Teaching Strategies
Interest Areas
Environment
Gold
Random Fun
100

I notice that you are mixing yellow and blue paint.  I wonder what new color you will create.

What is acknowledge and describe children's learning?

100

"When you give a shot, first you have to get some cotton and rub the arm clean"

What is the Dramatic Play Area?

100

I am the 3rd Teacher in the classroom.

What is the physical environment?

100

"One, two, buckle my shoe, three, four shut the door"

What is literacy (objective 15a)

100

This TV show follows the personal lives of six twenty to thirty-something-year-old friends living in Manhattan

What is Friends?

200

What would happen if there were no cars, trucks, buses planes, or boats?  How would we get around?

What is Extend children's thinking with open-ended questions, prompts, and conversations?

200

Nuts and bolts

What is the Toys and Games Area?

200

Please display me at eye level.

What is children's artwork?

200

Make sure you place the basket next to the easel.

What is spatial relationship (Math).

200

His name may escape the living but he can never escape drama?

Who is Ghost?

300

"I'm going to use my hands to catch this ball against my body.  Otherwise I might drop it"

What is Demonstrate effective learning behaviors?

300

Jackson Pollock used an abstract technique to create this.

What is art? (Art Area)

300

Its best to have at least 3 surfaces in this area because I support multiple types of play.

What is the Outdoor environment?

300

I develop from top down and from the center outwards.

What is gross motor development. (Physical)

300

An inner-city teen from Philadelphia is sent to live with his aunt, uncle and cousins in their California mansion.

Who is the Fresh Prince of Bel Air?

400

"You discovered a way to cut that heavy paper, Will you show Grace how you used the scissors to do that?"

What is Coach children's efforts and make suggestions?

400

Pancakes for breakfast

What is the Library Area?
400

Please make sure I am in at least 5 interest areas.

What is writing materials?

400

"Ms. Angela, Tommy took the ball from Jaime, now he's crying"

What is Social Emotional (Objective 2: Responds to emotional cues)

400

She came in like a wrecking ball.

Who is Miley Cyrus?

500

"The caterpillar makes a cocoon or a chrysalis"

What is give information to expand children's knowledge base?

500

Something Shiny

What is the Discovery Area?

500

Displaying me at eye level and making sure I include related pictures and children's names contribute to a print rich environment making me very meaningful to the classroom environment.

What is an alphabet?

500

Jenna likes to play next to Kevin, sometimes she talks in his direction.

What is objective 2d (Makes friends)?

500

Bidi Bidi Bom Bom and red lipstick.

Who is Selena?