Planning Effective Group Times Pg. 139-142
Focuses on gathering and engaging children, signals beginning of group time
What is the opening of group time?
Welcoming children and helping them transition from home to school
What is greeting time?
Where a teacher decides to hold their group instruction
What is location?
Losing the attention of present students due to waiting on students who are cleaning up, in the restroom, or engaged elsewhere
What is "waiting too long to begin"?
Pink
What is Mrs. Vampola's favorite color?
The main purpose of the whole-group instruction time
What is the body of group time?
Using books, puppets, or props to enact stories during group instruction
What is storytelling time?
Identifying what you want students to learn, and choosing one or two goals around which to plan.
What is focus?
Taxing children's ability to attend to what is happening
What is "allowing group time to drag on too long"?
Fremont, NE
Where is Mrs. Vampola from?
Key ideas are summarized and children are directed into other learning activities
What is the closing of group time?
When students review what they have been doing, and report to other classmates
What is reporting time?
Props used to capture the attention of children during lessons and activities
What are materials?
This allows children with special needs to feel comfortable and in control of the world around them
What is developing a regular circle time routine?
Science
What is Mrs. Vampola's favorite subject?
Short activities that are linked together by these strategies
What are transitions?
Encourages children to make decisions and set goals
What is planning time?
Alternating quiet segments and active segments, balancing listening with doing, and interspersing familiar activities with new ones.
What is pace and variety?
Allows for children to visualize a sequence of activities
What is using a picture schedule?
Budgies- Kiwi, Petri, Nash, and Sky
What kind of pets does Mrs. Vampola have?
When the class comes together and participates in activities such as problem solving, movement, discussions, or rich experiences
What is whole-group time?
Brief lessons that convey particular messages to students
Repetitive, predictable books, movement activities, and simple games
What is active involvement?
Students have lost patience, and struggle to follow directions due to forgetting information over time
What is "introducing difficult activities late in the group-time routine"?
28
What is Mrs. Vampola's favorite number?