More workstations

 

This morning I changed workstations to better fit what we are learning in the classroom.  Ask your child which ones they like working at?

 

 

Blue sand is a favourite activity.  Students use small spoons to fill the bottles with the sand.  Students start to learn about capacity at this station.

Students have lots of counting practice at Domino parking lot. 
They have to park the dominoes in the correct space from 0 - 12.

Unifix cubes are a great tool to create patterns with.

Students have white boards, printing boards and printing books to practice printing with.

Students can play Tic Tac Toe  - a wonderful strategy game.

Dice games reinforce counting. 
My goal is that children will soon learn to read the dice without having to count the dots every time.

A big book and wiki-sticks equals lots of fun.  These students were looking for a few of the sight words we are learning.  They put the wiki-stick around each word they find.  They can also find letters they know. 

Students love writing notes to Mrs. Dankwerth, Mrs. Heisler and Mrs. Gross.  This center works on printing skills and creating their own writing topics.

They also love writing notes to each other

I have introduced a few sight words recently - to, we, I, is.  Some children already know these words and many more while others are just learning these words now.  Don't worry if your child doesn't know them yet.  While I will introduce about twenty sight words, I only want your child to know about ten of them by June.  I use a program called Biffytoons which has an action that goes with each word.  Ask you child if they remember any of them.