About My Classroom
Our classroom is a busy, child-centered learning environment. It is stimulating, colorful and comfortable. Our classroom is a community. It is our home away from home.
We function as a whole group, small groups and as individuals. We are cooperative and collaborative. We share our materials, our discoveries and our experiences. We respect one another and ourselves.
Sometimes our classroom is loud, sometimes our classroom is quiet. Sometimes only the teacher is speaking and everyone is practicing their listening. Often the children are talking to one another and the teacher is facilitating.
Everyday we draw on what we already know and have learned. Everyday there are opportunities for the children to grow intellectually, socially and emotionally. Everyday something fun happens. Everyday is a new beginning!
Below are several list poems describing our classroom through the eyes of my students. Enjoy!
Reading is...
looking at words
pictures clues
predicting
sounding out
figuring out words
beginning sounds and ending sounds
silent letters
vowel sounds
read alouds
listening
family stories
biographies
picture books
cook books
fiction and non-fiction
independent reading
buddy reading
hard and easy
"just right"
fun
Writing is...
writing in our journals
writing about people
writing about our experiences
writing about our lives
writing words, sentences, paragraphs and stories
writing letters and numbers
writing alone
writing with partners
spelling words
using capital and lower case letters
handwriting
commas, periods, question marks and exclamation marks
sharing
telling
explaining
describing
Math is...
addition
subtraction
counting on
counting down
number bonds
number sentences
number sentences
using counters, cubes and bears
ten frames
math games
math facts
symbols
putting numbers together
taking numbers apart
Social Studies is...
noticing
understanding
figuring it out
telling
reading
listening
about all people
kids and families
mommies and daddies
our lives
our country
the President
Christopher Columbus
Pilgrims and Native Americans
celebrations
holidays
customs
interesting
fun!
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