Mrs. Hankinson's Class: getting centers ready & a new product

I mentioned in yesterday's post that I have not had centers in my classroom, until now. One day this week we did "mock" centers and tried to get everybody to each center {even for 2-3 minutes}, just to practice rotating quickly and quietly. Here are a couple of pictures of what we were doing.

listening center

read to self {this little kiddo struggled to read CVC words at the beginning of the year, now she's reading entire stories from the basal on her own!}

art center - making clocks to use in our math lessons next week

iPod center - everyone's favorite!

I also have a computer center and sight word center, but didn't get pictures of those. I created a 6 day schedule (no guided reading on Mondays and Fridays), which will take us 2 weeks to go through. I most like the fact that I only will need 1 craft/art project every 2 weeks, which is very manageable between now and the end of the year. Pinterest, here I come!

In yesterday's post I also shared that I have finished my singular/plural noun packet. Here are the preview pictures. It has a spring theme and I'm looking forward to using it once we have our sequencing writing completed. Click here to see the packet with details.