Where it all goes down Wednesday

For Back to School 2011, I decided on a Pirate theme!! Ahoy Matey's!!!!

"K5 marks the Spot!"

(the children's cubbys are underneath this board)

Above this board is our "birthday display"- I velcro the childrens names and date onto their birthday month bag!

Our Classroom Door

I borrowed these precious "pirate" bears from Deanna Jumps' blog!

After re-sizing them, they fit perfectly onto the name tags for the door display!

Photo Board (a fun extra for "Meet the Teacher" day)

And now for a look around our room!

This is our Learning Carpet area. 

We sit here for our "Morning Meeting" which includes a review of the calendar, weather, math counts, map skills, alphabet songs, etc.  There is another easel with a white erase board that sits on the far right.

In the corner by the window is my teacher desk

Word Wall and Writing Center to the left (yellow table)
Computer Center

The bears on the right contain our "Beary Special Blends"

The closeline hanging above has each of the children's names... Class work is displayed by hanging down from  their "clip"

My teaching table for small groups

-I added the dry erase board last year... HUGE help!

Our reading center

Homeliving Center on the Left/Math Manipulatives Center on Right

Another work display board hangs above.

Each morning our day begins with "Morning Centers" which is a weekly group rotation through 5 centers: homeliving, computer, math skills, writing center (pocket chart) and reading.  This last for 20 minutes each and the activities change weekly at each center to coordinate with our weekly unit.

I also have two other tables in my room- a circle table and a rectangle table.  These are used during our "learning" center rotations where I teach one group at my table, my assistant reinforces skills at the long table, and we have an independent work center at the circle table.  The students rotate through all three tables during a 60 minute time slot.

Hope you enjoyed visiting our classroom!