A Look Inside Our Room

Dear Families,

We realize that for some of you, you haven't been into the classroom since the start of the year. Tonight I took some photographs of our classroom spaces so that you could see what our room looks like. Please share this post with your child, I'm sure they would love to talk about what materials they use in the classroom and what we are learning.

This is our daily schedule that tells children what we do in the morning and afternoon. We have our Clean-Up Time Promise posted here, to remind everyone how to take care of our classroom materials.

We have a message we read and write together each day. 

The special helper has their name on the board. The special helper reads the letters in their name and then puts the letters in order after we mix them. They also get to take the attendance down to the office with another student.

This is where we keep the list of special helpers. Each time children have a turn, they put a sticker next to their name. We also keep our poems/songs here for children to re-read during learning centres.

Each morning, the children find their name card and put it in the blue pocket chart.

They then write their name on a sign-in sheet.

Here is one of our art displays of the room. 

We found so many branches on the ground when we walked back from the Public Library. When we got back to our room, we used black water colour to paint bare branches on paper.

This is the Art Studio. Children can select materials by themselves. 

This is where many of them have been building their airplanes.

We have also begun to create and design our favourite animals.

Here are two tables where the children explore natural materials (branches, rocks and plants). They often record and draw what they notice using small note pads and pencils we put out for them to use by themselves.

Our Airplane Inquiry has continued. We have been talking about the properties of flight, or what makes the airplane go. The children have written their theories using words and drawings. Many of the children agreed that a plane has an engine just like a car. We wondered if a plane engine looked like a car engine?

We have begun to compare living and non-living things in the classroom. The children recognize that an airplane is a machine. We began to talk about other machines we know.

Finally, here is a view of the classroom when you enter from the doorway. 

Hope you have enjoyed this mini-picture tour of our room.

Ms. Hammond and Ms. Snyder