Around Town Round Up-- Calendar & Circle Time

A staple in many classrooms is morning Calendar & Circle Time. This is a great daily activity to work on important life skills vocabulary like the months, weather, seasons, and days of the week. It also provides tons of opportunities for practicing math skills like counting, patterns, and temperature. The possibilities are endless for structuring this important learning time so we have found some of our favorites across the Miami Valley to share in today's Around Town Round Up.

This calendar display incorporates 3D shapes, place value, tens frams, time, number writing/sequencing, tallies, and graphing. What a great way to get daily practice of all of these skills in a busy 1st grade classroom!

Megan Kelly
Beavertown Elementary, Kettering

We love all of the skills covered on this calendar display including dates, days of the week, months, graphing, communication skills of answering questions and greetings, seasons and weather, and attendance. What a great interactive display!

Sara Moore
Warder Park Wayne, Springfield

This display is one of our favorites because it is on a portable divider which can be moved or turned around so that the visuals are not distracting throughout the day.

Ramel Mitchell
Kyle Elementary, Troy

We love how this calendar practices patterns using buildings.

Brittany Sword
Valley Elementary, Beavercreek

For older students, we love these age-appropriate displays.

Carrie Prickett
Jane Chance Elementary, Miamisburg

Robbie Whorton
Trotwood Madison High School, Trotwood

Sometimes, students struggle to remain on task during Circle Time. They may need visual supports to take turns or for following along. 

Tabitha Eaton
Main Elementary, Beavercreek

Amy Beanblossom
Arcanum-Butler Elementary, Arcanum

Anne Rosenbaum
Orchard Park Elementary, Kettering

We love these interactive boards for choosing exercises and songs during Circle Time.

Brittany Bush
Spinning Hills Middle School, Mad River Local Schools

This interactive Morning Message is a great way to practice close reading and writing while priming students on the date, learning theme, group activity, and lunch for the day.

Taylor Ruef
Stevenson Elementary, Mad River Local Schools

This student has an independent task of recording the weather and temperature for each day of the school week. This is a great independent living skill to practice.

Jennifer Jette
Vandalia-Butler High School, Vandalia