We have a snack table in the afternoon so students are invited to eat at that table when they feel hungry. You can grab name bag printables from my TPT store for FREE here. These name bags will be our first guided literacy groups eventually. so that I can make name bags for students who need more practice with their name. I make note on my clipboard who can recognize their name, who can copy their name, who can recognize letters in their name etc. This will be going up on our writing wall as our first piece of writing and it helps me see who can write their name independently. You can grab my FREE editable book box labels here or by clicking on the image below: I keep this super short on the first day and have even done a story from instead (I highly recommend this site for indoor recesses too!) when we had staggered entry (the SK's came in the morning and JK's joined in the afternoon) so that the kids were engaged while we were helping the new friends that just joined. Have them sit on the carpet and read/look at their books quietly until everyone is reading from their book box. This is a good way to see who can recognize their name. <<Īs students come in, I remind them of entry routines and invite them to grab their book box. > Prep: 30 min > Lunch & Lunch Recess: 60 min > Entry / Book Box / Carpet Time #3: 30 min. The templates for writing portfolio's can be found here. We circulate and talk to the students, help wanderers find centres and if I have time I pull kids and take head shots so that I have photos to use to make name cards for the word wallįREE name card templates can be downloaded here. We mix in literacy-based centres in the morning. We review our "At Centres" anchor chart quickly and students are invited to explore simple centres again. We continue this for a few more days until all of the letters have at least 3-4 things. Then I have them tell me any item they want to see in our co-created alphabet line and what letter it begins with (if they can). First we add all of the students names under each corresponding letter. Then I say "We need to brainstorm some things that start with each letter so we can take a picture for each letter with things/actions or people that start with that letter!" Then we start brainstorming for each letter. What are some things we should put up on the walls that would help us with our learning at school? I have the kids share what they think and we talk about the importance of an alphabet line and how it helps us with our learning (it helps us learn our letters/sounds, it helps us know the order of the letters etc.) Then I show them the plan I have in mind (the picture above). I start with talking about how we are missing some important things on the walls in our classroom. We get going on creating our co-created alphabet line from the first day! This is what we did last year and what we are planning to do again this year. Now I know this sounds like a lot and if you can't fit it in I would do the "At Centres" anchor chart before the next centre block instead, because you do want to go over any snack procedures you want them to follow before snack!
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