Well, we all survived the 1st week back from Christmas break! :) It was a jam packed week, introducing a brand new theme with all new math and literacy workstations; but the kids get so excited when they are able to do something new! I love when I am explaining a new workstation and I hear them say, "Oh, I want to do that one!" Here is a little peek into some of the activities we did this week:
During math, students did this roll and graph workstation,
They played "Memory Match" using Little Bo Peep and her tally mark sheep.
They extended Little Bo Peep patterns and then used colored cubes to copy the patterns.
Students matched Jack to his candle stick using links. Below was how I was having them do it until...
One of my smarty pants kids was like, "Look Mrs. Alexander! I matched it with 4 chains since it has the number 4 (etc.) and I even made a pattern!" Needles to say, that is how everyone else was asked to complete this workstation from that point on. I just love it when my kids teach me something new!
Fast finishers completed one of these number order puzzles. They get so excited when they see the picture coming together!
During Literacy, my students completed this beginning sounds workstation.
Depending on their skill level, they either put the Nursery Rhyme letter lines in ABC order and matched uppercase to uppercase letters, had to fill in the missing letter, or matched lowercase to uppercase letters.
They also worked with nursery rhyme vocabulary by strining the words with letter beads,
or rainbow writing the words. I got this free printable from http://acupcakefortheteacher.blogspot.com/ and I just love it! For every vocabulary word, the kids roll the die, and then write the word in the cooresponding color. It's a great way to add some variety to any kind of writing!
At this workstation, students read the nursery rhyme, pointing to each word with a "special star pointer." Then, they retell the nursery rhyme using the pictures on the felt board. Finally, they spell some of the vocabulary words from the nursery rhyme on the organizer below and count how many letters are in each word.
Here is one of my kids favorite workstations! I "hid" these sight word cards around the room and they get to walk around with a clip board and recording sheet reading and writing the room. For those who are ready, I challenge them to use these sight words in a sentence. For others, I just have them practice reading the words as they record them in a list in their literacy journal.
The kids also completed this ABC order maze. I was just having students trace their path using Wiki Stix but my amazing mentor teacher that I shared these workstations with, showed me that she was having them match ABC beads to complete the path. GENIUS! This way they are not only working on ABC order, but also matching uppercase to lowercase. Using tweezers to get the beads also works on the fine motor skills!
Finally, the Amazing Ants made this cute little Humpty Dupmty crafty. I just love all of the different expressions on Humpty's face!! Too cute!
All of these workstations (and MORE!) can be found here on my TPT store!
It was kind of nice getting back into our routine. Next week we start one on one testing so I tried to enjoy our "normal days" while they lasted!
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