Chapter 5
Story Problems and Story Mats! That is what we are all about in kindergarten! The students love making up stories to practice some, some more and some, some went away! This will be easy to incorporate into the stations. We do these types of lessons often. The biggest part - as always - will be to model, model, model appropriate behavior for doing this activity in stations.I love watching the kids while they work with these mats - you can really see them click when they get the concept of what they are doing and not just moving bears on and off. :)
I think that my motto for this year is to relax and NOT worry about taking the extra time to work on stations and behaviors and activities. Somehow there is always that little voice in the back of my head reminding me about the extensive curriculum that needs to be covered. I need to just remember that it will all get done and better to be done well than done in a hurry!
I think that my motto for this year is to relax and NOT worry about taking the extra time to work on stations and behaviors and activities. Somehow there is always that little voice in the back of my head reminding me about the extensive curriculum that needs to be covered. I need to just remember that it will all get done and better to be done well than done in a hurry!
However, if time isn't taken to work on the work ethic and behavior at stations, you may come to regret it. Kinders love to work at stations because it's active, vocal, and short term. But if the management behaviors are not widely and well practiced, when you "do" want them in stations - they won't do well. The 4-6 weeks in the fall is a good investment for the rest of the year.
ReplyDeleteThat is what I am saying Ardisk! I wish we didn't have to worry about report cards for that first 9 weeks though. We spend so much time working on the management it seems so unfair to assess the poor k's!
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