Reading and Writing Centers

Math is yellow, science is green, social studies is red ... can you guess what reading and writing's signature color is in our classroom? That's right ... BLUE! In an attempt to make sure the reading and writing centers and materials are "relaxing and calm", reading and writing is always blue. (Except for the vocab wall, which is purple, but that's close to blue, right?)

This is our lovely blue reading and writing center shelf. Or literacy center as most people call it. Just like with our science shelf, that big empty spot on the third shelf is for that unit's materials, so it changes pretty frequently. This tall shelf backs up to our library center and gives the kids some sound buffer while they enjoy their books.

Our Science Shelf

Like I've said before, I am an anal, OCD person and everything in my room is color coded, and in their places, and on the shelf they are supposed to be on. Before the kids come in the room. :)

Here is what our science shelf looks like. It's this HUGE shelf that's split down the middle and is used for half math, half science. A couple years ago I took some green paper and glued it to the back of the shelf (since I was too scared to paint it) so that it would match all of the science things in the room. Science. Is. Green.

Not sometimes. Not whenever I feel like it. ALWAYS!

Our Math Shelf

I am an anal, OCD person ... which doesn't work out well for my kiddos sometimes! I like things color coded, and in their places, and on the shelf they are supposed to be on. Then I remember, I teach kindergarten and sometimes, something's gotta give!

Here is what our math shelf looks like. It's this HUGE shelf that's split down the middle and is used for half math, half science. A couple years ago I took some yellow paper and glued it to the back of the shelf (since I was too scared to paint it) so that it would match all of the math things in the room. Math. Is. Yellow.

Not sometimes. Not whenever I feel like it. ALWAYS!

Go Noodle

We started GoNoodle today in class and the kids LOVED it! During stations/centers I try to keep classical music playing in the back ground (and on fun days we listen to words with clean lyrics ... a lot of oldies). Today whenever we had about 5 minutes or so between transitions and not enough time to start something new, we GoNoodled. That can be a verb, right?

Currently November

As an October baby, November came WAY too fast. I've linked up once before and enjoyed it, so I'm doing it again, this time with Oh Boy Fourth Grade.

Class Dojo

I have recently entered the world of Class Dojo and I must say, I'm loving it! I'm not using it where parents can see how their child is doing, but more as a behavior tool for in the classroom. Each morning, we set a goal as a class for what we want our positive percentage to be by the end of the day. We usually aim for 75 - 80% as a class.