Circle Time

Circle Time

Children in the resource room are learning about a new letter and its sound each week as they study the thematic units of each pod. Students sing songs they choose, do fingerplays and dances, and read charts, books, and chants that begin with the targeted sound. They practice sitting, attending to instruction, taking turns, and following directions. Students also have the opportunity to practice articulation and fluency skills as they answer questions, count, or sing. Math is an important subject that is covered daily during Circle activities. Children use the SMART board to graph data, write, or read.

Attention!

You have to look and listen in order to learn!

Mathematics:

Students answer the "Question of the Day", tally responses, write the numeral, and decide which numeral indicates most/least, more/ less, or which numerals are the same, or equal.

We use interactive charts, like "Five Little Doughnuts".

During /d/ week, we learned about dollars and dimes, money used in the U.S.A.

Working on calendar skills provides excellent opportunities to answer questions, learn the concepts "day", "month", "year" "number", and "last" (just to mention a few), count, recognize numerals and letters, and to help friends when they need it.

Motor and verbal imitation are important components of language intervention!

We study about a new sound each week. During Circle, we sing some songs that begin with that particular letter and other songs that begin with letters we have already learned. Children choose song cards from the song chart then they go find the matching card inside a letter box. Songs are numbered by the order in which they were chosen.

Letter Boxes

The song, "Alligator", for example, is found in the /a/ box. Props needed for songs are also found in letter boxes. The dinosaur is in the /d/ box, the microphone is in the /m/ box, and so on.

Choosing song cards and props from the letter boxes.

Extension Activity: The activity that follows Circle, which is designed to extend learning related to the theme or letter. We make models of plants, animals or buildings. We paint, papier machet, cut, glue, and paste. We also play games or cook. The extension activity affords teachers the opportunity to work on needs in all developmental domains...

Language:

following directions

imitating