| Getting To Know You Interesting Words I have a little box labeled "Getting to Know You". Inside is each student's first name written on construction paper squares. I also have the student's names written on tagboard squares to hang on our Name wall. I place the construction paper name back into the box for other rounds. Round 1 -pick name out of box -student will come up in front of class -teacher interviews the student |
| -teacher points to letters and spells name, then whole class spells name, discuss letters -special student does name cheer (ie "Gimme a C", "Gimme a y", etc.) -teacher places his name on special student wall -discuss the student's clothes, hair and other attributes -all students draw protraits of special student -special student chooses one portrait for classroom book -students applaud special student -teacher places protrait and interview into book -classroom book is placed in reading corner when all students have gone through round 1 |
| Round 2 -pick name out of box -student will come up in front of class -spell name together -special student does name cheer -count letters in name, discuss his/her name compared with others (longer and shorter names, names that start with the same letter, names that have the same letters, etc.) -syllable clap -teacher writes each letter that is in the name on a unifix cube -special student will place his/her name in correct order -students applaud special student |
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| Morning Message Writing FOR Children |
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| We write the morning message at the start of every day. We always state what day it is and what are special is for the day. We find letters and words. We count sentences, count letters in words and count words in sentences. Some students spell words that they find other places in the room. We all read the message together and then individual students volunteer to read the message on their own. Our special student of the day (from Getting to Know You) gets to take the message home and share it with their family! |
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| Our "Getting To Know You Box" |
| Predictable Charts Writing WITH Children |
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| Day 3: Sentence Builders |
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| Day 1: Dictation of the Sentences |
| Day 2: Touch Reading the Sentences and Matching Words |
| Day 4: Illustrating the Sentence Creating a Class Book |
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| Day 5: Read the Class Book Place the Book in the Classroom Library |
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| Literacy Centers |
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| Writing Letters with Magna Doodles |
| Literacy Software on the Computer |
| Writing the Room |