Reading, Reading, & more Reading!

These are reading strategies we have been working on in class.
Eagle Eye: Reminds us to look at the picture for clues to solve the word.
Lips the Fish: Reminds us to make sure how lips are in the correct placement to make the sound of the word.
Chunky Monkey: Reminds us to chunk words into small chunks to sound them out and solve the word mystery.
Stretchy Snake: Reminds us to say the word slowly and stretch the word out. Then blend the sounds back together to make the new word.
Trying Lion: Reminds us to go back to the beginning of the sentence and try the word again.
Flippy Dolphin: Reminds us to flip the vowel sound if the first one doesn't work.

These are the writing strategies we have been working on:
Caps the Cub: Reminds us to start each sentence with a capital letter.
Stinker the Skunk: Reminds us to leave spaces after each word.
Dottie the Ladybug: Reminds us to use punctuation at the end of sentences.

 

World Party- America

The students colored in the White House and decorated the rose bushes.  They all worked really hard on this! I also had them write facts they learned about the White House.

 

They all had a hand at coloring in Mr. Lincoln.  If you look REAL close they were nice enough to add the little details like boogers on his nose!!  Around Mr. Lincoln are the guided drawings of Lincoln too.

Each person drew and cut out a part for the Statue of Liberty!

 

These are our guided statue of liberty drawings and the wonderful labeling of  the United States Map!

I always love how the eagle turns out by using their hands as the feathers!  They also wrote facts they learned about the Eagle!

Mount Rushmore!

 

This is a game the students created.  They drew the board with American symbols.  They would toss the dice and whatever symbol they landed on they had to give a fact about it.  They LOVED this game!!

Making up for Lost Time...

First up, our field trip to Casa Manana to see Repunzul!  It was wonderful and funny!  The kids really enjoyed it and I think the parents did as well!  We compared different versions of the story that we knew from reading books and watching the movie.  We guessed how this play would compare, but I don't think anyone guessed how this play correctly!!

 

 

 

With the help of a parent, I finally have my reading strategies posters ready to hang up as we go over them!!  I am so excited to finally have it DONE!!

 

These are just a few that I have introduced so far.  I love them and how they teach students the different ways to figure out words when reading.  I know they like them too and having the animal clue really helps them to understand what they are doing when reading.

 

 I also found these strategies for writing.  I have the animals for them too, I just need to remember to bring them up to the school. 

 

I have been working really hard with my little friends on their writing.  I thought this was cute and tried it with my friends.  It has been working for the most part.  I think it is simple enough to help remind them what they need to be looking for when writing.

  

This is by far my favorite way to teach counting by 10's or 5's to 100.  I love that the kids can move around while learning and have fun- isn't that how it should be??