Thanks for stopping by!!! Now go check out Keepin It Kool In Kinderland.

 

 

 Like giveaways?!? Who doesn't. Head over to Live Laugh I Love Kindergarten or Learning with Mrs. Leeby to enter!!!