For whatever reason our weekly reader has hibernation now instead of the winter, so I decided to make the best of it since it is still 80 degrees here in Texas. The kids are coming to school in their pj's on Friday and we are going to spend some time learning under a sheet tent. My best idea though I think is to use a shoe box and french fry holders from Sams to create a bear cave, the kids are going to paint the inside blue for the sky and stick gold star stickers inside. The french fry holders are getting stapled together and painted grey for the cave. I have printed off some pine trees and bear cut outs on cardstock. We are going to glue cotton balls on top of the cave for snow. I will post a few picks as soon as they are done.
Read the room is an excellent center activity! I use read the room almost daily in my classroom for literacy, vocabulary, letter recognition, spelling patterns and much more! I have created a bundle of read the room activities that are differentiated in order to meet the needs of all of your students no matter what level they are on. I am a firm believer in making my classroom an environment where all children are successful and feel confident in their learning. Differentiation is just one way to help those children who may be behind or even ahead to grow and flourish in the classroom. The goal is the same: learning, irregardless of where we start we want children to learn at a pace that does not frustrate and overwhelm. My Differentiated Read the Room Files contain 3 sets of picture cards. One set has the entire word printed with the picture, the 2nd set only has the target vowel written under the picture and the 3rd set only ...
Where did you put the cave in your classroom? Trying to do a cave in the math & science area in my classroom.
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