100th day of Kindergarten

100 Days of Awesome!

We celebrated our 100th day of kindergarten on Thursday of this past week.  We had so many fun activities all week long, but I think their favorite took no planning and was super cheap.  They worked in teams to build with 100 Solo Cups.  I loved seeing all the discussions and collaborative work I saw happening.  It was amazing!

Some other activities we enjoyed were writing  in our 100 book (they love the 100 dollar bill), making our $100 hats with 10, $10 bills (play money!), completing a 100 graph puzzle, made a 100 snack, and playing a race to 100 dice game.  

We also traditionally start “Infinity Journals” on the 100th day.  The kids are challenged to write their numbers from 1-100 on the 100th day, and then receive a new infinity journal that they can work on when they finish their work.  They continue writing numbers…to infinity!  Our principal does special awards for kids who reach 1000, 5000, and 10,000.  

I’ve had kids in the past that have made it past 15,000!  

I have those activities on my TPT.  Here’s to the next 70 days of kindergarten!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/100th-Day-of-School-Math-and-Literacy-Activities-1659494

Kindergarten Rainbow Classroom Reveal

It's starting to come together!  I love rearranging my classroom for the beginning of the year.  It's all about solving problems I ran into last year, and incorporating all the new ideas I've learned over the summer!

Problem last year:  I had this rainbow storage shelf over my lego table.  It also happened to be in the path where my kids lined up.  Without thinking they would "hang" on it, and a couple of the bars were cracked.  Trying this new spot!  The two shelves on the side hold crayons and markers.

Love, love, love my stage!  It is also storage!  The two tall parts of the stage are on hinges and have a ton of storage space in them.  I finally have a place to shove all those wipes, kleenex boxes, baggies, and extra supplies parents bring me!

My small group corner.  Getting it all organized for my Science of Reading small groups I've been working on all summer.

Trying something new with my calendar time this year.  Making it more like a timeline.  It has all the birthdays, early out days, and holidays already in.

This is kinda messy, but shows off my flexible seating storage and the "tall" seats that are a favorite.

I love chalkboards.  :)

My new loft is actually a bunkbed off amazon.

I'm doing so much more with playdoh this year after an amazing session from the online Elevate Conference sessions this summer!

Yup.  I have a rainbow order problem.  I admit it.  I embrace it.

Moved my art center this year.  Still have some organizing to do.

My writing center.  Waiting for all the "Family Word Page" posters my kids will bring in!

Lots of name game activities for the beginning of the year.

Kindergarten Classroom Stage

I was just thinking I never actually posted pictures of my finished classroom stage!  I fell in love with a picture on Pinterest of a classroom stage, and begged Christopher to make me one like it.  He did it even better...because the tall side pieces are storage.  Anyone that knows me knows how much I need more storage in my classroom!  I'll start the year with a place to shove all the school supplies, kleenexes and Clorox wipes parents bring in on Meet the Teacher Night!

This is what I saw on pinterest: 

 

And this is what Chris made!

The kids can reach the whiteboard easily, I sit on the tall edge to get out of the way when teaching with my slides, but sit on the lower one to read to students.  The kids LOVE to get a clipboard and sit or lie on the stage to do their work.  It's my new favorite space in my classroom.