{march: week four}

Letter of the Week:  Y

Handwriting Practice:  Y

Getting to Know the letter Y

Sing for Y {Letter-Sound Association}

This idea was taken from the Education Center's Circle Time from A to Z. {We all sang a little song and inserted each word into our song as we went along.  We practiced the /y/ sound repeatedly and talked about several words that start with the letter y.}

Y is for Yawn {Letter Recognition}
This idea was taken from the Education Center's Circle Time from A to Z. {Ms. Carlie showed cards labeled with letters - if the letter was a Y, all of the students "yawned" while saying,"Y is for Yawn." If the letter was not a Y, we stated the letter and waited for the next card.}

This is the best picture I could get of my girl yawning.  She started getting silly once I pulled the camera out.

Is it a Y? {Letter Identification}
This idea was taken from the Education Center's Circle Time from A to Z. {This one is very similar to the previous game - the teacher shows the students cards with letters on each one.  If the letter is a Y, students say, "Yes" and form a Y with their bodies.  If the letter is not a Y, our answer is, "No!"}

Miss Bug making a Y while playing "Is it a Y?"

Intro to the Five Senses {smell, sight, sound, taste & touch}
We have a field trip on Tuesday and we will be focusing on noticing which of the 5 senses we are using while at the farm.  I will bring a popcorn snack for the kids since taste will hopefully be one they won't experience on their own. :)

Bean Shakers

What's That Smell?

Read Aloud:  Big Book - How Many?

We read a big book and counted different amounts of objects.

Read Aloud:  Big Book - Ten on the Sled

We revisited the number 10 and counting objects 10 and less.

Read Aloud:  Big Book - Down by the Station
And my students begged for one more big book read aloud, so we read this one.

Nursery Rhyme:  Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
We actually ran out of time this week and didn't get to our Nursery Rhyme.  We will save this for another day when we have extra time!

Word Family of the Week: -ub

High Frequency Word: My

Poem of the month:

Words Their Way: 
Selection 3: Jump Rope, Jump Rope

Color of the Month: Blue

Shape of the Month:  Rhombus