Can you believe that it's almost August? Where has the summer gone?
If you are like me, you are starting to plan for the upcoming school year. Join this fun link up and find some great resources for the upcoming school year.
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Since it is almost August, I'm thinking about the start of the new school year. I contemplate what worked well last year and what things can be improved.
Last year I really LOVED my calendar wall. Why, you ask? Well, I took my old standard calendar and updated it with more math stuff. I began with the standard monthly calendar where we turn the cards over each day to reveal the number and the pattern. We do Yesterday was ____, Today is ____, and Tomorrow will be ___, (those are the teddy bears). I also have the daily add a straw count that groups ones, tens and hundreds. I have the months of the year (train) and the days of the week. The teddy bears in the trains are the kid's birthdays (they each decorated a die cut teddy bear and I put them in the train far for the month). And of course we have the 100 chart and the weather.
Most of the items were purchased at teacher stores, but I got the weather from here and the day, month, year strips and the days in school from this website.
The number of the day and the shapes are part of my Calendar Companion. I also have worksheets that my students use to learn about the different parts of the calendar.
I also have a daily schedule cards that we review in the morning so the kids know what things we will be covering that day. You can grab these for just $1 for the next 3 days! I laminated these and put them on velcro. I can rearrange them based on the day and the things that we will be doing. (The schedule cards are the pencil shaped cards that are hanging under the clock).
I encourage you to browse around the links to see what things you can add to your calendar wall.
Click here for a FREEBIE! It's just one small part of my Calendar Companion.
Just slide it in a page protector and staple it to your calendar wall. Use a dry erase marker to count the number of girls and boys at school each day. I have my calendar helper do this each day.
Check my Freebies section for more fun FREE stuff.
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