Halloween Centers

      I am already beginning to introduce our Halloween Math and Literacy Centers to my K5ers. They are LOVING them!!! Here is a sneak peek at a few of them! 

Check them out here:

    

Halloween Phoneme Segmentation

     I've been having lots of fun with my K5ers during our literacy centers. At the teacher table, I have been doing small group instruction for phoneme segmentation. As you know, this is a very important phonemic awareness skill that sets students up for becoming successful readers and writers! I have been using sound boxes, a research based method for teaching phoneme segmentation, since I was student teaching.  When I started, I simply drew boxes on index cards with a Sharpie, laminated them, and used them with counters. Since I am working with phoneme segmentation with my students now, I created this cuter version as a part of my Trick or Treat CCSS Math and Literacy Centers. 

  After using these in centers, I came across these adorable mini treat buckets at Target - 6 for $1. Get out - $1 -  that is VALUE, folks! Snatched them up and started using them instead. Students drop treats into the buckets as they segment the sounds in words. I already had these jack-o-lantern erasers on hand, so we used them. Plus, using candy might be more distracting than helpful. 

                                      

Check out the rest of my Trick or Treat Centers here: 

Weekly Centers and Spider Day Preview!

Check out our classroom centers for math and literacy! This week our center time is largely spider themed because we are celebrating our beloved SPIDER WEEK! 

Check out these center activities by clicking the pictures below:

   

        My students have been working on these Spider themed centers this week, but we are just starting to study spiders TODAY! To kick off our learning, I have planned a SPIDER DAY celebration. I do this every year and it is definitely my favorite day of school. The K5ers always LOVE it! When my students walked in this morning they found our room covered in spiders. We will read several spider books, sing spider songs (including the spider abc song from my spider unit), create our own spiders, play spider games, and celebrate at our very own Miss Spider's Tea Party.  Here is a peek at my room! I'll update you on how it goes soon!