Sunday, July 14, 2013

Star Gazing in a Camp Theme Classroom


Put some stars on the ceiling, program them with whatever you want to practice....

 
Cover windows to darken the room, my awesome assistant provided black sheets and the big dipper...
 
 


hand kids a flashlight, turn off the lights....



a fun and motivating lesson!
 
The first week we wrote individual letters and basic sight words on the stars.
The second week we added pictures with the words from our camp words. We discovered that some of our kids needed help recognizing letters by name and we wanted to give them something to call out that they knew independently. Other skills: naming shapes and numbers.
 
 
Many of our students are working on verbal expression, so an expectation is to have them shout out what they see as they point their flashlight beam on it, I write it on the whiteboard as they say it. EVERYONE can participate, the child with the communication device can push a button to share his finds!
Each student has a pencil zipper bag with a flashlight, pencil and crayons. I found the flashlights in the Target dollar aisle! The most expensive part was buying the batteries, but it has been totally worth it!
Paula

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