Showing posts with label letter practice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label letter practice. Show all posts

Friday, 10 October 2014

Five for Friday



Thanks to Doodle Bugs Teaching for hosting Five for Friday




In Kindergarten this week we have been working on our letters and sounds.  We laminated the sheets below and have put them out at a table for students to come and explore.  Students use whiteboard markers to practice their letters.  We document their learning with pictures which are kept in each students personal profile.






This week I (Libby) was out for a 5am run and caught the lunar eclipse.  There's something magical about being up and out before the world wakes up.  I used to be a regular runner in the wee hours of the morning...and then we had a child...and sleep became so much more precious.  However, here we are several years later and I am less sleep deprived, so it's time to get back into the swing of things.  To all my morning runners, this pic is for you. 




Ok, now for a laugh.  Jeff and I have both been working on parts of speech this week with our students.  Students were asked to come up and share verbs on a mind-map.  Students were given markers to write down their verbs and as you can see... two of them caused us to crack a smile;)







This week as part of my planning time duties, we have been working on acting out animals and feelings.  I laminated these cards and use them to play games with the students.  I like to call up a student, show them the card, have them act out the animal or emotion, and see if the class can guess what they are.  We have shared a lot of laughs watching students take the "stage" and get into character.  




Finally, it's fall!  Thanksgiving (for Canadians) is this weekend.  The leaves are beautiful and the air is crisp.  I love this time of year.  

It just doesn't get any better than this! 








Friday, 19 September 2014

Five for Friday

This week we are linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for their Five for Friday linky party.




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This week we decided to look at Fairy Tales.  I read the class this book...



After reading Once Upon a Time we created a mind map of all the important tools Fairy Tales use.




Then we brainstormed ideas for each "tool".  For example, students who brainstormed Setting came up with various places a Fairy Tale could take place (e.g., home, cottage, etc.)







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This week we focused on pronouns.  We talked about how a pronoun can take the place of a noun.

Our weekly words... 


 


Next, we had a mini lesson on how we can use pronouns in the place of nouns. 


Students came up one at a time to tell me what pronoun we could use in place of a noun. 



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Over the next few weeks many schools will be focusing on Terry Fox and raising money for cancer.  Students will be bringing in Toonies for Terry over the next few weeks.  Our goal is to raise $600.  Our principal will be taking a pie to the face if we can meet our goal of $600.  What a good sport. 


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This week Jeff and I have been hard at work getting some packages ready for our students.  Since I work with kindergartens in the afternoon I was inspired to create a letter and letter sound practice worksheets.

Students will be able to practice their letter writing as well as look for pictures that start with the letter of focus.  
Letter Practice and Letter Sound


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Here's what Jeff has been working on...

A full science unit on Habitats and Communities. 
Science- Habitats and Communities

Ok.  Now off for some PD day training.  Hope everyone has a great weekend.