On each spring cut out, there is a nonsense word. It doesn't mean anything, but students try to read it by blending the letter sounds together. Then, they hop over the word and onto the next nonsense word on the trail. Students are enjoying their new learning center and practicing this important literacy skill along the way.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Hop Along the Nonsense Bunny Trail
Teaching children nonsense? That's right! Being able to read nonsense words is an important skill for kindergarten and first grade students. These students are decoding nonsense words and hopping along the nonsense bunny trail created by their teacher.
On each spring cut out, there is a nonsense word. It doesn't mean anything, but students try to read it by blending the letter sounds together. Then, they hop over the word and onto the next nonsense word on the trail. Students are enjoying their new learning center and practicing this important literacy skill along the way.
On each spring cut out, there is a nonsense word. It doesn't mean anything, but students try to read it by blending the letter sounds together. Then, they hop over the word and onto the next nonsense word on the trail. Students are enjoying their new learning center and practicing this important literacy skill along the way.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Native American Culture
Fire Bear playing a Native American Flute. |
Fire Bear told us the Native American legends "Why Rabbits have a Short Tail" and "The Rabbit and the Possom" using his drum. |
Native American Instruments. |
Native American masks and instruments. |
Students learning about rhythm while listening to the beat of the drum. |
Friday, March 16, 2012
Terribly Tacky Ties
Our kindergarten students continued working on reviewing letter sounds in phonics this nine weeks. One of the ways we help them truly internalize letter recognition and letter sounds is by making crafts to go along with those letters. For the letter Tt, they made "Terribly Tacky Ties" with pictures of things that start with the letter Tt. They did a TERRIFIC job!
Kindergarteners sporting their terribly tacky ties. |
Lucky Little Leprechauns
To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, students wrote about what makes them feel lucky. They each responded to the prompt, "I feel lucky when. . . " Then, students made leprechauns for a display. These lucky leprechauns are displayed on a bulletin board outside our classroom. Just as they did last year, while students were in special class we had a visit from some mischievous little leprechauns that messed up our classroom. Student chairs were knocked over, turned upside down, and flipped on top of the tables. Students were surprised to find that the little leprechauns left a package of "pot of gold" candy for each of them. So, that was nice of them. The children were excited that the leprechauns visited our classroom. Look for your child's leprechaun writing to come home soon.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Students' leprechaun writing is displayed outside our classroom. |
Monday, March 5, 2012
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Friday, March 2, 2012
Book Character Day at CME
We celebrated Read Across America today by dressing up as book characters. The students and teachers looked great! Our school also participated in the Read Across America AR Palooza as we tried to take as many AR quizzes as we could. Teachers read in small groups, students read to other students, and we watched books on video. Thank you to the parent volunteers that helped with AR quizzes.
Our Kindergarten book characters. |
Ladybug Girl, Viola Swamp and Miss Nelson from Miss Nelson is Missing, and Tina from Smelly Socks |
Pinkalicious |
Little Red Riding Hood and The Cat in the Hat |
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More |
Check out those great book characters! |
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