This week was full of fun themes, great reading, and awesome crafts. To kick start Read Across America next week, we read Fox in Socks. It is so hard to keep up with Seuss’ silly tongue twisters. I've never heard more giggles from the audience! We also were welcomed by our visiting author, David Adler, who shared with the children how he comes up with all his ideas for his stories- from real people/experiences! He just changes the names! He was super silly and even performed some magic tricks!
Also, the children learned their first two trick words: the and a. I explained that the words "the" and "a" are called Trick Words because they can be tricky and we do not tap them out. The students practiced reading these two words in sentences. I also briefly discussed reading with fluency, or reading with speed and expression. The children also learned that the word a is pronounced like /u/.
Finally, the children heard "Baby Echo Finds Echo at Last" again but the second time I performed the story without words and had a couple students tell the class what happened in their own words. We love hearing their versions!
Then, children one at a time chose a domino and placed it under the correct number card. As more dominoes were sorted, we discussed why some totals were more common than others.
First, we discussed the life of President Washington and filled in missing letters to complete an anchor chart about him. Next, I charted the children's ideas about what they would do if they were president of the United States. I told them they could be serious or silly :)
That about wraps up our week! I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend:)
Best,
Mrs. Nork