Well, just like June, July swept right by and now we are well into August!
Many of you are back in school (with students!)…. so I guess I can’t complain too much! I go back next week for a full week of in-service/teacher meetings/meet-the-teacher, and then we welcome our students back on August 24.
With the BIG day less than two weeks away now, that means I have been up in my *new* classroom getting things ready for my little kindergartners!
I just set up my calendar area today, but already have had so many questions and comments about everything… I figured it would be best to finally blog again!
Do you do a calendar routine in your classroom?! I think this time is SO important for our students! So often, we have so many that still struggle with the days of the week, months, etc… however this time with our students is also a great mini-teach time! {LOVE}
You can include quick questioning with your students, review important skills and concepts, and just be a little family…. all in the matter of 10-20 minutes!
Here is how I set up my calendar {today!}
AND…. every thing {except the buckets} is attached to the dry erase board using magnetic tape!
It’s simple…. all in one area…. and has multiple concepts we can cover in a short amount of time!
I’ll break it down and explain how I hung it up… what I plan to do with it, etc…
Ten frames are SO important…. for SO many reasons!! I decided to include this to help us count our days of school!
I plan on either using circle stickers to fill in the days or you can easily use seasonal stickers, dry erase markers to write/draw, etc…
While we won’t dive too deep into place value with kindergarten, this will definitely be laying the groundwork for these little babies!
These little baskets! They were a 3-pack for ONE DOLLAR people! I use these in my center buckets, I hold supplies, and so much more {and they come in multiple colors – lime green, pink, and this blue!}
The big question I have been getting…. “How did you attach them to the board?”
One of my favorite inventions….. VELCRO!
These will hold my calendar cards {which we will add together each day, weather cards, days of the week, dry erase markers…. and whatever else you want!}
Yesterday Was, Today Is, and Tomorrow Will Be…..
I have little circles with the days of the week that I have magnetic tape on the back of that we will use to hang them up! {These will also be kept in the little attached buckets!}
This is where we will write the date {remember… it’s held on with magnetic tape so I can easily take it on and off the board to allow students to be involved!}
After we fill in our ten frames, we will also write in our place value chart (again…. dry erase markers are your friend!}
The weather chart…. I have also created little weather cards that will be held on by Velcro as we switch out the weather each day!
Now for the big FREEBIE!!!!
You can have EVERYTHING in this picture {except the buckets and the black calendar…. which I purchased at a teacher store!}….. but everything else can be yours for FREE!!!
The “CALENDAR” circles, the ten frames, the weather, posters, place value, etc….. ALL FOR YOU!!! 🙂
All you have to do is hop on over the my
Facebook page and grab the “Fan Freebie”!!!!
I hope you enjoy it and can hopefully use some of them!!
I’ll be back with some more classroom ideas, decor, and MORE….. soon!
