Sunday, August 28, 2011

A Glimpse into my classroom!

I thought some of you out there might want to see what my classroom is looking like lately.  I have a "beach monkey" theme in my room and as you'll see on some of my boards we have been busy!

This is the sink area, birthday banner, and our little stores from Poco & Pop- We use these a little later in the year for practice with money.
This is our tree where we will track all of our letters from our letter exchange with Brooke Perry from Primary Perspective!

Our door- Welcome to Kindergarten!
No More Monkeying Around- behavior clip chart
Our "compliment" tree...for whenever someone compliments our class- 5 bananas = Party!!!


Shelf above our cubbies- My birthday balloon pixie sticks are in the cute monkey!
Smartboard..."stage" is underneath (my awesome hubby made it)...Document camera....student of the week board





Our class library and word wall


Where we will track our "Rainbow Words"- each child will get a rainbow to put on the board to track with


Letters on the bus from Deanna Jump!

We learned how to do our calendar opening on the SMARTboard!  They loovvee it!

More practice!
We practiced using "raindrops" of  glue.....NOT "puddles"!  Rainbow names from Deanna Jump!

We've been reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom....so we did our first science experiment!  Will a coconut sink or float?
More practice with "raindrops" of glue...our initials!

We graphed boys and girls!
All of this WORE US OUT!!!!

30 minute naps just are not long enough!  Good thing we have WEEKENDS!!!
Stay tuned for more!!  I forgot to take pictures of my outside bulletin boards and what we did there!

15 comments:

  1. Your room is so cute!!!!! I love your Kohl's Cares stuffed animals! I collect those for my room. You have some that I don't have.... I'm jealous! :)

    Elisabeth
    www.missdelk.blogspot.com

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  2. Your room looks great. I really like your smart board stage!!! Is there storage behind it??? My kids always have to stand on a stool to reach our board for activities.
    Alysia
    www.msalysiakindergarten.blogspot.com

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  3. Your room looks so fantastic! I love all of the monkey decorations. I may borrow your idea of the monkey hanging upside down for my Top Banana board (star of the week). So creative!

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  4. Your room is awesome! I purchased your Smartboard calendar on TPT and I absolutely love it.... so do my children! :)

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  5. Sooo glad you (and your children) love the calendar stuff! Our kiddos sure do! Thanks for the sweet comments about my room!!!

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    1. Where did you get the smartboard calender? I am a first year teacher and I think that would be a great idea! Thanks!

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    2. You can purchase all of our smartboard calendars (every month) through our Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) store!! There is a button that will take you directly to our store on the side bar of our blog! Your kiddos will LOVE it!!! Thanks

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  6. Where did you get your smartboard calendar? I love it!

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    1. You can purchase all of our smartboard calendars (every month) through our Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) store!! There is a button that will take you directly to our store on the side bar of our blog! Your kiddos will LOVE it!!! Thanks

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  7. Hello. I have to say I love your room. I wanted to know where you purchased your birthday monkey head container and your color monkeys. Thank you so much!!

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    1. The monkey container is actually a trash can from Target (bath stuff department...LOL!- but hey, it works...right?) The color monkeys are a bulletin board set from Trend. THANKS for the sweet comments!!

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  8. For your clothespin behavior chart, where do your students' clothespins start at the beginning of the day?

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  9. Hi, I love the monkey door! How did you hang it up? I have some ideas just wanted to ask the source.. Thanks!

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