Category Archives: Classroom Posts

New Room Planning – And Special Guest Reader!

Today we had a special guest reader in our classroom.  Dr. Francisco Rodriguez visited and read us a book in Spanish and English.  Here are a few photos:

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We also have a new planning sheet for you about our environment.  We discuss the importance of documentation in this week’s plans:

Environment Planning -Begins September 26

We hope to see you at Open House tonight!

Anticipatory Web- Structures Project – New Format

Structures anticipatory web

Music, Structures, and Gardening

These are just some snapshots of our day:

Learning to use the piano: Please see our Facebook album about this – it is so exciting!

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Planting pumpkin seeds:  We have an album about this, too!

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The “Bridge Game”:

Child: “We’re playing a game.  It’s called the bridge game.  You put some of them right here.”

Teacher: “What are the rules for the bridge game?”

Child: “Watch this.  I set them down right here, then I move it.”

Children lay a yardstick across an open space up in the loft. Child places gems on the yardstick. Child adjust yardstick and another child watches.

Our Anticipatory Web – Structures Project

 

 

Web of the structures project.

 

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New Planning Document

We planned together as a team yesterday and our major changes are more with our special activities than our environment.  We did make one major change: the block area and the music area are switched places!  We are also revamping our manipulatives area.

Here is a document showing our latest daily plans.  If you take a peek, this can give you ideas of things you can discuss with your child at home about school!

Room 4 Planned Possibilities- September 24