I'm linking up with Mrs. Wills Kindergarten for a Peek at My Week! Just checking in with a few highlights for our upcoming week!
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This week we're working on the short e and short u sounds. The short e sound can be tricky and I've already noticed a few of my kiddos having some trouble with this sound. We'll be sure to get a ton of practice in this week with various word work activities.
As we wrap up our first go around with short vowels we'll be playing a game of HedBanz this week as well (Thank you Hope King at Elementary Shenanigans) for the idea. I just printed out some CVC pictures and I picked up some stretchy headbands at Target so we're all set. I think for our first attempt at the game I'll wear the cards using the headband and I'll have my kiddos spell each CVC word so I can guess the picture. This is a game I'm sure I'll use all year!
As we wrap up our first go around with short vowels we'll be playing a game of HedBanz this week as well (Thank you Hope King at Elementary Shenanigans) for the idea. I just printed out some CVC pictures and I picked up some stretchy headbands at Target so we're all set. I think for our first attempt at the game I'll wear the cards using the headband and I'll have my kiddos spell each CVC word so I can guess the picture. This is a game I'm sure I'll use all year!
In math this week we'll be working with the number 10. We'll also be introducing the rekenrek to model different ways to make 10. I loved using individual rekenreks last year but I'm sure this large scale version will be a huge hit and will really help the kids understand different ways to make 10.
Sorry about the picture... the pool noodles are at school while the rekenrek was put together at home!
This week we'll also begin our workstation rotations. We did this a bit last week but I really feel the kids are ready to begin working on their own without me circulating constantly. I'm going to get the rest of my September assessments done while my kiddos try out 2 or hopefully 3 rotations each morning. Here's what I use to show my kiddos where they are each day. I don't know include meet with teacher on the rotation board... I just call over groups as we rotate. This allows some flexibility as I meet with individual students/groups.
During writing workshop this week we're going to be using two very important tools for instruction. The first tool we'll be using are rubber bands to help us stretch our words to spell them. Such a simple tool but I'm sure the kiddos will benefit from using them!
We'll also be using a watermelon and watermelon slices. Yup, that's right. Watermelon for writing workshop. This will help the kids better understand watermelon topic and smaller seed stories that we want to write about. I can't wait to see their reaction to the watermelon during writing time!
We began learning about apples last week and the kids are excited to continue reading some non-fiction books about apples. We'll also begin reading some books about fall and fall weather as the season has changed to fall... can't believe it!
Sorry about the picture... the pool noodles are at school while the rekenrek was put together at home!
This week we'll also begin our workstation rotations. We did this a bit last week but I really feel the kids are ready to begin working on their own without me circulating constantly. I'm going to get the rest of my September assessments done while my kiddos try out 2 or hopefully 3 rotations each morning. Here's what I use to show my kiddos where they are each day. I don't know include meet with teacher on the rotation board... I just call over groups as we rotate. This allows some flexibility as I meet with individual students/groups.
We'll also be using a watermelon and watermelon slices. Yup, that's right. Watermelon for writing workshop. This will help the kids better understand watermelon topic and smaller seed stories that we want to write about. I can't wait to see their reaction to the watermelon during writing time!
We began learning about apples last week and the kids are excited to continue reading some non-fiction books about apples. We'll also begin reading some books about fall and fall weather as the season has changed to fall... can't believe it!
Have a great week!!
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