Morning Message

Every morning, we read the morning 
message.  Through this activity, we work on 
pre-reading and reading skills like 
identifying sight words, parts of a sentence, 
and sounding out words.

Computer

We have two computers in our classroom.  
The children follow a weekly schedule during 
center time in the afternoon to use the 
computer.

Book Corner

Here, children may self-select and cozy up 
with a good book.  The world mural on the 
wall was made by my 2004-2005 class as 
part of a unit on Martin Luther King, Jr.  
Reading together makes Peace on Earth!

Discovery Center

In this center, an activity is put out that is 
related to classroom units of study.  Here, 
there is a money matching game that we 
used during our money unit.

Playdough

This is a favorite center time activity which 
helps to build those small muscles needed 
for writing!

Schedule

Our schedule is posted every day so the 
children can see what will be happening 
during the day.  At the beginning of the year, 
the words are written with pictures.  In 
January, the cards are slowly changed over to 
simply text.

Games

We love games!  In this game, students jump 
on a sight word that they can read.  We vary 
the activity by making a "quicksand" list; any 
word on the list is "off limits", and if you 
jump on it, you are in "quicksand" and have 
to sit out the game.