It was a loooooong week! I think we are all ready for a little Thanksgiving break. Energy levels for my kiddos were high this week, but who could blame them?? We all have turkey, pie, and family on the brain. Even with all that to distract us, room 27 was hard at work as always. Here are some highlights from the week:
Phonics
This week we are learning about h-pals! The H-pals all have names and stories;
Shaun-very studious pal who is trying to get his work done so he keeps telling people sh!
Theo-naughty pal who sticks his tongue out at people making the th sound
Charlie- loves trains and wants to be a conductor. He goes around saying ch ch ch like a train
Whitney- wants to whistle, but can't so he goes around saying wh wh wh
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| We used the Document Camera to display magnet letters and build words that start and end with h-pals |
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We recorded the words we built. We sorted by words that start and end with sh Working With Words
This is another element of the Daily 5. Each day children have the opportunity to build spelling words with a variety of manipulatives such as....
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| Wikki sticks |
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| and Magnet letters |
Writer's Workshop
This week we learned that sometimes writer's take off their writing hat and put on their reading glasses :)
Writer's reread their own work and do some of the same things they do during reading time such as point to the words, look at the pictures, reread, and go back and fix anything that doesn't make sense. We partnered up and did some editing as readers!
Sharing
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| During work on writing time, this proud author wrote a wonderful story about a girl named Ella who was a giant who loved to draw. She used the document camera to share it with the class. |
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| Our Mystery Reader shared some of her family favorites as well as a silly Thanksgiving story about a lady who swallowed a pie...uh oh! |
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| A sparkly crystal rock from the Museum of Natural History. The document camera lets us see all of the detail up close! |
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| We also met Smudge! So cute! |
