Term 1 Week 3 - Class Treaty

What a start to the Term! I have forgotten how hectic things can be.

Room have finally created our treaty and, of course, this is space themed. I had this structured with words to help the children think of rules they may have wanted in their classroom. This looks great. However I have not been referring to it very much. I may have to move it to a more central part of the classroom. Therefore it will available as a more visual reminder for myself and for children.

Reading Eggs

At our school, all children have a Reading Eggs log in. This is accessible through the use of an ipad or a computer. My classroom has two of each available.

This programme is great as the children can read age appropriate books and then answer comprehension questions about the book. The teacher can assign specific books for reading groups to read. There are also many different word games where the children can practise their letter-sound association skills, high frequency word spelling skills and many more.

Big Books are available and I have used these before and put them up on the data projector to read as a whole class. This is more visually accessable for the children.

I utilise this best at Reading time as it is a rotation for the children. I record those children who have had a turn so that each child hopefully has an opportunity to use this programme if not once a week then once a fortnight.

The children enjoy this programme very much and it is great to see their focus during reading time. The children can also access this at home as a home learning activity.

Term 1 2017!!!!

Whooo Blasting off into my second year of teaching. I have had heaps of fun .... maybe too much... decorating my classroom as a space theme this year. Some children were excited about this and have even given me the nick name - Rocket Teacher.

This last image is the behaviour rocket. It works the same way as the weather chart I had up last year. The children move their names up for when they are making GREEN (good) choices and they move their name down if they are making RED (bad) choices. The children self manage their rockets. At the end of the day if they reach the top they get house points.