Curriculum
Lucy Calkins Phonics Instruction
Using dry erase sleeves to practice writing CVC words.
Writing CVC words that start with digraphs in elkonin boxes.
Sorting the difference between lowercase b and d.
Sorting items by long and short O.
My anchor charts for blends, digraphs, vowels, and punctuation.
Sorting items by ending sound.
Lucy Calkins Reading Instruction
Using the word wall to find sight words in our books.
Introducing one of the reading "super powers" from the Lucy Calkins curriculum.
Exploring our library for the first time at the beginning of the year.
Learning how to partner read.
Exploring leveled readers.
Finding sight words in books!
Lucy Calkins Writing Instruction
Practicing writing with pre-dawn pictures from Lucy Calkins.
One page of a student's "How To" book.
An anchor chart I created for story language words in our storybook unit.
My supplemental writing anchor charts for opinion writing.
Practicing labeling pictures before doing it in our own books.
Starting to create books with multiple pages by storyboarding.
Everyday Math Curriculum
Using drawings to help us solve addition word problems.
Playing "Appearing Train" while writing equations.
Using attribute spinners to find certain shapes.
Students dragging the number representation to the right box.
Learning about function machines.
Playing "Number Line Hop"
TCI Science and Social Studies Curriculum
We watered our class plants everyday!
Push vs. Pull
Playing community helpers bingo!
Every morning meeting, we discussed and explored that day's weather and temperture.
We talked about different families, then drew our own, sharing them with the class.
Brainstorming solving problems with friends.
I also supplemented the TCI curriculum with my own lessons.
Every year, we start our science unit on plants and animals by potting our own class plants.
I encourage students to bring in their own plants to show the class.
Our classroom kindness trees from the holiday season.
Creating crystalized pipe cleaner creations.
In the spring, we discussed the life cycle of a caterpillar/butterfly, watched them grow and create chrysalises...
...finally, we then release them into the world!
Our little spots of emotions!
We made oobleck after talking about solids and liquids.
In the fall, we discussed about the parts of a pumpkin and then explored with our hands!
I always spent time every week to explore cultural celebrations from around the world.
Exploring different indigenous nations before Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Exploring the holiday of Holi and celebrating with watercolors.