It is soooooooo cold in Massachusetts right now! For shared reading this week, I plan to introduce some of these winter poems.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Friday, January 24, 2014
How-To Writing
I am getting ready to start HOW To Stories.
I have decided this year, to use pieces of the Lucy Calkin {new book} and Tony Stead/Linda Hoyt books on Procedural writing.
MENTOR TEXTS FOR HOW-TO'S
Before Starting this new writing Unit:
We read a few HOW TO STORIES
On Demand Writing Assignment:
{Pre-Assessment}
Have students write a HOW TO Story.
KICKING OFF HOW-TO WRITING
Shared Writing: Make a Class How-To Procedural Poster
PROCEDURAL POSTERS
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I like that Tony and Linda have students create procedural posters all on the same topic. You can click the Voice Thread below to see some samples from last year. This year, I decided to create a template for my students. I found that many kindergarteners were getting confused for placement of print and sequencing.
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Sunday, January 19, 2014
100 Day Signs and Checklist
Here are 14 different signs for the 100th day of school stations. Photocopy them on different color paper. A special thank you goes out to my friend Laura who created these signs.
This is a checklist that my students used this year for the 100 day.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Story Ingredients
My class has been working on retelling stories. What are the story ingredients? This chart hangs in the meeting area, it is a helpful tool for students to use.
STORY TELLING STRINGS
The children use the story strings below to retell a familiar story to a partner.
{Characters, Setting, Problem, Solution and Tie-Up}
STORY STRINGING WORDS
We are learning to use the stringing words below when retelling stories. We notice many of these words in our class read aloud.
perfect for kindergarten!!! They are simple, short and funny.
RESPONSE SHEETS
After reading Knuffle Bunny, my class worked on the following
response sheets.
(Important Event or Problem Solution)
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