Calendar time has changed a lot in my room this year, as I expected it would (as well as everything else!). I think I keep changing things because I want everything to run as smoothly as possible. I don't want to change my calendar every day and update all the little calendar journal pieces. Until I figure out my dream set up, things will change! It may change again but here is what I am doing currently:
This is the interactive calendar from Starfall.com . My students used this in their K-1 room so I thought, why not continue to use it! It doesn't cover everything I wanted needed it to but it is a set calendar routine that I don't have to do anything for. The students can run calendar time because they already learned the routine from the previous teacher.
Here is how I'm supplementing the calendar:
This is a calendar journal that I got for FREE at Eberhart's Explorers. Click on the picture to be taken to her post & freebie. My lower level students will use this journal. It is fairly simple, doesn't require a lot of writing, and it provides repetitive practice of the basics.
For my higher students, I just purchased this:
I wanted my higher kids to work with addition, subtraction, time, and money daily as well. Click on the picture to go to the item on TPT ($1.50 - and it came with larger sheets to make a calendar wall).
I'm always looking for different calendar journal/number of the day sheets. What do you use?
Becky, thanks for the heads up on the Starfell interactive calendar. I am going to have to use that in my circle time - it will reinforce some of the things we already cover and my kids will love being able to run it themselves!
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