Laurel Creek 2012-2013: Week of October 19

Weekend News

Every Monday students write about what they did over the weekend. It is wonderful to witness first hand all the progress they make with their writing over the course of the year.

Art with Julianne

This week Julianne pushed in to do some practice paper weaving with us. Students used a black and white pattern.

Word Study

Ice Eagles this week began to practice tapping out words with multiple sounds. They are working on counting syllables in words to be sure they do not miss sounds. This is helpful for both reading and writing progress. Students listened and tried to write down the correct spelling using letter sound knowledge. Students corrected their own work as a group.

Fire Snakes practiced forming the upper and lower case letter c and practiced making the c sound.

Read Alouds

Missing Tooth

Chloe lost a tooth

reading the Tooth Book

Word Study

Along with sounding out words with multiple sounds and syllabes. Ice Eagles have also begun to practice memorizing "Trick Words" through games like Red Light/ Green Light. Trick Words are words that are used often and need to be known upon immediate sight. They are also words that do not follow English language rules and cannot be sounded out. Example: and, the, of, is

Fire snakes practiced letter formation and letter sounds through Terry and Tommy.

Math

Fire Snakes practiced number formation. Please help remind your student to begin letter and number formation at the top (sky line) of all letters and numbers. This will help with good habits that will eventually lead to beautifully legible handwriting and the ability to write with the greatest speed.

Morning Academic Choice

Like Afternoon Choice, students get to choose activities to partake in. During Morning Choice students have the choice of math or literacy games and activities. Specific games and activities change everyday. Morning Choice allows brains to warm up, and is a fun way to begin the day.

Seamus makes words out of magnets on the white board.

Diego and Maquel play TOP IT (aka. War).

Mackenzie takes a break from Morning Choice to do the morning job of writing the date while the class continues to plays.

Students play vowel BINGO.

Kailamae, Jesse, Myles and Tate play 39 OH! a math game.

Chloe, Cameron and Kiara practice their Trick Words by playing Red Light/ Green Light.

Word Study

Diego takes the lead as teacher and quizes his peers on trick words.

Students writing words on white boards.

Fire Snakes work on Terry and Tommy letter formation and sounds.

Afternoon Choice

Seamus dresses up in Dramatic Play.

Chloe, Maquel and Lucas build in blocks.

Myles, Diego and Leif make books.

Malcom and Jesse practice their letters and words on white boards.

Seamus changes costumes.

Tate, Kailea and Emma play store in Dramatic Play.

Buddy Book Picnic

Strawberry Creek buddies met us outside on beautiful Wednesday and read us some of our favorite books.

Banana Tag With Buddies

Outdoor Closing Circle

Everyday students take a few minutes to reflect on the day's events. Students share their favorite parts of their day, and sometimes share what they would like to do differently tomorrow.

We Got to Go Now, Bye! Bye!

Students sing our end of the day song on the play structure.

Morning Choice

Scrabble Junior

White Boards

Having fun and ...

being silly!

Making calendar numbers

39 OH!

Making words with Banana Grams

Morning Jobs

Memory

Myles takes the role of teacher and reviews trick words with the class

Toy Jail

Sometimes our toys break rules and come join us at the meeting area and distract us from our learning. When this happens we believe it is the toy that should pay the consequence therefore they are put for the day in TOY JAIL, where they will no longer inhibit our learning, but will remain safe. Students can choose to put their toys in TOY JAIL during academic times and take them out to play during recess.