Word Pattern Center

Above, you will see a student working at the word pattern center. They have to find all the words that end the same, put them on the tree, and then write the words. We also discussed how the words rhyme.

Student Friendly: I can write words with the short vowel sound. I can recognize words that rhyme.

Play-Doh Fun!

How fun does this look? We have been working hard all year to learn our sight words. We now have another fun way to practice, Play-Doh!

Student Friendly: I can identify my sight words.

All About Seeds

This week we are learning all about seeds. The kids had a lot of fun learning how to plant alfalfa. As soon as we finished planting, one of the kids asked why it hadn't grown yet. So cute!

Above and below, you will see the kids mixing up the dirt.

Everyone had a turn at watering our plant! I'm not sure what they liked more, actually watering or being able to use the squirt bottle.

We found a seed we had planted!

Center Work Using Cubes

I love letting my kids explore and learn on their own with little guidance from me. At one of my centers, I gave the students Unifix cubes and told them I was looking for something creative. They produced just that! I got everything from airplanes to them making different patterns. The picture above shows two of my students holding letters they made from the cubes. That is actually not the part I loved, they were actually creating sight words! I was so excited to see the center working together to produce something we have been working on. Unfortunately, they started to clean up before I could take a picture so all I could get were a few letters. This was a very proud teacher moment!

Long and Short vowel sounds

Surprise Guest

Friday before break, we were surprised with a special guest. An aide from the school plays guitar and even has his own band! I love bringing in new people to our classroom, so I invited him over to play for us. It was great to see the kids singing along. I hope he has inspired many of these young children to pursue music. Music is such a magical thing!

If I had a pot of GOLD!

Our March bulletin board turned out so cute! Even though several of our students were absent, we were able to make an adorable project. Each of the students finished the sentence, if I had a pot of gold. Some answers were very unique! I just love seeing how much they are growing with their writing.

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

We used our weekly readers to complete a little friendly competition. The students had 5 minutes to find as many of their sight words/high frequency words as they could. The winner received the chance to chose which Dr. Seuss book we would read before lunch. They had a lot of fun!

U is for Underwater

How cute are these? We had so much fun learning about oceans, lakes, and rivers all while learning about the letter Uu.

It's Valentine's Day!

Above, you will see the students enjoying their delicious snack! They had to earn their party by spelling out the word CANDY. Not only did they have to work really hard to earn all of the letters, but they had to be able to tell me what the word was that they had spelled. This was a very fun way to earn a reward.

Finally, the moment they had all been waiting for.... DECORATING BAGS! It was so much fun to see the concentration they had while decorating.

Look at this huge pile of goodies! I am so spoiled by my lovely students.

My apologies!

I must apologize as I am very far behind in my postings. Room 4 has been very busy and we are very excited to share all of our adventures with you!