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Smart board calendar starfall2/11/2024 ![]() You can't see them in the photo but there are draggable pieces over to the side that students can drag onto the calendar. We start the year with this simple ABAB pattern with a cute apple theme. Our calendarincludes draggable numbers with a simple pattern that increases in difficulty each month. It's such a happy, positive way to begin our morning. There's a link to our good morning song on the first slide and we sing that each day. Students are able to move the calendar dates into place and do the work themselves. Our morning calendar routine is super slick and easy using this digital calendaron our interactive whiteboard. ![]() The good news was that in my new room I had an interactive smart board! Woah! We've entered the 21st century! I decided to do my morning calendar routine in a new updated way and so I created a google slides digital calendar. ![]() What was I going to do? I loved my calendar activities and didn't want to give them up! But the only bulletin board I had in my new room was about 4X4 and that wasn't large enough. When I moved to first grade I no longer had this much wall space to devote to my daily calendar. I loved this calendar area in my room but it took up a lot of space in my classroom. When I taught kindergarten I had my calendar on a huge bulletin board at the front of the room. I really feel like I get a lot of “bang for my buck” out of this little 15 minutes of time. I have done calendar time with my students every day for my entire career and I would never give it up. We begin with the school announcements and the pledge of allegiance.Īfter we say the pledge, we begin each day with our morning calendar routine. We do that by meeting on the carpet for our Morning Meeting. Once all of the students have arrived we're ready to start our day. It's a great way to make connections and build a good classroom community.Īt my school, the students have a staggered start for about the first 30 minutes of the day. ![]() If you want to get off to a good start in your classroom, the best way is with a morning meeting. Need more ideas for classroom routines? Check out this post:. ![]()
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