Today we had a great Monday! Everyone seemed well rested.
In langague arts our objective was to identify a word that has a different beginning sound, within another group of words. I read 3 words and the students had to call out the one that did not start with the same sound as the first two. This was very easy when the two same words came first, but different when it was mixed up (ie. bat, ball, house =easy for us. bat, house, ball=harder). We then learned the letter O with the short vowel sound (octopus, olive). We also learned the sight word you.
The boys and girls learned a new sight word game; Swat!
Writing an exclamation sentence
I introduced the exclamation mark to the boys and girls. We talked about how you can hear excitment when there is an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence. We also discussed how seeing that exclamation mark gives us clues as to how the author would sound when he or she was reading it. We wrote our own exclation sentences.
In math we reviewed partners and teen numbers.
We filled our brownie tray, so another brownie party is instore sometime this week!
Today during intervention time we did a large review of everything we have been learning recently. We practiced spelling all our sight words (we did this involving movement; for each letter they pretended to hit a baseball bat, or be a cheerleader, or be a chicken). We reviewed letter sounds and letter names. We worked on math, talking about teen numbers and finding one more or one less of a letter I called out. We practiced rhyming words together, and looked at a group of 3 words and found what was similar (beginning, middle, or ending sound).
I gave the students time to finished their unfinished work that has accumulated. Others practiced handwriting and then did a dot paint fun activity. We took MAP computer tests in language arts, and tomorrow we will take Math computer tests. They love being on the computers! Some of them are confused about using a mouse; they are to used to ipads! :)
We read elbow elbow knee to with a partner.
I let them read anywhere in the room today, as long as they could 'handle' it. And they did!
We finished with a mini lesson about senses. Then we made snow globes that went along with a writing assignment: "If I lived in a snow globe, I would feel....I would see....I would hear...I would smell." They decorated with q-tip painting.
Today we worked alot with Math. Students were introduced to a Balance, or a Scale. We compared objects and worked to build vocabulary with the terms: heavy, heavier, light, lighter, up, and down. Then we made graphs that compared the weight of one object to the weight of another.
Students came up to the balance with an object. Then we made a prediction as to which was heavier. We guessed how many cubes that object would weigh. We also did an activity where students pretended they were scales and had to hold their arms according to what they were holding (a feather in one hand, an elephant in another! etc).
What a great/fun group of kids I have! :)
We enjoyed Colton's birthday cupcakes and headed home!
We did something new today as part of the daily five program. I timed students as they read-to-self. We tried to see how long we could read for before we got too distracted (talked, looked around the room, etc). Today we made it 1 minute and 30 seconds. We will work to build our stamina and hopefully by the end of the year we can read for a large chunck of time!
Today in Language Arts we learned the sight word do. We practiced spelling all our sight words using different actions, like movie star kisses for each letter, or cowboy lassos, or swimming strokes. The kids had fun, and I think absorbed it really well!
Dice direction game during stations
One on One work today was students reading to me or Mrs. Debbie
We had time to play an 'opposites' memory game
In math we reviewed partners, teen numbers, and coins (from way back!). We had a great day...very busy!
Today we had a good Monday! Everyone seemed well rested from their weekends. We did calendar and our daily math. Here, we reviewed partners of numbers (8....5+3....1+7). We also talked more about teen numbers. Children had to stand if I wrote a teen number on the board, and sit if it was not a teen number. They identify teen numbers by knowing they have a 1 in front of them, but that 100+ is not a teen number!
In language arts we reviewed the sight word where. Children wrote sentences (we do lots of writing to prepare for 1st grade!) following the sentence frame "Where is the _____." I like seeing that the boys and girls are working to extend their sentences, aiming for a 'two thumbs up' kind of sentence :)
Our unit theme in language arts right now is weather. We sang the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" poem. We read a book that talked about different kinds of storms, and told our own experiences with them. Then we got into station work. There we practiced me/for, made penguins using our footprints, and found B words to put on the b bus. They did a wonderful job staying on task today!
Write the room-another station today
Snack, Story, and home!
Today we did calendar and our daily math warm up. Our focus was teen numbers. We worked with teen displays, which follows the format of 11=10+1, 12=10+2....always grouping things in tens. We also reviewed partners of numbers (5....3+2 or 1+4) and talked about partner switching (4+1 or 1+4).
We learned a new sight word today; where. We talked about how some words can't be stretched out, and you just have to know them. During station time we finished odds and ends-testing, unfinished stations, and unfinished work. We did a math review sheet, had choice time and a snack, and headed home!
Exploring the starfall webiste during choice time
Drama Center
Enjoy a bit of a warmer weekend.
Today we reviewed both B and K. We listened for what letter a word started with, then stood up or sat down depending. We had to be quick thinkers! We did more work with middle sound isolation. Then we made K books and read them to 3 friends. We also did some writing, following the sentence frame, "This is my ____." We are working hard on our spacing and not letting our lower case letters pass the dotted middle line.
Kk book
Mrs. Debbie pulled students to read with her while I did some one-on-one math work.
We read a book about penguins, then made a fun penguin craft that involved the students handprints! They loved it.
We ate some pretzels and headed for home!
Fun Friday tomorrow!
Finally we are back from our long weekend! It was good to see everyone.
We worked on the letter K and the sight word for. We worked on isolating the medial sound in words. I said a word and students had to only tell me the middle sound. This gets tricky. I have them whisper the first sound, then say the middle sound more loudly. Next, the students got out their whiteboards and drew two big boxes on them. If the word started with K they placed it in the first box. If it ended in k, they placed it in the second box. They always have fun with whiteboards.
We played catch up with finishing station work, getting unfinished things done, and finishing our language arts testing. I was impressed with everyone's scores this second quarter. What growth we have had! Not just in academics but socially as well.
We finished the day with a fast math workshirt where students worked on quickly visualzing numbers in a row as well as pattern work.
Today was busy busy, but we had lots of fun!
In language arts we learned a new letter-Kk. We practiced writing it, talking about how the uppercase K has two arms that touch the ceiling, and the lower case k has one arm that touches the ceiling, but one that is too short to touch! We did actions to go along with this, and I think they got it! Their K handwriting today looked great. We also learned the sight word for. In stations we followed this sentence frame "This ____ is for me." We also painted a k picture-a kite!
Finding the letters B and K in the newspaper and magazines
For K, making a kite
We practiced partners of numbers in math (i.e 5's partners are 3+2, 2+3, 1+4, 4+1). Students earned a 'smartpill' for finding partners of numbers (1 m&m. You would be suprised how motivated they suddendly got to earn that smartpill!)
I tested students 1 on 1, and again Mrs. Debbie pulled individuals to work on their needs. Then we had 20 minutes of choice time before we headed home!
Enjoy the weekend. Stay warm!
Today we worked with the letter B. We read a poem about the 4 seasons that was filled with B words. Students came up to the smartboard and highlighted them. Then we got into station work and finished up what we didn't get to yesterday. I worked with small groups to teach another math lesson (this works so much better as there are so many pieces to set up!) as well as tested students on language arts. Our new aid, Mrs. Debbie, pulled students to work on bad habits they may be forming with writing or to read to her.
We did a math activity where students worked on fast counting. They had to look at the picture and count the circles as quick as they could.
We finished with group language arts testing, a snack, and a story about a meatloaf monster!
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