I finally feel like we have a schedule and routine going. We have added 2 new students to the mix and overall I am seeing some real progress with this bunch!
Last week we attacked VERBS! The kids loved being a VERB SUPERHERO and came up with some fun adjectives to describe their superhero. We made flip books, played charades, and designed some verb superheroes!
Here are some pictures of our wonderful work!
We also made flip books sorting words into 2 categories - verbs and not verbs. The kids had so much fun with this activity and sorted the words like masters! I couldn't have been happier with how well they did and they had such a great time!
We spent a good part of the week working on place value. Since we have no textbook that the kids can write in, I decided to create a whole new unit to use with place value this year. I love to use anchor charts on my board to teach the skills and I wanted to have tons of different activities so they could practice this skill.
Some of the activities we did as a whole class, some in small groups, and some for reteaching. As we worked, I added several different levels so that all the kids were doing the same basic activity. I leveled several of the activities so that some of us were working on just 10's and 100's and others could add the 1,000's. The kids really enjoyed it and were so engaged, so tonight I'm going to start working on more leveled activities for money next week.
Here are some pictures of our place value unit in action! We made these cute flip books - each kiddo picked their own number to show what they know!
We all made a 2 digit accordion with no trouble at all!
The 3 digit ones took a little help from the teacher, but once we finished the kids had the best time "pulling" their number apart! We are masters of expanded form now!
We did lots and lots of hands-on activities with this unit. I really loved using the anchor charts on my screen each day to go over place value with the kids. The kids loved that most of the activities were leveled, so my high kids weren't bored at all and my lower kiddos could work without feeling rushed!
Where did September go? One smart kiddo reminded me that we needed to write in our learning journals Tuesday. I completely forgot! Thank goodness she LOVES, LOVES, LOVES these journals, so I'm sure she will remind me every month.
When we do these journals, we brainstorm together and create a list. I do this for two reasons - one it helps so much with the "How do I spell...." and it also gives the lower kids some ideas to get them started. They actually named over 20 things we worked on this month.... that made me SMILE!
If you don't have monthly learning journals, it is never to late to start. They are great at Open House and make a wonderful end of the year keepsake.
So that is a wrap for this week!
Happy Teaching!
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