Thank You!

The Folsom PTO kindly bought us a new rug for our classroom! It is a checkerboard of rainbow colors which creates a classroom carpet with a place for everyone. There are many uses for this rug including classroom management, teaching respect of personal space as well as a variety of whole group games. Her are some examples:

Classroom Management:
Dismiss children to work at classroom centers by color
Divide children into teams or work groups by color
Direct children to line up by color

Games:
Simon Says - play in teams to encourage listening skills and cooperation. For example, "Simon says, green team, march in place."
Pattern Path - small groups use construction paper (that match the rug) to create pattern maps for other students to follow

Graphing

Think, Pair, Share - students discuss topics with a partner.