Below are pictures from my classroom this year (more pictures to come):
Reading/Library Center:
In my reading center, I have my son's tent , sleeping bag, and camping chair along with themed books throughout the year.
Above: The children can pick a big book or themed book (that is rotated throughout the year) and read it in the tent or on the chair. They also may read their leveled and sight word books in this center during daily five.
Rules Board
Writing Center:
This board will be my word wall. I'll start out with just the students' names and add sight words, color words, numbers, etc. as we learn them. This center also has several letter activities and writing utensils such as pens, pencils, crayons, chalk/board, dry erase markers/board, paper, envelopes, old cards, etc.
Above: Containers include all sorts of different writing utensils: skinny and fat pencils, pens of all different colors and types, crayons, markers, and chalk.
Below: The white tubs will hold my small group activities. The green containers will be the students' personal mailboxes for finished work, letters from friends etc. Also included in this center are chalkboards, dry erase boards, clip boards, letters and word cards, paper, lists pads, and blank books. As the year goes on I'll rotate new items to the shelf.
Literacy and Math Groups:
We do two sets of small groups throughout the morning. Math groups consist of three groups a week and we switch to a new group each day. Students know to look at these boards to know which group they are in each day. I have an orange, red and green group. After seeing which group they are in, they go to the table with that color above it. Literacy groups work the same way except they go to every group every day. This chart just shows them where they go first.
Below: Math Center-I have my crayons and markers sorted by colors. This gives the students sorting practice every day. The tubs hold manips of all sorts! I also included shapes for tracing and naming and sorting containers for the students to use. The colorful containers will hold my math group items. Each color container will be placed on the table with that color above it (See pictures below). Students will find their name on the chart above and will go to the table that matches the color of paper that is to the left of their name. (Chart is not finished yet.)
Red Group
Yellow Group
Green Group
Blue Group
Calendar Board:
We sing Dr. Jeans' Days of the Week and Months songs along with discuss what comes next in the pattern on the calendar and what number should be on it. We discuss the weather, Rise and Shine song, and Today is, Tomorrow will be, and Yesterday was as well. Then if students still need to get their wiggles out we may do another fun song.
Campfire Meeting: This is where the students gather between groups, during Calendar and Morning Meeting time, and shared writing time.
Lunch/Attendance Chart:
When students come into the classroom, they sign in. (They start out the year signing first name. As they learn how to write their first name we switch to last and then middle names. After writing their name, they find the picture with their name on it. This year their names are written on bugs. They pick their bug and choose their lunch choice on this chart.
Discipline Chart:
At our school, Preschool-2nd grade does the stoplight discipline system. We can do it however we want in our classroom. I decided this year to have green be a beary good day, yellow is medium moose day, and red is a stinky day.
More pictures of my classroom centers
Listening Center: Used during Daily Five and Literacy small groups
Dramatic Play Center
Blocks Center
Science Center
Art Center:
Computer Center
