We have been working all week, in between meetings, to get kindergarten rooms ready for the first day of school, and the rooms have never looked better! We are taking a walk on the WILD side this year! Thought you might enjoy some of the highlights of our rooms.
Outside the rooms, in the hallways
First day picture op!
Bulletin Boards
This is our creed this year!
Explorers made themselves as explorers during Orientation!
Vocabulary display
New alphabet, safari-themed
Table identifiers
Book of the Month and Genre Book Baskets
Behavior chart (flip card style)
Birthday display (ready for photos)
Themed windows
Just fun decorations!
Hallway tables outside classrooms decorated
Even the bathrooms are decorated!
Treats
Cubbies ready for backpacks
Word Wall
Ready for Common Core Standards
Ready for student work in the hallway
Clever ways to hide cords!
Everything laid out and ready to go!
With familiar stories, children begin to retell the story as they turn the pages. At first they might just name pictures but as they mature they begin to retell the story the way they have heard it. You will hear them use the loud, gruff voice of the big Billy Goat Gruff and the sweet soft voice of the wee little Billy Goat. That is why we read the same stories to children over and over - so that they will remember the story and the language. Soon they will be saying, "Once upon a time" and "They lived happily ever after." Before you know it, they will be pointing out letters and words and will tell you that they can't "read" the words. That's when you know they are ready for conventional reading!
